Hi there - yes, it's late, but my house is quiet - everyone sleeping but hubby and me. So, I thought I'd post before going to bed. This weekend was great- sleeping in, having Jeremy home, Isaac has been feeling better as well. Saturday morning, I gave him some benadryl (which always seemed to make Curt hyper), and about 45 minutes later, he was passed out on the couch for a good 2 hours! Another note to self: only give Isaac Benadryl at bedtime! But, he's feeling better - praise the Lord. So, Jeremy has been working on our "chicken coop" out back all weekend. He cleaned it out real good (didn't do it last year so it was bad). We had 5 chickens left which were all very old and didn't lay eggs anymore. Well, a few weeks ago, the dogs radio fence collar went dead battery-wise so I told the kids to put him in the chicken pen with his doghouse blocking the door to the shed to keep him separated from the chickens until I could get to the store for more batteries. Needless to say, we have no chickens left! But, he really did us a favor. We are getting ready to order more chickens - about 25 layers and 25-50 broilers for butchering. That will be a first for us so we'll see how this goes. The coop has a cement/tiled floor now and has always had running water and electricity. Now we just need to build more nesting boxes and it'll be all set. The chicks are always fun to have and watch grow. I'm not too crazy about roosters, but the broilers are better if they are roosters, I guess. I've been knocked down from behind by a few roosters and really have to watch the little ones around them. It's all kind of educational for the kids as well.
Friday night, my husband took us out to eat at Gracie's for their delicious seafood buffet and afterward we went to the cemetery and straightened everything out there - the grave blanket and my shepherd's hook with the star hanging from it were both on the ground. So, everything is back in order there. I usually take flowers as well, but it is still March and they would have frozen in one night so we'll wait until April 18th to do that.
Sunday morning, I was exercising and I got a phone call from my dad in Florida. He's in the hospital with pneumonia so please pray for him. He'll be in there for 2-3 days at most, hopefully, if he responds to antibiotics/steroids/breathing treatments. Then, Jeremy's mom beeped in and she told me our Aunt Judy was going to the hospital as well. She has cancer and hasn't been feeling well (she hasn't felt well in a year, but she is really not feeling well) especially this last week. So please keep her in prayer as well. Good thing God always uses Easter to put things in perspective for me. I don't ask why as much, I ask what am I supposed to get or learn from this instead? Not to say the why part isn't there, but... some things we just can't understand I guess...
So, after praying for my dad and Aunt Judy, we went to Cracker Barrel for an Easter breakfast (Jeremy, Isaac, Erin, Lyndsay and myself) and then to church. Then, did some running around and back home to steaks for dinner. Back to church tonight after Amber, Brooke and Curt came home. Today, I also got to see the other 2 new babies in church - very adorable - the nursery is filling up again! It feels good to get back into the "normal" routine. I only have 3 weeks left at home before having to go back to work:( Pray for me on that one as well - it will be very hard for me after having the last 7 months off. So, the next 3 weeks I will be busy getting the house in order, baby on a schedule I can explain to babysitter, and getting some other things scheduled. Brooke needs to take driver's training, Amber needs a physical for college admission, senior pictures need to be scheduled and Brooke's braces need to be started! WOW! I have some phone calls to make!
Baby is doing great - she's been smiling and starting to coo a bit - I even got the "gummy" smile out of her this weekend! Isaac was sitting on one side of me (I was holding Lyndsay) and Erin was on the right of me. Isaac was rubbing her head and Erin was holding her hand while she fell asleep. The minute Isaac stopped rubbing her head, her eyes would pop back open and when he'd start rubbing again, her eyes would start rolling into the back of her head! So cute!
Jeremy is off tomorrow, too, so it will be exciting to see what we have in store for us - the kids will be in school (bummer). For now I will be signing off to head to bed and I will try and post some new pictures in the next few days! Have a great Monday.
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