Bottles and Boobs

Becca has got to be our most stubborn child ever and maybe in the history of children in general. I love her to death and she LOVES her mommy. She will only eat for me whether from a bottle or the breast. It is insane. I had always been told that a nursing mommy would never be able to get her baby to take a bottle. Wrong. Phillip can't, the baby-sitter can't. It is absolutely insane. How long can a baby go without eating if I simply don't come around? I know that it is longer than 8 hrs because that is how long she went on Fri and Sat until I fed her. I will take all advice and try anything. I can't give up nursing though. I just can't. It is too good for the baby. So, I am sending out an SOS!!

Settled

I do have a new baby-sitter that is coming to my home. She is 20 years old and is taking some college courses on-line. She is really sweet. We are trying to get Becca's reflux under control so that she feels better and I think we will be doing good. I also have another prayer request that can't be posted that has nothing to do with church but it is complicated so if you want that info shoot me an email at mthomas@sweetwater.esc14.net.

God is Good <>< All the Time

Please pray

Please pray that we find a new sitter for my kids. We have had two. Both of them say that my kids are great but that their kids don't handle sahring their mommies and I totally understand that. I hate that I cannot stay home and take care of my kids but I can't. I want someone that will come in and love my children. So I am asking for my friends to pray.

Busy, Busy, Busy

I haven't quite figured it all out yet but I will try to get some pics up soon. We have discontinued our internet service at home, so I have to get a new system for updating my blog.

We are doing fairly well. Becca has started her second baby-sitter. Her name is Christi and I really like her. She keeps Reese also 2 days a week. I continue to pray that they will bond well. I do realize a baby is very hard to keep especially when they are so little but she is doing better every day. She is doing much better with her reflux and is only waking up once during the night. WooHoo!! She has started cooing and smiling and I love that.

I am knee deep in flu mess. We have had a lot of sickness in our schools and it is so hard to know what the right decision is for our schools. Half of the kids we have out have either the confirmed flu or influenza-like illness and have not been to see a doctor because they are so full. Everyone has an idea of how to handle it and it is driving me nuts. Oh, well. I love the rest of my job though.

Kaylee is doing great in school. I still wish she had a best friend in school but she doesn't yet. It doesn't bother her as much as it does me. She is quite happy. She loves learning and is learning to read pretty good. She loves to be outside. Loves animals and is on Team Level 1 in gymnastics and I have been so impressed on her progress.

Reese is also doing well. She is hilarious as always. She is going to be Darth Vader for Halloween. She is talking up a storm and impersonates people all the time. She also is trying to learn to read and she probably will be by the end of the year. She has also started gymnastics and is so cute to watch.

Phillip is Phillip. Church is going well. We will be starting our building soon. We feel so blessed to have this church. We really love Sweetwater and can't see ever leaving. I am so proud of him.

Houston, we have a problem...

Our computer is down. I want to post pics but only do it from our home computer so it will come.

Becca update:

We had our second sonogram on Thursday and after four phone calls to the pediatrician I still do not know the exact results. His nurse tried to tell me that the report was not in but I know that it was completed by 1000 on Friday. Needless to say I am not happy. Especially with a 3 day weekend. I will be asking the doc on Tue when he got my message. Becca at times gets this look on her face of pure panic and screams out and is stiff as a board. This doesn't present to me as colic. Maybe it is but Kaylee had it and this is not how she acted. I did see something quite large on her right ovary that was not there last time. I know the sonographers were surprised by it and there was a left shift in the uterus so it is putting pressure on her little body. It makes me so mad that I can tell two nurses(Excuse me, med techs) that my baby is hurting and never get a return call from the doctor. It has taken everything that I have not to call the on-call physician. I will update as I can.

In other news, we placed my grandma on hospice (dad's mom)two weeks ago. SHe fell nad broke her hip on Mon and has now had surgery and spent the rest of the week in ICU and now is back in a private room. They felt like the surgery could be fatal but she did survive. I know that she doesn't have long for this life and I am comforted that she is ready to go. I will miss her but she is so ready.

What have I done?

Really probably not a whole lot but with the recent change in Reese's behavior, I have been wondering if I am being the type of mom that God would be proud of. Am I too hard, too easy? Do I give in to one child more than another?

Sometimes, I feel that we are way hard on Kaylee. She is over all a wonderful kid and we let her have her space as much as possible but is it too much. I know it makes some parents nervous that we allow Kaylee to play outside by herself in the front yard and let her wander and explore as long as we can keep an eye on her. At the same time. I get so frustrated with her when she does really dumb stuff. She doesn't listen all the time and we have really tried to crack down on that. I expect her to mind the first time and am not allowing much sway from that but then there are times when I fail. I try really hard to teach her about God's love and how important it is to mirror that in our relationships. I can't stand the way she talks to Reese sometimes and the way she does things. I really think part of our battle is battling with the Disney channel and Hannah,Wizards, and Suite Life. They have absolutely no respect for parents and we don't allow it for the most part. So, am I messing up.

Then there is Reese. Reese was such a sweetie until about 3 months ago and then the little hellion arrived. She is so disobedient. She will stand 3 feet from you and won't come when you ask. She is now wetting her pants again because she, "is okay that she is wet". We have spanked, sat in time out and threw away toys. She doesn't care. She will close her eyes when you are disciplining her and I so want to ring her little neck. I wonder if we had let her get away with too much before. But she seriously used to mind. So who knows.

I have been really praying about our parenting and asking God to continue to guide us as we raise the children He gave us. I want to bring them up in the ways that He wants us to. I get really nervous about all the PK (preacher's kids) reputation. I know some great ones though. So, again who knows.

We have a lot of exciting news I cannot blog about and that drives me nuts so we are again looking at going private so that I can truly blog my heart. I know I don't have many readers but cannot afford to have accidents. It really isn't anything big and it only affects me, but I am excited. And, no, we are not expecting!! So, if you try to get in one day and can't email me or ask on FB. I really don't think I have many readers but we shall see. I will post pics soon but have not put everything together yet.

The New Normal

We are trying to adjust to a new normal. I am still exhausted by midafternoon but have battled a small infection the last couple of days which may explain that. Kaylee has been a wondeful help and Reese has to but she sure has the "I don't want to's". She is just now really starting to push the mindind limits. She had always done so well until about 8 wks ago. Needless to say, the spanking spoon is staying close at hand.

I hope to get to go to church on Sun. I cannot stand not being there. We have officially been home a week and Becca will be 2 wks old tomorrow. We are having an ultrasound done on Fri just to check her because of the in utero cyst and make sure it is all gone. Plus the doctor wants to make sure she doesn't have kidney reflux since Reese did. Reese is going to be in a wedding on Sat also.

Phillip's dad is finally doing a little better. He is finally taking in sme food but is still not feeling well. Keep him in your prayers. So I thought I would post a few pics also.