09
Nov
Nursing Home Humor
2. Just do the next thing. I am not superwoman and neither are you. Something I heard awhile back has stuck with me, even if I don't always apply it to my life. "Do the next thing". (I've heard this attributed to Elisbeth Elliott). Many times I try to do 15 things and once and none of them get done. Make a list of things you do. Pick one and complete it. Then "do the next thing". You get the satisfaction of completing something on your list, the joy of crossing it off, and you don't have to wonder what to do next. You can also look back and see that you did indeed get something done today.
Boy oh boy...two kids is alot harder than one. Everybody says so but it is. Especially when your oldest is having some adjustment issues. Micah still loves Sadie Jane...but he also loves to pitch a good fit. Like in the middle of playing or being completely happy. I have joked but counseling hasn't been ruled out. I guess that is his problem. He can't communicate how he feels about all this change so he gets some attention by going completely (I mean, completely) nuts! Here he is holding the bottle that only a woman who had birthed a baby would recognize:)... don't judge me, we payed for it, might as well get some use out of it, right? I have to be really resourceful at how to keep him occupied when I am having to deal with a newborn most of the day at the same time. Micah has spent as almost as much time in timeout as Sadie Jane has spent nursing...she's already 11 and a half pounds so you know that is alot! Today though at the end of time out I went to remind him why he was there and I talked to him about obeying...I asked him what the Bible says about obeying because we go over that alot...and he said "Children, obey your parents...that is your mommy and your daddy." He memorized his first scripture verse! I was proud and frustrated all at once:) Then at the end of the next session...he started singing Jesus Loves Me, apparently he realized the spiritual card got him out faster. Oh boy, what a strong willed and smart boy we have.I thought I would make a list about all the good and the bad again for memories sake:
The good things about having two kiddos:
~ Love is multiplied not divided.
~ The way Micah sings and talks to Sadie Jane.
~ Seeing Mick continue to be a superdad.
~ You let so much stuff that bothered you with one go right out the window.
~ There is so much I thought I could never handle/do/believe but when there is no choice I've made do.
~ You are no longer afraid to ask for help.
~ Having a boy and a girl is definitely a gift.
~ Entertainment for both.
The bad (or difficult) things about having two kiddos:
~ Everybody goes to the bathroom at the same time.
~ But they never nap at the same time.
~ Time is divided not multiplied.
~ Tantrums!!!
~ When you are watching one child the spouse no longer gets a break...they get the other child!
~ Nursing takes lots of time and seems a lot longer when you have a toddler destroying your home.
There are so many more I have thought of but no time to write them down.
Truthfully it is hard but I do love how complete our family feels. Sadie Jane seems like she was made just for us and even Micah seems to recognize the gift. Mick and I haven't spoken very much to each other directly but I know that we will soon. We are extremely blessed and I am well aware, I just thought I would share these things mainly for humor so don't go thinking I don't know how truly good we have it.
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