Faithful Mommy

Prayers wrere answered!

Thank you all so much for your prayers. We had a hard time keeping him awake on the way to the appointment. Yes, that was me doing a headstand in the black SUV on the Interstate. Yes, that was me singing to the top of my lungs - with the windows down -- on the Interstate. We put the windows down in an effort to BLOW his eyelids open!! We made it. When the tech called us in the room, she said let him just sit right here. It was the edge of gurney type thing. I looked at her like she was blue. Obviously, she does not read my blog -therefore does not have knowledge of this. HE.FLIPPED.OUT. I told her, I thought we should just try it with him on my lap. She was hesitant, but saw how strong he is and relented. It went much better from there. I sang to him while she put on the electrodes. It calmed him tremendously. He is obviously tone deaf. I felt bad for the tech (Karen),having to endure the racket - but, my baby was happy calm. I sang really great songs. Do Lord - Jesus Loves me -Jesus loves the little children - He's got the whole world in His hands -Amazing Grace - Swing Low Sweet Chariot - And -- Zacchaeus was a wee little man. How's that for a repertoire? Then, Guess what happened? He went to sleep. Praise the Lord. He slept for the rest of the test (which was okay for him to do). The tech wouldn't give us any clues. We get the results in a WEEK!  Here's a pic of my little man as we were finishing up.
We go to the cardiologist tomorrow morning. I just found out this morning that he will be having an Echocardiogram and an EKG. If those are the same thing - then it's something different. 2 test anyway. She said it would take about 3 hrs. I wasn't expecting all of this. But, Hey, He does get to sleep tonight.

Thank you all for the prayers. We truly felt them all. That little room was full of the Holy spirit.Okay. I'm crying now.      

We're off to see the wizards cohorts

If your confused look here.Or here. Or here.On Thursday, we will be taking our little man for a sleep deprived EEG. They actually expect us to allow him only FIVE hours sleep wed. night. Then say "child must not fall asleep on the way to test". Problem # 1. He sleeps 12 hours a night -every night. Problem #2. What if he does fall asleep on the way there - it's about a 45 min. drive. What if I fall asleep on the way there? Problem #3. Picture this - one year old baby,no sleep,totally ticked off -- sitting there calmly  while they attach electrodes to his head. Yeah, I know I'm crying laughing too. This shall be interesting! I'll take pics and let you know how it goes.
Seriously though, Keep him in your prayers.Okay, Us too.

If your worried about missing out on a post from me on Thursday morning (I know you are), never fear. I have a post or two up my sleeve.

EDIT: Please pray that we will get the info we need from this test. This will be one little snippet of time in his life, so if no seizures occur during it  - we still know nothing. That would mean going through this again soon. Of course, we don't want or need a Grand Mal, just a little activity going on in his brain that will tell us where they are coming from. That info will help the DR. know how to treat him and will give us a bit of a prognosis. Bless you all and thanks for the prayers.

Also, It is not painful! Praise the LORD!

Trauma for Little man

I won't be going to church in the morning. Don't get freaky on me - just listen for a min. Last Sunday, i took little man to church nursery for the first time since Christmas (he's been sick,remember). My hubby was speaking at a different church,so the two of us went alone. I dropped him off and of course he SCREAMED. I expected this. Here is the problem. Apparently, he was hysterical the entire time. They should have called me. When I came to get him, he was sitting in the middle of the floor with his little lovey and he looked like he had been through a war. His eyes were glazed over. His entire face was so swollen -anyone else would've done a double take to recognize him.Seriously. He was no longer crying - he just looked like he had given up all hope. It.was.pitiful. I could have handled him crying better. He has a seizure disorder,so it frightens me to have him get that upset.Things like that or sickness or being off schedule can bring on a seizure. I know God wants us in church and I want to be there. What I am planning to do is, just stay in there with him for a few Sundays. He was so traumatized that he has been clingy all week. He will hardly go to his Dad - whom he ADORES. My sons girlfriend came over and he freaked out and I had to hold him while she was here. Little man KNOWS her well. So, yes I am pretty much freaking out as well. A little over-protective you say? Maybe. We'll have to work it out - slowly. My other children always cried when I dropped them off too --- but,as soon as I was out of sight they were fine. Have any of you been through this. Have any suggestions?

Nemo - where are you?

Yep! We trekked it to the new Georgia Aquarium. It was awesome. Gbaby,babyA and little man had a great time. All of the little kids were yelling Nemo,Nemo at the spot where all three boys are standing together. It was so cute. It wasn't too crowded, which is good --I don't do crowds . Here are a few pics of the fun.                                       

Looks like fun huh? Makes ya wanna go doesn't it? If you do -give me a yell. We can meet up for dinner! ;D

Happy Birthday Daddy!

                       A letter for my Daddy

Dear Daddy,

I just wanted to let you know what a great Daddy you have always been. Since you were in Germany (serving your country) when I was born and for the next 15 months, we got off to a rocky start -or so I'm told. I'm sorry that it took me so long to warm up to having a man in my life. I remember the first barbie I ever got. You gave it to me the night before you left for Vietnam.  I cherish the memory and that doll. It was so hard when you left. I don't think that I understood the concept of time (that you'd be gone for 2 years), but I sure do remember mother crying for days while sitting on our porch swing. You just don't forget things like that. I loved the way that we would have a tape recorder on the kitchen table and we would talk to you while we had dinner and then you would send it back with messages to us. It was always so good to hear your voice. You were gone to Vietnam for 2 tours, which is a long time to be away from your wife and children. And for us to not have you around. You are a hero. You are my hero. I'm sorry that it took growing up to realize it. I am especially sorry for not telling you before now. You sacrificed your personal life to serve our country, to provide rights and freedoms for us.You did it proudly. I will always remember how Mother looked at you when you wore your dress uniform. She just fell in love again, every time. Our eyes just beamed at you, looking so handsome. I remember it well. When I was 16 years old and I had to come and tell you that I was pregnant - it was the hardest thing I'd ever done. I knew how disappointed you would be. You and Mother had taught me right from wrong and I had made a mistake. Although you were heartbroken, you loved me unconditionally. Just like my Heavenly Father. You had faith in me and my now husband of over 27 years. I know how heartbroken you were to have to call me and tell me that Granny had died. You knew it would rip my heart out. You have always been there through good and bad and I love you for that.

The early morning phone call that I got telling me that you had been taken to the hospital by ambulance and that you were not responding was a moment I'll never forget. I knew that you were already gone. I raced the 4 hour drive "home" praying that I was wrong and that I would at least be able to say good-bye. It wasn't meant to be. It was so sudden - no warning. I was privileged to press that dress uniform that you looked so handsome in, for you to wear for your last viewing. You did indeed look handsome in it. We were proud to honor you and your life on Valentines day 5 years ago. We stood proud and tall as the military honored your service to our country. The flagged draped coffin was regal and well deserved. The gun salute was dignified and it seemed like it announced your arrival to a better place, with our Lord (although I know you were already there). Taps, sadly playing in the distance was the mournful sound of our hearts breaking.

You are my Hero. Please forgive me for not telling you before now. I love you! Happy Birthday!

                                                                 February 25, 1934

             February 12, 2001

Computers must be male...

... or at least testosteronized in a BIG way. Basically, my computers and I have a love - hate relationship. I love them-they hate me -which makes me hate them back ---more! It is ever so obvious that I have some really weird electromagnetic force thingy, that electronic gadgets Do.Not.Like. This is too bad, due to the fact that at my studio alone, I have 4 computers -3 stereos-a traveling ipod-many digital cameras-and too many printers to count.  They.do.not.like.me. You think I'm paranoid. I can tell. Well,even my employees won't let me get next to (don't even think about touching) the main printer. Hello! I bought 'em! Anytime an electronic sort of mishap occurs --they all look at me and roll their venomous pretty little eyes. I remind them of who writes their paycheck,then it's all giggles and grins. But really, at the current moment ,I have one computer down (I replaced another one two weeks ago),an ipod that doesn't and a fairly new camera lens that goes -nnk nkkn nnk nnk. You get it don't you? The force is with me alright -the negative force that sucks my toys dry of all their fun and usefulness. I'm going to pout in the corner now. SHHH-don't tell  my daughter I'm using her computer.

Happy 1st Birthday

We had a wonderful time at  little man's birthday party. He looked so cute. He was a bit overwhelmed at first, but finally warmed up to the idea of guests.

This is him in his Birthday outfit (it's a southern thing).

Just thinking about getting into the cake.

MMMM - good.                              

                      Just a cute little birthday boy

           The cake was good, but the drool started when the presents did . ;D      Is he kissable or what !!!                                                                                                                                       

Give me a sign...

... American sign Language please. My valentine and I are learning ASL as a second language and we are teaching little man too. ASL is the language that Deaf people use to communicate. Signing with babies has become somewhat popular over the last few years. Babies can sign before they can speak , so the goal of some parents is too do away with the squealing and pointing that goes on before a child can speak. Most parents and babies will learn some basic signs (more,please,milk,thank you) and then when the child learns to speak they will no longer sign. There's nothing wrong with that, however, we are planing for ASL to be our child's second language.On a side note -- not all signs that people are using is actually ASL. Anyway, it has been so exciting to see our little man sign. ;O. As of today, he can sign : milk,more,please,thank you,all done,hat,dog,sign language,ball,eat,sleep and he recognizes many more (especially NO). He sees that one alot. We really believe that God has a plan for us as we are learning this new language. There are deaf and hard of hearing people all around you, you just don't realize it. There are times when these folks need help in communicating -we are hoping to help. My husband goes to a jail ministry once a month and the last time he was there, sure enough there was a deaf man there. He was thrilled beyond belief (and shocked) that my husband could communicate with him. My sweet husband was able to share Christ with this man (even as new and slow as we both are) in his language. What an amazing blessing -for both the man and my husband. My grand babies are also signing. The 2 year old knows approx. 30 signs and uses them in sentences and the 15 month old knows approx. 15 or so. I am so excited about this language, so I wanted to share. The babies learn ASL from watching us of course, but at this point they are soaking in the Signing Time videos. I put a sample of one in my sidebar, so you could just see the cover. I have purchased all of mine at www.signingtime.com . We have all 9 DVD's from the original series and we have the 2 Baby Signing time DVD's as well. The baby series is designed for infants and toddlers,although they are all intended for children. We love them and the children beg to watch them. So, have I explained the joys of ASL?  As the signing time videos say --"coooome sign with me"!

Gettin' in party mode

We are a family that loves birthdays! Personally, I think it's probably more about the free meals for the grown kids than celebrating the actual birth of anybody! Whatever, I'll take what I can get. It brings us all together and I love that. We will be celebrating our little man's 1st b'day next Sat.Then we will be partying big the next Sat. for our grandsons big 2. Then the next Sat. will be the celebration for our daughters 25th. Wow. That's a lot of cake. So much for weight loss. Birthdays are a good excuse to bring us together with family and friends and we always have a great time. I am planning a simple ,yet elegant 1st birthday party. I figure it's as much for us as it is for him, so I'll wait to do theme parties when he's older. I ordered photo stamps of him to mail out his invitations. It was so cute(thanks for the idea Yvette). I was able to get his 1st birthday outfit yesterday -so now I'm really pumped. Where I come from in Alabama ( no jokes please ;O ) everybody really dresses the children to the nines for b'day parties --so his out fit is fancy shmancy. If anyone has any great ideas for the party, let me know -I'm not the best party planner in the world.I could use all the help I can get.

Curves Ahead...

...stay in your own lane.waaaay over there. Why am I being so snappy my espoused asks? Well i don't know but if you ask me one more question this pretty (description all mine) little head of mine is going to start swirling around until it blows what could possibly be the problem you are a Godly man that lifts his family up in prayer every morning you've been out on the streets of atlanta witnessing to the homeless and before you left you placed a sweet note on my computer and then yet another one in the fridge where you knew i go as soon as i walked in the door and then you called on your way home and asked if i needed  anything from the grocery store and then stopped to get it and then less than 5 minutes after you walk in the door you say didn't you like my notes well yeah i like the notes and i really love you but NOW you just got ahead of me and i can't even thank you properly because now it's not my idea why didn't you just stay in your own lane do not cross the center line and WATCH OUT FOR THE CURVES    i'm PMS -ing --------okay!!!!