Busy Being Blessed

hey ladies (and rob, if you still read here ). i hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

i was wondering if you could all pray for me and possibly josiah. NOTE: do not be alarmed.

josiah had a 4 month checkup today and he and i went shopping afterward. i needed to pick up some mailers from the PO too. i was in the left lane to turn into the PO when i was rearended by someone. josiah had been quietly content, but all the sudden began screaming, so the first thing i did was jump out of the van to check on him. he seemed ok, just scared.
thankfully there was a cop closeby (not really sure where he came from, as i was in a daze) who took care of everything. he got our insurance info (she had none on her). the other driver kept trying to make sure josiah was ok, and i kept saying i think he’s ok, but i’m not sure. i mean, how can you tell if a baby who just got vacc shots is completely ok???

anyway, my neck was hurting pretty badly, and NOW it still hurts plus my lower back hurts BAD. my insurance co told me to go ahead and get checked out at medcheck. i’m waiting to hear back from josiah’s dr as to what they think i should do with him.

jerry already took the van to work, but my mom is waiting around to see what we need to do. i will drive her car if i need. even though driving is the LAST thing i want to do. oh, wait, sitting around at medcheck is the last thing i want to do….

please pray for us that we are ok…especially josiah. if something happened to him, it would not be something visible, and the thought scares me.

thanks for your prayers…

ETA: ped told me to take josiah and both get checked out in the er. they could do an xray on him if necessary, while at the peds they’d only be able to look at him. sooooo now i need to muster up the courage to drive to the er by myself. please keep praying!!

UPDATE: just wanted to update that i’m back (WHY do they call it PROMPT care anyways?!?!?).
josiah is perfectly fine. they did a checkup on him and he had no problems whatsoever. you couldn’t even tell the boy’d had vacc shots today!
the dr said i am just very sore from the accident, but he doesn’t see any long-term serious damage. he put me on naprosen and a muscle relaxer. he said do NOT take it easy. Wink i will be more sore tomorrow but then it should get better. if it does NOT get better, to call again.

we were there forever but one kind nurse let me take josiah to a conference room and nurse him alone (with my brother in there, but he doesn’t care lol). i am NOT a good public nurser, and usually take formula and bottles in case of ‘emergencies’. well, i’d filled the formula container and had a filled bottle of water, but i’d left the formula container on the stove. Rolling Eyes so i HAD to nurse him. and he was so happy when she led us to the room to nurse. Wink

thanks for your prayers everyone. please continue to lift us up. hugs!

copy and fill in yourself, if you’d like. put an X in where it’s true. leave the other blank.

[ ] I’m afraid of the quiet.
[x] I am really ticklish. i like tickling unless it’s on my feet
[ ] I’m afraid of the dark.
[x] I’m afraid of facing my back to open doors at night. depends on what movie I’ve just watched
[x] I believe in true love. i’m in it!
[ ] I’ve ran away from home.
[ ] I listen to political music.
[ ] I collect comic books.
[x] I shut others out when I’m sad. yep. and I’m moody.
[ ] I open up to others easily.
[ ] I am keeping a secret.
[x] I watch the news. if i happen to be sitting there while it’s on
[ ] I own more than 5 rap CDs…
[ ] I own something from Hot Topic
[x] I love Disney movies. love is a strong word…
[x] I’m a sucker for blue eyes. my little man’s blue eyes. but obviously i’m a sucker for brown eyes too.
[ ] I don’t kill bugs.
[ ] I curse regularly.
[ ] I have “x”s in my screen name.
[ ] I’ve slipped out an “lol” in actual conversation.
[ ] I love spam.
[x] I bake well. but I usually don’t like to bake
[ ] I have worn pajamas to class.
[ ] I have owned something from Abercrombie.
[x] I have a job. WAHM
[ ] I love Martha Stewart.
[ ] I’ve tried alcohol.
[ ] I drink alcohol on a regular basis.
[ ] I’ve tried a cigarette.
[ ] I’ve smoked a pack in one day.
[ ] I have cough drops when I’m not sick.
[ ] I can’t swallow pills.
[x] I have many scars. mostly from itching things to death.
[ ] I’ve been out of this country. various US states
[x] I can’t sleep if there’s a spider in the room. if i KNOW it’s in the room i have to take care of it. LOL
[x] I love chocolate. dark is best!
[ ] I bite my nails. not anymore – i broke this habit!
[ ] I’m comfortable with being myself around EVERYONE.
[ ] I play computer games when I’m bored.
[x] Gotten lost in the city. how about gets lost easily? lol
[x] Seen a shooting star
[ ] Had a serious surgery
[ ] Hugged and/or kissed a stranger
[ ] Been arrested
[ ] Pushed all the buttons on an elevator just to say I’ve done it
[ ] Made out in an elevator
[ ] Swore at my parents
[ ] Kicked a guy where it hurts
[x] Gotten stitches
[x] Bitten someone
[x] Crashed into a car crashed into ME!
[x] Shoplifted when i was a kid
[ ] Been fired
[x] Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back haven’t we all?
[ ] Stolen money/profitable items from work
[ ] Stolen supplies from work
[x] Had a crush on a teacher/coach
[ ] Slept with a co-worker
[x] Been married
[ ] Gotten divorced
[x] Saw someone/something dying
[ ] Been to Canada
[ ] Been on a plane
[ ] Thrown up in a bar

i hope everyone has a very merry CHRISTmas. we’re celebrating with my whole family tomorrow. doing the little just us family thing (jerry, me and the boys) after church, then my parents and brother are coming over for dinner. don’t forget to tell Jesus happy Birthday….even tho it isn’t technically.

first of all, tho jeremiah isn’t completely better, he is a LOT better today than he was yesterday! thanks for the prayers!!

tomorrow is my 30th birthday. jerry is giving me a new card for the camera. mom is giving me money. my brother is buying me dinner. only the gift from my sil and brother will be a surprise. LOL.
i am keeping up with my tradition of being sick on my birthday. i have a sore throat and my ear hurts. pray for me!!

God bless.

please note the new section in the sidebar. it is reserved for extremely important prayer requests. not that i don’t think all prayer requests are important, but ones that are extremely urgent and serious. does that make sense? if anyone has a prayer for me to post, please leave a comment for me at any time. God moves and works to answer our prayers. where two or three are gathered, there God is also.
please note that melissa’s site is updated by her friends, her dh, and also herself when she feels up to it. i am not going to be copying and pasting anymore, unless i feel it’s necessary, since you can all check her site directly. the link will stay in the sidebar, so you can have easy reference.

we are going to our family portrait appointment today. it has been cancelled or rescheduled four times. LOL. this time there is no more time to put it off, so we WILL be going. hopefully jerry will be able to nap when we get home, because he will not have gotten enough sleep.
guess what? i can’t find jeremiah’s shirt ANYWHERE. seriously. the shirt that matches josiah’s is nowhere to be found. i have searched all the dirty clothes, all the clean clothes, the closets, the floors, everywhere. WHERE could it be? the only place i haven’t looked is in the van, as i can’t imagine why it would be there.

i wanted to let everyone know my tooth ‘hole’ is feeling much better. i am taking only 2 ibuprofin, when the pain feels throbby. not bad, compared to four ibuprofin every 6 hours. please continue to pray that it continues to heal!!

my 30th birthday is on sunday. i can’t believe it. it seems so old to me. i don’t feel like i’m going to be 30. i still feel 19. lol. i’m forever 19 in my heart. sunday will also be a year since i found out about josiah. hard to believe, isn’t i??

i want to apologize for neglecting all my friends once again. i have been horrible about reading blogs as well as responding to emails. please forgive me. i am so busy with the boys, and add to that store busyness…i have discovered a lot of people are last minute purchasers. me included. LOL.

well i need to go hunt one last time for jeremiah’s shirt, or find something else to replace it.

God bless and have a great day!!

hopefully everyone is keeping track of melissa on her caringbridge site. i haven’t been the best in updating.
things are looking up!!!! please visit to find out more.

on another note, please pray for my friend amy and her baby – she’s found out something could be wrong with the baby. more details later. but pray.

in a praise, a great long-lost friend has found me again and we are reconnecting. praise the Lord!!!!

God bless!

a dear HK sister put up a caring bridge site so that everyone not able to view HK could keep up and pray. please feel free to link to it anywhere you want – so people can be PRAYING.

http://www.caringbridge.org/cb/inputSiteName.do?method=search&siteName=melissasnow

someone who doesn’t have access to update the caring bridge, or at least not yet, posted this on the board:

I went to see Melissa tonite. She has such a beautiful spirit. I am in awe at this wonderful person and am so blessed to have her in my life.

Curtis needs a lot of prayer. He is trying so hard to be strong for Melissa. He told me tonite that he has no more tears, he just hurts. He goes to his truck and just sobs but there are no tears. He is hurting deeply. This man loves his wife so much. I am in awe when I watch the two of them together.

time is flying way too fast for me, people. i can’t believe josiah’s four months old today. and what did he do to celebrate? he cried most of the day. he had a miserable, no-nap kind of day. so guess who else has had a miserable, no-nap kind of day? and i haven’t gotten anything done either!! it seems to be a mixture between tummy troubles and teething. yeah, great combo, eh? my poor little man.

i have had a small trickle of business this past week. mainly from friends at the HK board. they rock my socks! they are ALSO last minute card-buyers! LOL.
speaking of the HK board, my heart is very heavy and grieved. i have been holding josiah closer to me today, not just because he’s feeling awful. the friend i mentioned the other day, melissa, who has 7 children and a brain tumor, is not doing well. the prognosis does not look good. i have been keeping tabs on the updates at the site and the following is the most recent posted:

I just talked with her Mom. The doctors say that they can do nothing to help her. They’ve told Curtis to go ahead and bring her home.

On the flip side, they have contacted the leading doctor in the region, in Little Rock. Her brother has copied all records and is taking them to him. He will contact them tomorrow.

PLEASE friends, bring this sweet woman and her precious family before the Lord. a miracle would be the only thing that could save her. think about it – leaving your six girls and newborn son, and your precious husband. she is in pain and having sezuires that make her forget the past few minutes and also paralyze her for moments at a time. i cannot beg prayers enough.

ETA: UPDATE from melissa’s dh curtis:
Ladies, I’m afraid the last 8 days have been the longest of our lives. We are still in shock and more than likely will be for a while… My little brother came up to help and delivered the CT scans and MRI’s to UAMS in Little Rock today. There is a neurosurgeon there who is supposed to be one of the best. People come from Europe and Middle east to have him do brain surgery, he will be looking at our case in the morning. If he agrees with all of these others we will be going home to do the best we can. All involved agree that radiation is not an option.
Anyway we appreciate your prayers and support. There is no way we could’ve made it through this first week without you’ll.

God bless.

i went to the dentist today because the pain has still been bad.
THANKFULLY i do not have the dry socket and i do not have an infection! praise the Lord!!!
what i do have is a very sore gum because of the deterioration of the old broken rotted tooth. it was soooo hard for them to get out that a lot of nerve damage was done to my gum. not to mention the cutting part. SOOOO they said it might hurt for a whole month!! Shocked
they also said there were food particles in there, so that was probably irritating it and causing me more pain. so they gave me a cool syringe to rinse it with warm salt water twice a day.
at least i know it’s not serious tho…
please keep on praying! serious or not, it still HURTS!!
thanks for caring everyone.

we were going to go to picture people today. had to cancel for the THIRD TIME. jerry just couldn’t get up, my mouth hurt too badly. so i made an appointment at jc penney’s for later. boy do i wish i hadn’t. the appt. was for 415. we got there at like 420 so we were bumped. we got seen at probably 510 or so. jeremiah was good for his personal shots (i bought one and got a free 8×10), but was rotten for the family pictures, so i didn’t even pay for any family pictures. josiah’s pic i bought was mediocre. i told the lady i have done just as well or better at home. i ended up getting the club membership just to cover the sitting fees (before when we went they waived them, but then again i can’t remember if we ever got any good pics with us in them). the pics won’t be in until friday the 15th. sigh. i’m thinking of maybe setting up another picture people appt for the 15th since we’ll be in the mall anyway. why not? can’t hurt to TRY to get a good family pic, can it?!
when we got home, after eating, jerry and i took pics of eachother holding josiah (jeremiah wanted nothing to do with pictures. SIGH). i haven’t cropped all of them, but one of each is at flickr : http://www.flickr.com/photos/blessedmama . oh and the adorable pic i took of josiah the other day is there too. and julie, and anyone else who wonders, i got the stocking from the dollar tree!!! i was thinking of buying a bunch to sell to people who can’t get them for any reason. should i?? i mean, they’re a buck each! i could make a killing if i wanted! lol.

well i need to hit the hay. i am soooooooo tired and my tooth HOLE is killing me.

night all – blessings, prayers and love.

PS please pray for an online friend, melissa, who had a baby a week or two ago, and JUST found out yesterday she (melissa) has a BRAIN TUMOR!!!! they are seeking other opinions on whether chemotherapy is necessary or not. this sweet woman has a dh and seven children who are pretty worried.

first of all, please keep praying – my tooth, hole is still really really painful.

the site is almost totally complete, and you can now see it and actually PURCHASE from it starting now!! i am so very excited!
please stop by and let me know what you think. let me know how easy it is to navigate, if there is anything you don’t understand, etc. pretend that you are a regular everyday shopper. one who knows nothing about computers.

http://www.blessedmama.com

yes i am still in a great amount of pain. my jaw is really swollen.
manda, yes, it was really infected. one time that they injected the pain killer, it hit a puss-pocket and puss squirted everywhere.
they also ended up cutting the bottom of the tooth in half because they couldn’t get it right out by pulling. i felt with my tongue today that my gum is cut too. so it hurts in all the injection sites on top of the removal site and the cut site.
800mgs doesn’t seem to do much but dull the pain a bit, and i am really in misery. my head is throbbing from the pain too.
i rescheduled our family pictures AGAIN. they were going to be tomorrow, but i didn’t want to chance still feeling (and looking) this way. so i made them for tuesday.
well gotta go now… hugs and thanks for the prayers…please keep them coming…