Thanks Tammy G for the great name! All the name suggestions were wonderful, that I got here and all the different digiscrap sites. Thank you!

The contest is now closed! I have chosen the winner, from a blog reader: SWEET TEMPTATIONS.

Please be patient with the plop-n-print prize. Thanks so much for playing! I loved the names!

Stay tuned for some fun news…well, fun for me at least. LOL.

I have this beautiful kit, but I can’t find the perfect name for it.
It has dark brown running through it, so I was thinking something with chocolate or dark chocolate? But I can’t think of just the right name, so I need some help!
If you suggest a name, you will get a free plop-n-print using the kit, and you just might win the whole kit, if i choose your name!
This contest will run until Friday, August 1 (unless I think more people should have a chance to play. I just might extend it.). The kit will be released soon after, and the participants’ prizes will be received.
So let me have it! Have fun.

i am just pitiful.

for those of you who thought we have been on vacation forever…we came back that night. *blush* i am SO sorry that i haven’t posted in so long. i hope you’ll forgive me. some exciting things have been happening, leaving less time for “fun” time.

i am a brand new designer at two stores! can you believe it? it’s really official now! i have been getting things into the stores and getting situated getting to “know” people i’ll be working with. watch the sidebar for direct links to my stores. also, leave me a comment letting me know of your interest if you want a 30% discount as a friend and family member. i’m working on two kits at once right now, and have so many more in the works. i’m selling at Heaven-Sent Scrapbooking & at Scrappin’ out loud!

i’ve been trying to do better at home. it’s not working great, but at least i’m trying.

ok now for some things i’ve been working on (please click on image to see credits):

we are leaving to my sil’s in a few minutes. it’s about a two and a half hour drive. the longest trip of jamin’s little life. we want to discuss some spiritual issues with the relatives, and jerry always feels inadequate around them, for whatever reason.

please pray for us to have a safe journey and a good fellowship. pray that the boys will be “good”.

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yesterday, the 9th, was a pretty big deal. jamin turned 11 months old. just one month away from being a year old. can you even fathom it? i’m already getting that baby itch. someone please slap me. here is is, taken yesterday:

i can’t begin to describe what jamin means to me. he is such an amazing joy to us. he is a blessing and a gift. even when i’m completely frustrated with him (for not sleeping), there is no child i would EVER want to replace him. he is truly a special little boy.

even more amazing is that it was the 4th anniversary of my grampa’s death. wow. seems crazy he’s been with the Lord so long.

this is grampa with jeremiah, two months before he died:

this is grampa with jeremiah, isabel, miles, zuri and my mom, two months before he died:

we miss you, grampa!!!! we can’t wait to see you on the other Side!!!!!

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just so everyone can know - jerry has been feeling “ok”. his heart went back into rhythm. we were able to go to a new church together (this is a whole new topic, that i don’t feel comfortable sharing just yet. but please keep us in your prayers about it!) and were EXTREMELY blessed there. we plan to go visit jerry’s mom on monday - also keep us in your prayers about that. we’ll be driving without air conditioning, in a van with only two windows. this will be only the second time for her to meet both jeremiah and josiah, and the first time to meet jamin.

have a great rest of the week!

6 years ago was my first blog entry: http://www.busybeingblessed.com/2002/07/10/OLD2/

i think the blog was called jenn’s journey - it was appropriate at the time. also among the older entries can be found precious dreams posts. that was specifically about my infertility and ttc issues.

it’s hard to believe it’s been so long since i’ve been blogging.

it’s really neat to go back and look at older posts, to see how far we have come. i’m so glad to read that i was sure we would have children. i’m glad i never gave up hope about it.

it’s sad to see how many people have stopped sharing our lives with us, but i know life goes on. i don’t visit some of the people either anymore, so i guess it’s only “fair”. still, i often find myself wondering about so many of the ladies; how they are doing, what’s going on with their lives and children these days. i hope they think of us every now and then too.

what a journey it’s been. six years seems like such a long time, and yet not long at all in the grand scheme of things.

to those of you who have been here since the beginning, thanks for sticking around! i love you! to everyone else - i love you too. i hope you’ll be around to share more of our lives for the next six years.

God bless!

well, i called the on-call heart dr, and he told me to give jerry more meds (because, i didn’t mention this - he has been taking his meds consistently since the other day he had the out-of-rhythm episode), push fluids, and let him rest. he said if he wasn’t feeling right in about five hours, to still go into the hospital. i’ve been letting him rest, and he still thinks he’ll have to go to the hospital. we are praying the Lord will just take it away so he doesn’t have to go.

sorry my updating has been so bad. i left out a huge chunk of time that you guys have probably been worrying. i got a nap in myself, and mom got a little nap too.

please keep praying. thanks so much.

ok we’re going to the hospital. please pray.

jerry is coming home from the hospital. we aren’t very happy - he was there for a few hours and they finally said they couldn’t do the electro-shock-thingy on a weekend. okaaaaaaaay so why did he have to stay so long to be told that???????????? GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRR

he just out of nowhere said it was happening. it’s out of rhythm. :( it’s pretty bad because he said he is going to have to go to the hospital.
PLEASE PRAY.

for the moment, he is sleeping, and we haven’t gone to the hospital yet. it is still in a-fib right now.
i was watching him sleep, and i think he has sleep apnea. i looked it up, and there is a correlation between sleep apnea and a-fib, so i will be asking a dr about it today when i go to the hospital with him.
mom is already here to watch the boys - i love my mom. please say a prayer for her that the boys will be extra gracious to her.

jeremiah has been so hilarious lately. i need to write these down when he says them, or else i’ll forget forever. just go with my lack of flow. lol.

the other morning, he said he had a bad dream. i said that must have been really hard. he said, “yeah, it was hard. it was hard as gramma’s marshmallows almost!” (my mom lost a tooth cap on one of her marshmallows, so the boy wasn’t joking! but i was practically ROFL)

this morning, he commented that he was cold. i asked him how cold. he said, “mama, i’m freezing! freezing like a penguin on an iceberg!”

ROFL!

and this is not a simile, but today i asked him when he grew up who he would be marrying. he smiled sweetly and said “YOU!” awwwww.

i would love to win this. i am already trying to organize my life without one, but it sure would be a huge help to have it! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/byourlove1/554793/