Stretched like taffy.

Have you ever seen a taffy pulling machine? It pulls taffy and turns it and pulls it and turns it and pulls it. I fell like God does this to me sometimes. I have decided it is good that I am gooey and flexible instead of rigid. It makes me more likely to keep going instead of shattering into a million pieces. I have stepped out in faith that the Lord has opened doors in front of me over the last two years. I know that an open door does not necessarily mean we walk through, but I have felt his nudgings. On most days I have felt His energy and it has confirmed that it really was his nudgings and not my own ambitions. There have been a few days where I have thrown my hands up at Him and said "Really, God?!? You really think I can handle all of this???" I know His answer is always "Yes, rely on me. Use me. I will help you if you only let me." I need to remember to take the time to let Him help me. Please pray that I would make the time in my already "too busy" day for Him.  If I don't I have nothing to complain about.  Here it is. To the great taffy puller from the taffy...stretch me over and over again if that is what makes me pleasing to you.

Another first!!

Well, as you can imagine, we have had many "firsts" in the last five and a half years since Josiah was born. Some of them have been really hard on me and others not so much. However, this first made me cry! Josiah lost his first tooth last night. He was surprised by how painless it was. He was very brave. He said he didn't want it to come out until it was "hanging by a little tiny string." I told him it was nearly so and that I would only try once and if I didn't get it we would try again later. So, he gave it a try first and that didn't work. I gave it a swift pull and out it came. No matter how hard we tried to convince him, he did not want to sell it to the tooth fairy. He said he wanted to keep it in his treasure box. He has a little pirate treasure box in which he keeps little things he picks up here and there. He won't let me arm wrestle him for it either...He has decided today, on his first missing tooth day, that it makes a perfect hole for a straw!!! Elijah is pretty sure his tooth is coming out also, as you can see. He so much wants to be like his big brother. We keep telling him "Wiggle it all you want. It will come out someday." He seems satisfied by this.

New Bathroom

We have needed to freshen up the look of our bathroom for the eight years we have lived in our home. Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a bathtub freak. Jamie and I have top ten pieces of marital advice that we give out to newlyweds. The #1 is, when life gets rough take a bubble bath (together if possible)! The irony in this is that the first bathroom Jamie and I had contained a very large bathtub and each one since has gotten consecutively smaller. That doesn't keep us from cramming ourselves into our tiny little tub though! So, that's the long way to say that my bathroom should be my haven. Well...finally it is getting closer. I painted it and we changed out our old mirr0r for a new one with a cabinet. This leaves room for absolutely nothing to be left on the counters!!!! I have an orchid, candles and decorations. I am so excited. So, the pictures are below, but the colors didn't turn out so well. Anyway, you get the idea. It is just a special treat for me to have our bathroom uncluttered!

Our newest update photos

These are the newest photos of the girls. End of month updates are always bitter sweet. We are so excited to see another photo of them and how they have changed each moth. However, each is a reminder that another month has passed by and we still cannot go get them. We are sure they are receiving the best care possible in Haiti, however we feel this is no comparison to the love and care that their parents can give. We are praying for paperwork to be processed with lightening speed! In the mean time, I just listen to Elijah say he wants to see the pictures of his sisters with presents on their heads!

Quote of the day...

I have decided that sometimes small children are like a sticky booger that you just can't flick off your finger! That's when you have to go into the bathroom to hide and wipe them off.

My little carpenters...

A couple of weeks ago, when I was trying to avoid my first week of homework....I had this brilliant idea to put the boys' bunk beds together. I thought we needed a lesson in sharing, so now we are sharing everything! The boys put on their carpenters belts and helped out. Here are a few photos. I have included one showing them tuckered out and actually asleep in them. Hope you dont' mind all the underwear, Eli is potty training and...well...this is just what we look like around the house!

Long time no post

I had a feeling it would go something like this. "Hey, I have this great idea, why don't I start a blog so we can keep everyone in the loop?" and then, "Oh yeah, why don't I add one more thing on my have to do list?????" Hence, the title, we may just be crazy!

I have very much enjoyed posting when I have the time. As you can see, I posted a lot during the winter break. I had lots of time to do stuff then. This grad-school stuff is for the birds! I figured out that credit wise I'm half way there. However, it will take me more months to finish the second half than it has the first half. God has not yet informed me where the extra 10 hours a week are going to come from for my clincals yet. I'm trying to be patient while I wait.

I'm taking "Scientific Inquiry for Nursing." It's all about research theory and frameworks for designing good nursing research and being able to detect bad research when you see it. It is interesting, but extremely complex. My brain feels like oatmeal after about 5 minutes. Pray this stuff lands on whatever sticky brain cells still exist in the cavernous hole where my brain should be!