We've made it to year #2!!!

Ha! We did it! Noah is 2, and that means we've been parents for 2 years! I'm sure we've learned plenty of life lessons since he has been in our lives, but I think the biggest ones are how you have to remember that children are sponges and we are their biggest teachers. We need to act the way we would want them to act. Secondly, that we need to balance life between being a couple and being a family. I know for me, I will give my child everything and take care of myself after, but that isn't good because it means I am neglecting myself, which in turn doesn't help my child... On the other hand, I have a husband who wants to take Noah everywhere we go, whether its grocery shopping, out to eat, etc. which leaves limited time for US as a couple. I don't think it really bothered us until I realized that our conversations were pretty much all about Noah and that when we got into arguments, it took us time to come back together as a unit. If you're not careful, kids will take over your life. You still have to feed your relationship because when these kids leave for college, you still have to live the rest of your life with that person! Lol

Besides learning these lessons, it's been a great year! After PE tubes surgery, Noah has just blossomed into a very talkative child. What in the heck was I worried about?! Oh and he got dismissed from Speech Therapy too! Funny that now his SLP has become a friend. I'm grateful for all those individuals God has brought into my life this year. He is learning so much, such a comedian, and if we get lucky, he gives us some cuddles! Lol

Gotta love this kid. Her are a few pics of his birthday party!

 

Something that has been hard...

For the past couple of days, for some reason, I've been talking baby...probably because my BFF Cherlin is back from Africa and this has been a hot topic. Not that we are planning on having another baby this year, but i'm just thinking about future pregnancies. I find myself rebuking things so many times a day...like when the person Cherlin went to go get her dress from yesterday said that her neighbor has 2 kids and they were both preemies, and that it was due to pre-eclampsia...or when yesterday I was at work and the ladies in the front office were talking about the fact that their babies came early...

I am just trying to keep myself together. I feel like we need to be praying in advance for this pregnancy that isn't even a thought in our imagination right now. I guess i'm just nervous! I always pray to God that this was a one time experience, not only for me, but for my family. I want to have more children, but don't want to feel as if every time they come, they come before being full term.

I'm praying for a FULL, HAPPY, HEALTHY pregnancy when God deems it time. I pray that I get to birth this child the natural way, and that I get to feel contractions, get to push...and that my husband experiences cutting an umbilical cord.

THAT is my heart's desire.

The enemy is hard at work, but my God is bigger. Even though I may have these thoughts, I cannot let them affect my faith. I know how faithful God is. I just hope He hears this prayer as well!