Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! My Dad's side of the family is Irish. I love the story behind St. Patrick.

Trust you have a wonderful day.

~Martie

Down for the Count

We have been hit hard here with a bug. It happened in the early morning hours on Monday. It was about 1 am when the first one came down saying, "Mom, I don't feel good." Then about every two hours another one came down and repeated the phrase. By morning, Rob was on the couch with two, I was in bed with two, and one was up in her bed moaning.

It has made for an interesting few days. We are not near finished yet. Fevers are still reaching over 103 degrees and sniffs and coughs can be head throughout the house.

I am thankful for the warmer spring like weather. The windows were all opened throughout the house and the kids told to snuggle into their beds to keep warm. I figured some fresh air was well in order.

Life just keeps rolling by. Seems it does not stop for anything. You can have a houseful of sick kids; but there still is laundry to, phone calls to make and house cleaning to keep up.

Rob is also having some issues and had to go in for an ultrasound on his leg. He is having severe swelling in his left leg. They did find him to have an acute case of cellulitis in his left leg. We are waiting for the lab results to come back to find out why they leg is so swollen. I was very very thankful it was not a blood clot!

On a very upbeat note in regards to Rachel's health. Before she got sick with the bug everyone else at our house has, she has shown great improvement! Her coloring is back, she has more physical stamina than she has had in months. We are very excited about this! She is working with a trainer at a gym to build her endurance and regain lost muscle tone. She has been running on the treadmill and working out on other machines there. It is neat to see her health coming back. (Now, to just get this virus kicked that she has picked up!)

So that is happenings here. Seems the days and nights melt together. I keep reminding myself that someday I am going to miss all of this; and tonight when Anna fell asleep in my arms - I knew that will be so one day. Enjoying being a Mother - even though right now the job load is a little heavier than normal.

God is good - all the time. I am glad I can rest in that!

Trust all is well at your home! Thanks for stopping by, I am so glad you did!

~Martie

The Time Out

It has been a long week. Special meetings at church make for long days - and long nights. The two little ones seem to show the first signs of the schedule 'getting to them'. They cry more easily and fight more readily.

Such was the case on this particular morning that I took these photos. I had heard enough bickering to last me a week long! I finally separated them. One on the couch in the front room - the other on the couch in the office. I spat out a phrase that made me sound like a seasoned mother - one I am sure my own mother used on me when I was their age. "If you can't play nice with each other - than you both won't play at all." I squared my shoulders and told them they could sit there and think about how to place nice with each other. (To be perfectly honest, I really did not care what they thought about - so long as they were away from each other and being quiet!)

This is what I found about 5 minutes later. It made me laugh. They did not need to be away from each other as much as they needed a good nap! I let them indulge in the bliss of sleep for sometime. Not because I am nice. I just enjoyed the quiet for a little longer than a time out would have afforded me. :)

Trust your weekend finds you enjoying the little things in life. Even the time outs!

Blessings,

~Martie