Friday, July 31, 2009

Randomness

Well, I have been a complete slacker about posting anything on this blog.:( I promise to put some recent pics up soon, but thought that any entry is better than none.
Kai is 6 weeks old today! Time flies!! Not only does he look just like his Daddy, but he also seems to have his laid back personality! Yay! He has been doing a lot of "talking" and smiling these days, which I love! He is my first bottle baby, as Eliana would NEVER take one. I had a very difficult time nursing him, so after a lot of tears and discussion, we have gone to formula. I didn't think that I would ever do that. I didn't exactly like nursing with Eliana, but I was able to do it... so this was a very hard road for me. I think that I am mostly over that guilt, dissapointment hump now, and Kai is thriving and growing and eating like a champ so that is good. Phew! It was a hard road there for a while though.:( When I look at my baby boys face, I am just continually in awe of our God and how specifically He answered my prayers for a baby boy! He looks exactly like what I asked God for! How he pulls the Asian side even more than Jon, can only be God!:)
Eliana is doing pretty well. She adores her baby brother and loves to hug him and kiss him and help me with him. She gets real shy and quiet(and sometimes ornery) when others are admiring her baby brother and not her. Other than that she is mostly her normal happy self. The thing that she is really into these days is playing "school." She will sit at her little table and do her "homework" and then plan all these other activities that children do at school.
Many of you know that Jon is taking seminary classes online from Liberty University. We are still praying about it, but he may go back into the Navy as a chaplain. A few weeks ago at church he was given the opportunity to preach on a Sunday night. He did such a great job and I was so proud of him... don't know who was more nervous about the whole thing, me or him.:) It will be so interesting to see where God leads us!! Oh yeah, the really neat thing was that his Mom was here at that time and so she got to hear him preach. I know that meant the world to her.
I am going to brag on my Hubby one more time... this afternoon I am headed out of town to go and hear Beth Moore, Kay Arthur, and Priscilla Shirer at a Deeper Still conference with ladies from my church. I absolutely LOVE Beth Moore, so I am just beside myself with excitement to hear her live! Originally the plan was for me to take Kai with me, but now that he is taking a bottle that wasn't as imperative, but I was still going to take him. Then my wonderful husband said he would keep both kids because he knew I wouldn't fully be able to enjoy the conference if I had to watch over Kai. So he is coming home early from work and going to keep both kids until dinner time tomorrow night when I will be home! What a gift he is giving me!! I get a full nights sleep tonight!!:) More than that, I get to sit under some amazing godly women and soak up their teaching without distraction! I am like a hungry sponge and cannot wait to be fed!! Thanks My Love!! You are my Hero!!
Well, that's all for now. I WILL post pictures soon!:)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Suzanna, I hope and pray that you will have such a refreshing weekend... I'm so jealous of you! :P I can't wait to see pictures of Kai. I'm sure he's gotten so big!

Anonymous said...

It sure is hard to post new stuff isn't it? Your blog reads like mine. I can't wait to see the pics of your little asian man:) Aaron pulled my side a lot. I was little bummed, but I adore him anyhows. I've got something to share with you about Jon, but I'll send you a letter through FB.

The Queen said...

Oh WOW! That is so awesome you are getting a break!!! A full nights sleep?! Amazing. Well, you deserve it lady so enjoy every min. of it! I left Matthew with both girls over father's day weekend while I attended our church's ladies retreat. It rained the whole time (it was at the beach), and I felt sick a lot, but it was just so great to get out of the house and be refreshed and encouraged. I'm glad things are going so well with Eliana and Kai!!! Can't wait for updated pictures. Thanks for such a long blog. :) It answered all my questions!