Day-By-Day, Oh Dear Lord...Help Me!

As Thanksgiving and Christmas get closer, our family gets more excited for what is just around the corner. This Christmas brings lots of blessings for us. My husband will be finished with the academy in December - thank the Lord! At the end of the fall semester, I will have my graduate studies certification in deaf and hard of hearing education pre-k through adult! And of course, we will be able to enjoy our little one together as a family at home! It's hard not to get impatient for all of the "lights at the end of the tunnel," but allowing ourselves to think about them too much makes the days drag on and on. Living in the present makes the days much more bearable, but it is truly a challenge. The lesson learned if we can live in the present, though, will build our character (that's what I'm telling myself to stay focused on today - it's really stinkin' hard!).

Daddy had Veteran's Day home from the academy, so we had a nice three-day family weekend - refreshing! We had to take Isaac to the doctor for a check-up and you'll never believe the update! Our little boy is now 19 1/2 inches long (that's 2 1/2 inches since he was born) and 7 1/2 lbs (that's 2 lbs 10 oz since he was born!)! His cheeks are getting chunkier and he is outgrowing most of his preemie clothes and is definitely in newborn diapers!

My husband is in his 11th week at the academy! 5 to go! He has a short week this week because of Veteran's Day and he is home Thrusday, Friday, Saturday, and returns Sunday next week for Thanksgiving! After that, only three weeks left! We can do this! Keep praying that the weeks go quickly for all of us! Isaac and I are so excited to go to Daddy's graduation and we will post pictures immediately following the event.

Until then, I am concentrating on living in the present - "I think I can, I think I can...)

Family Fun!

A couple of weeks ago, Isaac and I spent the day with Aunt Chrissy and Grandma and got crafty. I thought it would be nice if all the aunts, uncles and grandparents had a picture and a set of baby Isaac footprints to have. So, Aunt Chrissy, Grandma, and Mommy took advantage of naptime in order to get the footprints. Grandma watched and felt sorry for baby Isaac while Mommy and Aunt Chrissy had perhaps a little too much fun painting his little feet with black paint and pressing them onto paper. Poor Isaac has no idea what he's in for - welcome to the family little boy.

After Grandma cleaned Isaac's feet, he rested on Grandma comfy as can be. Grandmas are always a comfy place to sleep.