Sabbath Rest

Do you ever get this tired??

Tom and I took turns going to church this morning so that one of us could be at home with Peter because we have been unusually busy the last few days and he was extremely tired. Tom went to the early service and Alana and I went to Sunday School and the later service. When we got home, this was how I found Peter. Tom said he did his best to keep him awake, but nothing doing. This poor child was TIRED!

Bad Blogging

Oh my! I have been a bad blogger lately. My goal when I started this blog was to post once or twice a week and it has been almost two weeks since my last post. Very negligent. Our children (especially Peter) seem to be taking up every single MOMENT of my time! I can remember saying that Alana was into everything, but that was one of the biggest understatements I've ever made. Peter is truly INTO EVERYTHING!!!

I'll post some pics soon - I have some good ones to show what we've been up to these last few weeks.

For now, let me just say that I hope everyone has a happy long weekend! I'll leave with a great quote I heard from John MacArthur this morning:

"People that have a Bible that is falling apart, rarely are themselves."

Happy Birthday Mom!

My poor mom is sick on a very big birthday:(

I love you so much Mom!! I wouldn't be the person I am today without you.

Happy Birthday!

"Her children rise up and call her blessed." - Proverbs 31:28

More Miscellaneous

Alana dearly loves her little brother and Peter absolutely adores his older sister.

They play together all the time now. I wasn't sure how close they would be with a 7-year age difference, but I shouldn't have doubted. After all, Tom and I are 6 years apart and we are the best of friends so why can't these two be also? I love watching this sibling relationship grow.

Let him eat cake!!!! Peter's increased appetite after that nasty stomach virus has not diminished in the least. He keeps eating, and eating, and eating, and eating..............

Miscellaneous

My little laundry boy. This is one of his favorite things to do - pull clothes

out of the laundry basket and try to put them on.

Our crocs:) I know summer's coming when we all start wearing our crocs.

By the way, Peter is still doing great. Before this virus, we struggled to get food into him, but now we can't give him enough to eat or feed him fast enough. Maybe this yucky stomach virus was a blessing in disguise to trigger his appetite.

Have a good weekend!

Normal!

This is going to be a quick post, but I wanted to let everyone know that Peter seems to be back to normal - FINALLY!!! This stomach virus gave us quite a scare with him. It was long (well over a week) and he came very close to being dehydrated. Peter also had two blue/purple spells, which was the greatest concern. We think that these were related to dehydration and/or fever chills or just a phase of the virus itself, but nonetheless concerning. Blue/purple is not a shade we EVER want to see on Peter - or anyone else for that matter.

Peter's appetite has returned with far more force than it was before he got sick, which is a great cause for praise. I hope it stays that way. If he continues to eat like this, it won't take any time for him to put the weight back on that he's lost over the last 10 days.

Thank you all for your prayers for Peter (and us). We know we were all on many prayer lists on Sunday. We are so thankful to have our healthy, pink and silly Peter back:) We are also very thankful that neither Tom or I caught this ugly bug (at least so far).