bsmiles and sunny days

People  think when you have had a lot of babies, you must know what you're doing. I can manage a baby and a busy household, that's true, but when nighttime comes, I feel like a first time parent.  The baby is waking nearly every hour between ten and four o'clock. I tell myself, "This is ridiculous. He can't possibly need me every hour. I'm letting him cry the next time he wakes up." Then the next time comes... I let him cry for a minute, and I'm crazy, telling myself, "He doesn't feel good. My supply is low... He's my sweet boy, he'll be fearful if I don't rescue him..." I don't know what to do, so I just keep getting up. I love that while I'm walking dead from bed to nursery to bed, I can hear life above me. My teenagers are doing who knows what upstairs at all hours, and it gives me joy because they are together. As concerned as I ought to be for their disciplines and habits, I'm more concerned about their love f...

My sista is scheduled to be induced tomorrow morning, and I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve! I can't help but thank God that He brought us home so that I don't have to experience this via text updates a million miles away! She is considerably calm, regardless of the chaotic circumstances with the gestational diabetes and doctor ordered induction. And she is looking soo cute! We are all thrilled to snuggle sweet Piper Jayne! Pray that all goes well and that the Lord's blessing is evident on this precious family!

My sister is days away from having her baby, so we are here in Emporia, eagerly awaiting sweet Piper's arrival! I have never been on this side of anticipation. Usually I am the one begging God to make it all end and scouring the internet for a remedy to induce myself. If you have seen us together, you know the similarities between me and my sister. This is one place we part ways. She is patiently enduring every false alarm. Her hope is to wait as long as possible. I have never experienced this inside the final month. It's amazing! On another note she steadily continues to lose weight as her pregnancy draws to a close. The doctor prescribed diet has helped that I'm sure, but in all of my eight pregnancies, I have yet to come out at the end looking any less than the size of a small vehicle. I am so excited to watch her function in her role as a mother. With these monumental differences in her attitude toward pregnancy, who knows how she will tow the line in the great parentin...