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There is some truth to the saying: "No pain, no gain." However, now that I have no choice but to schedule my c-section for baby boy three, taking much of the expected labor pains away, does that mean I'm gaining less in my delivery experience? Of course not. There is plenty of pain during the preliminary nine months, as well as the c-section recovery as I learned with baby boy two. Pain also doesn't always have to be physical. Baby boy number one has recently decided on a new way of expressing his frustration at my discipline and superior authority as he hopes to inflict emotional pain on me. When he has no choice but to submit of suffer, he likes to say, "I do not love you mommy" and now he's adding, "And I do not care about you mommy! Does that make you sad!" The first time it came out of his mouth, I immediately felt a little sad at the quick switch to adolescence, but I quickly recognized and told him that I'd rather he hate me and dea...

Have you ever worked your heart out to get caught up on something? I mean really dug in your heels, focused, drank an extra shot of espresso, and gave up sleep to stay on top of a job? Then just as soon as you feel a little relief and celebratory dance moves begin, you accidentally delete all your work with  absolutely no hope of recovery. This happened to me when I first began teaching high school, and I thought I'd get way ahead during summer pre-planning. Almost as soon as I pat myself on the back for being so diligent during my months off, my work was gone. Even after several calls and web searches regarding recovery, I was sadly informed by the brightest minds that everything I'd toiled to accomplish had been in vain. Last week, I felt an equivalent sense of frustrating failure. Instead of documents and lesson plans, I watched my baby boy struggle once again with losing weight due to constant diarrhea and vomiting for seemingly no reason except maybe some budding teeth an...

Sometimes prayers are immediately answered giving us more faith to trust when they seem to go unheard for years. I am so thankful that the day after my last post, Levi stopped throwing up altogether! Thank you so much for praying for our little guy. He still wasn't eager to eat for a while, but in the past couple of days he's been extra hungry ! Such a great reason to deal with a fussy Levi! Hopefully this will get our weight gain back in the positive direction before our GI appointment next week. It has been the perfect birthday gift to have all my babies healthy! What a blessing! The typical "Levi face" The typical "Silas face" We went on a nature walk, and I'm sure we got some stares as to whether we were crazy trick-or-treaters a month early. I've brainwashed my son to love fall even more than me if that's possible. He told everyone we saw happy "fall day." Levi double-checked we got all the listed items...