Lately, our lives have been in OVER-DRIVE with basketball, holidays, traveling, and trips to the doctor! We had a great Thanksgiving break and really are cherishing each moment that Derek is home with us. Basketball season is always busy…but it is different now that the twins are here. We miss Derek so much while he is gone for games, practices, and tournaments. We have been traveling to as many games as we can and love supporting our favorite coach. Traveling with twins and sitting through basketball games is a whole new experience for this mama, but we are making it work! We are so proud of the job he is doing with his Lady Bulldogs and excited to see him start district next week.
We have also had to make a couple of doctor visits as well! Poor Tucker got his first ear infection two weeks ago and was waking up 3-4 times a night screaming. We got an antibiotic and seemed to be on the mend when apparently he picked up a cold. They switched our antibiotics to see if it would help and poor thing had an allergic reaction to the new medicine! Thankfully, his ears are clear and we are off all medicine. Hopefully, his cold will clear off soon and we will be back to 100%!
Both babies have been changing so much and learning SO many new things! Both Tucker and Adelyn are pulling up, crawling, sitting, clapping, babbling, and starting to eat more solid foods. Both babies CAN sleep through the night, but rarely do on the same night. On good nights, I am up one time. On rough nights, it may be 3-4 times. Its definitely more challenging with two because the can tag-team and alternate being up every 2-3 hours! However, I still and praising God and am thankful for two little blessings that wake me up at night! The HARDEST days or nights with these two are still SO MUCH BETTER than the best days before them. I thank God constantly for them, even when times are tough. I also thank God endlessly for HIS plan for me, because I think I am SO blessed by having to wait so long for these two. They are my joy. They are my blessings. My cup runneth over again and again.
This time of year was always SUCH a struggle the past six years. I wanted to enjoy the holidays and time with my family, but I always focused on what was missing in my life instead of how blessed I truly was. I have been overcome with emotion several times this season simply by God's good and faithful plan. He loved me SO MUCH that He had these precious two babies in waiting for me to reveal in His perfect timing. I find it hard to convey to others who are still struggling to hang on to the hope and promise that He gives. Mostly because I remember the bitter feelings I felt and how hard it was to have hope when it felt that other people kept receiving the blessings that I desired so very much. All I know is that God had a VERY specific plan for my life. I didn't understand it while I was going through it. I don't always understand it fully now. But I know that God was faithful and true. EVERY story of infertility in the bible ends up with God granting the woman a baby. The desire of her heart. EVERY ONE! I believe that this is a promise from God that He WANTS to make barren women happy mothers in their home. In HIS timing. In HIS way. With HIS plan.
The other thing I hold onto is the idea of WAITING. Waiting was never (and still isn't) my strong suit. But the bible speaks over and over on the discipline of waiting. Wait for the Lord. With all your soul. Strength will rise as you WAIT on the Lord. How true these words are! In my waiting, God was strengthening my heart, my desires, my ability to love, and my endurance, all of these things to prepare me for the task of motherhood. I believe my heart is BURSTING with love and joy from these two. Would it have felt the same if I hadn't had to wait? I'm not sure. I will never know. But I believe that the waiting strengthened me in ways that I needed desperately. I am THANKFUL beyond measure for the waiting the Lord made me do. Every time I look at one of their sweet faces, I am overcome with God's goodness. And His love for me. What a good and mighty God we serve!
We have not had our nine month check-up yet, so I am not sure on heights, weights, percentiles, etc. I do know that they are growing and changing like crazy! We are thankful for their continued health and pray that God keeps all sickness from our house during this cold season! Enjoy the pics of our little Christmas loves! Hope that you all stay warm and safe during this crazy weather! LOVE!
To wait on God means to pause and soberly consider our own inadequacy and the Lord’s all-sufficiency, and to seek counsel and help from the Lord, and to hope in Him (Psm. 33:20-22; Isa. 8:17)… The folly of not waiting for God is that we forfeit the blessing of having God work for us. The evil of not waiting on God is that we oppose God’s will to exalt Himself in mercy. - John Piper
They are too cute for words!
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