between the raindrops

what i'm loving right now.
the weekend. rain after work on friday. not getting hit or bit at work. my favorite work day yet with my lil kiddo. waking up early with my boys. grocery shopping with little helpers. an entire day-just the four of us. watching the boys explore at the children's discovery museum.  Storytime Italian style, La Bofena, Italian singing. three wise men. caleb's made up song about 'it's getting dark outside' with his guitar strumming, dance moves always. lucas' humming in the car today. a pizza lunch that included spontaneous dance moves. dinner as a family. bath time bubbles. a happy go down for my little man. squishy little boy cheeks and hugs. time with hubs. the first healthy weekend we've had at home in weeks. discovering a new song on the radio that i love. relishing our weekend together ;) feeling happy and hopeful. renewed after a hard few weeks of sickness and a week of worktime adjustment. happy to be home with my boys.
Happy weekend :)

Worn

"Sometimes God redeems us from the struggles and sometimes God redeems us through them." 10th avenue north



You know when it rains it pours? How sometimes you actually feel like you haven't breathed for awhile? You're trying to come up for air? A lot went down starting around 1am last night...
my mom got sick (flu bug hit her)
c woke up at 1am and ended up sleeping on the couch (with no sleep machine...therefore making today tough until OT regrouped him) (tonight we're back to door closed for sleep. daddy always straightens things out!)
both boys woke up at 6am and quite frankly i'm impressed I even got a shower in today (and some lipgloss on)
I forgot the ergo on our way to OT and because c was in medicine/anti-ot melt down mode/lu needing a nap bad crying mode/...I ended up carrying two little boys up a huge flight of stairs and having to hold c down on the toilet to pee before OT. A sweet lady came to my rescue and opened the door for me. I just about cried.

taking lu to storytime while c did OT was the highlight of our day.

as well as the fact that post OT C was back to normal (we really do love miss a)

 

All this to say it was a hard day.

I fed the boys lunch and put them down for naps and headed to work for an early 1-4 work session while the boys napped. And finally I breathed because at 4:30 hubby came home from his week away and hugging him erased all my tension and calmed me instantly. He is my calm and peace and it felt good to have his presence back home!

 

So my point is that barely making it through the week...and then today (where my team partner of the week. aka mom. was out of commission....) is that I wanted to say there was a moment, a beautiful moment where I got to turn on klove (cause it was just lu and I in the car going to storytime...c likes his 'cds' ) and the song Worn came on and 10th avenue said this...

 

"Sometimes God redeems us from the struggles and sometimes God redeems us through them." 10th avenue north

And....I cried a lil. Cause I like to do that ya know.
I needed that. Whenever I turn on Klove I hear something good and powerful. Godfilled. So I'm going to keep reminding myself of those words.

I got bit at work today. But, surprisingly it was a good session with my lil kiddo, despite the teeth marks (that actually went through two shirt layers mind you)

I know all this stuff, Good and hard, it's helping mold me...shape me...and the hard moments make me appreciate precious little moments with my sweet boys.
Kisses and hugs, their lit up faces when they see daddy come in the front door after 4 days away, their love for each other. Their giggles and smiles. All these little moments make up for the very hard ones that happened this week. I also know there's always a rainbow after the rain storm. And that it was only a month ago that we were seeing plenty of rainbows. I know we'll see some more soon. It's just been an extra rainy season lately :)

I'm hoping sickness is gonna leave us for good! Seriously.

Now time to relax with hubby while we munch on fresh baked chocolate chip cookies while catching up on our fav. tvshows, cuddles and love. I sure do love my hubs and am glad he's home sweet home.

also...i feel so bad my mama got sick! but i couldn't have made it through the week without you mom! love ya :) and thanks for taking care of us this week.

joy

This is the book we are reading for our new study in bible study to go along with reading out of Philippians. It was just what I needed to be reading this week! It is full of good stuff. And I'm excited to read it along with studying out of the book of Philippians.

Here are some joys I've experienced this week :)

Caleb's cough is so much better!! Monday was a scary day. He's never gotten to the point of wheezing and being so weak he can hardly move. Today he is back to his feisty little self. Singing songs and dancing and lots of smiles. I'm so grateful for modern medicine!

another joy...having my mom here to help us all through it!! Caleb's all Nani when she's here so I'm thankful there's someone that can comfort him when Daddy's away.

Missing Dave this week...but Finding Joy in a new show :) Thanks to some friends who recommended it! Nashville ;) I'm totally hooked already! Also excited for D to come home so we can catch up on Parenthood and Greys and Bachelor! YEah :)

Lastly, starting up working again has not been easy...going monday through friday 4-7 is difficult for me. I miss just doing twice a week in the evening and feel like I want to give up already!! I'm trying to hang in there..Especially given the fact that my lil guy I work with is very agressive. I've been hit about 3x per session and a remote control was thrown at me. Oh yeah, and water splashed in my face. HI. Between meltdowns that happen a lot at home and then headed to work for a boy who screams and hits...well let's just say come 7pm I'm done! We will see how long I last working everyday now. But the joyful thing is that I am working and that I still can be home with my little guys all day! That's a blessing and I know the extra bit of money will help. I'm also glad that Dave can be home with the boys while I work and that they can have their daddy bonding time while mom's away! But I sure do miss them!

Can't wait till we are all together again on Thursday!

 

The week feels longer now that I've started working everyday :/ But I'm glad it is almost Friday!
 We're almost halfway.What a tough week it has been.Can't wait for hubs to come back,  sickness to be gone, and it to be Friday :) So glad I'm not alone this week :) Thanks mom!

no pictures. just words.

RSV. Ear Infection. Breathing Treatments given 3x a day. My lil guy is pretty sick. And mama's heart is breaking. So glad Nani is here while Daddy's away for work. Praying his little body will get the rest that it needs to heal. And praying for protection over Lucas that he doesn't get RSV as well.

Happy Friday!

Warm Sunshine (cold air) but I'll take it!

 

 enjoying a walk and sight seeing (watching the construction)

 Just playing

started filling out our January Calendar and wondering where January went already? Too busy!

Happy, happy Friday!

little happy things this morning....c had the best morning he's had in weeks! was able to get through his entire OT home program. yay C! enjoyed our lil am walk around the neighborhood. relaxed and read stories. happily sat and watched two little boys play together. feels nice to be back in the swing of things with my little guys.

 

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

snippets

some snippets from our day.

favorite Thursday nook.

art center. cutting, coloring, painting, playing, reading...quickly becoming a favorite place to be.

no mama, i don't want to hold your hand...just.want.to.walk.

all set up for my boys!

been so cold and dark for running....so, Jillian's my girl. so.sore

 

New Things for the New Year

*starting up a case again for work (in hollister! hurray) more hours than before, but i am in love with the family already! {m-f; 4-7=mom's away, the boys will play (with daddy!)}

*new workout Costco score (7 dollars! what a deal) and something Dave and I can do while the boys snooze in the evening!

*new episodes:parenthood, greys, the bachelor (Sean!hi)

*new bible study start up

*finding our way back in the swing of things; rough start, happy endings.

*working through some rough patches with our lil guy (c)...happy.to.have.help with OT. It's making a world of difference! a phone slap from my mama to give me back my serene and patient pill while we jumpstart our way back.

Glad.to.be.home to wipe little boy tears and hand out hugs and kisses when needed

 

happy almost Friday!

 

New Years...

New Years.

We spent the afternoon at the park New Years eve.

 Getting out some wiggles and giggles.

 

 

 

Dave and I enjoyed a date night on New Years eve, while the boys stayed in with nana and papa...and then...sickness set in...again...the flu....this time it was my sister, she ended up at urgent care she got so sick (poor girl always has to get medicine to help her stop, i don't even want to say what) this all went down on new years day...my bday...we high tailed it out of there. my other sister got a cold...my dad (thought he got the flu too...not sure if it was more of a psychological thing). We planned on visiting cousins but they had strep and a fever and so basically we opted to head on home...we spent the afternoon driving  What a way to bring in the New Year. Poor lor. My mom tried to make my bday special...but we decided it would be best to leave sooner rather than later! A tough drive for C..and bedtime...and finally Dave and I enjoyed some relaxing once the boys went to bed. The best birthday gift was that Dave had another vacation day today :)

So, this Christmas and New Years and Bday? Well, trying to look on the positive side...We had a lovely day of health with D's family before everyone got sick and a lovely day with my family before sickness set in. Two lovely days...and then a lot of sickness. All I can say is I am ready for everyone to be healthy!!

 

In other news...family vacation with my sweet sensitive boy was tough this year....we ended up bringing him in for an EM (emergency) OT session today. Poor guy. It's been tough, he hasn't been having this hard of a time since pre-OT days. But that's another post for another day. We're home and getting back on track soon. I'm once again so grateful for Miss A (his occupational therapist) and so grateful we're helping him in the way that he needs to be helped. He's a rock star and we're so proud of him!

 

Lucas finally seems to be past rough teething (molars)

 

And everyone is back on track getting lots of sleep.

 

The best part of coming home from a vacation?

 

Everyone sleeps good!!