Raising babies to adults

When you have a baby there are so many decisions you don't realize you will have to make. Disciplining such as when to, how to, and are they needing it? Sleep overs, friends, movies, clothing, schooling and much much more. Not only are you making these choices but so is your spouse and they were raise differently, disciplined different, had different experiences, and personality is different. Look how they turned out 😉 well if you married them there parent must have done something right 😉 Another thing you have to remember is grandparents want to help make decisions too, which both sets feel different even if just about a few things. You not going to raise your kids the same as either set of grandparent. Your kids are a mix of both of you which mean different personality, like and dislikes, experiences, and there are changes in the world around them effecting them differently too. All this being said I have only been at it for just under 3 years so I might change my mind or feel I would need to add to this in years to come. Raising babies to adults can be difficult and marriages can be strengthen by it or if you don't stand together your marriage can be shaken.

Mommy life

Some times I am tried of being mommy but then I hear her following me or hugging and kissing my legs and I realize how much of a blessing she is. I am one of the two favorite people she loves being with and she is my little girl not some one else's that I am watching but mine. She comes to me when she is hurt, tried, hunger, and needing love. Sometimes I feel the same needs and get frustrated but she knows how to get me to laugh and wants to show her love. Being a mommy is not about having to take care of a little life but about being give the privilege to care and love a little life even when it is in the womb still. I also see every day how much my mom did for me and how she loved me.

Car Adventures :)

On the way home from Kansas City on Sunday my brother, Jimmer, and I were almost home, about 7 mins, when one of the mounting bolt for the brake caliber fell out and the caliber was hitting the tire rims.
Now this is the same car I had to change the brake pads about 3 times last year because they wore thin too quick. After the last time I took it in to a tire company to see why. Apparently the brake pad go on backwards and who ever had the car before me put them on wrong.
So any ways after the car jack slipped when we (well Jimmer got the tire off I was not much help considering I need to find a restroom and there are no place that close in AR unless you are in town) had the tire already off and we got a ride to borrow a car, we finally got the car home about 4 hours later. At least the weekend was nice and we enjoyed our self even while we worked on the car.

I wonder....

As I was leaving work tonight, I was thinking about how I like to think about God's creation but I have been too busy lately. I like to look at the stars and wonder what they are or what God created them for, not thinking about the scientific reasons, but what God says. Or I wonder can cats and dogs and other animals understand a beautiful sunset or view. Some times they study it and look so intent on it I just wonder what they see. Do they see it differently and will the sunsets in Heaven be different. I wonder why does God make beautiful flowers and colorful butterflies and rainbows that are glorious. Does He make them so we will see His work and feel special that He made them for us to enjoy with Him. I wish I had more time to spend just thinking and wondering but if I had more time would I remember to spend on that or will I let myself get distracted by the many things I "should be doing" I just wonder...

Life Changes are Always for the Good even if We do not see them now.....

I have been thinking lately about the difference in living in the south, then what I expected and what has happen. While we were in the process of moving here friends would tell us what they thought we would see and how it would be. Some of the thing were correct but nothing like they thought it would be... One of the things I was told is that in the south they always use china dishes and have fancy meals. Well I have been to only one meal at someone's house that was fancier and that was my adopted Grandparents and it was not any different then what I would have expected with a dinner for four. There was only one fork, knife, and spoon at each place and the dishes were not china just pretty dishes.

One of the things we thought moving south would be like was having warmer weather. Well, that is not entirely true, it does stay warm longer but it can get cold and stay cold enough that the ice stays on the roads for about 3-4 days causing us to be struck home or were ever we are until it melts. We thought that since we are use to snow in PA that we could easily drive here in the snow but we never thought about the fact that they do not have the equipment to clear the roads. I do enjoy being able to go outside with out a jacket sometimes in the middle of winter when the weather is spring temperatures. But we have to take our jackets with us because the weather can change so fast even in the spring to freezing cold temperatures in only a few hours and over night the temperature can go from 70's to snowing.

I thought that when we moved so far from our relatives that we would we would lonely but I was mistaken because we have adopted so many relatives and they have adopted us that I feel so blessed to have been able to move here and be part of the south. I did not think I could have ever imagine that I would love living any where but in PA. I am very glad God brought us here, even though we still have to deal with freezing weather in the winter.

Quilting Meadowlarks

Please check out my new store front my brother made for me at http://www.quiltingmeadowlarks.com/ and let me know if you like it.
Thanks

Pam...

I just found out a friend of mine from work died. Please pray for her family it was sudden and she was only in her late 50s. I had just talked to her last week while we were working. I cannot believe she is really gone. She had been having health issues for a while and I tought she was doing better because she was back to work.
I use to work nights with her and some days she would just be so funny and we would have such a good time. I am going to miss her.