Two weeks

Two weeks from today we fly to Utah for Erin's and Lucas' weddings!! I am so very excited.

Also the property manager came and fixed our water heater today, which was also quite exciting, I'm very happy to know I can take a shower tomorrow morning.

On a not so exciting note, I made the mistake of letting Duncan get out of the cart while in World Market, and he quickly ran to the wine racks (which are kind of cool looking from a kids perspective I'm sure) and grabbed 2 bottles of red wine, breaking one of them and getting it all over himself... So we had a very smelly ride home.

This is a lame post, but I haven't posted for several days and wanted to try and write something tonight, and apparently this is all I've got, ha.

Prepare a Way

I feel like all I write recently is about being tired... I guess I'm a little preoccupied with sleep (or lack thereof, ha) as of late.

But, once again.... This week Karl had had a couple especially rough nights in a row, and I was feeling pretty down about it. I was reading my scriptures and I read 1 Nephi 3:7 "I will go and do the things that the Lord hath commanded for I know that the Lord giveth no commandment unto the children of men save he shall prepare a way...". As I read it I thought, I could replace "commandment" with "child" in that sentence - The Lord doesn't give any child to me that I can't handle. He loves me, and he loves these little people he's sending to me, and he will prepare a way for me as a parent.

I felt assured that while it's not always a walk in the park, it is a walk I don't have to take alone, and he is ready and willing to help me. And if I keep my trust in him and keep moving forward, he will prepare a way for me to make it, to keep going on. No matter how tired I feel, he is with me, willing to help me do the things I need to do to raise these little boys.

Other People's Words

Two things I've read recently that I've been thinking about - 

 

1. Someone had this quote on Facebook last week:

"Mile by mile, life's a trial.  Yard by yard, life is hard.  Inch by inch, life's a cinch"

For some reason the "Inch by inch, life's a cinch" got stuck in my head. Karl's been having some pretty rough nights recently, which has been leaving me feeling drained and discouraged often. So I've been trying to focus on the "inches" right in front of me, asking myself "What is the small thing I need to do right now?", and just not think about the rest. I think it's been helping me use my time better and not to get discouraged about all the things I'm not getting done right now.

2. Also from Facebook (I'm afraid I spend a lot of time perusing Facebook on my phone while nursing....), someone posted this article:

http://powerofmoms.com/2012/04/your-children-want-you/

I particularly liked the line "...at the end of the day, our children don’t want a discouraged, stressed-out mom who is wishing she were someone else."

I think it's so easy to see where I'm falling short as a mom/wife/person sometimes, but I liked the thought that instead of focusing on that and feeling discouraged about it, I need to remember that my kids love me for me, and not for what I get done.

So there you go, even Facebook can be good sometimes, ha ha.

Short, but not specifically sweet

Three things:

 1. The hardest part of being a parent for me is being happy and fun when I'm tired. I've been tired a lot recently so I'm working on this.

2. I ate way too much junk food last weekend, and I'm feeling it. I need to learn to say no to sugar sometimes...

 3. Karl is starting to smile and laugh quite often now and I LOVE it. So adorable.