Being Home

I am getting to see what it is like to be a stay-at-home mom. Boy, it sure is busy stuff. Abbie is constantly on the move and seems like she always needs something or I forget something for her. She is teething and her two top teeth are coming in at the same time and are a bit swollen and the past couple of days she has been a bit cranky. Always fun. I have been giving her meds and teething tablets waiting for them to cut on through. I have thoroughly cleaned my house already including the guest closet. Ooohhh, I hear thunder! Sidetrack...I have the study closet to hit next. Guess I should pace myself since I will be here for a couple of months. I am hoping that by the power of the LORD that I might be able to stay home from here on out...who knows what he has planned? I have been praying God's word out of Jeremiah. He has a plan. For me. Just me. And with that comes a plan to prosper me, not to harm. To give me a hope and a future. Resting in his word is such a delight. I hope to just write his word upon my heart and to pray his promises. He is faithful.

Done

I am done! I have finished school for the summer and am out! I am so excited. Tomorrow is Abbie's dedication at church. I am excited about that and realizing the importance of it and the committment that we are making as a family to keep God the center and focus of our family.

The blog title is mom-in-training and I have learned a lot the past 10 months. I sure don't know it all. I do know that balancing work and home life is a challenge and daily struggle. One or the other got ignored and work was usually it. I look back at my school year and wonder had I spent more time working with kids, or more time tutoring, or more time on planning, would my kids have been more successful? Is success passing the TAKS or 4th grade? I had no one fail any subject on their final grade. Is that success? With this year behind me as a new mom I can look forward to the next year and change things I did not like, find an area to work hard on and excel. Until the LORD lets me stay at home, I need to focus my work on him and his desire and standards of success. Until it is time to think about that, I will enjoy a break, find sanity, hang with Abbie, and just fall in love with the maker of the universe. Praise you LORD for the blessings that abound me daily.

5 Days

I have only 5 school days left. THANK YOU! Then I get to be with my sweet Abbie. Then I will blog more faithfully of course! I think she finally just crawled out of the laundry room where she has been the past 10 minutes just mesmerized. It's the little things that count.

24 lovers: Um, TIVO dumped our episodes! We lost the last two weeks. I now have something bad to say about TIVO. Not JoJo's Circus where we have 40 episodes. Just my 2. Gone. Forever. Deleted. Oh, well. Glad they recap in the beginning of each show!


To me, Happy Last Week of School!!

Catching Up

If you don't watch Young and the Restless, you are missing out on greatness. I got hooked on maternity leave and still TIVo it. I have to watch it or else I might miss something. For Theresa: OH MY! What about Lilly and her dad? Nick calling Sharon out? Nikki getting shot? Victor trying to take things over? Brad: I think he's shady!

Other than Y&R, there is a lot going on. We have 3 weeks left of school and I am grateful for that. I am ready to be done and be home with Abbie. Her little tooth is coming in more and more and I think the one beside it is on its way. She is beginning to sit down a bit more gently now after standing. She pulls up in her crib and when you go to get her in the morning, she is just holding on and bouncing and talking. She is truly a happy child. Smiles in the morning and ready for the day ahead. We have a prayer we pray when I get her that I made up:
Thank you Jesus for today,
Thank you for the sun that's on its way,
Thank you for a good night's rest,
May my day ahead be blessed. Amen.

Brian's company has hit profitability for 3 months now. That is just great news. I hope that in the future, this pays off to get me home. I pray that God has heard my daily cry for him to work this out and for me to be home. I pray that this is his way of doing it and that I remain faithful where I am to be able to lead me to where he wants me to be.


Another TV side note, anyone watch 24? Only 4 episodes left and it so fabulous!

That Long?

I can't believe it has been that long! I have been so busy with life and my selfishness that I forgot to let the world in. Abbie is crawling like crazy, cutting one tooth, another coming, pulling up, laughing, playing, and having such a great time. I love that kiddo. I am still counting school days-18 if you must know. I am still doing my abs and weights and walking. I picked up Walking with Weights again and am hoping to get rid of the underarm wave if you know what I mean.
My battery is running out so I gotta jet. More to come soon.