BOB

BOB stands for Beast of Burden.  I like that.

Juliet and I had our first run together on Thursday.  She did great and slept most of the way, and I got a MAJOR workout!  I've been back to running some hills and I just figured I could run them just as well with the BOB.  Man alive was I mistaken!  I loved the BOB, though, and I am excited for the hardcore workouts it is going to give me!

Meeting the Whipples

On Thursday Juliet and I headed over to the Whipple house for a visit.  It was the first time for Juliet to meet the Whipples. It was neat to see Mercy (9 years) hold Juliet.  I held Mercy when she was one-day old and babysat her for many years!  Maybe one day soon she will babysit Juliet.  It was also wonderful catching-up with Jen and sweet Sophia.

 

First Hike

We all went for a hike on the Shut-In Trail on the Parkway this weekend to enjoy the beautiful leaves!

Memory Monday

2 Thessalonians 3:13

 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good. 

I pray that Juliet would never tired of doing what is right, even when it is inconvenient, challenging, not glamorous, not easy, and not "fun".   Amen

1 Month

Juliet is one month old today.  She really has grown and changed so much in the last month.  Because I am with her most of the time I don't notice the changes until I look back at picture or just think back about how she use to act.

Some facts:
-She loves to eat but is a very slow eater
-She rolled over for the first time today (I really thought I had another month of being able to "leave" her places!)
-She does not sleep through the night
-She has been smiling (for real!) for about a week now
-She is still in Newborn diapers, and can still wear (barely) newborn clothes, but mostly wears 0-3 month size
-She likes being held, and will not go to sleep on her own except in the car
-She does not cry when you change her diaper (yay!!)
-She seems to like water (baths and showers)
-I'm guessing she weighs about 9 lbs

The words I would use to describe Juliet as this point:  feisty, knows-what-she-wants, expressive

The sandal measurement:

Overwhelmed

I am tired and feel so overwhelmed and I think mainly because I cannot seem to figure out Juliet's sleeping schedule.  She still does not sleep at night.  She usually sleeps a two or three hour stretch from her last feeding before bed till about midnight.  She then wakes up, eats, and remains awake until about 4 or 5 am.  I would not even care if she was awake at night, but she is not content to just sit by herself, or even just be held by me, she must be rocked or walked to be content.  This is so frustrating at night when I'm exhausted and she is just not happy without permanent motion. I have tried EVERYTHING that everyone has recommended and she is just not changing.  It seems I will have to let her grow out of it.

A friend of my mom's sent me a sweet note with a little devotional in it that my mom re-read to me this morning.  It says:  

Are you encompassed with needs at this very moments, and almost overwhelmed with difficulties, trials, and emergencies? These are all divinely provided vessels for the Holy Spirit to fill, and if you but rightly understood their meaning, they would become opportunities for receiving new blessings and deliverance which you can get in no other way.


Bring these vessels to God.  Hold them steadily before Him in faith and prayer.  Keep still, and stop your own restless working until He begins to work. Do nothing that He does not Himself command you to do.  Give Him a chance to work, and He will surely do so; and the very trials that threatened to overcome you with discouragement and disaster, will become God's opportunity for the revelation of His grace and glory in your life, as you have never know Him before.  

"My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19

This is a good reminder to be thankful in my "challenges" (whether it is in the middle of the night or something more significant) because the Lord is as work, and to stop being so focused on myself and to remember that it all has a good purpose.

Memory Tuesday

Psalm 62: 5-8

 ⁵For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
   for my hope is from him.
⁶ He only is my rock and my salvation,
   my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
⁷On God rests my salvation and my glory;
   my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

 ⁸ Trust in him at all times, O people;
    pour out your heart before him;
   God is a refuge for us. 

 

Lord, I pray that you would be Juliet's rock and fortress.  I pray that her hope would be in you.  Help her to trust you at all times. May she always pour out her heart to you and find in you her greatest refuge.  Amen