What is it about holidays?

Always after a holiday I am exhausted. Maybe it's the actual wear of the holiday, but I think it's the "let-down" of the anticipation building up to the holiday! Thanksgiving was fun, we went to my mom and dad's house and ate. All of the Murdock side of the family came in and my sister and her family came up from Tennessee, so that was neat to see her. Then today, we relaxed this morning-none of that early shopping for me! And we went to my mom's again to visit. We took our Wii with us and the kids had a ball!

I am really beginning to wonder if I was this tired with my first baby. I am just exhausted all the time. And on top of that, I have no motivation to do anything. This is not a good thing! As I sit here writing this, I see things that need picked up, furniture that needs dusting and I know in the other rooms there is much more to be done...and yet, I continue to sit here! I guess I am just going to have to make a gigantic To-Do List and start crossing things off. Everyone knows that it feels so good to cross things off of a list!

Everything else is going ok. I am swiftly discovering that I do not like the new hormones that are coursing through my body. Sometimes I wonder if I am still the same me! Now I am headed to town, I have a lunch date with some friends and then I need to stop by the grocery store for a couple of things. I am hoping my husband will want to eat leftovers again today, because I don't have a thing planned for this evening!

Well, I need to go bring my dog in before he disturbs the whole neighborhood with his barking! Have a great week everyone!

Why? or maybe it's How?

Why do some people always have a problem with someone else. Why do some people make it their goal to always be right AND let everyone know it? But the real problem is, how do you tell someone that they are prideful without ruining a relationship with them? Sure if the prideful person handled the situation Christlike it would work out because the person should see error and want to correct it to be more like Christ. However, what if you know the situation is not going to work out like that, what do you do then?

Isn't that situation true in so many situations? I mean if someone came to me and told me I was sinning, how would I handle it? I hope I would take what they say, evaluate it to see if it was true, and then if it was, I would change, but is that really what would happen? Regardless of how I would handle it, I hope people would talk to me if I was in sin.

There are so many areas right now with Caleb and I (not us individually, we don't have a problem, but the people we come in contact with) that we would like to just tell the person that they are sinning, but the people that need told, I know would not handle it well. Even the passive one involved is in sin. I just pray that God would open a door for me to be an example and be willing to forsake having a relationship to show her that her relationship with Christ is being threatened by sin. At times like this I have to stop and think and evaluate my own life so I am not the person who is seeing the speck in someone else's eye, when I have a log in my own.

On a different note, the Bible says that people who put a date on the end times are false prophets. For example, someone who says that due to all of these things that have happened, I believe the end is going to happen in this year or even between this year and this year. They are false prophets. What does the Bible say to do with false prophets? To flee them, to get away, to leave...if we are doing what we are supposed to be doing, then why is it that they are having such a big problem with it? Oh life is so confusing.

On the bright side, we go in for an ultrasound on Monday to make sure everything is going ok. I think the doc is really trying to make sure everything is super with this pregnancy. :) I get more excited the more I think about it! Caleb and I are going to Brownsburg tonight with the Sils' (the pastor at the church we have been going to since we left our old one) it should be really fun. There is an old evangelist who is coming through and stopping in Brownsburg tonight (actually he has been there for a few days) and we are going to hear and then going out to eat afterwards. Tomorrow, well I don't know what is going on, but I am sure something will be happening!

Hope everyone has a great weekend, if anyone has any advice on the things I talked about above, please, let me know!!!

The Dog that Bit Me...

Sounds like a good story huh? Well, yesterday was a fairly dramatic day. My dog got loose and was over at the neighbors, I went over to get him and after a few minutes of chasing him all across the yard, I corner him and pick him up. As I am walking back to my house, their dog (who was on a rope) ran up and bit my thigh. Can we say I think I would rather give birth than get bit again. Wow, that was serious pain. He took a huge chunk out of my leg, gave me a very nasty bruise and the opportunity to sit in the ER for 3 hours. They don't care that I'm pregnant, bleeding to death from a dog that hasn't had a rabies shot, tired, cranky, and hungry...no, they say "please sit down and we will call you when we're ready". Yeah, great experience! Thankfully I have a wonderful OB/GYN doctor who does all he can to make this pregnancy work out. He is amazing! So, I am doing well today, I walk with a serious limp and my leg is extremely sore and I am supposed to watch for infections, but other than that...life is grand!

Caleb is gone tonight, he went to Brownsburg with some of his "man buddies" for a man night...I said adios and I sat down with a good book and my computer! Now I wish he would come home though, I am ready to have someone to talk to other than my dog! (the conversation is slightly one-sided!) Tomorrow I am going over to my mom's to help make some Christmas presents, which should be fun. I am hoping all goes well.

Caleb and I are especially praying for JD Taylor at this time-praying for God's will to be done. And additionally for peace and comfort for his family.

Our trip to TN

I have a few minutes now, so I thought I might update on our trip to Tennessee. We had a blast. It rained 7 out of the 8 hours it took to drive down there though. And lucky me was the one who get stuck with the driving while Caleb and Jeremy slept! Oh well, it was pretty! We only saw one accident on the way down there and we were close enough to the front that it didn't take very long to get through the traffic. A car had tried to turn into a semi...pretty ugly, but I think everyone was ok. We had a ton of fun with the boys...they have twin 5 year olds a 4 year old and a 6 month old. They are so cool! We did a little sightseeing, but it was so cold we didn't want to be outside to long, so we did some shopping and things like that! We went to church on Sunday and then came home Monday. Overall, it was a really fun trip!

Monday was also the day that we officially found out that we were pregnant. I had known for a while, but I hadn't tested. Caleb and I are super excited, and our family is too. I am praying so much for this little baby growing inside of me! Mainly that this baby won't be super active and get all tangled up in the cord, but active enough for me to not be concerned all the time! And just that the baby will be healthy.

As Thanksgiving gets closer I start to think of all that I am thankful for and hopefully every time I update I will let you know of something that I am thankful for. Today I am extremely thankful for the God we serve. He has absolutely everything in control and I can take all my worries and concerns and fears straight to Him. He is the author of Peace and His Word is the peace that I need. But God also convicts. Lately I have been convicted of many things and I am striving daily to be like His Son, but I fall short. I am thankful that my God forgives all the time. I am also thankful that my God is the God of salvation!

Exciting news...

Well, it is official...Caleb and I are going to have another baby. God has brought us a long way in 3 1/2 months. We are praying that God will give us a beautiful healthy baby, and to be honest, we would very much appreciate it if you all would pray too.

I am a little nervous going into this pregnancy, but I think it will get more the closer I get to giving birth. Seeing as we were in contractions and all when Abby died, so I am going to be very aware of this baby's movements! Which is not a bad thing, I can tell you, if I would have know that I wouldn't get to spend time with Abby when she was born, I would have took notice of her every move, and I would have read to her more. This is going to be an exciting 9 months!

I need to go make Caleb dinner before he gets off, but I will hit some highlights of our trip tomorrow!

Gone for the weekend

I am excited. Caleb and I are leaving for the weekend. I cannot wait! Tomorrow is going to be a busy day of packing and cleaning the house. I have to clean before I leave because I hate coming home to a dirty house. :)

Today has been good. I have just been absolutely exhausted the past week or so, but I did the dishes and helped my mom do a few things. We went to Wal-mart and I got Bo some dog food. We are going to board him while we are gone this time. I am actually nervous about leaving him. Usually Caleb's mom will take care of him, but since we will be gone for four days it is just easier for everyone if we board him. Poor guy. He is not used to the place where he will be staying-hopefully they take good care of him.

In other news, I am praying for the Taylor family and Kristen but especially JD, he had surgery today to remove a tumor from his brain. I am also praying for Sarah Norman as she is approximately 3 days away from being married!!! Congrats to her, hopefully her day will be perfect, I am sad that I don't get to be there for it.

Quite the weekend...

It was quite the weekend recently. Saturday I spent the day with my mom and sister-in-law Dayonna at the craft bazaar in Crawfordsville. That was fun, really put me in the mood for Christmas! Then I came home and did some work outside, picking up sticks, raking leaves, basically all the not-so-fun things. Sunday was Caleb and I's one year anniversary. We went to church in the morning, then he had to go to work right after. That didn't bother me because he is taking 4 days off at the end of this week and we are going down to TN for a while. That will be a ton of fun! Caleb has some family down there that we are going to see, and my sister also lives in TN and I hope to get to see her too! Anyway, last night we went to dinner with Caleb's brother Nathan and his wife. That was fun too, it was good to talk about some things going on with the family.

You know, family is such a difficult thing. I am so thankful that my parents were understanding when I told them that Caleb and I would not be going to their church when we got married. Caleb's parents, on the flipside, are not so understanding. We don't want to hurt them, but they don't understand that it is more important to Caleb and I to grow spiritually than to sit in the family church and not grow. We are put on this earth to glorify God, family is nice to have, but if they are prohibiting us from doing what God wants us to do, we are going to make the decision to follow God. I just wish that things would work out differently. I know it hurts Caleb a lot and I know that it is not pleasant for his parents. They just need to understand that the reason we are leaving is to glorify God.

Well, now that I got all that out, I feel much better! I am going to go work on some dishes and then take a walk to the good ol' Waynetown grocery store for a can of corn. :)