Day: February 20, 2012

This Valentine’s Day was by far was one of my very favorite ones. Not only did I have three valentines with me, but God has reminded us once again that He is full of love and all we have to do is trust Him and love Him in return. Our day began at Sutter Memorial Hospital lab where they had to run a test on our newest addition Joshua which ended up taking a couple of hours instead of 45 minutes as originally planned. The fears and worrying at the time was above and beyond of what I have ever experienced and knowing that we would have results by the end of the day made it only so much more difficult to go home and play the waiting game. Well, we did just that, until the phone finally ran with his Dr. on the line, cheerfully greeting us with “Hello.” The test came back negative which is what we prayed and hoped for. I couldn’t help it but the tears just kept running down my face, I was relived and felt God’s presence like never before. I could just see Him saying “See, Helen, all you had to do is put your trust in Me, I would never let you down child.” The news made our day, we got our energy back and excitement for life again. The praise belongs to our only God for His ways of sending trials and lessons our way to only make us stronger in our faith.
I was showered with flowers this year unlike any other year. I received gorgeous bouquet of roses from my lovie, beautiful pink tulips from my baby girl and precious white gladiolas from Joshy. Thank you Jesus for making it one of the best days yet!!!

I always thought it would be challenging to have another child, but I don’t think I even had a clue as to how challenging.  I often ask myself a question “how do other women and moms make it look so easy?”  It is definitely not easy for me, yet at the same time, I enjoy every bit of it with exception of not getting enough sleep.  One would think, newborns sleep all the time, so technically it should be the same as having one for a while, but what if your newborn is not a great sleeper and wants to be played with and carried…  We have one of those newborns that we are madly in love with.  I find myself rejoicing every time I can sit down and update this blog, so that I don’t let go of the memories that are being created on daily basis.  Our little guy smiled at me today for the first time and it was priceless.  It truly made my day.  It has been so interesting to watch him grow and witness all the differences between Bella and Joshua when they were the same age.  Joshy is definitely a grunter and loves to make all sorts of noises, whether he sleeps, eats or is awake.  They are super cute noises but not so cute at night time, when all you want to do is put your head on the pillow and then you hear grunts and chewing sounds : )  It is quite entertaining : )  Bella has been absolutely wonderful with her baby brother and keeps calling him “My Joshua Boy”  we love it!  She still needs a reminder of what’s gentle from time to time but other than that she just loves him dearly.  I have also been trying to potty train our princess and it just ended up being another challenge, because I thought it would be a 2-3 day deal but ending up being worth weeks of training.  She has been doing wonderful but definitely needs more time to spend on the potty and with juggling two kids now, it doesn’t seem as easy as it maybe should be 😉
Lately I have been appreciative of extra hands more and more, so when my parents come to visit, I almost want to jump for joy : )  They have always been an absolute blessing but now more than ever, because I have sensed what it is to have family close by when you need them.  With all the business and sometimes craziness in this life I still feel blessed beyond measure and wouldn’t change a thing.  Below are pictures from last month and some even from February, I will try to update my photo galleries in a near future.