Catching Up

Wow, it has been so long since I've blogged. I miss it! With so many major life changes going on I've just let it slip. I will try to highlight some of the more important things that have happened lately...

Joslynn Rayne Smith was born October 6 at 11:19 AM. She weighed 7 lbs 3.5 ounces, was 19.5 inches long, and I was in labor for 8 short hours. The real scare came when I almost had to have a c-section because her heart rate dropped extremely low. That was intense and scary. All sorts of doctors and nurses rushed around me within seconds, stuffing me with medicine and fluids to prepare me for the c-section. My husband was dressed in scrubs within seconds, ready to go with me to the operating room. We were both anxious and worried about our little baby...but thanks to the grace of God, her heart rate came back up and stayed healthy. Yay! I had a great delivery, recovery went very well, and she is now 7 weeks old and is a very happy baby.

Scare #2 happened when Joslynn was 2 weeks old. After nursing her in the wee hours of the night, I noticed she felt very warm. I took her temperature, which was 101.9 degrees. That seemed way too high so in to the emergency room she went. The next 48 hours were a blur of IV's, a trip in the ambulance, and watching Joslynn lay in the hospital crib. She had meningitis, and until they were sure it wasn't the life threatening kind, we had to wait and wait and wait...2 days later they told us she was healthy and good to go home. Whew...praise God again that she was okay.

We bought our first house in Thorndale, Texas. We live in a very small town with 1, 278 people (1,282 now with our litte family!). Our home sits on just over 2 acres and it is surrounded by trees and wildlife. We love it!

Phoenix has been doing great with baby Joslynn. He calls her "Jos-lit" and loves to softly rub her face or tickle her toes. Phoenix has grown really close to his Daddy since the baby came...maybe a little too close even! Every night now, Phoenix wakes up in the middle of the night, leaves his room, and crawls into our bed to sleep next to Daddy. I used to say I would NEVER let my children sleep in the bed with me. But I am realizing that Phoenix will only be 2 for so long, and I want to just enjoy the time I have with him. So for now, we don't mind snuggling him in our bed each night, even though he sweats a ton and takes over most of the bed.

We are in Mesquite for Thanksgiving. It has been a great holiday so far. Phoenix has really enjoyed running wild with his cousins, and I enjoy sharing Joslynn with everyone. We fly back home to Texas next Tuesday. The flight here wasn't so bad at all, except for the cranky old man that sat in front of Phoenix and kept accusing him of kicking his seat. I wanted to ask him "Do you have any kids? Don't you know what it is like to sit for over three hours on a small airplane with a rambunctious 2 year old and a newborn baby? Chill out please!" But of course I just smiled and tried to keep Phoenix as calm as possible. Yeah, right.

The Lord has been good to us.

I will praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything He does is right and all His ways are just. Daniel 4:37