Valentine's Day

Feeling grateful today for holidays and events that you can look forward too and plan for.   I read somewhere that people derive more fun and sense of enjoyment from anticipation of an event than from the actual event.  I definitely agree.  Today we called Matt's mom and Dad to wish them a happy Valentine's Day.  William got on the phone and only wanted to talk to Grandma.  He kept saying happy Valentines.  Before going to bed, he wished Matt a Merry Christmas.   Might not be 100% there yet with the holidays, but he is getting closer.   

Call the doctor

I was called into work over the weekend twice for emergency surgery. In residency, I would have been so annoyed, but it is actually a blessing in my life right now because I'm collecting got boards and need to get as many GYN cases as possible.   I can tell that God is helping me.  

Headless chicken

Today I was busy doing little things.  I've been trying to switch everybody's phone to AT&T to save money.  Also finishing furnishing the apartment.  Sometimes I feel like I'm just running around and not accomplishing as much as I think I should be able to do.  I can't wait until everything is decorated and settled.  I'm hoping to streamline my life with a housecleaner and amazon pantry so I can enjoy the time with Matt and my babies.   Feeling grateful for the casita today because it looks like we're going to be making about $2000/month which will go along way toward saving money and paying off my student loans.  

Measles

Today was church.   We have been switching off who goes to church and times at church because I'm worried that Hazel might get exposed to measles.   There is a small outbreak that started at Disneyland and has been spreading throughout the west.  It makes me so mad that people don't vaccinate.  It's ridiculous.  So many crazy people in the world.   I'm thinking of asking my pediatrician to vaccinate Hazel early with MMR at her 6 month appointment.   I'm just so grateful for modern medicine and that there are so many concerns and worries that I don't have as a mother that my ancestors had.  

Renters

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My last post was about one frustrating night with running around changing fire alarms at 4 AM.  I realized it was actually a blessing because I did not have renters in our unit and I could take care of it without disturbing anyone but myself.   The next night we had a family book with us who is here in San Diego for a conference.  They have a 4 year old girl and a little 3 year old girl with anoxic brain injury from a really bad shoulder dystocia.  The 3 year old can't move her muscles and has to be fed with a peg tube every 3 hours.   It seemed like such a difficult life for the family and for that sweet little spirit.  They flew everything from British Columbia and we're getting some sort of therapy by a doctor in orange county. Talking to them and hearing their story made me so grateful for 2 things:  #1:  I have never had a shoulder dystocia that could not be resolved in a few minutes and no babies that I've delivered have suffered any permanent damage  #2. I have 2 normal, beautiful, and healthy children. You never know what can be thrown your way, but I'm grateful that that is not my cross to bear.   I gave them a discounted rate and we're giving them free Legoland tickets tomorrow(had some extras).  

Eternally grateful

I teach Sunday school to the 14 and 15 year olds.   This Sunday the lesson was about recognizing Gods hand in our lives.  There was a talk by Elder Eyring where he explained that he kept a daily journal and every day tried to look at what had happened and God's hand in his and his families life.   He said it really strengthened his testimony and brought him closer to God.  I decided to follow his example and attempt to do the same thing every day.

I started on Monday but honestly was having a hard time identifying exactly what God was doing or where he was intervening.  I do a better job of looking back over an extended period of time, but more difficult on an exact basis.  

Well, Tuesday I was able to take a glorious nap while my 2 children were napping and had energy to complete my long list of tasks.   I got so caught up with everything that I finally went to bed at 1 AM.  Then started my night of hell. Brazil woke up at 2.  I fed her and tugboat she went back down.  Then at 4:45 all the fur alarms started chirping. Matt was gone yo bend last night, so I had to go around d unplugging all the little dang things and then finally figured out that I needed to turn on the breaker outside. I finally got it taken care of by 5:20.  William then woke up 20 minutes later all energized and then it was hazels turn.  Ugggg.  Where was the blessing in all of this??  Stay tuned for tomorrow when it all makes sense.