Can't Wait

This week is going to be great! The boys go back to school on Tuesday and Thursday. On Thursday I'm getting my hair cut, colored and my eyebrows waxed. On Friday, weather permitting...we are going to the zoo. Saturday, we are hopefully going to the airshow in Muskogee.

However, the two things I'm most excited about....are MONTY GETS HOME on Saturday evening...and on Friday...my favorite restaurant in the WHOLE WORLD opens up here in Tulsa. On Friday I'm driving over to Chipotle....and I'm going to be in Heaven. Anyone in Tulsa care to join me ?

Well...we made it

Just an update.... I put the olive oil/ garlic ear drops in JD's ears, gave him the heating pad and let him sleep with me...and he woke up feeling fine. So, we just went to Sunday School today. All the kids slept unit 8:30,.....Thank you Jesus. I kept JD with me in my class today, just in case he had some kind of a bug. So, we are all going to rest this afternoon.....

How come they all wake up at once!

So...it looks like the Johnson clan will not be attending church tomorrow. This is due to the fact that I am now up with child #3. Caleb was up with teething issues from about 10-12. JD was up with an earache from about 12:15-1:00am. Now Nathan is up...I don't think anything is wrong with him, other than his brothers woke him up and he now thinks it's time to play. I'm letting him take a few laps around the living room and I'll be sending him back to bed. JD is sleeping in my bed, he has the heating pad on his ear and has tears running down his face in his sleep. Caleb has two molars that are coming in...that joined with the new found skill of opening doors...not a good combo. He wakes up and is hurting, so he gets out of bed and walks around the house. This will be night number three of this phenomenon. He can climb baby gates and can outsmart the "child proof" door handle things from Babies R Us. So, I don't sleep well, knowing he could roam the house at any given moment. When Monty gets home, maybe we'll install a doorknob that can lock from the outside or something. I'm sure he'll have plenty to tell Oprah someday if we do that....

Anyway...I'm tired and I just want my boys to sleep.......!

And Miles to Go Before I Sleep....

For those of you who don't know...since Monty's been gone, I've been putting myself through my own "boot camp". After having 3 kids in 3 years....several moves and honestly, just not taking care of myself...I decided to make some changes while Monty was gone. Since he left, I've lost 18 pounds. I've been exercising 5 times a week too. When I started, I was walking a 20 minute mile on our treadmill. I just got off the treadmill...and I finished a mile in 12 minutes! I'm very gross and sweaty right now, and my legs feel like rubber...but I am so excited about shaving 8 minutes off my mile in 5 weeks! I'm hoping to loose 2 more pounds before Monty gets home...then I will have lost 20 pounds while he was gone! Keep praying for me....it's not easy for me! But, I'm so excited!

Cry, Rant, Pray....Repeat

I sit here tonight with a sort of "war" going on inside of me. It's the battle of keeping things in perspective. Never easy...and almost impossible for me at times. I've been upset all afternoon because my camera was stolen. I love my camera. And, honestly since Monty's gone, it's been a great way to connect, to keep him updated on life here.... It was stolen last night, right out of my diaper bag. Ugh.. I've been on the verge of tears...oh who am I kidding...I've been crying off and on all afternoon. I hope whoever took the camera enjoys the video of Nathans first steps! ( I do have it saved on my computer....THANKFULLY)

Just about an hour ago, I got a call from my Mom. My cousin Sarah, was just admitted to the hospital. She's been battling breast cancer for almost 3 years now. I got all the details about her hospitalization and as I hung up the phone, I felt like crying again. Who am I kidding...I cried again. I'd been fussing all afternoon over a camera. Sarah has been in pain for such a long time...and suddenly the camera thing did not seem like such a big deal. So, I cried over that for a bit.

Then I cried because I was crying alone...Monty's not here and I can't cry on his shoulder. Then I felt selfish again...and cried some more. I think I'm a mess right now.

So I sit here with puffy eyes really trying to maintain a healthy perspective....

1) Camera's are replaceable..children are not. I was watching my children, not the diaper bag. I would rather turn away for a second and lose a camera, as opposed to turning away for a second and losing a child.

2) Monty is going to come home. He is not gone forever... I can call him... We're good there.

3) Sarah needs me to pray, to lift her up to our heavenly Father who knows the plans he has for her. He loves her with an everlasting love and she is surrounded by the prayers of thousands.

So, *sniff*... I think I need to get a drink of water...pray some...and head to bed.

Hospital Time

Yes.....Nathan had a nice stay in the hospital last night. He has pneumonia. Lots of fun. I'm really sleepy...will write more later. But, I thought I'd get pictures up!

Mmmmm Coffee

Can I just say I love coffee. I love the smell, I love the taste...I love the way I can feel myself physically relax as I take that first hot sip. Mmmm... Coffee. I'm so glad God prompted some one somewhere to say..."Hmm...I bet if I roasted these beans and ground them up...there would be a great drink...' I don't know who it was...but I am forever in your debt! This morning...as silly as it sounds...I'm so grateful for coffee....