In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak,remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said " It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Last year around this time Abby, at only ten days old, was hospitalized at Children's Medical Center.We will never forget the kindness and warmth of the doctors and staff there. Dave and I decided that we should donate her birthday gifts this year and had an awesome turnout from friends and family. We were able to donate more than 50 gifts to the children. The staff was almost in tears when they saw how many toys there were.
Our bible study group has decided that we are going to try and donate 100 toys to the hospital this year. Here's the thing...we need your help!!! Many of us are so blessed to have happy healthy kids in our lives. Most of us have not had to wake up on Christmas morning in the hospital with a sick child. Also, most of us have never been that sick child waking up on Christmas morning in the hospital.
I know many people are struggling right now, so all we ask is that you pray about it and if you can give we joyfully and graciously accept the help! Remember, there are many great toys under $10, and Wal Mart will price match any advertised price.
We will come and pick the gifts up, so all you have to do is buy them. No need to wrap them either, see, it just gets easier and easier!!! Also, they do accept gift cards as well. Send me an email (edwells1014@yahoo.com) or respond to this post and let me know if you are up to the challenge. Thank you!!!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
A little something I have learned along the way
Being a new mom has taught me a lot of things, here's a few I will share...
Being tired takes on a whole new meaning
Expect the unexpected...and then some
You can find humor in every situation, it just might not be right then
What was once a clean house now becomes clean...enough
Going to the bathroom alone really is a luxury
Some days I think that at any given moment Ashton Kutcher is going to pop out and tell me I am being punkd
I am pretty sure that my one year old could single handily take on an entire class of fifth graders in a food fight...and win!
Being tired takes on a whole new meaning
Expect the unexpected...and then some
You can find humor in every situation, it just might not be right then
What was once a clean house now becomes clean...enough
Going to the bathroom alone really is a luxury
Some days I think that at any given moment Ashton Kutcher is going to pop out and tell me I am being punkd
I am pretty sure that my one year old could single handily take on an entire class of fifth graders in a food fight...and win!
Abby's Birthday
This is a continuation of the post below this, I just thought breaking it up a little would help keep you awake! I know,I am so thoughtful.
So, the night of Abby's birthday we have our family over for dinner and everything goes really good...until that night. I wake up at 1130pm(yes, we actually go to bed by ten these days) and I was pretty sure I was dying. From 1130-830am I am throwing up along with some other things. I literally was running on an hour of sleep by the time Dave was getting up to go to work. Poor Dave has to call in sick to work so he can take care of Abby. This was Wednesday and keep in mind her party was coming up on Saturday. We go to the doctor and she determines that I have food poisoning, which we were actually happy for since there is an awesome stomach bug going around that is highly contagious. She gives me a shot(which was the most painful thing in my life, and I have had an epidural and a c-section, this thing was a monster)which knocks me out so I can finally get some sleep. If you know anything about food poisoning you know that it last 72 hours, which brings us to Friday and let us not forget that I have to go grocery shopping and get the house clean for her party. On top of feeling like I have been hit by a semi at least a half a dozen times, I couldn't play with Abby. I literally had no strength left in me. It was probably the worst part of the whole thing. Finally Friday at 930pm I looked at Dave and told him that I went five whole minutes without feeling sick! I was still extremely exhausted Saturday, but her party was at a park and even though we had family come back to the house afterwards, I really didn't care that the house looked bad. Here are a couple of pictures from her party...
Her party was perfect! I am so glad I decided to have it in a park, I can't imagine having all that energy in my house!!! We donated her gifts to the children's hospital, not in the " Mommy Dearest" kind of way. The lady was almost in tears when she saw how many we had. I am so grateful to everyone who helped us do this, I know we helped out a lot of kids. It was a year ago Saturday that we were bringing our 10 day old precious baby girl to that same hospital because she had MRSA and she was so sick they had to put her on an IV and we were told that they were going to have to do surgery on her to get it all out. I am pretty sure that was one of the darkest times of my life. Now I look at her and see this happy, healthy toddler and I can't believe how far we have come! God is good and we are so blessed that he choose us to be her parents!
So, the night of Abby's birthday we have our family over for dinner and everything goes really good...until that night. I wake up at 1130pm(yes, we actually go to bed by ten these days) and I was pretty sure I was dying. From 1130-830am I am throwing up along with some other things. I literally was running on an hour of sleep by the time Dave was getting up to go to work. Poor Dave has to call in sick to work so he can take care of Abby. This was Wednesday and keep in mind her party was coming up on Saturday. We go to the doctor and she determines that I have food poisoning, which we were actually happy for since there is an awesome stomach bug going around that is highly contagious. She gives me a shot(which was the most painful thing in my life, and I have had an epidural and a c-section, this thing was a monster)which knocks me out so I can finally get some sleep. If you know anything about food poisoning you know that it last 72 hours, which brings us to Friday and let us not forget that I have to go grocery shopping and get the house clean for her party. On top of feeling like I have been hit by a semi at least a half a dozen times, I couldn't play with Abby. I literally had no strength left in me. It was probably the worst part of the whole thing. Finally Friday at 930pm I looked at Dave and told him that I went five whole minutes without feeling sick! I was still extremely exhausted Saturday, but her party was at a park and even though we had family come back to the house afterwards, I really didn't care that the house looked bad. Here are a couple of pictures from her party...
Her party was perfect! I am so glad I decided to have it in a park, I can't imagine having all that energy in my house!!! We donated her gifts to the children's hospital, not in the " Mommy Dearest" kind of way. The lady was almost in tears when she saw how many we had. I am so grateful to everyone who helped us do this, I know we helped out a lot of kids. It was a year ago Saturday that we were bringing our 10 day old precious baby girl to that same hospital because she had MRSA and she was so sick they had to put her on an IV and we were told that they were going to have to do surgery on her to get it all out. I am pretty sure that was one of the darkest times of my life. Now I look at her and see this happy, healthy toddler and I can't believe how far we have come! God is good and we are so blessed that he choose us to be her parents!
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