Simple Woman Daybook #3

For Today . . . April, 9th, 2009

Outside my window... the sun has almost set, the skies look clear and there is still some snow lingering from the crazy storm we had last night. Please Spring come back??!!

I am thankful...for a lot right now. That my baby girl is ok after we had a real scare this morning. That my husband is knowledgeable and knew what to do. For my little boy who listened and did exactly what we told him at a time that we needed him to listen and be his best. That 911 actually works and is a fast, efficient service. For a wonderful EMS team that was so understanding. For Jesus who took care of us and answered our prayers and helped our little girl.

I am praying... for healing, for sleep, for faith, for trust and for everything to just work out and come together over the next few weeks.

I am also praying... that God will provide for us and that I will be able to just hand it all over to Him.

I am thinking... about my Friend's awesome news on her blog. Her second gave his heart to the Lord and her eldest is now ready to be baptized. So, so excited and happy! Praise the Lord!!! As a mother this is my number one prayer, the biggest burden on my heart when I pray for my kids--such awesome news!

I am celebrating... that my baby girl is safe and sound and sleeping peacefully after our near choking episode this morning.

From the kitchen... leftovers and soup from a can--So sad!

I am wearing...shorts (yes I am wishing and hoping and praying summer is right around the corner and maybe this will help) and a t-shirt.

I am reading...the Bible. Trying my best to just listen, be still and listen to what God wants to say to me (something new for me and something I am not that good at--too many thoughts in my head, too many distractions).

I am hoping...for some sleep tonight and that I will get more than the 4 1/2 hours like last night. I am hoping that my cough will not keep me up.

I am hearing...John and his best friend talk Theology, listen to Christian music and videos on the internet over the phone. It is quite funny, these two do this all the time, but I am happy that they have such a great relationship with one another.

I am creating...nothing and probably won't be for a month or so now.

Around the house... cleaning, and more packing.

One of my favorite things...nice, long conversations with my husband about God, about us, about God's plan for our lives, about our kids....I just love talking with my hubby.

A few plans for the rest of the week... resting or trying to, John has more work to do on his paper, hoping to see some family this weekend, packing.

Here is a picture thought I'm sharing with you...

So this is Genesis after we got home from the hospital with her new Teddy Bear from the EMS. I was playing with the kids this morning and trying to sort through some boxes while I let my dear hubby sleep in. I had told Zech to throw a few things in the garbage and assumed he had. John woke up and came down and Genesis went to him. All of a sudden she just started choking and having troubles breathing. John kept asking me what was going on, as she has had a cold for the last week and we thought maybe she was just coughing. But then she started gasping for breath and John took her right away and started to do the proper CPR procedure for infant chokings. We kept sweeping her mouth to see if something was inside, but we couldn't find anything. I took her thinking that I may be able to calm her and she started puking blood and mucous all over the place. By this time we were in full panic, and I called 911. They were here within 5 min., but when your baby is choking and having problems breathing it really felt like an eternity. She had started to calm down by this point, but there was still some distress. She had puked up two more times and it was full of blood, and that is a scary sight. We went by ambulance to the Children's hospital and on the way she started coughing and choking up again and then we saw something. There it was a STICKER. While I was sorting through the boxes, one of the things I had asked Zech to throw away was a sticker. I didn't follow up to see if he had thrown it away and I also didn't see that Genesis had gotten a hold of it. It was a fairly large metallic sticker and it really didn't have much flex, hence the reason it caused such havoc. As soon as we got it out, she was completely fine and went to sleep. She was fine by the time we got to the hospital, but the doctor's just checked her over to make sure there was no damage, etc. What a little monkey! Yes, I have the sticker and the EMS lady told me to scrap book it--ha! I can laugh about it now, but I have never been so scared in my life. I guess as a parent your whole entire life revolves around ensuring the safety of your kids and when it is compromised, it really puts things into perspective.

So tonight we go to bed with a few more gray hairs, a few years taken off our lives due to stress (ha) and feeling extremely grateful that it was nothing more serious. Oh, and a lot more paranoid! ;o)

Talk about timing, I am so grateful that my husband was home and I didn't have to go through this by myself.

Thanks to Peggy at The Simple Woman's Daybook for this great idea.