Where does my help come from?

I lift up my eyes to the hills-
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
The maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let you foot slip-
he who watches over you will not
slumber;
Indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over you-
the Lord is your shade at your right
hand;
the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harm-
he will watch over your life;
the Lord will watch over your coming and
going
borth now and forevermore.

~Psalm 121~

Oh how lucky we are to have a God that watches over us, that loves and adores us, a God that protects his people, and gives them comfort beyond dispare. Thank you almight God for watching over my family and I day and night.

Green to Gold

Scotty, my husband, has decided to start the process of going Green to Gold in the Army. Which means there is a lot of work to be done.

Scotty is in good shape, I mean his job kinda requires it. Not to say that some soilders are over wight and unfit, but he takes good care of himself. But, for the Green to Gold Process they want you to be, "cut," because they take pictures of you for the process, so my darling husband is going from two work outs a day to three.

We also found out that he has a better possibility of getting accepted if he has an associates degree, so we are maxing out his classes he can take online through the army. We found out that if he does this and we submit the classes to the community college and pay $250.00 he can get credited collage hours for them. Between the college hours he already has and these online courses he should have an associates when he is through.

We also have to get accepted into a college with an ROTC program, be accepted by a recruiter, and get a recomendation from his commander. Needless to say there is a lot to be done, but hopefully it will all work out. It would be such a blessing if it did.

I am so proud of him for even trying to do this. I know that if he gets accepted he can make it the hard part is it's just not in his hands. There are so many that have to be in his boat. This could be a new chapter in our lives.


Wish us luck!

Sore

Today was a hard day at the gym. I woke up this morning so sore from yesterdays run, feeling very unmotivated, but I told Soha that I would be there so, off I went. Since we were both feeling it from the day before we decided to walk.

We did a fast paced walk, 3.2 on the treadmill, at an incline of 3. I may not have been running, but I definently felt the burn. We walked for an hour, and when were done I was wore out. I just wanted to come home and soak in a hot bath. Instead I came home and did my crutches, and cleaned my house.

Now that I am done, and have taken my hot bath. I am so proud of myself for not giving into indulgance. Tomorrow we are suppose to run again. Hopefully I can stay motivated and not quit. :)

Run

When Scotty joined the Army and left for basic, I decided to take up running for the first time in my life, and it turned into what sanity. Running was my end of the day stress relief. I would throw Blain in the stroller and run. I would run until I was tired, until my stress was gone, or until I had no were else to run.

After we were stationed I ran because I had nothing else to do. during the day it was just Blaine and me. So we would walk to gym, because Scotty had the car, he would go to the play room and I would run.

Then came our blessed news, we were having another baby boy. So here I am again starting all over and beging to run. Why? Well for the same reason most women go to the gym after having a baby, to lose the baby weight. Because I want to be healthy and attractive for my husband, to teach my children the importance of being healthy. But really I would love to run a 5K.

I want to run a 5k, just because I can. It sounds silly and stupid, but I have never been in good enough shape to do something like that. So here I am. I ran/walk yesterday and went 2 miles, to day I went 4 and I feel like someone should remove my legs, but tomorrow I am going back and I am going to do this. My long term goal is to run a marathon. I will keep you all posted. Wish me luck

Testing

We now have this wonderful addition to our lives, his name is James Lucas Rowlett. What a blessing he has been, and staying at home with my baby. what a wonderful experience.

I can't believe all I missed out on with Blaine. All those smiles and milestones. What a blessing the Lord has given me, being able to be at home with him. I have Lucas here at home with me, I must say he is spoiled, and then I have Blaine.

Blaine, makes me laugh. Oh the things that come out of his mouth. Just the other day we were watching a movie, a kids movie, on TV and all of a sudden he stands up and says, "SH**." I said, "what did you just say?" and he says it again. Thinking I must have mistakenly heard him twice I ask him one more time, and sure enough I heard him correctly. So I look at him and say, "You know that we don't talk like that, so next time I hear you say that you are going to be in big trouble." he looks at me and says, "OK."obviously he was testing the waters, and I have learned that the age five is all about testing those waters. I just pray the Lord gives me the patients to deal with those test.

Don't you think it's funny how as mothers and fathers we get to see through our children what the Lord must feel towards us. The testing of waters, do we not test God every day. Continually doing what he has told us not to. I continually feel as though God gave me my children to draw me closer to him, to teach me of his unconditional love, and show me how he also teaches me through discipline.

Lucas is here

Are precious Lucas is here, born at 7lbs 9oz, he is now 15lbs 9oz. Though I forgot how much work a baby was, he has been such a blessing. Watching Blaine be a big brother, and how Lucas looks for him every time he walks into a room has been precious.

I never realized how much I had missed snuggling with a baby, and watching my big strong husband turn to mush every time he picked up our baby. Not to say he doesn't turn to mush with Blaine it's just a different type of mush. LOL

We have been so blessed to have so much help between my husbands mother and mine I def. have not been on my own with Lucas. I was scared at first that with Scotty being in the army I wasn't going to have much help, but the Lord has blessed me with a family that jumps in when need be.

Lucas is definitely been a different experience than Blaine. Blaine being a premie didn't come home till 3 months. Lucas coming home term has been quit the experience. Sleepless nights to no end, screaming baby that wants to be held, because he is so spoiled, and the list goes on. But it's all worth it.

Our lives have changed dramatically in the last couple of months. We have went from a family of to a soon to be family of four. Worrying about if this lovely child we are going to have will be a premie too, and working out the stresses of getting a bigger home for us all. But one thing remains our wounderful God.

though we get busy and distracted with our worries and our lives we know that he is still there. That our gracious lord is carring us through and will take care of our unborn child.

I never imagened we would have another child. We were told that it would be extremly hard for us to get pregnant again. So I came to the conclusion that my Blaine, My mircle baby was a gift from God so that I could be a mother, But here we are pregnant with a second gift. All those worries that I had with Blaine come rushing back, but my God says be still and know that I am here that I am going to take care of this child and you.

Thank you Lord thank you for the stillness.