Babies and Kiersten

Well since she posted it, I will share my joy with my dear friend Heather. She is also pregnant, and as her husband RJ stated in their testimony at church, "Baby Owens is going to have a little playmate....." God answers our hearts desires!!! Praise Him for His many blessings!!!
My niece Kiersten is home, and she is doing much better. She still needs prayers though. She is on antibiotics for her infection. They are not sure if they are going to remove her right kidney or not yet. My sister and the dr. are coming up with treatment options until November, and if they work, they do not want to put Kiersten through surgery. So hopefully that will work out. Thanks everyone for your prayers.
I am really starting to feel old lately. Maybe it is the pregnancy, or the fact that my ten year high school reunion is next year, or that my oldest niece is attending college.....or that I am almost 27. I don't know but I hate feeling old. I feel like life is passing by too fast!!!! There are so many things I want to do on my short time here, so much I need to accomplish, not just for myself, but for my Savior and His kingdom. I just want my life to mean something. I want to be able to leave a legacy. With all the vanity of Hollywood and pop culture, and all the fleeting selfish things of this world, it is hard to think that one little life can affect anything for the better. But hopefully I can make a difference somewhere......for now I am content to wait on the Lord for His direction!!! Hope all are well!!!

Kiersten Update

My beautiful niece Kiersten is such a huge part of my life. Such a huge part in fact, that when she was admitted to the hospital, my heart ached with worry and grief. I was so overcome, I just couldn't hold it in, thinking about this little girl who has so blessed my life.
I am happy to say that she is probably going to get out of the hospital today. They are trying to find out what bacteria she has so they can give her proper antibiotics. They are supposed to know today. Her doctor and my sister are trying to come up with a course of action for treatment. It is possible that in November she will have to have her right kidney removed, which is pretty extensive. I misspoke in my last post, I thought that kidney was completely gone, but it is there, it just doesn't function at all. Anyways they aren't sure yet if it is causing the problem.
Needless to say, she still needs prayers. I am still praying for a miraculous healing. But I am very thankful she is able to get out today, and that she is still able to be her sunshiny little self!! I am also thankful for all of your prayers and continued prayer!!! God Bless!!!

P.S. If you didn't read my previous post, this one won't make any sense, so read it!!!!

Prayer

Hi all, I am asking for extreme prayers for my niece Kiersten. She has been admitted to the hospital for a severe infection. Right now they are waiting for tests to come back to see if it is in her kidney. She only has one kidney and it refluxes, meaning it sends toxins back into itself instead of completely eliminating them. Anyone familiar with kidney problems, knows that if anything happens to her other kidney she will need surgery or more severe.....we are praying that it doesn't have to come to that. So I am asking all of you for your prayers, and for prayers for my sister. She is a single mom, and battling things like this alone can be very hard. We really need a miraculous healing of Kiersten's kidneys, and there is no other God who can heal like our God. He is a God of miracles. Where two or more are gathered, the Bible tells us that God hears our prayers.....so please send some up for my little niece. Thank you all and God bless!!!

Fun

Well I am hoping to have some fun today. RJay and Heather, my parents, and my foster brothers are coming over for dinner tonight. I am making cubed steak, salt potatoes, and corn on the cob. I actually can't wait to eat it!!! Maybe after that we will have a nice rousing game of Phase 10, which gets very competitive, and very cutthroat, fast!! It's really fun though. My mom is the one we have to watch out for, she's like a lioness, waiting to jump in for the kill!!!
Not much else is really going on. I wonder if it's pointless to keep this blog going or not. I know different friends can read it, etc. But I just don't know if I have anything of value to add to anything.
I guess the baby is about the size of a strawberry right now. I am 9 and a half weeks along. Only 31 more to go!! Lol....that's quite a long ways away. Thankfully I have not been real sick or too uncomfortable. God has blessed me. I do have trouble sleeping though, so that's not fun, but if that's the only symptom than I can't complain!! I am thinking about joining my husband in his business. We are going to film weddings and special projects. That way we can make some good money on the side. I haven't used a camera in years. That's what I went to college for though. Although I kind of got out of the whole editing process because I had Tim....now I guess I will have to learn it!!! What radio/television grad doesn't know how to edit when they graduate??? Apparently me!!! Lol!!! So needless to say, I guess I should have better taken advantage of my college years...oh well...never too late. Well not much is up, so I will end this boring old post!!!God Bless!!!

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Does anyone read this anymore?? Just curious......

New Day

Well today is a new day, and I am feeling better....thanks in part to some sweet friends who posted comments!!! Thanks guys!!! Heather Jo I wish you had an actual site so I could respond back to you!!! I think pregnancy hormones contributed to my last post somewhat, although that is the way I felt. Most of the time I can let things roll off my back, but sometimes things can build up, so I was just venting!!! Sorry all!!! It's just sometimes I feel like no one gets me. I feel like people think I am a strange person....I don't know...anyways.....
So today I cleaned two bathrooms in my sister's house and swept and mopped some floors. And then my mother and I went for a mile long walk, which felt really good. I want to stay in good shape because I don't want to gain more than I am supposed to. And before anyone yells at me for cleaning, don't worry, I know how to do it without straining myself!!! Tim and I might have a chance to go to Florida. I am not sure if it is going to happen, but we were offered a four star resort for a week. It's Tim's Dad's time share. Him and his wife had like 3 weeks they accumulated and never used so they offered it to their kids. All we would have to pay is gas, food and entertainment, which I won't be able to go on any amusement rides, so that kind of stinks. But it would be nice to get away....especially to the beach!!! We will see.....not much else going on here. God Bless!!!

Not Your Average House Wife

So I am kind of having sort of a hard time lately. . .I am a unique person....there's no one else like me, and I should enjoy that. But I find a lot of people don't really accept me for who I am. Almost every woman I know have very specific qualities, mostly related to being a wife and mom. For instance they can cook well, they have well-decorated houses, they breast-feed their babies when they are young, some of them home school....the list goes on. And they are great people. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM. But what is really getting at me is people wanting me to be in THAT mold. I am a housewife, but I have a job, I can't stay home. My house is clean, but unkempt a lot of times, I can cook, but not great. I don't shop at stores like Old Navy and Gap, I am not suzy decorator with my house, and I like doing my hair and makeup. It just bugs me, I have gotten some comments that have been hurtful....comments about what kind of wife I am, comments about choices I plan on making with my children. I mean am I going to go to Hell for not breastfeeding or for not getting top designer clothes for my children. I had a friend (no one who reads this) argue with me that I needed to breastfeed.....I mean argue. And I understand the argument behind it, but why can't people except my decision not to? Why do people see me as loud and obnoxious, and not the perfect housewife? I have weird tastes, like flapper items and old movie glamour. I like to shop at Hot Topic. (No goth items!!) I like watching shows from when I was a kid, like Alf or Punky Brewster. I hate decorating, I would rather buy a house already done in a style I like. I hate cooking because I don't have time. I speak what I think, which gets me in trouble once in a while. I just don't fit in anywhere. I am not like anyone I know. I have had a hard time with this for quite a while. It has kind of been an ongoing thing. I get "reprimanded," by other women sometimes. Like I am a kid or something and they feel the need to admonish me into their way of thinking. Again this is no one who reads this so I don't want to give you the wrong idea, it's just something I am highly frustrated over. I don't mean to complain. I just wish I had someone in my life that would sit down and watch a silent movie with me, and tell me they support my decisions, and shop with me at Hot Topic and other "fine" stores. I wish I had someone in my life who knew big band songs, and who Barbara Stanwyck and Clara Bow are. Who likes the art deco style of the 20's but grew up loving Punky Brewster in the 80's. I don't know I am blabbering on with my frustrations. I guess that even though I am an adult, I still feel like a gawky teenager trying to fit in a place where there is not one person who can relate to how I feel or how I am. I have great friends, I love them very much, they are kind and wonderful and I couldn't live without them....I just wished I knew someone who knew me..........the real me.............and they loved every part......Jesus is the only one who does. I take comfort in knowing that He revels in my uniqueness, even if it turns off others..............

Not much

Well I am not up to much. My life is pretty boring right now, not too much going on. Today I am not babysitting so I am taking it easy and just basically being lazy. I really needed to cuz I have been on the go so much my body just cries for rest!!! So I am listening to it!! Tommorow I have my last appointment with the fertility clinic. It makes me kind of sad because they are so supportive, and if it wasn't for their help I wouldn't have this little miracle inside me right now. I know God used them!!! I will start seeing my regular doc next week. It will kind of stink because I won't get as many ultrasounds so I won't see the baby's development that much. Oh well.
Today is my sister Tracey's birthday. Happy birthday Tracey!!! I don't think she reads this though.....hmm....what else to talk about....not much....my life is pretty boring.
Oh! Well we did get some good news today...the law guardian for Tracey's case seems to be smartening up someway, so we are cautiously hopeful that that will help Tracey's case. The kids are doing good but my niece Kiersten needs prayer for some health issues. Last night I had Aidan overnight. The little ham. He makes me laugh he's so silly. I love the little booger. Last night he was jamming to music in his carseat, bopping his head in time to the music. He was even singing the Beatles...Good Day Sunshine....and he's never even heard it before!!! He's so smart!! Well not much else going on here........

Blog Weirdness

So I haven't been on in a few days cuz some wacko weird thing happened with my blog template, and fortuneately I have a very nice friend who fixed it for me. Thanks so much Jackie!!! She even put the links that she knew on there for me. What a great pal. So I have had to redo my links, so if you think the order of your name on the side is in order of importance, you are wrong, I love you all!!! Anyways I am liking the new flapper background, although she is a little risque, but flappers were risque so what are you going to do?? It's honestly not my favorite background because of the colors, but I will keep it for a bit. Besides I can't harrass Jackie too much!!! Lol!!
So I had an appointment yesterday. Everything is going well. What' really, really, weird is that I ran into a couple I knew as a child who never had children and we always wondered if they just didn't want any or if they couldn't have any. So who do I run into but them at my fertility clinic. The pain this poor couple must be facing after at least 15-20 years of trying. I know people can say, well they can adopt, but until you're in their shoes, you'll never understand it. Even my four years of hardship is nothing compared to what they must have faced all these years. I won't put their names, because a couple people might know them and I don't know if it's a secret. But I would ask that you all would keep this couple in prayer, because God knows who they are, and they would be great parents.
On to another subject, not a lot of people know, but my sister was in a very abusive relationship a while back. Her husband is sheer evil....you can't imagine. Anyways she is trying to piece her life back together, and suddenly he decides he wants to have partial custody of his kids. He has never seen Aidan until a month ago and Aidan is already almost two!! He hasn't seen Kiersten since she was a baby. He wanted nothing to do with them and now he and his lawyer are doing very sinister, evil things. I mean evil....I won't go into it. But I again ask that all of you would keep this situation in prayer. We are praying that her ex's lies and deciets would be uncovered and that the judge will see through him. And my sister needs prayer, as she is naturally a wreck. I really would appreciate prayers for these things, the Bible says if two or more are in agreement, so I ask for you all to agree!!! God bless all!!!

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