My spare time

I guess I should rephrase that... The time I spend neglecting my family is what it should be called. I decided to try my hand at making purses. After a few tries, I'm feeling pretty good about the product. Here's what I've made so far...

Right now I'm listening to Amelia play with the manger scene. She asked me if she could give baby Jesus a hamburger pretend. I said that was fine. Then I heard her say, "Do you want a hamburger, baby Jesus? Okay, I make you a hamburger. I got to go potty. Tell baby Jesus I going potty. I be right back, baby Jesus."

Yesterday she was offering baby Jesus and the others in the manger scene some water. Then she asked Ryan if she could give them some water and he said no. Then we heard her say, "Sorry, baby Jesus, daddy said no water."

To both of my readers:

Please pray for our pastor. He became ill about a month ago with elevated enzyme levels and spent some time at Salem Hospital before being sent home. After 2 days at home, he became very ill and was taken to the ICU at OHSU where he was put on a ventilator as doctors tried to figure out what was wrong. They found he had a blood disorder and had to give him some very dangerous medication that could have serious side effects. His kidneys were failing and couldn't clean the blood (or whatever they do). Anyway, we had a couple of prayer meetings at church and he was improving, but still very sick. Then on Sunday he took a turn for the worse and is back on a ventilator. For more info check out: http://www.salemalliance.org/ and click the Update on John Stumbo button. Also, if any of what I wrote doesn't make sense, you can read the real stuff there. Jehovah Rophe means God who heals. I pray that he will heal John's body and let us keep him a little longer. Pastor John has a heart and a vision for this city and has already done amazing things bringing the neighborhood and the city together. Please pray!

My little philosopher

LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Place: In the car...
Micah: Mom, my music at night says that everyone who believes in God is like a light in the darkness.
Me: That's right.
Micah: So, I decided that I'm going to believe in God so that I can be a light in my really dark room at night.

AGE OF GOD
Place: In the living room
Micah: Dad, how old is God?
Ryan: Oh, I don't know. Well, he's older than the earth, and the earth is millions and millions of years old. I don't know if God really has an age.
Micah: So, like... 29?
Ryan: Oh, well I'm 29, so he's got to be older than that.
Micah: Maybe like... One hundred and ninety-two (very dramatic, because its the biggest number he's ever thought of)?

Night #3...

Not dry at all. I got him up about 10:00 and he had already wet the bed. Then again about 4:00 in the morning. Here is what I've learned from my scientific experiment...
1. He does pee in his sleep
2. He can get a lot out before bed.
3. He is a HEAVY sleeper. We can take him to the bathroom and he has no memory of it.
4. He's not just being lazy (glad I never told him that).
I think we will go back to pull ups for awhile. I don't mind using them if I know they're needed. But somebody, PLEASE tell me how to get rid of that horrible stale pee smell in our bathroom? (I know, emptying the garbage of the FULL pull-ups would help.)

Night #2... not so dry

Last night Micah went to bed about 7:00, then Ryan took him to the batheroom about 9:30. He came in at 3:00 and said his bed was wet. I went down and changed the sheets, he changed his pajamas and underwear and went right back to bed. It wasn't bad, but could get annoying if it keeps happening. I remembered something that my sister had used with her oldest. It was a bedwetting alarm. As soon as the sensor senses moisture it sends an alarm sound to wake the child up so he can go to the bathroom. I just ordered one online. I found some for up to $150.00, but I bought one for $20.00. I hope it works as well.

Dry Night #1

You may want to read the previous post first...

He did it! He was dry this morning. I had the sheets set out and I was mentally prepared (as much as I could be) for the long night. We only have two sets of twin sheets, so I wasn't sure what I would do if we had to change the bed more than once. I got him up at 9:30 and made him go to the bathroom. He came up to our room this morning about 5:30 and I said, "Are you dry???" He said he felt a little wet, but his pajamas were dry, so I said, "That's good enough for me!" He got 3 tokens in his token jar, too. I raved about how proud of him I was.