Stitches already??

Alright, I knew this day would come...but I can't believe it happened so soon. Our day started out so nicely...I took the boys to the HOuse of Bounce (this place with huge inflatable slides and obstacle courses). We had a ball! We played there for over two hours and I'm not sure if the kids or I had more fun!! What a blast!!

Then we came home, had lunch, watched a movie and Caleb took a nap. Apparently Luke is way too grown up for naps now. Well I was making dinner in the kitchen and Luke was pushing around this Rubbermaid tote full of toys in the kitchen by the train table. Then, all of a sudden he fell and then let out a terrified scream. I ran over to tell him he would be fine, when I saw him bleeding from his mouth....I was sure he had lost a tooth!! But thankfully they were all still there. However he was losing what seemed like massive amounts of blood from his mouth. (Ok, so yes I am a nurse, but all that education completely flies out the window when it is YOUR kid!)

So I got him a washcloth to put in his mouth and tried to figure out what was going on in there when I saw a really deep gash inside his mouth and a pretty good one on the outside too! So I called my Dad to meet us at Urgent Care (since Eric wasn't home yet)

After attempting to put shoes, and coats on my kids, stop the bleeding, and not let my child know that I was near panicking..we flew to Urgent Care. Thankfully my Dad was already in the parking lot so we went on in. Dad played with Caleb in the waiting room while Luke and I went on back. Amazingly enough on the way there, God let Luke sleep for a little bit... I know he hadn't had a nap, but I was amazed he could sleep after this. Anyway, after waiting FOREVER (equals like three or four SpongeBob's---which I have never liked, but was very thankful for today) the Dr came in with his consensus.
Lukie needed some stitches! He said we could try to do it there, but if Luke wouldn't cooperate, that I would have to take him to the ER to sedate him. He said we could also just leave it alone, but that he was really worried that food would get stuck in there and cause infection (seriously it was a deep hole)

My sweet little boy was such a trooper. They had to give him several numbing shots directly in the gashes!! Oh, it hurt me just to watch....It was absolutely the most heartbreaking thing!! But we kept talking and singing "God is bigger than the Boogieman" After about twenty minutes of being held down, he had two stitches on the outside of his lip and one big stitch inside to hold the gaping hole shut and earned himself two popsicles and some stickers from our sweet nurse! (who happened to be a friend of mine who used to work where I do--God is awesome!!)

Anyway, if I can keep him from yanking them out before Sunday, this will all be a bad memory.
Oh, and Eric had a to get a filling in his tooth today, and I just found out I have to have a very very expensive root canal (without dental insurance) next Tuesday..so I guess that's our three yucky things in a row!! But God is good and I am glad there are no stitches, fillings or root canals in Heaven!

Have a good day!

Amazing book!

Ok so it's been forever since I have blogged...but here goes. I'm reading the most amazing book called The Vision of His Glory by Anne Graham Lotz (daughter of Billy Graham) It is about the book of Revelation. There was a part in there tonight that I read that I had to share!! So I am typing as quietly as possibly while my sweet hubby tries to sleep but I had to write it.
I'm not sure how to give her credit correctly, but she says it so much better than I could...so I'm going to type straight out of the book and hope none of you turn me in for plagerism.

"The Rwanda civil war had ended, amnesty had been offered to the losing side by those now in power, and my brother had just made arrangements for medical services to be given to hundreds of thousands of refugees inside Rwanda....As he prepared to cross the border...he noticed a little Rwandan girl. She was seated in the back of a truck, clutching a blanket, rocking back and forth, and quietly singing to herself. In reply to his inquiry, my brother was told she was one of the thousands of children whose parents had been killed during the war. This little girl in particular had seen her family hacked to death with machetes until not one family member was left. She was all alone in the world.

When my brother asked a nearby soldier what she was singing...he said he didnt' know because she was singing in French. A soldier was found who spoke French..he listened casually then said 'She is singing something about God's love.' My brother asked him to listen more carefully and tell him exactly what she was singing. THis time the soldier listened intently then said, 'She is singing 'Jesus loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so.''

The evil actions of others had stripped the little girl of everything except what her parents of missionaries had apparently given her--her faith in Jesus! In a deeply moving way, the little girl was clinging to all she had left in the world, which was her hope in God's love for her."

How amazing is that! I can't wrap my hands around childlike faith...but I wish I could be more like that!! What in my life and yours is blinding us from the truth?? If I have a bad day with the kids, or something bad happened at work, or I feel depressed about the economy, government, or world...it seems any of these things blind me from seeing the truth. It all boils down to that sweet sweet song. Jesus loves me despite it all...all I have to do is stop my hectic life long enough to see that and just hear and see it, but to truly believe it...

Regardless of what happens around me, if the world fell apart tomorrow, nothing would change the fact that He loves me, He died for me (and you) and He desperately desires to take care of us!!!
That little girl clung to the only thing she had left...I pray that you and I while surrounded by all the blessings we have, can still cling to Jesus!!!

Hope you all have a great day...hope I wasn't to preachy...that story just touched me so much!!! I pray that I can raise my kiddos in a way that if the same thing happened to them, that they could show such faith!!!! See ya later!