In need of Prayer

I know the Duggar family can be a very controversial topic, but Kiale and I adore them. I am so deeply saddened to hear this morning that their 19th baby Josie was born last night weighing 1lb 6 oz. Please keep this entire family in your prayers, and pray that this baby is strong enough to pull though this. My heart is breaking for this family. She wasn't even due until spring.

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5 @ 1 = 100

What in the heck does the title mean right? Well it means that when KS gets 5 letters at one time he has to do 100 pushups to get them. The first letter is free then he has to do 10 for the 2nd one, 20 for the 3rd one, 30 for the 4th one, and 40 for the 5th one. Well at least he cant say that we don't love him and we never write him! I am so thankful, I got a 45 minute call from my man tonight!!! He is doing so good, and seems to be really happy. He knee is "still there" which means that it is still bothering him, so please keep the prayers coming. He also told me that he failed his hearing test so he has to go to the hearing doctor after AIT... and he always tells me I'm the one that is hard of hearing, tisk, tisk, tisk... He said that it really isn't that hard and that he is enjoying himself. I am so happy to hear that he really is happy, I have been so worried that he was hating it, but he really seems to be loving it. They have already had four people accidentally discharge their weapons, for some reason they cannot figure out how to work the safety button. Those people have to write a 500 word essay to their buddies family saying they were sorry they "killed" there son/husband/whatever. Thankfully the guns only have blanks in them. So no one has gotten hurt, but the potential is there. They need to be fully aware of the weapons that they are carrying and the safety practices that need to go along with those weapons. KS will be participating in the Gas Chamber tomorrow, I told him DO NOT DRINK THE MILK, if he was to drink it it would have curdled in his stomach do to the gas mixing in with it. Nasty I know. I am so excited about picking him up in a little over a week. I will be getting a hotel Tuesday night on post and then picking him up Wednesday morning. He wants to go and look around town and see what all is there after I pick him up so it is going to be a nice day. Although any day with my husband is a wonderful day. He knows all of the husbands whose wives I am friends with. I have a feeling that our new Army Family is going to be wonderful as well as huge! He is happy that there are lots of men there with families and wives back home. I don't think he was anticipating having so much in common with that many men. Like I said I am just so happy that he is happy with his decision, and that he is having fun doing it!

Tears & Prayer

Tonight has been a terrible horrible no good very bad night! Everything finally hit me tonight and I have been nothing short of a blubbering mess of tears and snot... but hopefully I have got it all out of my system and I can go on just looking forward to picking him up in a few weeks... it was bound to hit me eventually and I am so glad it hit me here at home rather than out in public. I would rather be a puddle of tears on my bed than a puddle of tears in a store or something... I have a feeling I am going to sleep wonderfully tonight... I am exhausted and KS has a 3 page letter coming his way just from tonight alone. I knew my stone walls would crumble, now I get to rebuild them and hope they stay.

Lord, give me the strength to get though this and everything else that this new life will bring our family. I know this is the direction you want us to go, I have complete faith in this decision and that this is your will, just give me a little more light... Amen

Mom Still in Hospital

Well Mom is still in the hospital... She has had an elevated heart rate since she was admitted on Wednesday and they cannot seem to figure out why that is exactly. So they are holding her in the hospital and running some tests to try and get to the route of the problem. Dad made it back on Friday but she didn't want him just sitting at the hospital pacing so she sent him back home. She hasn't wanted anyone up their since that would just cause her to have more stress. She did tell me that her stomach is feeling a little bit better so that is some good news.

Moment of Silence for Ft. Hood

Copied from the FIC website... thanks TripWire.

This comes from the Secretary of the Army:


The Department of the Army, Washington DC has requested a moment of silence to honor the memories of the victims of the shooting incident at Fort Hood.

A moment of silence is to be observed Friday, November 6, 2009 at 2:34 p.m.

The Secretary of the Army writes:

There are moments that cause great pause, even for the steadfast.

The tragedy of the shootings at Fort Hood is such a moment. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Families and friends of those how have been killed or wounded. Our warrior ethos states that we will never leave a fallen comrade. Our Army is strong. Our character is proven in battle and reliable in all conditions, especially in the most disappointing of circumstances. Professionalism is our watchword.
Compassion is the unique measure of the American Soldier and the Army Family.

I call upon our Army to join together in a moment of silence, to honor the service of those who lost their lives and to reflect on the merits of our own service and the privilege of serving one another in this nation. We commend our thoughts and prayers to the Families of those suffering in the aftermath of this event. We will maintain our focus on caring for each other and the Army Family and emerge from this tragic event as an Army strong community. May God bless our Army and may God bless America.

Heart and Prayers to Ft. Hood

My heart and prayers go out to the families, soldiers and victims at Fort Hood. May the Lord be with them and comfort them always.

Mom Home Tomorrow

Just got off the phone with Mom. They are going to be keeping her one more night due to the infection that she had. Her appendix did not burst but there was a pretty bad infection, so I will be picking her up in the morning after I drop the boys off at school. Thank you for all of your prayers and please keep them coming!

Mom Surgery Update 2

So, Mom is not doing so good. She spiked a fever last night to the point where they had to bring in ice bags and place them throughout her body to get it to break. The doctor has not been in this morning to talk to her yet, but she did tell me she is in a lot of pain and is not getting around anywhere near as good as she was expecting. She does not want me to come up there at this point... and I am not liking that very much at all. I went ahead and called Dad and told him that he needs to come home and he is on the phone with her now so hopefully I will know something soon. I have a feeling she is down playing the severity of what happened. She hadn't even told Dad about the fever yet... and I fear that she has "Super Mom Syndrome" and doesn't want to admit how bad she is feeling... I am just praying she doesn't get an infection from all of this... I could tell how much pain she was in when I talked to her on the phone...

Mom Surgery Update

Mom made it out of surgery okay. She was able to call Dad last night and let him know she was doing okay. He is down south for work and could not come back up to be with her. I will be picking her up later today once she calls and lets me know exactly what is going on. I don't want to call her yet because I am too worried about waking her up, but knowing Mom she will probably be up pretty soon anyway. Unless the drugs have her that knocked out... Thank you for your concern and prayers. Now we just need to pray for a speedy recovery, and for my sisters to be considerate and NOT STRESS HER OUT!!! (Dixie...)

Please Pray!!

*update* She is in surgery now...

My mom just called me from the hospital ER. She has to have surgery tomorrow for appendicitis... I realize that this is a very common procedure but I would still appreciate any and all prayers you could send my Moms way. Thank you.

Purple

Please join us in wearing purple tomorrow to honor the memory Somer Thompson, purple was her favorite color, and please keep her family in your prayers as they go through this difficult and heartbreaking time. No family or child should ever have to go through this, it just isn't right. I hope whoever did this rots in the flames of hell and suffers greatly for all of eternity. At least the Lord is holding her in his arms now and she will never be hurt or sad again...

Prayer Request

I am sorry to say that my Mother-in-law's sister committed suicide, they think she did it last Friday. Please pray for her and her family she had two son's one of which I know was married and has at least one if not two kids. I could not imagine what they are all feeling and going though. I had only seen her once, and my husband only had a few occasions where he had seen her... but please keep them all in your prayers.

No Not me Monday!

I was planning on my usual not me Monday, but our thoughts and prayers need to be elsewhere right now. MckMama the blogger that I do Not Me Monday with is in the hospital right now with her 4 month old son while he fights for his life due to SVT. If you want more info go here, but PLEASE keep them in your prayers today. She already almost lost him due to the same heart condition while she was pregnant with him. God healed him then, lets pray that he will heal him agian.