Twirling Around the Room

The girls dressed up in their new tutus yesterday.... they twirled all over the room. What joy they bring to my soul. It's amazing how special I feel, to be their mom... to have carried them under my heart, delivered them, and now they are dancing around in utter abandon.

Well, I made it to my due date. And I made it through.

I was a relief when those ballons flew off to Heaven. A feeling of peace settled over me, and I knew everything was ok.

I'm not saying there won't be hard days, but this was a big step in the right direction.

quilted quilts

I found the pictures of Josph's quilt when I had gotten it quilted

I loved the way it turned out.

Baby quilts

I LOVE making babie quilts!!

Last Sunday we went down to Pasco to Elm's sister Sheila's babies blessing

Here is the blanket I made. i finished it on the way down.... binding needed finishing on the back.. good thing my hubby doesn't mind driving, while I sew like crazy.

Here is the quilt!!!

I also embroidered his name on it:

Benjamin Riley Graham

I'll show you some of the others I've made...

This one I did for Adara, Pauline's little girl

I can't find the pictures after they were quilted... I'll add them when I find them

This one was for Joseph, James and Debbie's latest addition

The fabric for this one was from Denmark, Bamse og Kylling. Danish childrens program.

I have so much fun making these quilts. I'm working on one for a friend at Church (she doesn't know) she's due Monday before Thnaksgiving

Then For Yvonne's Baby-boy in February.

And Catherina's Baby in April (gender to be annouced).

Oh the Joy of these little people.

Steps of moving on after loosing a baby

Babies Galore.... Well it seems I'm surrounded by women who are bringing new life into this world. Went to a babyshower yesterday. And i was ok. I thought it would be so much harder (this gal is due 10 days after I would have been). I'm glad that I am able to move on.... I am not "over it" but am moving on.
My body is so out of wack after the miscarriage, that it's not even funny. I've started tating suplements to help my body get into balance again. I finally made it over to a friend who does zoneterapi (Danish for Zoning) and it was amazing how many sore spots i had... I'd ask her what she was working on, and lo and behold if it wasn't something that had been causing problems for me lately (uterus, hip, siatica, back, neck, and, and, and...) I was nice to know that I wasn't just making all of these things up ÜÜÜ
I'm taking supplements and vitamins and drinking herbal teas to help things out. Plus I'm not "trying" to get pregnant, I'm trying to get everything normal again.
I know that we will have more children. I don't know when. I know that I can't pressure the Lord for an answer, but that it will happen. I also know that I should do what I can to get there.
I am greatful for my loving husband, who is there for me whatever we go through here in this life.

Hormones

Sometime I wonder if hormones are the ultimate test.... If I am strong enough to fight the urge to kill my family this month, I will be blessed for the next 3 1/2 weeks. And then we can start all over again... and see if I'm up for recieving more blessing that month.
but I have found that Symphany chocolate (the red one without all the added stuff) works better than a shot from a tranqualizer gun.

I guess all I can do is my best. And try to get my body back to normal after the loss of our unborn child.
So as I work through all these things, I try to do my part... I try hard to remember to read my scriptures. My prayers are something I'm working on (I know it isn't enought to help girls bless the food 20 times a day and say prayers with them at night) I need to make MY prayes a priority.
I'm on a herbal supplement kick along with vitamins, lets get my body refueled. and my poor husband is suffering..... I load him up with his too.

Band-aids a lesson to learn

Can we learn a lesson from bandaids?
I don't know.
Rhiannon bumped her nose at Oma's house.... and she needed a "sticker" to make it better. Not 5min later, she bumped her mouth... and needed another one. She sniffed and was sad, untill she had both her "stickers" on her sore spots. Then life could resume as normal.
We sometimes need bandaids for our hurts. Our own personal stickers. What's our stickers??? Icecream . . . CHOCOLATE...??? I think maybe we need to look at others things too. How about prayer? And reading our scriptures. Sometimes they are they stickers we need... bandaids don't always heal the hurts we recieve in life. So we should find the stickers that will help us. Sometimes it's a bandaid, a bar of chocolate, and sometimes it's getting on our knees and praying that is the right "sticker" for us.