tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14713194666604023722024-03-13T07:29:06.479-05:00Blessings of a Large Family!The life of a big family learning to please the Lord!Twinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-18882724829577986762013-07-25T03:44:00.000-05:002013-07-25T03:44:57.299-05:00Pics of Lucy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-13717815433842035942013-07-24T03:05:00.000-05:002013-07-25T03:36:35.069-05:00The Birth of Baby #10Well, she's here! It's been quite an interesting few months. I've been in a lot of pain due to my gallbladder issues and a pulled groin muscle. I've spent the last few months sitting on the couch unable to do much. My due date was fast approaching and I was really getting the nesting feelings, but had a very hard time getting it all done. My kids were a great help and did a lot of work. We managed to get most everything done (gonna finish up the rest this week I think). I was due the 14th. On the Monday before that I started a very busy week. Had Dr's and chiro appts, lots of cleaning and organizing to do, a baby shower to get ready for, and had to go grocery shopping. Not easy when you can hardly stand, let alone walk :) I managed to get it all done though. My mom came down from Idaho. On Friday we had my baby shower and had a great time. My mom was staying up at my sisters, about an hour and a half away and they went home after it was over. I am always late so was expecting to spend the next day cleaning up and then the rest of the week finishing up all the cleaning I wanted to get done. Baby had different plans...<br />
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These pics are the last 4 weeks of pregnancy<br />
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At 4:30 am I woke up to go to the bathroom, as I sat up my water broke! I have never had that happen before. I was in "shock" and couldn't wrap my mind around it. I called the midwife to let her know just in case everything went fast. I called my mom and told her so she would be on alert also. Then I thought I would try to get some more sleep since I wasn't contracting hardly at all. I couldn't sleep so I got up and curled my hair, put on my make up, and then went to work cleaning. :) I got it all cleaned up and when the kids got up they helped me finish up and my boys blew up the pool. My older 2 boys had a hunters safety course they were attending so my husband took them and dropped them off. My mom and my sisters came down. I was only contracting every 30 mins or so. I tried again to nap, but couldn't sleep. We put the pool in my room and then decided that it was too big, so my husband went to the store to try to find a smaller one. He ended up going to 3-4 different stores and found one that was better, though not exactly what I wanted. My mom and my younger sisters went to a different store and couldn't find one either. Katerina stayed with me. Still nothing was really happening. So the midwife called and said that she was leaving work and wanted to know what I wanted her to do. She could either come down and help get things going, or go home and we could keep waiting. At this point I was very tired and was not sure how long I should keep waiting since my water had broken. I've never done this before. Usually my water breaks right before baby comes out. Katerina kept telling me I should just try castor oil to try to get it going. I was really not wanting to because I am VERY picky about tastes. My midwife suggested I try it also though, so I asked my mom (who was still at the store) to pick some up for me. She also told me to get on my hands and knees with an ice pack on my back to get baby to turn because she was posterior. When my mom got home Katerina made a "delicious" PB chocolate shake with castor oil. I managed to down most of it before I started gagging. The midwife got to my house, James got home with the boys and the pool, and I started running to the bathroom. Castor oil is NOT fun! The midwife did the cervical pressure points and applied some borage oil to get me going. I was dilated to a 2 still. That was at 6:00. The contractions started up. Baby was still turned slightly posterior which was why I wasn't getting really regular contractions. After the pressure points contractions started up. I laid on my side and my sisters took turns putting pressure on my lower back. Back labors miserable. In between contractions I continued to run to the bathroom. After awhile the midwife checked me again. I was only at a 4-5. But she said I could get in the pool whenever I wanted. She gave me a homeopathic to help my cervix along and I got in. It was definitely a relief. Around that time my SIL got there.<br />
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My sister left a note for me :)<br />
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The contractions continued to intensify and I was feeling a lot of pressure. The midwife checked me again and said I was still not ready to push. I was so exhausted I was falling asleep between contractions. Then the midwife gave me a homeopathic drink. I laid on my side and I think I went into transition fairly quickly after that. My sister, Katerina, was talking me through contractions, reminding me to breathe and kept me focused. I finally felt her head come down and I told the midwife her head was coming out. All the girls came in and I started pushing. It didn't take long and her head was out. There was a cord around her neck, but with some more pushing she came the rest of the way out. The midwife unwrapped the cord from her neck and I pulled her to me.<br />
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Lucille Joy was born at 10:06 pm, July 13th. She was 7 lbs 11 oz and 20 in long. She is absolutely beautiful and has a head full of hair! She not only is my first one to break her waters before I went into labor, she was my first born early (day before her due date), she is my first to have such dark hair!<br />
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After she was out I started bleeding pretty heavily. The midwife gave me a shot of pitocin and some herbs to stop the bleeding. She got me out of the pool and onto the bed pretty quickly so that she could handle anything that might come up. Thankfully nothing bad happened though. I delivered the placenta and Emily got to cut her cord. I was bleeding a little heavier than normal so the midwife gave me some meds to help slow it down and it did. Everyone got to see her and take pics and then started leaving. Kids went to bed and I got cleaned up and went to bed as well. Lucy is quite the screamer and wanted to eat all night long. My milk came in the next night and I've spent the week trying to get as much rest as possible. She has her days and nights mixed up so we're slowly working to fix that. My mom and my little sisters stayed for a week to help out.<br />
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The day after she was born our septic went out. We had 16 people in our house and only ONE bathroom! Talk about loads of fun. We managed though and it got fixed fairly quickly. Everything is good now. Our life is now getting back to normal. Everyone loves Lucy and everyone wants to hold her all the time. We're gonna spend this week getting the house finished and get back on a routine of some sort. We're all madly in love with our Lucy Joy and are so glad God blessed us with her! The funny thoughts during my labor (I always have them) I kept thinking of some pics I'd seen on Pinterest "1 minute isn't long unless you're on a treadmill" and "30 seconds isn't long unless you're waiting for the microwave" and I just kept think "No, 30-60 seconds isn't long unless you're having a contraction! Those people do not know what they're talking about!" LOL...<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-29042783723502886992013-06-24T04:13:00.001-05:002013-06-24T04:13:48.392-05:00RecentlyRecently life has thrown me a curve ball... Isn't that the way it always seems to go? :) Things had been going pretty well and then "BAM!" downhill it goes...<br />
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It all started back before Mother's Day. I started feeling sick to my stomach and had several days of stomach issues. Thought I had the Rotavirus. It "went away" but kept coming back randomly and I was having the most difficult time with eating. I couldn't eat much, my stomach would go into awful spasms when I ate, and I was miserable. I called my Dr who said there wasn't anything they could do for me since I'm pregnant. I called the midwife, but was already doing everything natural that she recommended. It just wasn't going away :( Then 4 weeks ago after church on a Sunday morning we went to my in-laws. My hubby picked up some pizza for our lunch. Now I haven't been craving much this pregnancy, but the one thing I really had been craving was pepperoni pizza. I took 2 pieces (they were the small square ones) and I literally had to force myself to finish the second one. I was so miserable afterwards. My hubby and I went to a thrift store in town to see if there was anything "good". They live in a different town so we don't frequent that particular store often and we like going to thrift stores :) By the time we got back to the house I was dying. My MIL was concerned, and asked if I thought it was my gallbladder. Seriously, felt like a light bulb moment. Duh! If someone had told me all the symptoms I had been having, my first suggestion would have been gallbladder. I had vaguely thought a few times that "that symptom" was odd because it was a gallbladder issue but there was nothing wrong with my gallbladder so that couldn't be it. This is why even if I'm sure someone knows something I always suggest it because sometimes when it's you you just don't think of things. Too close to the situation I guess? We headed home to go to evening service, but by the time we got home I knew there was no way I could make it. I tried to just lay down hoping it would just go away, but it wasn't very long before I knew it wouldn't go away and I couldn't handle the pain anymore. We headed to the ER. I was checked into L & D because I was past 20 weeks pregnant. They gave me pain meds and observed me. The pain meds did NOT work and I wasn't contracting and baby's heartbeat was fine. So then they admitted me and wanted to hook me up to an IV. Talk about not fun... They poked me 5 times to get it in :( Blew one of my veins and bruised me really bad. (the bruises are just now finally almost gone) They finally got it and gave me some different meds. Made me very loopy and worked for a few hrs. But the Dr had ordered them very spaced out so they got authorization to give them more frequently. I was able to sleep off and on, as much as a person can in pain and in a hospital. In the A.M. they did an U/S and confirmed that yes, it was my gallbladder. Stones and a dilated duct. The surgeon did a consult and we discussed options. While I could have had surgery right then, I really felt like the risks were too great because of how far along I already was. I was sent home with pain meds and told to go on a bland diet. That week I was still in so much pain it was unbelievable. My hubby was thankfully able to take the week off to take care of me and the kids. I spent most of the week in my bed. It's been very difficult, to say the least, to try to figure this all out. I have figured out a lot of my "trigger" foods, but it's more than just "what" foods I eat, it's also how much I eat. I can eat something that doesn't bother me, but if I eat too much... Thankfully I am doing well enough to not need anything stronger than Tylenol for the pain for the most part. I only have 3-5 weeks left for this pregnancy and then hopefully will be able to have my gallbladder removed so I can eat like a normal person. I do so want to eat healthy, and won't be going crazy eating junk, but I really want to be able to eat a normal sized meal without feeling like the food is just sitting in my stomach for hours on end and being in extreme pain. It's very hard to not be able to eat or drink much. I'm really struggling with not getting dehydrated, which is aggravating my kidneys :-/<br />
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In the midst of all this I am also having some severe issues with my hips/pelvis. I can barely stand, let alone walk most of the time. Makes it difficult to get things done, like grocery shopping, nesting, etc... I am so thankful that my kids are so good about doing things without complaining (for the most part) and taking a burden off my mind because of it.<br />
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Still, in the middle of all of it I am very stressed and frustrated by it all. I hate being in pain, I hate not being able to do things that I want to do without getting help, I hate feeling lazy/useless, I hate feeling like a burden. But I am coming to realize that I just need to be "content in the state I'm in". It's a very humbling thing to have to rely on others to help you with things. It's hard for me to come to grips with not being able to do all I want to do. I have had to get to the point where I accept the fact that I can only do a little bit during the day. That means that I have to pick and choose what I do each day. If I go to the store then I know that that is all I will be able to do that day and I have to be O.K. with that. If I go to morning service on Sunday then I know I probably won't be able to make it to evening service and as much as I hate it, I have to be O.K. with that. Etc...<br />
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It's so hard, but I know that the Lord is helping me through it. I guess sometimes we just need to be humbled by our circumstance so we can realize that we HAVE to rely on God. That we cannot do it all on our own. We have to go to Him for help. He is the only one who can truly help us through any and every adversity in life. I am so glad that He is always there to help. I am so glad that we have a Lord who is totally dependable :)<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-7372808782583110612013-05-21T01:12:00.002-05:002013-05-21T11:04:00.772-05:00SicknessLots and lots of sickness. We have been fighting different things since around Thanksgiving. Because of how many people there are here it takes a while to go through everyone. Every time we "get over it" and are healthy, we've picked up something else :( Just a few we've had.. RSV/PinkEye, Flu, Strep, ear infections, stomach viruses, upper respiratory viruses, colds, allergies, etc... Lots and lots of sickness!<br />
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RSV/Pinkeye ~ Bee Propolis, Vitamin C, garlic, colloidal silver (eye drops) and breastmilk (eye drops). Pinkeye is caused by the same virus as RSV. Research it :)<br />
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The Flu ~ Homemade chicken soup, garlic, Vitamin C, Elderberry, Mentholatum, Oscillococcinum<br />
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Strep ~ Apple Cider Vinegar!!! Seriously a life saver for us! We tend to get it so frequently. (we're thinking we have a silent carrier?) We can't keep taking antibiotics for everything and it's kinda ridiculous to be on them for strep and within a month have strep again. So when that happened (we all were on antibiotics, all 11 of us! And 2 weeks after we got done my oldest girl got strep and antibiotics again) I did some research for remedies because nothing else I had tried worked. I know a lot of people swear by colloidal silver, but for us it's like drinking water. Nothing works. I found a few places recommending ACV and since we had it I gave it a try. Word of Warning... It BURNS!!! If you have strep it's like burning coals going down your throat. At first I just gave it to the kids straight. They cried :( So then I gave it to them in grape juice and while some don't like it, some actually do like it. But regardless of whether they like it or not, it WORKS! My daughter was the only one who had to be on antibiotics. Others were starting to get it but within just a couple days they were all back to normal. So from now on anytime anyone starts with symptoms they get ACV juice and Voila' they're over it super quick. I've gotten to use it several times and same thing every time. Yay for ACV!<br />
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Stomach Viruses ~ Charcoal, Slippery Elm, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Peppermint<br />
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Ear Infection ~ Warm coconut oil in the ear, juice fresh garlic with other fruits and drink lots<br />
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Upper Respiratory, Colds ~ Lots of Vitamin C, garlic, Bee Propolis<br />
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I am in no way a "Doctor" or expert, these are just things I've done and had success with. Hope someone else might find them helpful :D<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-47212725646603739172013-05-10T00:32:00.000-05:002013-05-10T00:32:13.907-05:00Deodorant Recipe<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">I tried a few different recipes and this is the one that worked the best. And had little to no irritation like the others. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">6-8 TBS coconut oil. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">mix the powders, then add in the coconut oil and then the shea butter. I generally store in a small tupperware bowl with lid and just apply with my fingers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">I am generally "lazy" and just get out my KitchenAid with the whisk attachment. But when that wasn't available I used a bowl and fork and it was still super easy to make. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">Thanks to changing hormones with all these babies I have had some major issues with sweating profusely and smell, even with store bought deodorant. I actually was buying the strongest stuff out there and it still wasn't working. After using it just once I was able to notice a major difference. No smell and much less sweat. Plus even when I did sweat it didn't get that weird smell. :) Pleasant I know, lol...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"> I try to use the best products available, but have just used what's available at times. It does make a difference, IMO. I've tried the LouAnna and Spectrum brand coconut oil, but didn't feel like it gave the same results. My preferred brand that I can find is Nutriva. They sell Nutriva coconut oil at Costco now. For the shea butter I get raw ivory shea butter. I've tried the golden shea butter, but didn't like the smell, consistency or the way it worked. I get mine on amazon and usually just get 1 lb at a time. 1lb lasts forever! <a href="http://www.nkutoorganics.com/all-about-shea-butter.html">This Site</a> has some good info, that is pretty helpful, on shea butter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;">Besides the fact that it works, which I think is extremely important, it also is much healthier for you. Store bought deodorants are full of unhealthy chemicals that are very damaging to your body. Also, while it may seem like the cost up front is a little pricey (if you get the best product available) it actually makes quite a bit and you only have to use a little bit a time so it lasts forever. </span></div>
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-57026482969334649242013-05-09T01:54:00.001-05:002013-05-25T15:37:59.968-05:00Back to Life...Yes, I'm still here :) Life...<br />
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We have had a very long year. Filled with trials, tribulation, and troubles. Most people have no clue what's going on, and I'll just keep it that way :) There are a select few who do and those who we know IRL who can probably guess some of it. Suffice it to say, it's not been pretty and it's been very hard on us all. I for one have been struggling with major depression because of it all. I do not understand it. Why? What did I ever do? What horrible sin must I have committed? Nothing...<br />
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It has affected me to the point where I just had nothing to blog about. I couldn't get on here and pretend everything in life was just great when I was so angry and frustrated. So I have remained silent. I'm not saying I'm back to normal, but I at least feel like I can (and want to) blog again. I'll be trying to stay away from subjects that are controversial, debatable, or "sensitive matter". I will be talking about what we've been doing in school, posting recipes that work for us, money saving tips, and just other "boring" stuff that's going on.<br />
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For now an update...<br />
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My oldest is now 14. Totally crazy being the mom of a 14 yr old. I cannot believe he will be in high school next school year.<br />
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We celebrated everyone's birthdays from October to March. Just have one in July, for now, as I will be having baby #10 at the end of July! :D It's another girl which brings the tally up to 3 boys, 7 girls. The boys aren't tremendously thrilled, but they're happy for another baby :) Everyone is looking forward to seeing her. She is nameless right now, but I'm hoping to settle on a name soon.<br />
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We spent most of the winter, from Thanksgiving til March, sick with everything from the flu to bronchitis to pinkeye to rotavirus to allergies. Just when we thought we were safe and done I've got 2 sick again. Hopefully it won't last long though. (I think Sarah is just teething as she's done this with every tooth that broke through)<br />
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It is now way past my bed time so I guess that'll wrap it up. Hopefully I'll put up another post in the next few days.<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-67199627810802126772012-10-11T23:53:00.002-05:002012-10-11T23:54:10.948-05:00Recent Pics <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-81879297159552267172012-07-29T01:21:00.001-05:002012-07-29T01:21:16.569-05:00I'm still alive!Lest anyone think I've dropped off the face of the planet... I'm still here :)<br />
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We have been super busy and have had some family issues come up that had to be dealt with. But we are still alive and kicking!<br />
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OK, well, so much for that thought, lol. I was gonna do a month by month of what has happened but I'm sitting here trying to remember what has happened and I can't! We have had birthdays, school testing and ending, more birthdays, chaos in our home, more birthdays, God fixed/is working on the chaos in our home, more birthdays... Yes, we have a lot of birthdays! With 11 people in our household and both of us coming from large families with our siblings having spouses and several children each we have LOTS of birthdays! I have 1 brother, 6 sisters, 7 brother in laws, 7 sister in laws, 12 nieces, and 10 nephews, in addition to my husband, 9 children, step daughter, and our parents! That makes a whole lot of birthdays all year long!<br />
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We haven't gone on any big trips or done anything "spectacular" but we're having a good summer and praying God continues to work in our family. We are probably going to start school after labor day. This year we are going to be using My Fathers World. I think it will work better for us to be able to do most of our school work together and just separate the older kids stuff. If we really like it (and I think we really will) I will be continuing with MFW for the kids 8th grade and younger. I'm not sure that I care for their high school program and I am looking into other stuff for that. (thinking about CLASS through Christian Liberty Academy for high school) But we will see. I still have a year to figure that out.<br />
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Sarah is getting so big. She's over 16 lbs now. She is not a very happy baby. She is quite a cranky baby actually. My worst yet. :( She is teething now too. I got her an amber necklace and that seems to help, but she is just not very happy. Hopefully she'll outgrow that soon.<br />
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Well, I've got a busy day tomorrow with church (we have to be there earlier than usual because my husband is going to be shuttling the bus kids to church as our normal bus drivers are gone or injured (one broke 3 of his vertebrae!) so he's subbing) Until I have more time... Hope your lives are blessed!<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-67490710159455273542012-02-18T15:01:00.001-06:002012-02-18T15:01:00.082-06:00Pictures of Sarah♥<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are some pictures of our sweet little Sarah Ruth♥</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-28350325666748685722012-02-18T00:01:00.000-06:002013-07-06T03:18:06.895-05:00Announcing the arrival of Miss Sarah Ruth ♥Yes, she is finally here!!! And as adorable as can be! :D<br />
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I know some of this is chronicled on here already, but for those who haven't been reading all along...<br />
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Found out I was pregnant and got very sick right away. Thankfully I don't throw up, but I get so nauseous I can't eat. I also get very exhausted. Like falling asleep sitting up exhausted. So in the midst of this we moved across country. Not easy, or fun, packing and moving in that state.<br />
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Thankfully by the time we moved and got a house I was feeling well enough to be able to get my house unpacked and organized. (with the help of my mom, sisters and kids) I got a very severe kidney infection in Sept. Once I got over that though everything smoothed out and I had a very "uneventful" pregnancy from there.<br />
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When I went to the OB I was told I was diabetic. I started testing and my blood sugars were all perfectly normal. I had an U/S which showed a perfectly healthy little girl. At my next appt I was told I had to see the male OB/GYN. I had already stated that I would NOT see any male OB's and so I (thankfully!) was able to switch to a different practice. There were only 2 OB's there, one being the OB I saw when I was pregnant with my second son. She was actually a homebirth midwife in the past. They were both very supportive of me having a homebirth. They were not happy with the diagnosis of diabetes without the results showing so. (the other office never would produce those results) So because my sugars were all normal they weren't convinced. They ordered a 2 hr glucose test and I passed with flying colors! I am NOT diabetic!<br />
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In the meantime I was going to see my midwife along with my sister. It was always so nice to have the time to visit with her and have my appts with no kids :) (her husband would watch all our kids for us) The only issue I had for the remainder of my pregnancy is that my iron levels were low. They didn't continue dropping, but they wouldn't come up. Not sure why, but I am fine in spite of it.<br />
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My sister had her son on Jan. 21st. I was blessed to be able to be there. The midwife did my prenatal after her birth :D Our due dates were 3 weeks apart to the day and she ended up being late.<br />
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I got to my due date.<br />
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I passed my due date.<br />
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Really I was OK with it. I was tired, but I wasn't miserable and wasn't in a hurry to have her. My kids however were so anxious they were asking me everyday to try SOMEthing to put me into labor! LOL... Kids are so funny! I couldn't convince them that nothing ever worked for me before and it just wasn't worth it. At 40 weeks the OB said I was only to a 2 and 50% effaced. At 41 weeks I was a 2 and maybe 80% effaced. So she stripped my membranes. That was on Wednesday. After my appt and all day Thurs. I had severe cramps almost non-stop. Friday morning I was so miserable I decided to go to the chiropractor. I really felt like my hips were so crooked that she couldn't get in the right position. After the adjustment my cramps stopped and I felt so much better! All during this time I was not really having contractions. I would just have them sporadically and they would stop.<br />
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On Saturday morning around 6am I woke up with a really strong contraction. I had them every 10 mins for over an hr when I finally couldn't stay in bed any longer. I didn't know if this was "it" or just false labor and I didn't want to have everyone come and have it stop. So I didn't call anyone I just took a shower. Fixed my hair and put my make up on. (hey, if this was it I had to look nice ;) The contractions weren't really coming closer at that point, but were very strong. Finally around 9am I called my mom and the birth assistant, Jacquie. Jacquie was going to come over and see how things were going and observe for a while. My mom was going to go to the store and come over later. Then the contractions started coming 3-5 mins apart. So I asked her to just come straight over. I was starting to panic a bit because they were so strong and the midwife was 2 hours away. So I called her and she said she'd be on her way. My sister called during all this and was trying to decide when to come. While on the phone with her I had a contraction and threw the phone down. LOL... Makenzie picked it up and told her to call back :) Which she did a few mins later to tell me she was on her way as well.<br />
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Jacquie got here and checked me to find that I was still at a 2, but could stretch to a 3. Was still having very strong contractions. I was thinking that I couldn't keep this up all day. So I was a little frustrated and was crying through contractions. I was so disappointed seeing as the contractions were so hard. Claudette (the midwife) got here around 12. After talking with Jacquie and watching me, she told me to lay on my left side and try to rest for at least 30 mins to an hr. Not exactly what I wanted to do at this point :) But since I hadn't slept much in the last 3 days I was very tired, so I tried. I really didn't sleep, but I did get a bit of rest. The contractions picked back up and got closer so after 45 mins I asked her to check me again so we could decide what to do from that point. I was still a 2. She offered to do cervical pressure points or we could discuss other things. I said go ahead and do the pressure points. That was a very long 8 minutes! When she was done though I was at a 6!!! WooHoo!!! She told me I should either stand or lay down on my left side to keep baby's head engaged properly. I felt like I could manage contractions better standing. That was at 1:00.<br />
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After that there was a flurry of activity. Everyone was trying to get things set up quickly. The pool was aired up but had to be filled. Claudette was bringing all her stuff in my room. My bed had to be changed. Water had to be heated on the stove. I tried to help by "directing" in between contractions. But they were pretty much all I could manage. I stationed myself at my door and held onto it during the contractions.<br />
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I'm not sure exactly what time it was, but the pool was finally ready so I got in. Talk about relief! Water is so helpful in labor! So I continued to labor in the pool for a while. Claudette checked me when I started feeling "pushy". I was still 9 with a lip, but she said I could start pushing whenever I wanted. I didn't really want to push. I knew it was going to hurt ;) But I started pushing anyways. I always have such weird thoughts at this point. Claudette was standing in my doorway watching me and I kept looking at her thinking "why doesn't she come over here so I can get this baby out?"<br />
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Finally her head was crowning! I PUSHED her head out. Then there was a lull. I could feel her head and her little ear. I think I was a bit tired at that point. At this point I noticed Claudette started to climb in the pool. I remember thinking "can she not reach? Cause I can't move closer right now" But then I started pushing again and the rest of her came out. (They thought she was stuck I think?) Claudette helped me lift her up and she was in my arms! She kinda gurgled and cried a bit and then she started screaming! She was starving and started to nurse right away. She was the quickest of all my kids to want to eat. And then she didn't want to let go, for 3 days! We named her Sarah Ruth. Sarah, because we like the name and Ruth after James' grandma. She weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 19 in long. She was born Feb. 11, at 2:58pm. Just 1 hr and 50 mins after the cervical pressure points were done.<br />
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She is absolutely beautiful! She is quite a screamer. And I don't mean the cute newborn cry, I mean a high pitched scream screamer! Things are finally settling down and she's sleeping better at night now. The kids all want to hold her and look at her all day long. They ALL love her to pieces :D<br />
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I am so thankful to have been able to give birth at home again. It was such a wonderful experience and I had such a great birth team!<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-52554545323246655032012-01-28T16:49:00.000-06:002012-01-28T16:49:58.213-06:00My Favorite Song Right NowYou know sometimes certain songs just really bless you at certain times in your life and this song is one that is really blessing me at this time in my life...<br />
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<i>Blessings by Laura Story</i><br />
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<i>We pray for blessings, we pray for peace. Comfort for family, protection while we sleep. We pray for healing, for prosperity. We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering. All the while You hear each spoken need Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things</i><br />
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<i>'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops? What if Your healing comes through tears? What if a thousand sleepless nights Are what it takes to know You're near? What if trials of this life Are Your mercies in disguise?</i><br />
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<i>We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear. We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near. We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love. As if every promise from Your Word is not enough. And all the while You hear each desperate plea and long that we'd have faith to believe.</i><br />
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<i>'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops? What if Your healing comes through tears? And what if a thousand sleepless nights Are what it takes to know You're near? And what if trials of this life Are Your mercies in disguise?</i><br />
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<i>When friends betray us, when darkness seems to win. We know that pain reminds this heart that this is not our home. It's not our home.</i><br />
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<i>'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops? What if Your healing comes through tears? And what if a thousand sleepless nights Are what it takes to know You're near?</i><br />
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<i>What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy?</i><br />
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<i>And what if trials of this life, the rain, the storms, the hardest nights are Your mercies in disguise?</i><br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-75743924322666109422012-01-23T01:17:00.001-06:002012-01-23T01:17:36.321-06:00Liar, liar, pants on fire...Ok, so this is actually a serious post :)<br />
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To all the mom's out there...<br />
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Have any of you ever dealt with a child who lies about EVERY thing? And I mean literally everything! A child who will lie to get out of trouble, who will make up stories about anything and everything, who will lie to your face even when you watch them do "it"? What do you do? How did you deal with it? I am at a loss and nothing I say or "do" is seeming to get through to this child. I welcome any suggestions!<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-50587035271660742082012-01-20T01:42:00.000-06:002012-01-20T01:42:30.974-06:002 weeks to go!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yep, that's humongous me! Still got 2 weeks to go :) Can't wait, but can all at the same time! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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So things have been pretty "normal" around here. Had my "nesting" time, got everything clean except the toys in the girls room. Really need to get that done. Of course all the contractions I was having stopped as soon as I had everything done. I got my birth kit and supplies ready, got all the baby clothes and supplies ready, and now nothing.<br />
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Kids are staying caught up on school for the most part. We are trying lots of new things and some we really like and will continue with next year. Some we don't like and won't use again. They are doing really well with their piano too.<br />
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I'll probably do a post about what we are doing and what we will be doing soon. We'll see how things go :)<br />
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</div>Twinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-5871972630147875422012-01-19T18:49:00.002-06:002012-01-22T19:05:41.094-06:00Emily Noel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, Emily has the last birthday of the year so I guess it's good she's got the last birth story too huh? :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I was 16 weeks pregnant we were in a car accident. Someone backed into the side of our car. They were in a big vehicle. I went to the hospital because I was having contractions. They couldn't find a heartbeat so I was very worried. I went to my midwives the next day and she was able to find it really quickly. She was really low so that's why it was hard to find. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After that things were pretty calm and normal. We moved to CA when I was about 6 mos along. I was very anxious to find a midwife and was blessed to be able to use Claudette. She had been the midwife for my sisters SIL. There were actually no midwives in my area so she was going to have come 2 hours to get to my house. But thankfully she was willing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found out I was pregnant in April and my due date was Dec 20th. I just KNEW that she was going to be born on Christmas. I really didn't want her to be though. For more than one reason... I didn't want to be in labor on Christmas, I didn't want to miss out on Christmas, I didn't want my kids to miss out on Christmas, I didn't want her to have to share her birthday with Christmas Day, etc... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had an appt with Claudette (On my due date I believe) and she stripped my membranes. I had lots of hard contractions for the next few hours and then nothing. On Saturday, the 23rd, I had my mucous plug come out and some bloody show. I thought for sure I would be having her that day or night. But no, nothing happened. We went to church Sunday morning and then spent the rest of the day celebrating Christmas with his side of the family. We had a good time, but I was very frustrated because I was late and I just knew she was going to "ruin" Christmas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That night I finished wrapping presents and went to bed around midnight. At 3 am the first contractions hit. They steadily got closer and stronger. I was able to have Christmas morning with my kids though :) I called my mom and Claudette around 4 pm. My mom was over right away and my dad took the boys back to their house. Claudette got there around 6 and by that time the contractions were beginning to get slower and further apart. So we discussed it and decided to put some gel on my cervix to get me going really good. We didn't want her to leave and then have to turn around and come right back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So at 6:30 we did that. Right away the contractions got stronger and closer. I stayed in the tub for most of the time after that. Claudette and my mom sat on the floor in the bathroom. Several times Claudette checked her heartbeat and encouraged me to try different positions. In the back of my mind I knew things were quite right, but didn't know what it was. Finally I was to a 9 so she said if I didn't want to be in the tub for the birth I needed to get out. So I got out, made my way to the living room and "got ready". The baby didn't want to come down though and we thought it was cause of her position. So I tried to get on my hands and knees. I think I only lasted one or two contractions that way. It just hurt my knees way too bad. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was finally at a 10 and she was down low enough, I started pushing. On the first push I experience the worst pain I have ever felt during labor and delivery. It is hard to describe but it was the horrid pain of pushing her out but at the same time her being pulled back up inside me. I said "I can't do it" (ok, I say this every time, but still it was AWFUL!!!) Everyone said "Yes, you can, push!" so I did and her head was out. Claudette told me to stop because her cord was around her neck. She got it off and I delivered the rest of her. I pulled her to my chest and the cord was so long it was still connected to both of us and in a pile on the floor. It had been wrapped around her neck 2 times and was wrapped around her arms/body too. When Claudette was checking her heartbeat she was actually only getting the cord pulse, not Emily's heartbeat. This was the reason I guess. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Emily was born at 10:53 pm on December 25th. We didn't have a name picked out for her yet. Well, not exactly. We had planned on naming her Mykaela Emily, but couldn't agree on the spelling. Since she was born on Christmas Day we decided to name her Emily Noel. She was 7 lbs 13 oz. Big beautiful blue eyes and dark hair. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-9414833887663249552012-01-19T13:26:00.000-06:002012-01-19T13:26:36.637-06:00Zachary GlenI found out I was pregnant while I was in CA to help my sister when she had one of her babies. She had actually gone to the hospital in labor and I took the test. So we knew for a day that we were pregnant at the same time! I had severe exhaustion with this pregnancy. And by the time I got back home I was hardly able to stay awake. It lasted quite awhile this time. I also kept getting sick. I had several bladder infections and sinus infections while pregnant.<br />
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Because of insurance related issues I had to have a hospital birth. I was NOT happy about this. I did end up seeing a group of 4 midwives and actually liked all of them. The one I liked the most ended up being the one on call when I went to the hospital.<br />
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2 days after my due date I had an appt. My blood pressure was really high. So an hour later they checked it again and it was still high. They also did a non-stress test and the baby was fine. I also had a blood draw. So they told me I could go home and do a 24 hr urine test and come back in 24 hrs for another blood draw. Or I could just go to the hospital for an induction. Neither option was desirable. I went to the car and talked it over with James. We decided that since we lived an hour away and there was an ice storm coming in it would probably be a good idea to just be induced so we wouldn't have to rush to the hospital, in labor, during an ice storm.<br />
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We went home and took the kids to the people who were watching them for us. Got our stuff and headed up to the hospital. We got there and they started with the prostaglandin around 11:30 pm. In the morning they moved my to a labor and delivery room and James went to pick my mom up from the airport. Sometime around 9 am they hooked me up to the pitocin. They started really low and upped it very slowly. Still, hurts way more than natural contractions.<br />
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Twice we thought I was in transition but the first time I was only at 5 and the second at 7. It was not easy at all! Sometime after that the midwife went to check my and my water broke. I did not want that to happen because of the cord issues with Kathleen and Michelle. I was very paranoid at that point. The midwife was very apologetic, but it wasn't like she did it on purpose. Thankfully my water was clear and no bleeding occurred.<br />
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After that the contractions were so hard and coming so close together that I couldn't deal with it any longer. I felt like I was losing it during contractions so I asked for something to take the edge off. (Up to that point the nurses were all very good about respecting my initial desire of no meds in labor, none of them even mentioned it) I got 1 shot of stadol. It didn't take away much of the pain, but it made me "loopy" enough that I could get through the rest of the contractions.<br />
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Zachary was born at 11:43 pm, on January 7th, after 24 hrs of labor. He weighed 7 lbs 15 oz. He had a TON of dark hair, with several swirls in it. We named him Zachary Glen. The Glen being from my great grandpa.<br />
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While I wasn't happy about being in the hospital, it did end up being a good thing. After I had him he latched on really well. But then after they moved me to a recovery room we spent all night latching on and then him letting go and crying. Until about 8 am when he finally fell asleep. I was so sore, I was bleeding. I asked for a lactation consultant. I knew something was wrong but didn't know what. She came in right after they took him out to do his circumcision (Not going to debate that, it's our decision, if you don't circumcise that's fine, we do). I told her what was going on and she asked some questions. The only thing I had "noticed" was at one point when he was crying it looked like the tip of his tongue was heart shaped. She immediately said she's go check him and be right back. She came back and said her and the Dr had checked him and sure enough he had an issue called "tongue tied". The line of skin under his tongue had literally tied the end of his tongue to his gums. He couldn't move it up, forward or backwards, so he couldn't latch on properly. They ended up getting an ENT and he was able to cut it right there in my room. We were able to leave the hospital a few hours later.<br />
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He was able to eat after that, but we still had a very difficult first week. He had a very sore tongue and had to learn to use it properly and I was already sore from the first night. But we got the hang of it and he nursed for 18 mos.<br />
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He still has pretty thick hair, but it is now blond as can be. He's a very ornery, energetic little guy. He is such a ham and adores his older brothers. Always wants to play football or frisbee with them. He has just recently started talking up a storm. He went from just random words here and there, but mostly gibberish, to talking in sentences pretty much over-night.<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-54685866152785949692012-01-19T13:04:00.002-06:002012-01-22T18:53:32.494-06:00Makenzie EmmaWe were very happy to find out I was pregnant with baby #4. In February when I was 9 weeks I started bleeding. Went for an U/S and it showed that the baby was only 6 weeks and we couldn't see a heartbeat. My midwife had me do an HCG count. It did not double in the 48 hrs like it was supposed to. In fact it barely went up. I was very distressed and tried to prepare myself for a miscarriage. My MIL came and stayed with us for a week so I could be on bedrest. I stopped bleeding and nothing happened. 3 weeks later I went in for another U/S and it showed a very healthy 9 week baby. Apparently my dates were off, though we don't know what caused the bleeding.<br />
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After that everything went well. I went to CA in July to be in my sisters wedding. James and I went to Hawaii right after and had a great time! Not easy though to explore Hawaii when you're great with child :)<br />
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At my last official appt she was in a breech position. My mom came out a week before my due date. My labor started on Saturday morning on the 25th, 3 days before my due date. I thought for sure I was going to have a baby early for a change. The midwife came out and checked me. I was only to a 3 and the contractions were starting to space out. I continued like this all day Saturday and Sunday. Sunday evening I went to church to distract myself. Didn't help much. Monday I went to my midwife appt. No change and the contractions just kept getting strong and close and then petering out. The midwife checked her and she was still breech. Her heart rate was good and everything was great. While we were talking about having a breech birth I could feel the baby moving around and the midwife wanted to check her again before I left. She started feeling around and asked me if I had felt her moving around while we were talking. I said yes. She said "she's head down now". Craziness. She was very excited though as she doesn't get many breech babies. Since this was my 4th baby it was obvious I wouldn't have much problem with her head getting stuck. So she wasn't concerned if she turned again :)<br />
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We went home and things continued like this till the next day. On Tuesday contractions really got stronger, but would never stay regular. The midwife had said to keep track of them and call her when they got regular and stayed that way for an hour straight. That never happened, but at some point (I think in transition) I told my mom "I don't care if they're regular, call her now I want her here". So she called and the midwife was on her way. 15 minutes later my water broke. They called my midwife and let her know. She tried to hurry, but ended up getting in front of a highway patrol car. No speeding for her! Lol.<br />
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About 45 mins after my water broke I could feel her head coming. My mom was telling me not to push because she didn't know if my cervix was dilated or not. I thought to myself "doesn't matter her head is coming out, I must be dilated". I had to push, so I did. Her head came out and the midwife walked in. My mom started to move out of her way and the midwife told her to stay there! The midwife checked and there was a cord over one of her shoulders, which she pushed off and then I was able to push her the rest of the way out.<br />
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At 12:01 am, October 29th, Makenzie Emma came into the world into her Nana's hands! She was 8 lbs 8 oz and she did NOT come out breech! She turned again before she was born. She did have a knot in her cord though, so apparently she was always a very active baby ;)<br />
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Makenzie is a very laid back little girl. Loves pretty, girly things and loves babies. She is always a little mother to our new babies. She is very talented on the piano. She was a bit slow in her learning to read. She just finally in the last few months started reading and is so happy about it.<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-28779267369992713212012-01-19T12:21:00.002-06:002012-01-19T13:10:35.048-06:00Jason WesleyWe were really excited to find out I was expecting baby #2. I took the test and left it in the bathroom, James read the results and told me. :D I was really hoping for a girl. At my ultrasound the technician wasn't allowed to tell me the sex til she had it confirmed with the head technician, but as she was doing the ultrasound I could see the parts and said "it's a boy". She was all surprised and said "you can see that?" Um duh, obviously I could! lol... I was slightly disappointed but was happy that James Michael was going to have a little brother.<br />
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I didn't have a very eventful pregnancy. I did get big quite quickly and everyone thought it was twins. But nope, just one BIG boy! I looked like a torpedo at the end :)<br />
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I had my appt on Friday the 20th, 5 days after my due date. She checked me and stripped my membranes. That was around 3 pm. By 4 pm I was in active labor. I called the midwife on call and she said I could come in or just wait til I wanted to come in. I decided to wait. Finally around 10 pm we decided to go in. I was at a 5 almost 6. So we of course stayed. I got to a 6 and stayed there for a few hours. They broke my water and I got to a 7 and stayed there for a few hours. They decided to give me some pitocin to speed things up. Um, yeah, that was a bad idea! Yes, it made things go faster, but it also made it much more painful. From that point I ended up getting 2 shots of stadol.<br />
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I finally got to 9 with a lip and the midwife said I could push with the next contraction and she would push it off. So I did and with just a few minutes of pushing at 4:43 am October 21st, I gave birth to a chunky 8 lb 2 oz dark haired, dark eyed, beautiful baby boy!<br />
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We named him Jason Wesley, after my husband cousin/best friend who died of CF. His middle name is the same as my husbands.<br />
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He is a very smart and talented boy. Very athletically and musically inclined. In just one semester he went through an entire piano course. He loves to wrestle with his brother and is just through and through BOY!<br />
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Don't have many pictures since he was born pre-digital camera :) But are some recent ones!<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-3020979558042136662012-01-19T03:15:00.002-06:002012-01-19T12:22:14.465-06:00Kathleen RoseThis is long overdue, but I just haven't had the time or desire to finish it recently.<br />
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I found out I was pregnant in Oct of '07. I immediately was exhausted, as is usual for my pregnancies. I was completely incapable of even doing the most simple tasks. (It was at this point that we put the 3 older children in private school as I was not up to caring for their schooling.) After I got over the exhaustion things were pretty much normal and "easy" for a seventh pregnancy. Nothing out of the ordinary or bizarre. With taking care of 6 little ones, taking kids to and from school and keeping up with "life" it passed fairly quickly though.<br />
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When I was nearing the end she was very active. Even when I was walking or moving around she would not be still. (She is still very bouncy :) I remember trying to walk and she would jump so hard forward that it would literally make me move forward. Several times it almost caused me to trip!<br />
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When I found out my due date, June 29th, I KNEW she was going to be late and I just KNEW she was going to be born on July 4th. Why? Because we had just moved back to our old house and I was really looking forward to going to the fireworks! The displays there are awesome! So much better than what we have here. I was really, really wanting to go see them and I just knew that because I really didn't want her to be born on that day she would decide to come then.<br />
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The week she was born I managed to come down in a very SEVERE sinus infection. On July 3rd I finally went to an Urgent Care center because the pain was so bad. I started having some mild contractions that afternoon. On July 4th the contractions were getting stronger and coming a bit closer, but as is normal for me, kept stalling. The midwife assistant came and checked me. I was only a 3-4 I think. She watched me for a while, but nothing was happening so she left. By evening they were actually getting pretty strong and I was really hoping they would hold off till after the fireworks. Yes, I know, very silly! LOL... But my sweet little girl was ever so kind and she let me go to the fireworks! YAY!!! I must say they had a magnificent display, even while having contractions it was very enjoyable. :D <br />
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The next day they finally started getting much stronger and closer. The assistant came again and checked me, I think I was 4-5 at this point. But I honestly don't remember. I labored in our jacuzzi tub (boy do I wish I had that still!) for the day and finally somewhere around 10 pm she checked and said I was 9 with a lip. For all my previous pregnancies this meant baby was coming in a few minutes. So because I didn't want a water birth I got out. We called the midwife and she came. Took her around 45 mins. Nothing happened. I had really wanted to be squatting for this birth but tried to use her birth "chair" and it did not work. Somehow she was sitting on top of my pubic bone and couldn't get around it so I had to get in bed. I laid on my left side and finally she started to come out. Apparently her head came out sideways, so her position was odd in the birth canal I guess, that's why it was so difficult for her to get around my pubic bone?<br />
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She came out, and just as I suspected, she was bald and WHITE as can be :) I had very little to no heartburn, and from my experience with 8 kids now, the amount of heartburn does affect how much hair they have. They put her on my stomach but I couldn't pull her up any further because her cord was so short. When the cord stopped pulsing Makenzie got to cut it. As she cut it she said "Michelle you get to cut the next babies cord" Lol...Not what I was thinking about just then!<br />
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There were a lot of things that I wasn't happy about for this birth but I have left them out, but here is where I will put what happened that makes me very upset. At this point I had still not be able to nurse her because she couldn't reach. I had just pulled her to my chest and she wasn't tremendously interested in eating yet. We were just starting to work on latching on. For some bizarre reason the assistant midwife (whom I hadn't even wanted at my birth) was the one who ended up delivering her. So she was the one who was "down there" still. For whatever reason she pulled on the cord. Now if you've read Michelle's birth story you'll know why that was NOT something I wanted to be done. So of course as soon as she pulled I started bleeding heavily. I ended up having to PUSH the placenta out while the midwife pulled it out. As soon as it came out the reason for the bleeding was obvious. Her cord was missing the Wharton's Jelly for about an inch from the placenta.When she pulled it snapped the arteries. Thankfully the blood had mostly stopped transferring and I didn't start hemorrhaging. Because I hadn't started nursing and there were no hormones causing contractions my uterus didn't start cramping down. I was still bleeding heavily and my uterus was not returning to normal. So the midwives had to put a hand inside me and push up on the uterus while the other pushed and massaged on it from the top to get it to start contracting. After giving birth and pushing the placenta out, it was not a very pleasant experience. To say the least. Thankfully it worked and a shot of pitocin wasn't necessary.<br />
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After all this I had a beautiful 7 lb 10 oz baby girl born at 12:01 am on July 6th. I had very little problems after she was born. I was very sore as usual, from nursing, but that stopped pretty quickly using some homeopathics.<br />
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I now have a very "bouncy" little 3 year old. Her favorite movie was Piglet's Big Movie, but she is so much like Tigger! She loves being hugged and playing with Little People. She talks a lot :) She just recently got glasses. I had suspected that she had an issue, but couldn't tell for sure. Sure enough she did. After we got her glasses we went to the store. As we were walking through the parking lot she said "Look at all those cars, I can see them" and when we got in the store she said "Wow I can see all that stuff!" :D So cute, but I guess she really couldn't see much before! She looks so adorable with her glasses on!<br />
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Here's some pictures of her growing up :) This first picture is supposed to be next to last but I can't get it to move down... Oh well :)<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-14605682527805995292011-12-19T22:06:00.001-06:002011-12-19T22:17:18.050-06:00It's been a while...Sorry it's been so long again between posts!! We have been pretty busy around here with everything. Nothing super exciting, just the normal day to day life of a family of 10!<br />
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School is going well. We're getting all the kinks worked out finally. Figured out where everyone needs help and working on those areas. Figuring out what curriculum works best for each subjects. I still like Landmark, but have found that it is NOT an independent, student led curriculum like I was led to believe. It is very much a teacher intensive curriculum. So right now we're using it still and have added in other things. Math we are using Saxon/DIVE for the 3 older and will be using Critical Thinking for the younger 2. We're also using Writing Strands, Spelling Power, All In One English and then we're also doing some Sign Language and Science videos. We have a very full schedule just with school! The kids are all still doing piano and are really excelling at it. The girls are loving their sewing and are almost finished with some nightgowns and matching ones for their dolls.<br />
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We've had lots of sickness still. I was hoping the move would get rid of alot of that, but I guess we're having the acclimating sicknesses along with all the sicknesses people are so good to bring to church and share with us. Zachary and Kathleen are still having recurring bouts of croup. The Dr thinks it's probably asthma caused by allergies causing it. But researching it, there are kids who are just prone to getting it frequently. I'm hoping they outgrow it either way. We're all sick right now with either colds, pink eye or a flu. I'm hoping we get over it fast because I do not want us to be sick on Christmas again this year! Plus Sunday is Emily's bday too! Not a day to be sick!<br />
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My pregnancy is going well. I passed my glucose test with flying colors! I am still anemic, but am taking the stuff for it and hoping it goes away soon! I am measuring a week and a half ahead of dates so the Dr ordered another U/S just to make sure everything is OK. I don't really like having lots of U/S's but I don't mind getting another peek and hopefully a good view to make sure it's still a girl ;) I can't believe how fast the end of this year is going now! It felt like it was going slowly and then since Thanksgiving it's just speeding by. This baby will be here before we know it and I am totally unprepared. I have all the stuff I need, but I still need to order my birth kit and get everything out and wash it. I'm waiting til after Christmas though. OK....Actually I keep waiting hoping for the "nesting" period when I'll have lots of energy and desire to do that stuff! LOL!<br />
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This last month has been very stressful and exhausting because of it. Someone of my family had surgery, my dad and my 3 sisters were in a very bad roll-over car accident which resulted in my dad having surgery, we've had car troubles, my clothes dryer broke, my phone had issues that had to be resolved through customer service, lots of sickness and just other little annoying things. I am not having such a great attitude because of it. I am really hoping things calm down now and stay calm through the holidays and babies being born. I'd appreciate your prayers! :)<br />
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I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-49927005076077846862011-11-19T02:39:00.002-06:002011-11-19T02:39:27.563-06:00Cloth Diaper Giveaway!!There's a cloth diaper giveaway over at A Mommy's Blessings! Check it out!<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-62231349386102132812011-10-22T21:05:00.002-05:002011-10-22T21:08:20.697-05:00It's a...So for those who are curious, who have been anxiously awaiting the results of the u/s :D <br />
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We are having a GIRL!!!<br />
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Yep another girl. That makes SIX girls, three boys. Poor boys are get more and more out-numbered! LOL...We don't have names yet and I probably won't be announcing them even when we do. I will just announce it when she's born. Which should be sometime in the first 2 weeks of Feb.<br />
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Everything pregnancy wise is going well. She's growing and is very strong already! The midwife had to "hold her down" to get her heartbeat! She would not hold still, kept kicking/hitting the monitor :D<br />
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This week was son #2's 11th birthday. Next week is daughter #2's birthday. So we had a combo party today for DH's side of the family and will be having a combo party for my side of the family next weekend. They got some nice gifts. Makenzie got a really pretty medieval dress and Jason got a jacket that he will be needing soon. We make whatever food/dessert the birthday child wants. Jason requested pumpkin pie, instead of cake. It's kinda funny cause it seems the last year they have all picked odd things that I would never have thought of for them. :)<br />
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Not much else new going on. Just the "normal" daily life of a large family/homeschoolers :)<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-3054704396712721852011-09-24T04:28:00.000-05:002011-09-24T04:28:47.188-05:00I'm still alive!!!Yep, I'm still here. Things have just been so chaotic since we moved. So I'm just going to give some updates...<br />
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We moved! Yay! It wasn't all peaches and cream, but it worked out. We ended up staying with my mom for almost a month. (15 people in an 1100 sq ft house, Fun!) Had a really hard time finding a house. Not many people wanted to rent to a family this big. Sad really that people think children are so bad. But just when we were despairing we found the perfect house! It's out in the country. 3/4 of an acre lot, so plenty of room for the kids to run around. The house itself has 3 bedrooms, 2 spare rooms and a family room and living room! Plus a two car garage and shed in back. More than enough room for us and all our stuff. I'm so glad to be done moving and unpacking! The only think I "like" about moving is the unpacking and going through everything and getting rid of so much excess stuff we don't need!<br />
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School is going well. We are still using Landmark. I still think it's a good curriculum, but I'm not liking it so much for a large family. Plus opposite of what I was told, it is not really a self teaching curriculum. It takes a lot of teaching on my part. It also is a lot to grade every day. 7 subjects and 5 kids, plus doing school with Emily. (she doesn't want to be left out ya know?!) Just isn't working so well. We are going to be adding some other things and not doing ALL textbooks though. We are going to try out Spell Power and Story of the World. I'll let you know how it goes with that!<br />
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The kids are all doing well. Kathleen and Zachary still keep getting croup. I'm thinking it must be allergy induced, but location hasn't seemed to change anything. There's not much they can do for it unless it's bacterial croup and Kathleen has only had that once. It's always just a "let it run it's course" type of thing. They're all doing pretty well in school too. Michelle especially. She's 6 and doing 2nd grade. She's helping her older siblings with their work though. God really blessed her with an amazing mind! They older 5 are all doing piano and doing really well with that. James Michael's teacher is very impressed with how well he's doing. The older 3 girls are all doing sewing lessons as well and LOVE it! Their teacher is the mom of one of my good friends from childhood. She taught me a few times and she's taught 3 of my sisters to sew as well. Jason and Makenzie have birthday's coming up next month too and are very anxious for them to get here! :D I'm not as anxious, as I still have to get working on their blankets. I have Jason's started, but don't have anything for Makenzie's.<br />
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This pregnancy is going well. I'm over my paralyzing all day sickness and exhaustion! Baby is pretty active, usually in the middle of the night of course. Still haven't had an U/S, but I'm hoping to have one soon. I usually only have one a pregnancy as I don't really think they're all that healthy for the baby. But I like to have at least one, just to make sure everything's o.k. and to see whether we're having a boy or a girl. We have no names picked out yet though for either sex. Still have plenty of time for that though :)<br />
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Well, I'm off to bed!<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-23408630565149735542011-06-01T12:21:00.000-05:002011-06-01T12:21:08.776-05:00Alabama JudgeAlabama<br />
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Some of you may be wondering what Judge Roy Moore has been doing since he was removed from the bench for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments from his courtroom wall. Please read the poem he wrote.<br />
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The following is a poem written by Judge Roy Moore from Alabama ... Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama ! The judge's poem sums it up quite well.<br />
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America the beautiful,<br />
or so you used to be.<br />
Land of the Pilgrims' pride;<br />
I'm glad they'll never see.<br />
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Babies piled in dumpsters,<br />
Abortion on demand,<br />
Oh, sweet land of liberty;<br />
your house is on the sand.<br />
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Our children wander aimlessly<br />
poisoned by cocaine<br />
choosing to indulge their lusts,<br />
when God has said abstain<br />
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From sea to shining sea,<br />
our Nation turns away<br />
From the teaching of God's love<br />
and a need to always pray<br />
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We've kept God in our<br />
temples,how callous we have grown.<br />
When earth is but His footstool,<br />
and Heaven is His throne.<br />
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We've voted in a government<br />
that's rotting at the core,<br />
Appointing Godless Judges;<br />
who throw reason out the door,<br />
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Too soft to place a killer<br />
in a well deserved tomb,<br />
But brave enough to kill a baby<br />
before he leaves the womb.<br />
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You think that God's not<br />
angry,that our land's a moral slum?<br />
How much longer will He wait<br />
before His judgment comes?<br />
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How are we to face our God,<br />
from Whom we cannot hide?<br />
What then is left for us to do,<br />
but stem this evil tide?<br />
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If we who are His children,<br />
will humbly turn and pray;<br />
Seek His holy face<br />
and mend our evil way:<br />
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Then God will hear from Heaven;<br />
and forgive us of our sins,<br />
He'll heal our sickly land<br />
and those who live within.<br />
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But, America the Beautiful,<br />
If you don't - then you will see,<br />
A sad but Holy God<br />
withdraw His hand from Thee.<br />
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~~Judge Roy Moore~~<br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-89183076862188916012011-05-31T15:15:00.000-05:002011-05-31T15:15:48.997-05:00God is not Mocked<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7): </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">'Be not deceived; God is not mocked: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">for whatsoever a man sow, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">that shall he also reap. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Here are some men and women </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">who mocked God : </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">John Lennon (Singer): </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">'Christianity will end, it will disappear. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">I do not have to argue about </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple, today we </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">are more famous than Him' (1966). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">was shot six times. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Tancredo Neves (President of Brazil ): </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">party, not even God would remove him from Presidency. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">then he died. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Cazuza (Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet): </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">During A show in Canecio ( Rio de Janeiro ), </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">while smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">said:'God, that's for you.' </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">He died at the age of 32 of LUNG CANCER in a horrible manner. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">The man who built the Titanic </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">would be. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">With an ironic tone he said: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">'Not even God can sink it' </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">The result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Marilyn Monroe (Actress) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">'I don't need your Jesus'. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">A week later, she was found dead in her apartment </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Bon Scott (Singer) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">'Don't stop me; I'm going down all the way, down the highway to hell'.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">On the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead, he had been choked </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">by his own vomit. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Campinas (IN 2005) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">In Campinas , Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">friend..... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried about the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">drunkenness of her friends and she said to the daughter holding her hand, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">who was already seated in the car: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">My Daughter, Go With God And May He Protect You.' </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">She responded: 'Only If He (God) Travels In The Trunk, Cause Inside </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Here.....It's Already Full ' </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Hours later, news came by that they had been involved in a fatal accident, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">everyone had died, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">the car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">surprisingly, the trunk was intact. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact. To </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs, none was broken </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Christine Hewitt (Jamaican Journalist and entertainer) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">In June 2006 she was found burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">was given so much authority as the name of Jesus. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;"><br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; line-height: 16px;">Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and he is still alive</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;">. </span><br />
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Blessings, ♥TTwinkle Toeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01486586107437396977noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471319466660402372.post-26337207260687980652011-05-30T23:35:00.001-05:002011-05-31T00:37:31.893-05:00Memorial DayThis just amazes me...It's just awesome to know that there are still honorable, diligent young men out there! Men that are willing to serve in such a dedicated fashion. I am so proud of every branch of our military!!!! Thank you for serving your country. Thank you for fighting for our freedom's and liberties.<br />
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Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you...<br />
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Jesus Christ and the American Soldier<br />
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One for your soul, the other for your freedom<br />
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>ARLINGTON CEMETERY </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> 1. How many steps does the guard take during his </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> walk across the tomb of the Unknowns and why?</i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> 21 steps: It alludes to the twenty-one gun salute which </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> is the highest honor given any military or foreign dignitary. </i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>2. How long does he hesitate after his about face to begin his return walk and why? </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>21 seconds for the same reason as answer number 1</i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>3. Why are his gloves wet? </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>His gloves are moistened to prevent his losing his grip on the rifle.</i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>4. Does he carry his rifle on the same shoulder all the time and, if not, why not? </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>He carries the rifle on the shoulder away from the tomb. After his march across the path, he executes an about face and moves the rifle to the outside shoulder. </i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>5. How often are the guards changed?</i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Guards are changed every thirty minutes, </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year.</i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>6. What are the physical traits of the guard limited to? </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>For a person to apply for guard duty at the tomb, he must be between 5' 10' and 6' 2' tall and his waist size cannot exceed 30. </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>They must commit 2 years of life to guard the tomb, live in a barracks under the tomb, and cannot drink any alcohol on or off duty for the rest of their lives. They cannot swear in public for the rest of their lives and cannot disgrace the uniform or the tomb in any way. </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>After two years, the guard is given a wreath pin that is worn on their lapel signifying they served as guard of the tomb. There are only 400 presently worn. The guard must obey these rules for the rest of their lives or give up the wreath pin. </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The shoes are specially made with very thick soles to keep the heat and cold from their feet. There are metal heel plates that extend to the top of the shoe in order to make the loud click as they come to a halt. </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>There are no wrinkles, folds or lint on the uniform. Guards dress for duty in front of a full-length mirror. </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The first six months of duty a guard cannot talk to anyone nor watch TV. All off duty time is spent studying the 175 notable people laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. A guard must memorize who they are and where </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>they are interred. </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Among the notables are: </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>President Taft, </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Joe Lewis {the boxer} </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Medal of Honor winner Audie L. Murphy, the most </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>decorated soldier of WWII and of Hollywood fame. </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Every guard spends five hours a day getting his uniforms ready for guard duty..</i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>In 2003 as Hurricane Isabelle was approaching Washington, DC, our US Senate/House took 2 days </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>off with anticipation of the storm. On the ABC </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>evening news, it was reported that because of </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>the dangers from the hurricane, the military </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment. They respectfully declined the offer, "No way, Sir!" Soaked to the skin, marching in the </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>the Tomb was not just an assignment, it was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson. The tomb has been patrolled continuously, 24/7, since 1930. </i></span></div><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>God Bless and keep them. </i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>We can be very proud of our young men and women in the service no matter where they serve.</i></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>IN GOD WE TRUST </i></span></div><br />
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