Grateful 14th and 15th

Once again I missed a day.
Yesterday:
1. Some days I think to myself, that I'm really glad that I'm pregnant because there is a reason why I'm so disconnected. I can forget things very easily and I hope that I can get some back--or just adjust to my new memory.

2. I am grateful for the new "Come unto Christ" curriculum. My lesson this week--I am going to try to teach with a lot of the principles. I am really excited for it, because that's how I was trained to teach math--engage the students and let them do the talking, testifying and teaching. It's really powerful when it works, and totally flops when it doesn't.

3. I am grateful for the Stake President. I had an appointment scheduled to see him, and he went home as I was driving there, and so then I went to his house. I've practically been adopted into that family on the account of the cuteness of my boys and that I tutored their daughter for two years, so it wasn't as weird as it sounds. And he was very gracious and interviewed me for a temple recommend.

4. I am grateful that days end. The boys woke up on the wrong side of the bed and it felt like we spent half the day in the penalty box and the other half in time out. (two different locations, because if they went to the same place then they would have continued fighting.)

5. I am grateful for the Peaceful Hero's desire to learn. As we spent several times in the penalty box or the time out chair he got to practice learning the answers to the questions. "Do we hit our brother?" His response, "Yes!" said very emphatically. I told him "No. We don't." He quickly changed his answer to a long, "Nooooo." And then when I asked him if Jesus hit other people, he responded emphatically, "Yes." My correction, "No." and then his quick change, "Nooooo." His responses were the only reason why I could keep going.

6. I'm grateful that the Bug Hero had a good time at his conference and then came home last night. I was especially grateful that he came home on the day that was especially taxing because the kids were grumpy and non-distract-able.

Today:
1. I am grateful for my testimony. We had a scare this morning--I started bleeding, but I knew that Heavenly Father was aware of us and He was going to take care of us. I got to share that with the Friendly Hero, because he could tell that Mom and Dad were worried about something, and I was able to share with him that Heavenly Father loves us dearly, and He knows what is supposed to happen and will take care of us.

2. I am grateful for priesthood blessings, and for a husband who honors his priesthood and a great neighborhood of friends who are also worthy priesthood holders and are happy and willing to serve. God's power is priesthood power.

3. I am grateful for friends. After I had made an emergency appointment with a doctor, I had friends offering and willing to take care of the boys so I could go to the doctor. And then I knew that they were also praying for me.

4. I am grateful for understanding medical staff. I called and I was trying to hold back tears and everyone I talked to was understanding and patient and genuinely concerned with helping me see a doctor to make sure everything was healthy and fine. I am grateful for doctors who are willing to make time for me. I saw a doctor in my doctor's office since my doctor is on vacation. I know it put their schedule out of wack, but they were willing to check me out and make sure everything is healthy. I am also grateful for medicine advances--I also got my rhogram shot, because we have the Rh factor, and I am so grateful for technology and for advances in medicine.

5. I am grateful that everything is fine. My cervix is responding differently to the hormones this time, (probably because I'm having a girl) and it's healthy. It's staying closed and it's doing it's job to keep the baby in, it just can bleed if the baby kicks it, or it gets knocked around. Apparently this is in the normal range, even though it was extremely scary to see a blood this morning. I am grateful that the bleeding stopped.

6. I am grateful that I had wonderful news to share with the few people who were there with me on the emotional and scary ride this morning. I am grateful too, that I knew that I would have been taken care of if I needed to go on bed rest or anything else, my ward is awesome and I would have only needed to tell one person and they could have gotten the rest of the ward mobilized with out me having to tell five or six people and cry about it.

7. I am grateful that I am still considered low risk and both of us are healthy and growing well. I am also grateful that if it happens again, I know what is going on.

8. I am grateful for this picture. It has made me smile all day long. I really am totally and madly in love with this boy.