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So I got to thinking. Owen may look like his daddy, but he sure has my personality. Be on the look out for a rollerblading tobymac in 20 years. Ha I love the visual.

No no I did not take a conventional test, as I said before, it is toooooo early for that. HOWEVER, I got a coffee today and LOVED IT! So I count that as not pregnant I have been feeling a lot better in the past 24 hours. Now it seems Owen has a bug… so maybe I was just sick.

In other Jackson Household news… WE CLOSED ON OUR HOUSE YESTERDAY! I will take a pic next time I go by there. We are moving tomorrow. I am so ready to have all my “stuff” out of storage and do some nesting. I hope Owen adjusts okay. Last time we moved he had no clue what was going on around him, so it made no difference. We shalls see.

Also, needing advice from the mommies of the blog world. My son is getting somewhat violent lately. He has the shortest fuse I have ever seen in a baby. When I take something from him or say NO he has an absolute TANTRUM. I feel like I am trying everything and nothing seems to work. Any ideas? I’m getting hit a lot lately. Obviously this is unacceptable behavior… but not sure what to do. I’m opening the floor to advice

Yes Yes, I know this is not the most flattering picture ever I mean who looks good when they sleep? Well, Owen does. But grown adults don’t. Anyway, I was going through old pictures reflecting on this last year. I’m having trouble believing so much has happened in one year and yet it has gone so quickly!!!

Owen and I didn’t sleep together at night or anything, but we did take the occasional nap together after an early morning feed. I love this picture so much. I know my little boy won’t always be this close to me. So hard to think of. I already have less opportunities to cuddle with him than I used to Anyway, it blows me away we are sleeping identically. What a precious baby. He was 8 weeks here.

1. I was once in the Dr. Who Fan Club and even attended a Whovian Convetion. (If you even know what I am talking about you qualify as a nerd.)

2. I majored in Chemistry my freshman year of college.

3. At 8 I wanted to grow up to be a roller skater Christian singer. Picture Amy Grant in the 80s giving a concert at a roller rink. The crowd around the ring and her in the middle skating in circles while singing on a cordless mike. Yeah, cute.

4. In 4th grade I led a “strike” for the girls in the class. I felt we were being treated unfairly because the boys would not share the basketball court with us at recess. Yes we had both signs and buttons.

5. I prefer Jay Leno over Letterman. I get a lot of flack for this.

6. I have often been called a seat belt NAZI.

7. By the end of the first month in my house I assure you I will have run into each and every wall, corner, and door.

8. I wear special shoes for my back. A stunning back brace accessory often accompanies them.

9. I have a ribbon magnet on my car.

10. I LOVE talk radio lately. I can’t get enough.

I have been nauseous for a week and a half now. I thought it was the meds. But I have been off for days and still feel so sick. I almost fainted in Super Target. I’m crying at the smallest things. I am having dreams about tornados and Jeff leaving me. I suddenly HATE coffee. Last time I went from coffee addict to hating it in a day flat …. I hated it for 9 months. This can’t be, right? I mean I am not ready for this. To be sick another 9 months? How can I handle that right now? Don’t get me wrong… in some ways this would be such a serendipity. But… I guess I was really looking forward to getting in the house and having no huge transition for a moment. I wanted to get back in condition and hike the Grand Canyon again before I went this route. Nothing confirmed right now. I’m just starting to get a bit nervous.

I didn’t scan this in the best, but here is Owen’s Baby Einstien Invite. He is now walking across the room!! YAY OWEN

My absolute favorite time has to be when Jeff gets home and he and Owen play. Owen just lights up. I could literally watch it for hours on end. They are so precious together. I can’t imagine a kid not having this… but so many don’t. That breaks my heart. It is sometimes so hard to put Owen to bed because I hate putting a stop to their fun.

Owen is taking steps!!! 5 is his record right now. They are the cutest little steps I have ever seen Little. Tiny. Steps. Love it.

His birthday is going to be BABY EINSTIEN. I was really stoked on doing fire engines and had all this stuff in mind. But when i got to the store there were no good looking fire engine invitations. So we are going to do that next year This year we will just do baby einstien. I couldn’t get either of the club houses in our neighborhood so it looks like it will have to be at our house. People will just have to forgive the move in mess. Oh well

I am not sure how many fans fo 24 there are out there…
BUT GO CHLOE!!!!

Just a thought.

Jeff is really into the show, THE CONTENDER right now. It seems that many of the contestants claim to believe in Jesus Christ. I have seen at least one other show where one of the fighters prayed in a “name it claim it” form for the fight he was about to fight. He claimed that winning was his destiny. I found myself interested in watching simply to see if his prediction was correct, and if it wasn’t, what would happen to this faith? He proceeded to lose the fight. In the after the fight footage it seemed his faith remained intact and that he did not blame it on God. Good. That would have been hard to watch.

Tonight’s fight featured 2 contestants who prayed to Jesus Christ to win the fight. One claimed that God wants him to win this fight and has made him to win the fight. The other’s mother prayed that he would win so he could have good things, the things that he wants. I, in no way, want to downplay these guys or their prayers… Lord knows I have prayed many of the same kinds of prayers at different points. It is just interesting to see 2 opposite sides praying to the same God to beat the other. At one point I glanced over and the one woman was literally head bowed hands open praying to God.

One guy was definitely more in the camp of “I am going to win because God has promised this to us.” Hm. I know that God has promised many things in his Word. But somehow it just feels like the point is being missed. I have found God often more interested in us trusting him through the process then telling us what will happen next. I do believe that the Lord gives us glimpses at times. But it seems so often people like to interpret God’s promises and glimpses the way they want to, and often it seems to get twisted around by motive.

My question: in situations like this, are we praying the right prayer? Aren’t we here for God’s glory. Shouldn’t our prayers be… “God in everything I pray that my life brings you Glory; That I reflect your glory to others; God that people would be drawn to you because of me.” I don’t know where “God I know you want me to win this” being prayed from both sides can possibly be right. Does that mean God has to pick one of the other? I think my God cares more about what is going on inside them then whether they win or not. That he cares more about the way the reflect him.

My 2 cents.

For the record. Name it claim it guy did not win. Did God lie to him, or did he hear it wrong? Or maybe he just completely missed the point?

Disclaimer: not in judgment. I am guilty of many shallow misguided prayers. Just causing me to think.

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