I almost did write this post. As we all know 2020 has been one for the birds. I’ve personally gone through some of the scariest moments of my life. The uncertainty of this time has added a lot of extra stress and anxiety to my life. But, in addition to chaos, 2020 brought smiles, giggles, slobber and a little girl that I didnt know I wanted.
Piper will be 10 months old next week. These last 10 months have been rough at moments yet amazing at most. I dont want this post to be filled with the dreadfulness that we have all come to know. If you need any of that look back at my older posts where I talk about my terrible post partum depression.
Usually my New Years posts are filled with reflections, but the only positive reflection I have is Piper ElizabethAnne Jones. And she is something to look forward to as well.
We dont know what 2021 will bring us. If nothing else this year has taught us that. But we do know that whatever it is our Father God will bring us through it.
I pray you all have an amazing New Years eve. We are going to some friends house and have a bonfire and play some games. A little different one again than recent years, but I wouldn’t have it any other way! Be Blessed WordPress!
To everyone else this is just a simple picture of a cute lamp sitting on a chest of drawers. To me it represents us being one step closer to my little girl having her own room. We have gone through so much to get to this point. We have lost someone special along the way. We know he is looking down and watching over our girl. He would gladly give up his room so that she could have it. We miss him but we will make sure Piper knows what a wonderful human being her Uncle Mark was. Now let the Unicorn fun begin!! #PrincessPiper #BeautyFromAshes #CantWaitToDecorate
We busted out of Q like the kool aid man! Saturday Eli and I were up bright and early to go and help his girlfriends family with a yard sale. It was a little chilly so I took Piper over to Mom’s so she wouldn’t be out in the cold. We finished up there just before lunch time and I ran home long enough to get ready for a baby shower.
One of my best friend’s daughter is pregnant with a beatiful girl. We enjoyed a small shower complete with a hot coco bar. It was yummy.
My view from Rain!
After the shower we got ready and went to the one year anivarsary of a local bar. A friend of ours is a bar tender there so we just took a few hours and enjoyed some night life. It was nice to get out but i’ve realized that i’m not as young as I use to be. LOL
I felt like doing my makeup for the 1st time in forever 😉
On Sunday the boys got up and went and played golf. Piper and I stayed home and got some stuff done around here. Tj’s aunt gave us two beautiful area rugs. They had been in storage for awhile and needed and good shampooing. I was able to work on one yesterday. Then we bundled up and went down the street to help Holly put up a christmas tree in Stephanie’s house. Stephanie is currently in the hospital dealing with complacations of her diabetas. We wanted to do someting special for her since she was feeling extra bummed. It feels good to do something nice for someone you love.
Today was my 1st day back at work in 2 weeks. Not long after we got there this moring an announcment was made that the school would be closed for the remainder of the week due to the rise in covid cases. Unfortanalty I have to go in for a couple of hours Tue – Thurs. Friday im off!!
Today was also Pipers 1st day at her new baby sitters. I got pictures all through out the day. She had good day. i enjoyed not worring about her.
I hope Monday treated you well. Thanks for stopping by!!
Don’t wait for things to get better. Life will always be complacated. Learn to be happy right now. Otherwise you will run out of time.
When it’s time for something new, you will feel it. You will feel a desire to let go, to shed layers, to move, to re – create. You will know because there will be subtle shifts all around you. You will release the old because you are really clearing the path for what’s ahead. Trust this process. Know that life does not take from us anything unless there is something else imminently awaiting its replacement.
You are about to WIN BIG right in front of those who counted you out.
The way you speak to yourself matters. Falling in love with yourself first dosen’t make you vain or selfish, it makes you indestructible.
Sometimes people are beatiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.
The goal is to grow so strong on the inside that nothing on the outside can affect your inner wellness without your conscious permission.
People who do not understand your silence will never understand your words.
Today if officlly our last day in quarantine. Yesterday Tj and I went and got tested and thankfully we both tested negative. It took us all day to get it done. But, its over.
Today I plan on shampooing my two area rugs, working on more laundry, and doing a few things in Piper’s room. We finally got it all cleaned out and that brought on some unexpected emotions. Her room was Mark’s room. While we were cleaning it up we found some more of his things. Part of me hurts because he isn’t here to see how much she has grown and he would be so proud of Eli. Mark loved Christmas time. I think he would really enjoy the decorations that Eli put up for Piper. But, i’ve got to focus on the good in all of this. My baby is finally going to have her own space for the first time in her life. I’m excited to get it all together.
Reflecting back on these last two weeks I am so thankful for this time that i’ve had with my two boys and Piper. Even though it was a little inconvenent on some parts, I belive God knew what he was doing when he made it all come together like it did. He knew that we needed this down time together. We got so much done around this house. We would have never had time for all this other wise. We started watching a series on Netflix called Virgin River. I highly recomend it.
Tonight I may step out and go hang with some of my girl friends. And tommorow I am getting up early and going to a community yard sale and try to get rid of some of Pipers things. Then I will go to a baby shower and enjoy some much needed fellowship. Sunday I think the boys are going golfing. Then Monday its back to work and school. But only for a couple of more weeks! Be blessed WordPress!!
When you arise in the morning, think about what a precious privlege it is to be alive – to breath to think, to enjoy, to love. There are so many that are not able to do any of this, yet wish they could. Everyday is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile and begin again. God woke you up this morning for a reason. Trust in his plan, his timing is always perfect. He will make a way!
When you are in a place of waiting, remember how God delivered you before, saved you before kept you before and provided for you before. Nothing is too hard for Him. Trust and wait paitently on the Lord.
Life never seems to be the way we want it, but we live in the best way we can. There is no perfect life but we can fill it with perfect moments. Good Morning!
Why on earth have I been awake since 430 this morning? I was dreaming that Rowdy’s leg was coming in our room and attaching it’s self to things. Then I woke up and went to the bathroom and when I went to lay back down I starting hearing a scratching noise near Piper’s playpen. I turned the light on and still could never figure out what was going on. All I could think as I lay there was that something was trying to get in bed with her. Not a Mommy’s happy place.
When I was out yesterday I bought myself some new coffee creamer. Its the baked cookie flavor. I’ve never had it but I thought this is the perfect morning to try it. I have not always been a fan of coffee. About 5 years ago, a good friend of mine sort of turned me on to it. She would have one every morning and me, having never been a morning person, needed something to get me started. She encouraged me to try it and I did. It took me awhile for her to teach me to have a neverending love for the stuff. She would say “You just haven’t found your coffee taste yet, but you will.” And I did. It’s still hard for me to enjoy it hot during the summer, but these cold winter mornings like today are perfect.
We talked about getting up and going to get tested today, but its wonderfully only going to get up to about 50 degrees. I really don’t want to get Piper out in this unless I have to.
I’m happy to report that after alot of consideration and discussion, Tj and I have agreed to take Piper out of daycare. We never had any intentions in putting her in to begin with. My Mom and Piper’s KK, { our cousin}, were doing a great job taking turns keeping her when school started back. Then KK got her a grown up job and Mom watched her 5 days a week for a few weeks until we finally realized, to her sadness that her health won’t let her do it everyday. So we kinda had no chioce but to find somewhere for her to go. The daycare is 3 mins from work, we pay $100 a week. The biggest issue i have is that she was there 4 days and got her 1st fever, cold, and ear infection. Then for the first 2 months she was out sick 2-3 times a week. Of course we still have to pay even if she isn’t there. The people there are nice enough, but I guess coming from a daycare/preschool background, I expect a little more. She had 5 diffrent teachers that would pass her around. Most of them were young girls. I would request things like, please let me know what she eats during the day in case she has any kind of alergic reaction. They did that for a day or two and then i guess the communacation got crazy with all the diffrent people going in and out. Thankfully we have a friend that was recently blessed to be able to stay home and now all her babies are in school and she has nothing to do with herself during the day. Not only has she offered to watch Piper, she will also pick her and Eli up every morning and take him to school. I pray it’s going to work out and help me to feel better about who she is with day in and day out.
I’m pretty proud of myself already this morning. I have already started a load of clothes and i’m waitng for another load to dry so i can fold them up. I’m really hoping that today is a productive day in my household. I know one thing, Elijah Thomas Jones is going to get that pig pen of a room cleaned up even if I have to use my seacret wepon. Turn that phone of his off! lol I hope you all have a beatiful, wintery, blessed Tuesday!!
Not too much to report on the Q end. Yesterday we didn’t get much done in the house. I did do a good bit of laundry. The boys downloaded a new game so they spent a lot of time getting that all set up. That in it’self makes me super nervous because they tend to lose their focus when it comes to games and housework. But, I can only hope that they keep their word and learn to balance their time between the two.
This morning I woke up to an email from the personal department for school. It was informing me that in order for them to put in the appropriate leave forms that I would need to be tested for Covid and have proof of a negative test. So I gladly ventured out today and attempted to get that accomplished. Unfortunately, I was unable to get that task completed since all the walk in clinics were out of the rapid tests. Tj found out that he has to get tested as well, and I talked to the school nurse and she suggested that Eli be tested as well. So I suppose at some point this week that we will make a family trip to the doctor. Oh, joy!
On a lighter note, Eli put up some Christmas lights in the living room for Piper to be able to see. She was amazed for about 5.3 seconds and then could have cared less. She stayed with the boys today while I ventured out and played hard with no nap. Needless to say, she was ready for bed right after her supper. I just hope she sleeps well. I hope you all had a great Monday as well.
Believe that things can suddenly change for you. Don’t worry about how and when. Just deeply believe in the possibility of a new outcome. It can all be so different than what you are currently experiencing. Nothing is ever final. Allow that to bring you peace and give you hope.
A year ago, everything was different. And now I look back , I realize that a year can do a lot to a person. I wouldn’t change it for anything, even all the heartache. Its built my faith into a whole new model.
Something ive learned is that you never really know how anything is ever ging to really go. And you are going to hurt hard on some days. You will experience loss and tragedy and even rejection. Nothing can protect you from that. Not money, not power. Not even love. But you will also experience beauty and healing and surprises that soften the walls around your heart. They wont always make painful memories worthwhile. But sometimes they will. And thats something we all deserve to experience. Thats the feeling of growing flowers where there use to be a wasteland.
If you are not from the south you may not know what I’m talking about. The Iron Bowl is the yearly match up between Alabama and Auburn. If you are from Alabama you are one of two kinds of people, a Roll Tide fan, or a War Eagle fan. I was born and breed a Roll Tide Alabama fan. My husband on the other hand is a War Eagle Auburn fan. My son is also an Alabama fan. Therefore we are a house divided. We are all very passionate about our perspective teams. We have been together 18 years. We have only watched about 5 of those Iron Bowls together. Since this Iron Bowl found us smack dab in the middle of Quarantine, we had no choice but to watch it together.
All in all it wasn’t too bad. He was super salty because my team won 42-6. They didn’t stand a chance. Piper started her day off dressed in her Auburn gear, but just in time for kick off she had a wardrobe change. She was so much more comfy in that beautiful Crimson and white.
I was able to get a corner of the living room clean out before the game started. I felt so accomplished. Then I made some rotel dip, little smokies and chips and dip. For dessert we had orange and red cupcakes. Today was a good day in the Jones household. What did you do today?
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