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I’ve got a 15 minute window of free time so let’s see if I can get this done.
It’s weird. This week I woke up on Tuesday thinking it was Friday. I woke up on Wednesday thinking it was Friday. I woke up on Thursday thinking it was Friday. Then this morning I woke up and thought, “Is it Friday already?” I think something is seriously wrong with me.

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I’ve still been really concerned about my brother. He is doing better than when he first got to the ER. (We later came to realize he was at death’s door. Scaaaaary.) However, he’s not out of the woods yet. He had a little set back and will be in the hospital for another few days but at least he is out of ICU. Please keep him in your prayers. (And thanks to those who have been praying already. Mwuaah!)

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I’m typing this with one hand as Matthew is falling asleep in my arms. I’m looking at his hair and it’s growing in half brown and half blond. I’m looking again…blond? Huh. I always pictured my babies as cute little Hispanic looking kids with darker skin and dark eyes and dark hair and instead I got little cuties with light skin and lighter hair (than mine). But they all have my dark eyes and my chubby cheeks. (Not sure if that last one is a compliment or insult. Oh well.)

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Speaking of hair, I’ve entered that lovely postpartum stage when your pregnancy-thick hair starts to fall out. Poor Brian, the other day he was taking a shower and couldn’t figure out why the water was going down the drain so slow. Um, sorry sweetie.

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Okay, I need to pause for a break because Matthew is fussing and won’t settle. I think he’s gotten tired of hearing the keyboard clicking away and me ignoring him while he is trying to get cozy with me. Once I stand up and hold him closer and talk quietly to him he’s out in minutes. So let me go take care of that…

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Okay, that wasn’t too bad. He is out and sound asleep in his crib. As an added mommy bonus, after getting the baby to sleep there was a toxic toddler diaper to be changed. Once when Brian was blessing the house with holy water I told him he should just stick a couple of the kid’s dirty diapers at the front door. They were surely rank enough to scare away the demons.

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Okay, what time is it. Oh man, it’s been half an hour since I first tried to sit down for my “free” time. Well, I should get minutes back on the clock for taking care of duties…um, duties I should have been doing in the first place. Hmm. Okay, enough of this nonsense. I have to at least offer one intelligent take so you don’t shake your fist at me for completely wasting your time – after all you’ve got your own smelly diapers to deal with.
My last take is to remind you that Elizabeth over at In the Heart of My Home blog has started her book study series on The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity. I bought this book after hearing Dr. Meeker speak on EWTN but it got lost in the never ending pile of books I hope to finish. I dusted it off and started reading again. Hopefully reading with online buddies will help me to finish it before I start something else. I’ll try to post more about chapter one next week. (After I get that Catholic baby shower post up.) 😉
(Oh, and Matthew is already crying. What kind of nap was that??)

Oh well, have a great weekend!

I haven’t been motivated to post these past couple of days because my mind has been preoccupied. My younger brother Rob had been sick with what was thought to be a bad flu. However it wasn’t the flu and he took a turn for the worse and was admitted into the ICU on Sunday. He’s doing better now and will have surgery later today. Hopefully he will soon be back into the arms of his wife and newborn baby boy.
It’s so hard not being closer (we’re 400 miles apart) but I can probably do more good for him right here in my house as I pray for him and offer up my little crosses for him. I have to admit that this situation has been a good lesson for me. God’s been reminding me of a few things. First, to never take life (or our health) for granted. Life is fragile and can change in a heartbeat. Forget the petty and focus on the blessings.
Second, life may be fragile but the heart united to God is unbelievably strong and resilient. How many times have we seen people endure unspeakable pain yet they haven’t lost hope because of their faith in God. It’s amazing. And in the end God always seems to reveal good that came out of the tragedy.
Lastly, with my brother on my mind so much I have been constantly turning my heart to God to pray for him or to just talk to God about what happens to be on my mind. It is a reminder of how I should always be – going about my work but aware of God’s presence with me. I noticed that when I had to stop what I was doing to tend to another toddler crisis, instead of complaining or having a fit of impatience, I just sighed and thought, “I do this for love of you, my Lord.”
These lessons aren’t profound or anything I didn’t already know, but it was a good reminder for my short attention span….and as I’m sitting here thinking how to close this little post, a text just came from my brother in the hospital. It’s the first time I’ve been able to “talk” to him in awhile. I’m elated that he’s well enough to text and
I’m touched that he took a moment to tell me that he loved me. Wow. It’s funny that I’m one to tear up easily but I haven’t allowed myself to cry over this situation. I’m afraid I’ll start sobbing uncontrollably and freak out the kids. So right now I’m going to go change some smelly diapers and get the dishes done and keep myself occupied. But I think late tonight my pillow is getting a good, long bathing. Until then, please keep my brother in your prayers. Thanks so much.

Hosted by Jen at Conversion Diary.

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I couldn’t sleep last night so I was up at 1:00 AM buying books from Jessica’s Used Book Sale on my iphone. I scored the Christmas Shoes Collection. Good!

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But since I stayed up so late I slept in this morn and lost my morning computer time. Not good.

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Although, I have been faithful to my morning prayer time. It has helped dramatically with my patience during the day’s chaos. Good!

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I wanted to post a 7 Quick Takes: Catholic Baby Shower Edition today but I didn’t get to finish it. Not good.

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However, I’m almost done with it and will post it next week. Good!

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Matthew just spit up all over my shirt and JP just spilled my jug of water all over the couch. Not good.

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But I made it to #7. Good!
Have a great weekend!

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~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~

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One of the projects I am working on is sorting through all our photos and getting them organized and I came across this pic of Bella from a couple years back. I love this photo of my pretty, little girl. 🙂

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Here is a photo of Matthew on a “warm” summer day in Carmel. We actually don’t get our warm weather until fall. Then we can go outside without a jacket. LOL!

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John-Paul loves that he has graduated from the high chair to a booster chair at the big table. He is also proud of being able to eat his whole container of yogurt by himself and to get most of the yogurt in his mouth.

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I went on a laundry washing spree yesterday. I got everything washed but I thnk it’s time to fold and put it away!

Hosted by Jen at Conversion Diary.

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Blessed Junipero Serra & the Carmel Mission: I can’t believe that it is July 1st already! Time just goes too fast! On the plus side, today we celebrate two great feast days, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Blessed Junipero Serra. Living in California, on summer vacations we would often visit the various missions when we were younger. It’s funny that years later my parish church is the Mission San Carlos (Carmel Mission.) Brian and I were married here and our children were baptized here. It really is a beautiful Mission and it has the distinction of being where Blessed Serra is buried. If you are ever in the area, you should make a visit. In fact…

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Founder’s Day: …if you’ll be in the Monterey Bay area tomorrow (Saturday, July 2) stop by the Mission for the Founders Day celebration. There is music and live demonstrations of how things were made during the early days of the mission (ie. food and crafts) and a special Mass at 5:30 PM. (There is a dinner afterwords but you need tickets for that.) It’s always interesting and a lot of fun.

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Cars 2 is too scary for little kids!: We are big Pixar fans in our house with the favorite movies of the kids being Cars, Toy Story and Walle. Bella used to be obsessed with Cars and had all the toys for it. Now Andrew loves Cars (and inherited the toys) and was so excited to see the new movie for his birthday. Since I am the one who usually takes them to the movies, Andrew was excited to have a daddy date with Brian as his movie buddy. Bella had a treat and was movie buddies with my visiting sister. From what Brian told me, the movie started out okay but it was really violent and should have been rated PG not G. By the last third of the movie Andrew (who just turned 4) got too scared with all the shooting, cars dying and the bad guys trying to kill Lightning. He started crying so Brian had to take him out to the lobby. Bella finished the movie with my sister and she enjoyed it but she is 9 years old. So if you are taking your younger kids to see it, beware.

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Is there such a thing as low cal food that’s yummy?: I’ve been trying to eat healthier so I can get off the rest of the baby weight (and then some) so I tried a Weight Watchers recipe for macaroni salad. I’m a little leery of “light” recipes but this was really good. I used bow tie pasta, substituted half the celery with red bell pepper and added a bit more fresh Italian parsley, which gave it a nice touch. It was really tasty. Check it out at Weight Watchers.com Recipies: Macaroni Salad

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Summer Reading: Brian purchased the book Poor Banished Children and I hope to start reading it next week. There is an interesting interview with the author Fiorella De Maria over at Ignatius Insight. If I like this book, I’ll check out her other novels.

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He can’t possibly be teething??: How soon can a baby start teething? Matthew is not yet three months but he is drooling and gnawing as if he’s teething. It just seems too early for that.

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“JFT”: My “just for today” goals: First, when things get hectic I’ll recall today’s gospel reading “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” and I will turn my heart to Christ for strength. Second, I’ll get that overflowing basket of clean laundry folded!

That’s it for today. Have a wonderful 4th of July holiday! God bless America and watch over our troops.

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