La Famille Armstrong

First, I was just plain busy with all the Women's Retreat planning and organizing. Second, it was quite the ordeal packing and getting things ready for our big move. Third, my emotions have been more unpredictable than a drunk driver. With Asher, I was relaxed, happy, content and more rational than ever... not the case with baby #2... I cry almost every day and just feel like I'm about to lose my mind!!! Fourth, Asher has been a basket case as well... and who can blame him? It's tough enough being a baby who can't say what he wants... but to also not understand why he feels miserable and scared... rough! Fifth, I was in the hospital for over 24 hrs puking up the deepest parts of my being while Mark was sick with a sick baby at a disorganized home. Sixth, once I did get home, Asher was still throwing up at night and we have no washer and dryer!!! Which means, if he is going to sleep somewhere I have to get to one THAT DAY! Which is hard when you don't want to give your friends the flu on steriods or when you don't want to sit with your baby for over an hour at the cleaners.

I think that is enough venting for 1 post :-) I'll save the rest of my complaints for later I guess... or maybe I should just practice being thankful and try to forget the rest.

Anyway, I'm glad to be home at least! No more puking for now and Asher seemed to turn a corner tonight. He was awake AND happy until 8pm! I've been praying all day that he won't throw up tonight... it's so tough to trust God with something like this. I guess I just feel like my desire for personal convenience isn't important enough for Him to do something about it. I know that I shouldn't always ask for things simply b/c it makes my life easier but it certainly would be helpful... for my sanity and Mark's. 

The women's retreat was great though. I didn't get as much personal time as I thought I would but I really got some great stuff from it all. I felt really blessed and also awful, thinking that I might have been the person spreading around the Norwalk virus to innocent people enjoying their break from life... SORRY!!! Thankfully, most women weren't hospitalized so I guess I got what was coming huh? 

One last thing... I met a new friend at the retreat!! Her name is Lora Froescher and she makes these amazing burp cloths and nursing covers! They are something I am definitely going to be using for our next one :-) Here's her site for what she calls Burp-Ease. Take a look and pass the info on to anyone you wish! She's expecting her 2nd baby soon and is looking for some more stores to sell these in... let me know if you have any connections that might help her out!

Well, that's it for now. I'm going to zonk out and get some rest... hopefully :-) Maybe within a couple days we can venture out with friends and not make them sick... remember us in your prayers!