Hello! I wanted to jump on a give an update. I hope to hear from some of my faithful followers in the comments section.
I mostly spend my days homeschooling. Mr. Handsome has a day off each week, and I use that day to do some flexible, remote work for a small business. Our children are now seven, four, and two years old. Our little girl is talking nonstop. We recently started the process of weaning her off her pacifier. She was a huge fan of it, so I was nervous, but the weaning process is going surprisingly well. She was already talking nonstop before, and now that her “baba” has a hole in it and she doesn’t have it in her mouth all day, she talks even more. Just this week, she started using the word “actually.” She has a little winter hat with bunnies on it that she wears all day, even inside, and she likes to carry her backpack, or “pack-ack” around with her.
Little Buddy spends his free time reading, playing outside, and playing with Littlest Buddy. They both have little monkey stuffed animals that they love. The monkeys frequently talk to each other and seem to especially enjoy conversing at night after the lights go out.
The two boys got Legos for Christmas, and they think that makes them “big kids.” Little Buddy of course spends a lot of time each day working on his homeschool lessons. It is a joy to watch him learn. Littlest Buddy sees his older brother doing schoolwork and is eager to join in. He likes to trace shapes and designs and knows all of his letters and sounds. He recently started practicing two-letter phonics blends, and I look forward to watching him learn to read. We are part of a co-op, and we keep a busy social calendar with both homeschool and public school friends. The boys also play soccer and basketball.
Eleven days ago, Middle Tennessee was hit with a historic ice storm that caused widespread damage and plunged more than 300,000 homes into darkness. We were out of power for five days, but that was nothing compared to how long some people were out. Today, I read that about 8,000 homes in Nashville are still in the dark. We spent one night with only a fireplace to keep us warm, but the following day we were able to hook our central heating up to a generator. Although we were in the dark, it was a blessing to have heat. Our yard is still a skating rink, and even the snow is frozen. We are hoping for a good melt this weekend.
Before the storm, I had my third miscarriage. Some of you might remember that I had two miscarriages before the birth of my second child. This one has been the most difficult physically, with a lot of pain for nearly two weeks. But emotionally, it has been the least difficult. I have experienced a “peace that surpasses all understanding” that I know is from the Lord, and I am grateful for the reminder that He cares about my pain.
Thank you for the family update. Wonderful to read the news. Take care.
Good to hear from you, Ellie and family 🙂 I’m so sorry for your loss. I have recently been going through a loss of my own and I will remember those words – “A peace that surpasses all understanding” to help me with the healing process. That is truly beautiful. Thank you for sharing how you are getting through this difficult time…
I’m so sorry, Julianna. Praying for healing for your heart. Do you have a good support system from family and friends?
Hi Ellie, Thank you for your kindness 🙂 Yes, I do and I am leaning on them now more than ever. I am definitely realizing how blessed I am to have the support I do right now…You and your family take care 🙂
I’m glad to hear that! Blessings to you.
Ellie its so good to hear from you! I’m so sorry to hear about your miscarriage. Sending big hugs! I’m glad you get to homeschool. Its fun to spend time with your childten.
I had rotator cuff surgery and I’m still recovering from that and still doing physical therapy twice a week.
I’ve been doing lots of reading. I’m in an Instagram book club and we are reading Little Women. I hope to het back to crocheting. I need to crochet some dishcloths a my others ones are getting raggedy.
We hope to hear more updates as time permits for you. Have a blessed weekend and stay warm.
Hi Regina! Thank you for your kind words. I’m sorry to hear you are still recovering from surgery. How has the weather been there this winter?
Its been rather chilly days but nothing like you all had. We haven’t had our usual snow which I’m hoping will change. Haa good week.
I hope you get some snow! 🙂
Hi Ellie, good to hear from you, enjoy hearing about your kids. I’m so sorry for your loss. Almost two weeks ago we got 7 inches of snow. It’s been really cold but the weatherman say for the next two weeks we will have warmer weather 🙂. The last few years I’ve been reading Amish and Inspirational novels. Few months ago I met a lady in the book department at Ollie’s and we had a nice chat and exchange phone numbers. Few days later she gave me a box of 45 Amish books and told me when I finish them she had another box of Amish books I can have. Blessings to you Ellie and your family.
Hi Jane. Wow! What a kind gift! What are some of your favorites?
I really don’t have any favorites, they’re all good books.
Sorry, the comment about the Amish books is from Jane.
So good to hear from you and to read your family update. Your children are at such fun ages, and it only gets better! 🙂 Praying for you and your sweet little family.
Thank you so much, Lynn 🙂
I am sorry for your loss. I also had a miscarriage in January. It was my second and at 20 weeks pregnant I had to give birth to my baby boy because my water broke. It was awful because he didnt survive. Thank God I have my son.
I’m so sorry, Tina! Having a loss at 20 weeks would be so tough. How are you doing?
It’s difficult. And my body hasn’t recovered yet. Thank you
Awe I love it when the kids start saying “actually!” It’s so incredibly cute!
So good to hear from you Ellie! We’ve missed you and your family! So happy that you are all doing well:)
Thank you, WA mom! I’m glad to have you as a reader. 🙂