Specific request again...

Isaac's birthday went very well for him. He had been looking forward to this particular day for a long time due to his illness. He was most concerned with what he would eat. He ate very well yesterday and liked it all but it doesn't seem to have agreed with him. He was up much of the night in the bathroom and there was some blood. It amazes me to have him do so well for so long and then see that again. I had a hard night trying not to be discouraged and trying not to fret about what I will feed him now. He finally gets filled up with what he has been eating. If I taper back until he is back to "normal" he will be so hungry all the time. Please pray for wisdom as I try to figure out this next step. In my much neglected Bible Study today I read The Bible is God's cleansing agent in our lives. If we take part in it everyday, we'll soon find the thoughts of God purifying our minds and changing our hearts. But if we neglect it , we are facing a battle of temptation without a weapon. I am afraid that as things were going well for Isaac I found myself caught up once more in the busyness of my household and put off time with the Lord until evening when I was a bit too tired to meditate on it. I haven't liked the person I have been during that time; impatient, easily flustered and anxious.

The picture is Isaac receiving a new shirt and tie. This was the most excited he looked all night even though he also got a BB gun. He loves to dress up and look like a gentleman. He got a snazzy green tie with a white shirt. I knew when I saw it that he would light up like a beacon. I am happy with the reward of this picture. I like to find just that gift that says "I really know you and what you are about." Isaac was extremely appreciative that both sets of Grandparents could be there and my brother's family. It made it more festive.

Please pray for Isaac's body to continue the healing we have seen. Pray for this set-back to be minor and part of the process. Pray for wisdom concerning his food. Pray for him as he didn't grow this last year and it really upset him. He is worried his younger brother will be taller than him. He went to bed discouraged and defeated. This illness does stunt your growth and stops you from growing actually as your body starves itself. Pray for him to feel God's hand upon him. Thank you for checking this and thinking and praying for Isaac.

Happy Birthday to Isaac!

Isaac turns 11 today. He is very excited. He is especially excited for cake, ice cream and pizza. I have made a soaked grain carrot cake (smells delicious), Rice Milk ice cream, a soaked grain crust for his pizza. He'll have goat's milk cheese on the top. It should taste very normal. He will think it is great. He is loving food right now since we have been adding so may things. It seems we may have added a little too fast. The last three days he has had some pains with his BM's and they had mostly gone away. We think it is from some spicy food and some oil he had. His digestive system doesn't seem ready for those things yet. He continues to amaze us with is spunk and energy. He is like our "old" Isaac, fun, witty and smiling lots more. He has his own room now. He originally roomed with his brothers in the basement but with his illness he had to be upstairs near a bathroom and he actually couldn't do the stairs anymore. We moved him in with baby Lena. Now that we let her cry to sleep in the middle of the night we figured he was ready to move out. We turned our library slash sewing room slash Emily's school room slash music room slash Emily's closet room, you get the picture. We did some "renovating" and now he has a nice room all to himself, well it is still the music, library, closet for Emily and school room for Emily but it's much less cluttered.

Another first...

I've had a lot of firsts this last few months; today I had another. I contacted the Better Business Bureau and reported a business for not sending the product I ordered. Some may remember I used to have a link to a probioyogurt that was very spendy but it was supposed to be easy to digest especially for people like my Isaac. Well, two months of calling and leaving messages, emails and writing a letter has turned up no response and no product. Since we have a source for goat's milk yogurt now we don't need it. When I went online to Texas and searched this company they have had 48 such complaints and it looks like only three were resolved. I sure hope we are one of them that gets resolved. That $193 would sure come in handy right now. I did not realize how easy it is to check out a company if you know their name. I think I'll do that if I'm ordering from a company I haven't ordered from before.

Let me off the merry-go-round...

I know you all have had those times in your life where you wanted to jump off the merry-go-round. The merry-go-round at the elementary school where I attended was on pavement. The bell would ring at noon recess for us younger kids to go in but the big kids had a few more minutes. They would not stop it for us to get off but it was the best fun during recess because it would be pushed so fast. So, when you had to go in you had to jump onto the pavement. Of course, this couldn't be done without a scrape or two. I feel like that right now. Maybe if I jumped off I'd get scraped worse than staying on?!?

Last night I made a bad judgment call and it could have been costly. The box of Almond milk I bought for Isaac leaked in the bag and I poured the rest of it in a cup. The bottom of the box was a bit black and yucky looking (from being wet I thought). Isaac drank the cup of milk and at the bottom was moldy milk. He reacted fairly soon to it; coughing, itchy tongue, tight chest. I reacted too but, I'm not too proud of it. I "freaked" a little. I just didn't know what to do. I called the doctor and he helped walked me through it. One of the supplements Isaac is taking is for mold and it did the trick. Within a few minutes he was breathing fine and within an hour was perfectly normal. This was hard. Could we win a million dollars soon and Kevin could quit his job and stay home all the time so I don't have to deal with these things alone again?!?! I know I wasn't alone. I prayed to the Lord for calmness more than a dozen times. I sure do like it when Kevin is here though. He calms me and is so unmoved through each trial we have gone through.
We are thankful for the outcome.

Maybe I jumped the gun a little...

Maybe the big van won't be ours. I thought it was a done deal. Oh, well. Not to worry. It'll work itself out somehow. We are running to the chiropractor now every couple days. Jordan, Em and I had neck, shoulder and back problems after the roll-over. Nothing major but we need to adjust those places so we can feel well. Isaac continues to amaze me. He got up this morning and after his school was done he made a batch of pancakes and two loaves of banana bread. A friend watched 5 of the kids while I ran to the chiropractor. Thanks so much. The kids had so much fun and got to ride on sleds behind a snowmobile.

Anybody have a yogurt starter they use for cow's milk and that doesn't need a yogurt maker. I'm looking for ideas of where to search. I did an internet search and it didn't produce as many results as I'd like.

Wait on the Lord...

Psalm 27:14 Wait on the Lord: Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: Wait, I say, on the Lord. As I reflect on the last 7 days and see how the Lord has brought many things together I am strengthened and humbled and honored. We had both of our vehicles wiped out in 5 days time. Tonight I sit in my house with a mini-van (on loan, can possibly purchase) outside on my driveway and another 15 passenger van coming another day. The 15 passenger van is ours for free!!! Yes!! God is so good. The van needed some work and some awesome God loving family fixed it and it will be ours soon. God was such a rock during this week as I did not ever fear what we would do about a van. I had no worries about it and that is just not me. I flip out when a kid misplaces game pieces and when they wreck something that isn't theirs. This was not the normal me this week and I'm so glad. The normal me would have been trying to figure it all out myself. I just knew in my heart that I didn't have any say in any of it and now look where we are. Blessed again! God needed us to stay calm and wait upon Him so that He could work a great work in our family.

For those who want to hear about Isaac. He is doing so very well. He is happy!!!! He was cracking jokes yesterday and I haven't heard that from him in a long time. My mom came and drove me to my chiropractor appointment and Isaac was chatting up a storm with her. I commented to her about it and she said he usually just sits there not saying a word. That's the Isaac in the past who was in a brain fog most of the time and lacked energy to do much more than get dressed for the day. My heart is lifted and feeling light when I look upon him. We have a ways to go. I continue to pray for healing of his intestinal problems and for him to start gaining weight and for God to continue showing me how to feed him next. Thanks for checking in and praying for him and us.