Sickness and excitement are in the air

So I guess I am just a monthly blogger. Too hard to keep up on facebook, blogging, spiritual disciplines, working . . . and parenting all at once. But - I think it's nice to summarize where we are in life each month. RIght now we are very tired of sicknesses (over the past month we have had sinus infections, ear infections, upper respiratory infections, pink eye, and who knows what else . . . and we are already on our second round in a month of the sinus and ear infections), BUT we are also very excited about the holidays and what that brings to our household. This year I got kind of crazy and made a homemade advent calendar that is quite ghetto and my kids love it -so it's great! Is everyone that's coming to our house in a week now very excited that they are coming to a house full of germs? Hopefully we will have killed a lot of it before you get here. I am dropping in the eye drops every 2 hours to fight this thing so the pink eye at least should be gone. We are in the last stages of preparing for a very fun week with our family and it is going to be AWESOME! We started 1 new tradition this year and carried on one new one. The carryover one is helping our kids understand that there are people out there that need our help, and that the world doesn't actually revolve around them (the kids). Noah had a tough time with this one today as we were shopping for another child and he was verbally making numerous plans for what he was going to do with the toys when he got home. I was only half tuned in, and suddenly realized he was having a one sided discussion around the very colorful blocks in the cart and what he was going to build with them. We talked about it for awhile, and at some point I think he might have accepted that the toys were not for him or for his brother. It's a funny thing with blogging. I am a very deep thinker and often have trouble coming out of my deep thoughts for any length of time to hold a long conversation, yet when I blog I can't seem to find the deep thoughts. I still think about calvinism vs. arminianism often. I very often have deep feelings of gratitude for the life that God gave me, knowing that I have done absolutely nothing to deserve such an amazing family and circle of friends. I hurt for those loved ones that are experiencing real troubles, to the point sometimes where I think I feel the hurt like they do. I would like to have another baby, but understand that it is all in God's timing and that ultimately he will be glorified no matter what happens. I love the Twilight book I just read and it is about vampires. That concept seems to contradict my general life, but the book seriously was so good. After about my 10th friend raved about it I couldn't fight the curiosity any further. I over-analyze people and their motivations. These are my deep thoughts for the day. Love you. Please comment if you read this. Amber is the only one who has ever acknowledged this blog with a comment. Thank you Amber!!