Giving Thanks (inspired by)


Thanks be to God, Father, Son and Spirit, for the abundance of good things he pours on His children.
We are but few, but His blessings are many.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Big boy Seth

Seth is officially a big boy! Potty training began Feb 2, and after a bit of a rough start (7 accidents and 15 successes before noon!) the lightbulb went on and there's no looking back! He LOVES his “underoos,” especially the Lightning McQueen ones. He is so very proud of himself, and gave all of his diapers to Marcus “who is still just a little baby, not a big boy like me.” In fact, he refused to wear a diaper ever again, even at night! At first I sighed about this, but after he made it all the way through the night DRY I was silenced into agreement with my big boy.

Lorraine went to school monday and told her class about Seth's big potty training day. She came home with several pictures she and her friends made for him that say BIG BOY SETH, etc. They are now posted all over his room. (Good thing he is too young to be embarrassed by all of this!)

He already is trustworthy in anticipating #1 but #2 is going to take more work. In fact, I am considering ditching the sticker chart and just drawing one big pile of poop next to a present to remind him that ONE success in that area will earn him the reward. Who knew my skills as an artist would be so important as a mommy?



In other adventures, it has been quite a week for the Cook family. Josh is really sick with some sort of strange stomach? lung? heart? issue. He has been going for tests and trying to continue to work, but is mostly on the couch in pain when he comes home. Our best guess is a hiatal hernia- but he is unable to get into a gastro specialist until early March. Today he is able to keep food down, so that is progress, but he is still in a good deal of pain. Please pray for him when you think of it.

Aggie had a rough beginning of the week with her seizures, and I also started out the week quite discouraged and overwhelmed. But as Josh said in his sermon today, God is faithful even when we are exhausted, and He has carried us through a hundred trials this week. We continue to rely on Him for our daily bread, and He cares for us through the love and help of others, through His Word, and sometimes through a good book and a long nap!

1 comment:

Jeni said...

have they ruled out gall bladder for Josh? David was in so much pain with that, but I have no idea what/where the pain is that Josh's experiencing...It took forever for them to finally diagnose David and now that he's had surgery he feels 1000% better! Anyway, I'm sure you're getting lots of suggestions...don't mean to add to that! :) Keeping you in my prayers! I understand how it is when the Husband/Dad isn't 100%.