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Philly Area mom, Life forever changed by adoption

Thursday’s Things to Pray For

  1. Lydia is scheduled for her ear tubes (I keep wanting to call it a “tubal”–thank goodness that’s not happening!) on October 4th–about a week and a half from now. Pray for that to be successful and for her hearing to be restored.
  2. Some of you (alright, very few of you probably) may remember my vocal cord problems (read this or this or this for some examples of the saga). Well, after seeing my specialist this morning, we have another surgery now scheduled for October 12th. Recovery includes 3 days of complete silence (not nearly as bad as the weeks I had before) and 4 weeks of no lifting anything over 10 lbs. (Lydia is a peanut but is definitely over 10 lbs., nearing 20 lbs. now). Not thrilled about this, but we knew it was coming. Pray for a very successful surgery so that this could be my last one! And, pray for that recovery time. I’m sure anyone who keeps reading will hear a whole lot more about all that–may be a recurring Thursday Thing to Pray For for a while.
  3. Pray for me personally — for peace and rest and for endurance to do what the Lord has called me to do and let go of the things He has not called me to do.

Click here to learn more about Thursday’s Things to Pray For. Pray for me, for these things I list. And, leave me a comment to let me know you did if you don’t mind. It would be a great encouragement. And, I invite you to do the same on your blog–haven’t had too many takers on this in weeks past. But, I still feel compelled to invite you to.


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Sunday Snapshot: {a gaggle of kids and goodbye to the Jeep}

Remember Mark’s and my shaweet date night to P.F. Changs? Well, it wouldn’t have happened without our cool friends, the Hopples, who gladly take on our 3 kids overnight to add to their 3 (soon to be 4) kids so that we can take a deep breath (and dote on Lydia alone).

Well, Friday night was our turn to take on the troops. If you can take the sheer volume, it’s an awesome time. 7 is honestly easier than 4—for a night, at least.

And, just when we thought the weekend couldn’t get more exciting, we bought a new car (well, new to us. It’s a 2006).

I hate buying new cars. 

But, I know Mark needed one. Apparently, having no air conditioning and a rusted out bottom so that your feet got wet when it rained was no longer making him feel like he had a decent ride. So, we said goodbye to the old Jeep Cherokee and said hello to a Subaru something or other.

The kids love it. Their favorite thing–cup holders in the back. 

Mark has a bunch of favorite things. But, I think one of his favorites is the seriously open moon roof. 

My favorite thing. It’s clean….at least for now. 

You know what though–it’ll stay clean since the kids will primarily ride in my swagger wagon and throw all their twizzler wrappers, fruit snack bags, and leftover pretzel sticks (which they subsequently will step on) on my floor (not to mention the leaking sippy cups and gazillion stickers stuck to the window next to Drew’s seat).

Do you sense a little jealousy over the new set of wheels? 
No, no. 
Maybe I’m just defensive for the Jeep’s sake. For some reason, trading in cars is emotional for me. Have no idea why. It’s just a thing. And, this particular thing really holds no particular memory for me–no babies came home in the Jeep, no special family trips in it. But, for some reason, I feel sad to not see it again. I knew the exact sound of it’s engine coming down our driveway telling me Mark was home–maybe that’s why I feel sad to let it go. 
I’m glad Mark will have a good car to serve him well as he drives to and fro work. Guess I’ll get to know it’s rumble soon enough. And, Evan, hope you like it, because we’re thinking it’ll be yours in 8-10 years.

Ni Hao Y'all

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