Day 353

I know my post yesterday was not a great way to start off the year but sometimes I get so overwhelmed and I just have to share. I didn't get to sleep until 7am yesterday and slept until about noon and I still have not been to sleep again. I really hope I can wake up in time to call my doctor so I can get in to see him because something's got to give. I know before I have said the closest thing to an equation of what I have is like having the stomach flu 24/7; but when I get a stomach migraine, and yes those are real but I certainly wish they weren't, it is more like having the swine flu and I can make that equation because I have had the swine flu.
Friday my baby boy is going to be 8. It seems like just yesterday he was born. I really want to give him the same attention to detail and amazing birthdays I was able to give my older children when they were young. We may have been on a shoestring budget but I put my heart and soul into those parties. I have always loved having get togethers and putting on huge events. Right now on top of all of my other raging symptoms, I am swollen like a stuffed sausage. We are not planning his party until next weekend but I really hope I am able to do something special on his birthday. We have always gone so big, even over the top on birthdays because Clint and I decided that Christmas should be all about Jesus and yes we do presents and Santa but not without the Christmas Story being read and putting the utmost importance that it is Jesus' birthday. Over the years the kids seem to have more of a birthmonth than a birthday because we celebrate on the day, then there is the party with friends, most of the time we have a separate party for  family because ours is so big and somehow it expanded from a day to a week to a month, but the main reason for that is because it is a time to celebrate their life, the precious gifts God entrusted us with from before they were ever conceived.
I hope you enjoy my blog, I know sometimes it can just be mindless rambling and sometimes I feel like God is speaking right through me. Right now my arms are so weak and my fingers are so swollen that I am going to have to stop for now. I do wish and hope and pray for everyone who reads this, that this new year will be the most blessed, joyful, entertaining, and love filled year you ever could have imagined!