Thank You Will Never Feel Like Enough to Me, Never...

I have been on bed rest for about 6 weeks now and that means that for the past 6 weeks MANY MANY people have sacrificed a lot for me. I know that my "moms" have done everything they have done out of their love for me and their desire to make this pregnancy restful and full term!!

I look back over the past 6 weeks and see what the Lord has provided for me and my family, and honestly it is VERY overwhelming. I have had so much help, so much help that I haven't even asked for but can't imagine living without at this point.

The week I was told to start taking this pregnancy seriously and start resting happened to be the same week we were MOVING! Really Lord?! Thank for for this house, but what? I am telling you, we had so much help moving and settling into this house that I began to feel like there is NO way I could possibly pay everyone for their sacrifice in helping us move! I had friends taking my little kids for days while other friends came and moved furniture, cleaned my old house, brought us meals, unpacked, and organized. If I dared to get up off the couch, they also had no problem telling me to sit my tail back down! Thank you so much. We have lived here for almost 2 months and I still look around and know that this would not have happened without each one of you that helped our family move. Thank you will never feel like enough to me, never...

My mom older brother and older sister also came down and organized, set up, decorated, packed, unpacked, etc! They did not leave until they felt it was safe for me to still rest. My older sister made Craig's life very peaceful by completely setting up his home office for him, organizing his files and getting his papers all up to date, awesome! My brother was the muscle man that got everybody moving and didn't leave until everything was in the new house! My mom was here for about a month (and even though we gave her shingles), she never stopped working to make this house a home for us. To see my family step up and just show up and serve really melted my heart in a big way. Once again, thank you will never feel like enough to me, never...

Once my family left, my friends knew that I would still need help, after all, I still have 4 kids to homeschool, clean, feed, discipline and occupy their time. I had some great friends come to me and tell me they had a plan to come out to the house once a week to clean, and bring a meal. This is just a huge blessing! They knew the heavy burden Craig would carry to try and work and still be here for us, so they jumped in without asking and just did what they knew they could do and it has been HUGE, HUGE! Once again, thank you will never feel like enough to me, never...

My mother in law then came down for 2 weeks and pampered me, the kids, and Craig! Terri cooked us gourmet meals, helped with homeschool (she is a retired "teacher of the year" teacher...yep!), cleaned, took Maggie to school, organized and just took great care of us! Those 2 weeks she was here were very crucial to my bed rest. I knew that I had to get through those 2 weeks and she made it so easy, so easy. Once again, thank you will never feel like enough to me, never...

My baby sister was just here for her weekend to help, and she rocked it! She got here, took all 6 kids to church less than 30 minutes after arriving, came home, put everyone to bed and got to work! She washed ALL the baby clothes and organized everything, it was so fun to watch her, ha!! We had a great weekend and she even snuck me out of the house to get some big belly photos taken :) The kicker... when she left, she took Trent and Izzie with her home! (I know, how mean, that I am so outwardly thankful and shouting for joy! You be pregnant, on bed rest, and try chasing after a 2 year old screaming and crying) They are having a great time with their cousins this week and yes, Trent is still doing school work while he is gone, it is all under control. Yes, they are coming home, I am just taking my time deciding on a date, ha! Once again, thank you will never feel like enough to me, NEVER...

That brings us to this week! My out of town helpers are all back home, and Craig is left to take care of me and Macey and Maggie. It's been a good week! Craig has for the most part been able to stay home from work and take Maggie to school. Macey has been very diligent about her school work and Craig has been killing it in the kitchen! I mean, I am scared that when I am able to cook again, its gonna be bad and the kids are gonna want daddy to cook instead of mommy! My friends are still going strong, helping every chance they can! In fact, they cannot even just come and hang out now without finding something that they can clean, pick up, or help with, ha!! Once again, thank you will never feel like enough to me, never...

Looking forward, I still have about 4 1/2 weeks left of bed rest left before I will be considered full term. It happens to be the week of Thanksgiving that I will be 37 weeks, so watch out! You may find me, cooking, cleaning, decorating, and THEN going into labor!

For the next month, I am going to continue resting, accepting help, and counting my blessings! I am so thankful, so thankful! The Lord has given me the BEST support system this past 8 months and I do KNOW how blessed I am that the Lord knew my needs and provided for them continually, knowing how stubborn I am, knowing I would never call and ask for help, he gave me a dream team of helpers, for that I am thankful!

Yes, I am working on actual "thank you" cards. I am actually a terrible note writer, just awful! I have christmas cards that were never even sent out! I went through the trouble of making them, but just never mailed them. I am working on it, I promise!! In the meantime, consider this my informal, but completely genuine THANK YOU!!!!!