Seven Quick Takes, vol. 9

From: http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/10/7-quick-takes-friday-vol-56.html

I'm actually not sure if I can come up with 7, but here goes...

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My blood pressure keeps shooting up at various times which has me very worried. I'm not even 8 weeks yet, it's far too early to be developing PIH!!! If this keeps up my dreams of birthing at home will remain just that, dreams.

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Thomas, the little Puggle I work with and son of my friend Christina (http://amazinglygracefulphotography.blogspot.com/) had a SPECTACLUAR night at AWANA tonight! We've been working with him for several weeks, trying to help him adapt and also how to adapt Puggles to him. Now that he has gotten accustomed to the routine of Puggles and developed a certain sense of security he seems to have finally conquered his seperation anxiety! We only had one almost melt down and other than leaving the Puggles room for 5 minutes during play time he succesfully stayed through the evening and had SO MUCH FUN!!! It. Was. AWESOME!!! Thank You, God!!!

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I am in the process of breaking up with C.L.A.S.S. and finding my own homeschool style and figuring out what curriculums will work and how much I want to use actual curriculumns. I haven't decided if I'm going to finish the English books that I have or move on to something else. I'm also trying to decide what math curriculumn I want to use. I'm considering not using anything set but just figuring out what they don't know, having Super Hubbie teach it to them, and then review it until they know it solidly. They both tested very high on their CAT test so between that and claiming religious exemption gives us some wiggle room to figure out what works best for us. I want to focus more on learning than on teaching. A classroom environment is NOT neccesarily the best way for a child to learn and I am realizing more and more that I do NOT have to conform to the way society says children need to be taught. At the end of the day it only matters what they know, not so much how we got there.

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It is REALLY hard to blog with a not-quite-two year old climbing on you, kicking you, and trying to pull out your pony tail!.

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Tomorrow is the AWANA Pine Wood Derby. Super Hubbie and the kidlets are in the process of putting the finishing touches on their car. Things 1-3 made typical cars, whereas Thing 4 decided to make his into a rock, on which he painted "Jesus is the rock of our salvation". Before the paint dried it looked more like a turd than a rock and we were a little worried!

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Monday is my sonogram. In many ways this will be a turning point in my pregnancy. For the baby, nothing will change. However for us, everything will change. You see, I have experienced 5 pregnancy losses, one of which was twins. This sonogram is the one that will determine for us the likelyhood that we will know this child by name, hold him or her in our arms, and kiss his or her little face. I am a ball of anxiety and excitement! I really can't decide which emotion to go with... but I do know this one thing, as I have known with each of my 8 previous pregnancies: this child belongs to God. This child's life is God's to do with as He sees fit. If the Lord chooses for this child's life to be very short then He will meet me there and give me the grace I need. He does not give us anything we can not handle and He is perfectly Sovereign. We are HIS creation for HIS purpose and HIS glory. And my desires to keep my children are so selfish. For them Heaven is ALWAYS better. And if I am truly living a life of surrender - if I am truly a living sacrifice for my King, then how can I argue with God when He chooses for my child a life untouched my sin, sorrow, or pain?

So, please be thinking of us on Monday afternoon. My appointment is at 3:50.