i had to share this... it's been the plea of my heart the last few days, just to accept whatever comes our way and rest content in the knowledge that the Lord has led us there and will lead us through it too.
i've always loved this melody, and the words to the "old" hymn are ones that i find comforting...
"when peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, "it is well, it is well with my soul".
as i get ready to hit the "publish" button, it's just sweet little remington and i here in the living room while everyone else is in bed after a long nap-less day. he's standing between my knees, holding onto the edge of the tote that's doubling as a laptop desk, completely on his own. his motor skills seem to be improving daily, for which we're so grateful... it's a relief to know that he's starting to catch up. while he's still got a ways to go, he's made a great start at it and i think i'm more giddy over his accomplishments than a new mommy, even, just because we've been holding our breath, just waiting to see if he'll reach even the little milestones on his own. ha... and now, as i finished typing those last few lines, he'd plunked down on my leg and is at this very moment attempting to pull himself to standing. he's *thisclose* to getting up.
one more thing before rem has his bottle and we settle down for a hopefully quiet night (last night was a long one- i tried giving him rice again, hoping he'd be ok with it, but he was up most of the night, fussy and agitated, so rice obviously isn't going to be added to his diet anytime in the very near future. sigh.)... i may have said it, though i most likely forgot: all our friends and family have really meant the world to us since all of this came to a head with remington. and while it's not over yet, thank you all so much for lending your ears, letting me vent, your phone calls/emails/texts, and for remembering us in the place of prayer. we love you all, i don't know how to say it any other way. thank you.
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thinking of you all and wishing the very best for little remington! glad for his little accomplishments!:)
Lindsay, my brain is quite slow sometimes and a memory from the past just flashed through the one little brain cell I have. When Kelvin was about 10 months old he was losing weight, and over a period of 3 or 4 months he was one very thin little fella. Long story short, he had "tummy" issues with too much acid so th edoctor put him on Tagament (an anti-acid liquid). What made me think of it was journaling in a scrap book, I ran accross a picture of Kelvin taking his Tagament in our old pickup camper. Kelvin too fell close to the zero percentile for weight during this period. Took about a year to a year and a half for his tummy to settle down, then he slowly put some weight on. Do you think that "tummy issue" is something that got passed on to Madison, and Remmington? Obvoiusly Kelvin out grew it as Madison seems to have. Just a thought. Hugs to you all.
Dan
Just adding my hug (from your mom and dad's, of all places)! miss you guys!! xo
Hey! I didn't know how else to contact you, but somehow I lost you on facebook. Do you still go on there? I added you again though. Hope all is well.
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