the new year has brought with it both excitement and challenges. we are beyond thrilled to what this new year will bring but thus far it is starting out extremely stressful. the boys have a new principal at school meaning their schedules have changed a little. now, i know that doesn't seem like a big deal, but believe me to our boys it is a big deal. our boys survive off of routine and predictability. to change their school schedules in the middle of the year was not a good idea. it has made our mornings extremely frustrating and stressful. we are just praying through it and knowing God will bring us out the other side. please pray for us. the boys have little patience with each other and with brian and i. they have the attitude that they can do what they want when they want. it is extremely frustrating and i am needing patience to reign down on me so i can pour it out onto my family.
on the other hand brian and i have committed to running a half marathon at the end of april. we have started training and it is kicking our butts. you can follow my running at my blog runbaileysrun. we are running with team called powered by hope to raise money for an amazing school that we pray the boys can get a scholarship to and go to one day. we fully believe God is doing incredible things at the school. please also pray and consider supporting our goal of $2000 to be raised before the marathon. you can check out our fundraising page here: http://www.firstgiving.com/brianandaudrabailey/. i never thought i would enjoy running but i am loving it. i love the time alone. i love pushing myself and building confidence. plus, it is another area of my life that i need to rely fully on the strength of God to get me through. some days it is hard to have any energy to run with 4 boys to raise. but i believe this is another impossible journey God has called us to and he will lead the way.
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Thursday, April 15, 2010
day 30 - boys will be boys
when we first started our adoption process i knew i wanted a boy. i'm not sure if i thought boys would be easier or what. my first thought was that i knew when we had biological kids they would most likely all be girls. so hence the reason for going for a male. but when i was saying yes to having a boys i had no idea that God would bring into our house 4 of them!!!
so hear i am surrounded by males. even our dog is a male. they are everything i expected: sweaty, stinky, messy, loud, grunting, burping, farting, wrestling, singing, dancing, eat you out of house and home fools! they play outside till it is pitch black. make up their own rules and don't care about how the game is really played. hate to loose. have a love/hate relationship with each other. don't like to be told what to do. showers are the last thing on their minds. could care less if their clothes were folded. like to have burping contests. and five minutes after dinner is over i hear "i'm hungry!"
but then there are a few things i didn't expect: tender hearted, soft spoken, gentle, helpful, affectionate, note writing men. they are concerned if they see my eyes full of tears, come to my rescue when i scream because i found a dead cockroach in the corner, climb the cabinets to reach the pan on the top shelf, write a note just to say "have a great day", and can't go to bed without a hug goodnight. even my littlest one, little K, wants to pray before i leave his room. he sticks his hand up and says "pray".
they have rocked my world and i'm grateful that God has given me the task of being their mother. i love being the only female in the house. my prayer is that God would use me to show them what a godly women and mother truly is. i make mistakes (on a daily basis) and i'm far from perfect. "Lord, let anything i do or say fall to the ground and may your truth be heard and seen!"
so hear i am surrounded by males. even our dog is a male. they are everything i expected: sweaty, stinky, messy, loud, grunting, burping, farting, wrestling, singing, dancing, eat you out of house and home fools! they play outside till it is pitch black. make up their own rules and don't care about how the game is really played. hate to loose. have a love/hate relationship with each other. don't like to be told what to do. showers are the last thing on their minds. could care less if their clothes were folded. like to have burping contests. and five minutes after dinner is over i hear "i'm hungry!"
but then there are a few things i didn't expect: tender hearted, soft spoken, gentle, helpful, affectionate, note writing men. they are concerned if they see my eyes full of tears, come to my rescue when i scream because i found a dead cockroach in the corner, climb the cabinets to reach the pan on the top shelf, write a note just to say "have a great day", and can't go to bed without a hug goodnight. even my littlest one, little K, wants to pray before i leave his room. he sticks his hand up and says "pray".
they have rocked my world and i'm grateful that God has given me the task of being their mother. i love being the only female in the house. my prayer is that God would use me to show them what a godly women and mother truly is. i make mistakes (on a daily basis) and i'm far from perfect. "Lord, let anything i do or say fall to the ground and may your truth be heard and seen!"
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