Where did July go???

I think this is the longest span of time that I have went without posting! July was such a busy month. As a quick recap, Lisa had her surgery the first part of July. She had a double mastectomy, and will be starting chemo treatments next week. She is as strong now as she was at the beginning of this challenge. She hasn't wavered any. I have told her that I could only hope that I'd be half as courageous and strong as she is if I'm ever in a similar situation.

My dad has been in the hospital as well this month. He is at home now, and is slowly improving and getting a little more strength back. His memory is still clouded sometimes, and he is still having problems w/ Parkinson type symptoms. Hopefully he'll continue to show improvement in different areas with time.

Hannah is now 4 months old, and went for her 4 month checkup this past Friday. My little girl is getting so big, so fast! They said she is doing great - she weighed 13lb, 7oz., and is 25 inches long. The Dr. told me that I can start her on cereal and fruits & veggies. We have tried the cereal, and she isn't having much to do with it yet! So we'll have the daycare try some with her, and we'll do the same at home in the evenings. She is the happiest baby I think I've ever seen. Adam was a happy baby, and she is even more content than he was. Between her pleasant spirit, and her wonderful sleeping and eating habits, the Lord has truly blessed me twice over.

Adam is a very adventurous, 100% BOY!!! He decided last week to become our little "exhibitionist" at daycare. When I went to pick him up, his daily note said that he was taking out his "privates" and showing them to everyone in the classroom!!! So we had a loooooong talk to him about how he cannot do that. Well, he proceeded to do the same thing again this past Sat. at the mall! I caught him before he actually did it, but still....the things that I wasn't prepared for in having a son!! lol!!

I have been doing pretty good. I'm trying to do better in a lot of different areas of my life. Prayer is something that I've worked on a lot lately. I haven't done nearly enough of it in the past years. I've always been one to pray when I needed His help, and that was about it. I haven't been good at praying just to "talk" to Him. So, I've been trying to have more one on one time w/ Him, so that I can not only lift up needs and worries, but also to continually thank Him for all the many blessings and gifts He has given to me and to our family over the years. I'm trying to get better at reading my bible, and doing/studying w/ devotions. That is yet another area that I have gotten so slack in. I feel in my heart that He has placed so many things in my path lately to make me realize that I need to not worry so much about things, but let Him do that. I need to totally trust that He knows what is best for me, moreso than I do. I just need to pray about whatever it is and hand it over to God to do the rest.

Well, I know that this update was long overdue. I'll try to post pictures sometime soon, hopefully in the next couple of days. I've got plenty on the camera that I need to upload to the computer.

I hope everyone is well, and I love you all....