Thank God For Mom's!

This week Curtis is on Army duty at Fort Knox, and to save on gas he has been staying at my parents house in Louisville at night. Since he is gone at night my mom has been staying with me and Noah here at our house to help me out while Curtis is gone. This has been a true blessing and it makes me realize even more how lucky I am to have a mom that cares about me so much and would do anything for me. She didn't hesitate for a second to disrupt her life for a week just to help me out, and that makes me one very lucky daughter:) It is very helpful that she is staying with me, because it allows me to keep Noah on the schedule he is used to when we are getting ready in the mornings to go to day care. I dropped him off at day care today for the first time and it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I'm so thankful that Curtis normally does the dropping off and picking him up job daily, because it's a lot harder to say bye to him when I'm leaving him with someone other than his daddy in the mornings. I do love walking through the door to pick him up in the evenings and seeing his little face light up when he sees his mommy! He was in a very good mood today when we got home as you can tell by the picture. We played for a long time before he got tired and then he took about an hour nap for me so we could rest together. Mamaw is holding him now and he is taking another cat nap since he just got finished eating. He will be waking up here soon and I will give him his nightly bath and put him down to sleep for the night. I will make sure that I give him extra hugs and kisses from his daddy who is missing him like crazy!

Mom's are Angels sent from God to take care of us throughout our lives.

3 Months & Counting

Yesterday was exactly 3 months from the day our little blessing arrived in this crazy world we live in, and blessed his mommy and daddy's lives forever! Time is flying by and our little baby is beginning to turn into our not so little baby:) I was going to put a new outfit on Noah this weekend that was a size 3-6 month, but it was actually very big on him. I have to admit that it made me smile & warmed my heart that he hasn't grown that much yet, because I want him to stay little as long as he can ( I hope that isn't me being selfish). Noah is finally getting over his cold that he has had for a couple of weeks now, so that is making Curtis and I very happy!! I know every mom out there will understand when I say that there isn't a worse feeling then knowing your baby/child is sick and there isn't anything that you can do but wait it out with them. All I wanted to do was pull all of the sickness out of him and put it in me so he wouldn't have to suffer. Today is the first day that he has acted like the Noah we all missed (the well one).

Yesterday was my first day back to Sunday School since I delivered Noah, and it felt so good to be back:) We all had a shower for one of the couples in our class and it was a good time. It made me think back of when they gave Curtis and I a shower for Noah. I love being a part of this class because everyone is so giving and you can always count on everyone to be there for you no matter what. The special thing about our class is that Noah was the 17th boy in a row to be born! There are 2 more couples that are having boys, 1 is due in September & 1 in October. We will then have a total of 19 boys:) We also just found out that 2 more couples are pregnant so we will wait to hear if we will have more boys, or if we will finally get some little girls. We all know it doesn't matter as long as they are healthy, but it will be interesting to find out:) We pray that all the couples will have or continue to have healthy and smooth pregnancies. There is nothing more special in life than God's little blessings.

We hope that everyone stops and takes a little time to thank God for the little blessings in your life.

Here is Noah acting shy... as if! He has not been feeling well lately so we took him to the doctor to try and get some help for him. Jennifer was the super mommy who argued with the doctor that something was wrong and took him back the next day (his throat and stuffiness were undeniable). She said his tiny little airway was irritated and inflamed. This was causing some problems, so we got a prescription for some steroids to be given in the form of drops to take down some of the inflammation. He is slowly recovering and Jennifer has the pleasure of sucking snot with the super sucker ball. However, he is only waking up once in the middle of the night for a diaper change and feeding. He has been doing this consistently for a week now and we hope it continues!!! At the end of the day there is nothing better than just laying him on our chest and letting him take a nap. Even though it is only about 5 minutes from Mrs. Lorrie's to our house he is usually out like a light by the time Curtis gets him home. Then Jennifer takes him when she gets home and he is back out until he wakes to be fed. Then we have our family time after Daddy does his workout for the evening. To know he feels completely safe and has complete faith in his Mommy and Daddy is a great feeling!

May you find unfailing faith on your journey today.

Getting bigger and coordinated?

Here is Noah dreaming of going to see Calipari and his boys in Lexington (notice the pacifier?).

Noah is trying to grab things now and again. It is great to look at the stern look of concentration as he guides his hand to the object before him. When his hand finally lands near the target he latches for a few fleeting seconds. Also, we swear he gets bigger every day between the time he is dropped off at Mrs. Lorrie's and he gets picked up.

May you appreciate something small on your journey today.

Small insignificant Victory

Nana and Pop (Curtis' Mom and Dad) headed eastward this weekend. It is always great to see the grandparents, but it NEVER seems long enough. The help was greatly appreciated. It is a strange feeling when you don't "have" to depend on your parents. Don't get me wrong, we love the help! But, we also know we can make it in this world. That must be a proud moment for a parent. You are helping because you want to, not because your child needs it or may get hurt etc... To have witnessed your life from the time you were the size of Noah to the point where you have one that size. I swear we caught glimpses of parental pride in Nana and Pop's eyes aimed at both of us. It was such fun to see that the parents still look at us the way we look at Noah sometimes, in awe of how this all happened.

Now to the story of the weekend that will fade into nothingness, but could have been the story of the century!!! OK, not really, but since I am a legend in my own mind I think you will find it amusing DISCLAIMER: Golf story to follow -

Curtis has never beat his Dad in golf. We are talking about a guy who, for as long as he can remember, a 75 (3 over par) not that great of a day. Not only that, but his buddies he used to play with, were the same. So I grew up thinking 80 ( 8 over) was a bad score. Perhaps this was a part of his frustration as a young lad. So when Pop said he was bringing his clubs this weekend, Curtis was ready. A trip to Henry County Country Club was filled with excitement as Curtis drove the ball just off the fairway 50 yards past his dad, then something happened. After 3 holes Curtis was down 5 strokes!!! Knowing he was dead in the water, he stopped worrying about it. All of a sudden the front nine was over and Pop was up 7 strokes (his 36 to Curtis' 44). Having never beaten Pop in even 9 holes of play (lost by 1 stroke once before) he hit the reset button. We were tied ( even for the back nine teeing off on hole 16) Suddenly Curtis hit a birdie putt and Pop parred. I was up one for the back nine, then the next hole the same thing happened. Now Curtis was 2 strokes up, not to mention 2 under par for the back nine, with one hole to go. We tied on the 18th hole and I lost by 5 strokes in total... but the small insignificant victory was the back nine. Although Curtis lost the war, he won a small victory. Now the bad news for Curtis is Pop will be retiring soon, which means more than his usual round per day. With Noah here, Curtis won't be playing more, but rest assured he will practice when he can.

But he will take never beating his father if it means more family time with Jennifer and Noah.

Noah's Big Day

Jen- Today was Noah's first day in day care. Curtis and I are still trying to find a routine for us in the morning, but we will figure it out soon enough with more practice. I have to admit that it was very hard on me this morning. I was able to hold it together until I saw Curtis pulling out of the driveway with Noah asleep in the back, and then I lost it. I had to get a good cry out for about 10 minutes and then I dried my eyes and started getting ready for work. It felt good to start back to work today, but all I did was think about Noah all day! Of course I had to call around 10:00 a.m. to check on my baby to see how he was doing, and when Lori (the woman who runs the day care) answered the phone I could hear Noah crying in the background. My heart sank when I heard him crying and I couldn't be there to hold him and console him. She told me he was doing good and he had just started to cry when I called, so I let her go so she could get back to work. I did good and I didn't call back, but I have to admit that I was worried about him all day. When I got home from work he was asleep in his daddy's arms and it warmed my heart and made me feel so much better seeing he was OK. I don't know how to describe the feeling I had this morning having to give our baby over to someone that isn't family besides that it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I trust Lori or of course or we wouldn't have chosen her to watch Noah, but it is still very very hard. I'm a mommy what can I say?! I have spent as much time as I can with Noah tonight, but it still isn't that time that we are used to having so it is going to take some getting used to. I only hope that one day Noah will understand that if I could stay home with him I would, but mommy and daddy are trying to give him the best life possible.

I survived today and hopefully it will get a little easier everyday even though it will never be ok with me to have to leave him. I would like to say thank you to Curtis for trying to make my first day back to work a little better today, because he sent me some beautiful flowers for my office with a very sweet card. I am a very lucky girl and he makes me realize that (along with Noah) everyday when I wake up. I will go to sleep tonight praying that Noah has a good day again tomorrow!

Here in the Real World

Well, it all ends tomorrow. Jennifer will be back at E&H, and while Curtis has been working at the school in Eminence kids come tomorrow. Noah gets to spend his days with Mrs. Prewiit in Shelbyville and Daddy will drop him off and pick him up as her house is on his way to Eminence. Mommy is in charge of a 10 o'clock phone call to make sure all is going well.

We have found there is a strange circle that has developed in the "wheel of concern" of the Moss family. Please keep in mind we both trust the people caring for Noah, but there is an uneasiness. Jennifer gets "the feeling" because Noah is not with her, Curtis gets "the feeling" because Jennifer has "the feeling". We would like to say we are sure this will go away, but that is probably not true. However, we have good people and faith on our side and trust that it will be OK.

Faith is a strange thing. To have complete trust and "unknowingly know" someone is trustworthy is a strange feeling. I am sure there are going to be a few shed tears between us, but I know the hardest is going to be the stage when they think you're never coming back and the crying comes in the morning. Thank goodness Noah is not there yet!

May you find something to find faith in today!