I lost a day this week, and I really couldn't afford that! My sister's baby shower is Saturday morning and my mom and I are coordinating it. I had a busy week with appointments for Andrew almost every day so I really needed to make the most of my remaining time to figure out and find decorations, plan the meal, make food, etc.
I woke this morning and went about mentally scheduling the days leading up to the baby shower. In a matter of minutes I had it all figured out and was quite proud of myself!
Today: make one pan of bars, boil potatoes & eggs for potato salad and, just for fun, organize the toyroom.
Friday: make a run to Goodwill with unused toyroom stuff, shop for dress shoes and pants for shower, make 2nd pan of bars, finish making potato salad, wrap shower gift.
Saturday morning: help move tables and decorate the Community Center for the shower.
Yep, I thought I had everything figured out. I went about my morning, happy as a clam with my plans. About an hour after I had carefully planned my next few days the ball dropped and I remembered......today was Friday!! Somehow I had lost Thursday! Well, that certainly put an interesting spin on things. I had to scrap my seemingly well-thought-out plans and it became full speed ahead to accomplish 2 days worth of preparations in one day. It seemed a mission impossible. But alas- I AM SUPERMOM (dubbed by some of my dearest friends) and I was really hoping I could live up to their standards and complete my mission.
Naptime came and Michael & Andrew thankfully took wonderful naps while I scrambled to make both pans of bars and bake the potatoes for the potato salad. A shopping trip after Brady & Ellie came home from school yeilded no useable shoes or pants...but atleast I made the effort. Three small children sucessfully tucked into bed and one mom frantically peeling and dicing potatoes and mixing in mayonnaise and mustard. One baby shower gift wrapped and.....mission accomplished!
All that's left is the setting up and decorating in the morning. Not too bad for 2 days worth of work in one, huh?
Phew! Is it my bedtime yet?
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One mom. One dad. Four kids. Traveling together down the road of life.
- The Visser Family
- Our's is a family of six. Not too big, not too small. Brady is our oldest at 15 years old. Ellie, our only daughter, is now 9 years old. Michael is 6.5 years old and Andrew, the baby of the family, is 5. Andrew holds a special place in our family, not only because he's the youngest member, but because he was born with Trisomy 21, otherwise known as Down Syndrome. One extra chromosome on the 21st pair. Down Syndrome is the most common genetic anomally, occuring in 1 out of every 500 or so births each year. Unfortunately, due to society's misunderstood notions of Down Syndrome, many women abort their babies when given even a speculative prenatal diagnosis. Hopefully, this blog will help people understand that a diagnosis of Down Syndrome is not the end of the world...it's the beginning of a new, better world.
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I wish the world could see you as I see you
Wish they knew the joys you've brought to me
So many people quick to judge us
and see you as someone who shouldn't be
They tell me that your life is not worth living
if they were I, they would have never let you live
They cannot know the thing it is that we know
They will never know how much you have to give
They talk a lot of sacrifice and burden
They imagine that your being is our loss
How can they know you saved me when you found me
when I never even knew that I was lost.
True enough, my world has changed forever
nothing in it is as it was so long ago
Your entry in our world has changed so many things
but none so much as they have changed my soul.
Why do we live our lives at all, then,
if there is some race that we must finish first
Why do we deny ourselves it all when we drown so that we may quench our thirst
You taught me to stop and smell the tulips
they are different than the roses, this is true,
their scent is in my every pore now
I never would have known them without you
To all the many people who would not choose you
who think your life is somehow tragedy
I say you have outlived them and outloved them
I am grateful God chose you just for me
You love your life and everyone thats in it
you shine your light without knowing that you do
Illuminate the darkness with your sparkle
my child, my love, my life, thank God for you.
~ Author Unknown ~
I wish the world could see you as I see you
Wish they knew the joys you've brought to me
So many people quick to judge us
and see you as someone who shouldn't be
They tell me that your life is not worth living
if they were I, they would have never let you live
They cannot know the thing it is that we know
They will never know how much you have to give
They talk a lot of sacrifice and burden
They imagine that your being is our loss
How can they know you saved me when you found me
when I never even knew that I was lost.
True enough, my world has changed forever
nothing in it is as it was so long ago
Your entry in our world has changed so many things
but none so much as they have changed my soul.
Why do we live our lives at all, then,
if there is some race that we must finish first
Why do we deny ourselves it all when we drown so that we may quench our thirst
You taught me to stop and smell the tulips
they are different than the roses, this is true,
their scent is in my every pore now
I never would have known them without you
To all the many people who would not choose you
who think your life is somehow tragedy
I say you have outlived them and outloved them
I am grateful God chose you just for me
You love your life and everyone thats in it
you shine your light without knowing that you do
Illuminate the darkness with your sparkle
my child, my love, my life, thank God for you.
~ Author Unknown ~