Baby update

Patrick and I saw the doctor this past Thursday. Our little girl weighs 3 pounds! She is so petite. We had all good news. Doctor checked all of her organs, blood flow, heart rate, brain, diaphragm, and breathing pattern. He says she is a very healthy baby of what we can see through the tests. She is just very small, and I am carrying her very low.
Thankfully, even with her smallness, I am very glad she is healthy of what we can see. The Lord is in control.
We will be induced the first week of April, possibly as soon as April 3. Wow, that is 3 weeks early. Her approximate weight will be 5 1/2 - no bigger than 6 pounds. Since we are traveling 1 hour and 30 minutes to the hospital, due to me being a high risk patient, Doctor and us have agreed it best for inducement, so we don't have the baby in our kitchen. With how low I am carrying her, signs are strong for me to go into early labor. Doctor believes she will not hesitate to slide right out (was his exact words).
We are very excited about having our little blessing a bit early and I am just in awe and thankful for her health.
I have been exercising faithfully, taking my vitamins/herbs, and eating healthy. Most importantly praying for good health. The hope that I have is good health from good daily habits. As long as the Lord wills it to be.
Praise the Lord for all He does and the wisdom only He can provide.

Baby :) & more

Hello everyone, still preparing for baby number four and only 11 weeks to go. Time goes by fast these days.
The children are looking forward to meeting their new baby sister, now that I am starting to look like I am pregnant. Colin keeps giving me little hugs here and there and the girls keep asking "when is she going to come out". In due time, hopefully not for at least 10 more weeks.
I put together a baby registry at www.babysrus.com . It is under Michelle and Patrick Seymoure. There are only 18 items on the registry and only 16 of those items we need. The last 2 are just baby Mozart DVDs. So if anyone would like to bless our family with a welcome baby gift, check out our registry so you know what we are needing. Even if it is just a gift card of a small amount, every little bit helps out a big bit.
Other than having baby on every one's mind, we all have been doing good. Patrick has been working hard at work and at home. He has been doing a great job taking care of my Dad's animals, feeding the dog, chickens, and peacock, then he collects the eggs from the chickens. He also has been on cat litter duty and him and I both have been making sure the wood burner stays full and hot. Every other week Patrick chops about 3 loads of wood, sometimes I help load and unload the wood, since I am not allowed to chop wood right now. The children have been taking turns to help Patrick with the animals. Kelsie and Lillian like to get the mail and the newspaper. Kelsie is doing well in school and Lillian is still working with her speech and bits of learning at a time. Colin is not wanting to be potty trained. Which has been a bummer for me and the rest of the family. He just does not mind being dirty. Ewe.
We are just living one day at a time, moment by moment. Trying to honor the Lord with our life and actions. Allowing lifes challenges to strengthen us in Him.

Family Update

Hello to everyone, it has been a little while since my last blog entry.
My father made it safely to his destination in Katar. Praise the Lord for his safe travel. Please pray for me, I am now responsible for taking care of my dad's finances while he is away. Thankfully the Lord has equipped me well for finances and accounting. Patrick and the children get to take care of the animals. All ? amount of chickens, 2 cats, 1 dog, and 1 peacock. Those are just dad's animals, we only have 2 cats. So far, all has been well. Dad has only been gone since friday Jan 2. The children already miss their grandpa. Kelsie said it is boring around here with out him. I said, "gesh, I guess we're no fun huh." Then she said she just misses him. The things children say. Well, dad estimated departure is early May. Keep us in your prayers, especially my father.
I am now 25 weeks expecting and we found out we are having a girl. Estimated arrival date is April 23, 2009. I have already organized all of the girl clothes I have saved by size, washed the first years worth of clothes and put it all away. I wanted to take inventory of what we had, so we know what we will need. I have lent baby clothes out here and there, so our stock is a bit low. Which is okay. I am just thankful we can help where we can. Thankfully we will only need to purchase 2 big items, a swing and infant car seat. My friend has our old swing which has been through a total of 6 different children and is very ready for retirement. It served its purpose. The small items, will be onesies and socks. Patrick and I have the same philosophy with infants. They don't need shoes till they can walk, and they can go anywhere in their pajamas. It saves a bundle on money spent for outfits and shoes.
Patrick and I are excited about the new baby girl soon to born. As my tummy expands (which is the hardest part for me) and we can feel lots of movement. I am carrying so low, I am not ready to share the kicks with anyone but my hubby for now. I may be six months expecting, and I have not ever carried a child so low before. We will be making sure it is normal from the doctor our next visit. Even if it is not normal, we know God is in control and He is the one that is granting us this wonderful gift of a blessing.
Not much else is new with the Seymoure/Sucharski family. Just our usual caring for and training our children, and living one day at a time.
And most of all, Praising and thanking our great Lord for all he does!

The Family Update

Sorry for the long between blogs. Life has been such a whirl wind these days.
We have moved, again. This time we moved in with my father. Wow, what an exciting adventure it has been. Lots of teaching moments for my children and we have been able to help my dad as well as him helping us. A blessing to us both. The pros do outweigh the cons. The Lord has been moving through the Seyharski home (Seymoure + Sucharski).
We are expecting our fourth child. Patrick and I are very excited and thankful the Lord is blessing us again. I am about 14 weeks now and am working on getting enough energy to stay fit and healthy through this pregnancy. It has not been working. I am very tired all day every day. That is about the only struggle I am having thus far in the pregnancy. We are just praying for a healthy baby and safe labor and delivery. Please be praying for us.
I am so thankful for all the things in life our amazing Lord is doing for us and providing for us.
There really is not much else. We have been just taking one day at a time, and praise God for giving us another day.

We May Change, But...

Some of the things that I have learned so far in my life:

Is that we can change, but even though we may change, our circumstances may not.

It is so hard of us as people to stay in a season of life. There are so many seasons. All different kinds. It could be place, thing, people, or even finances.

Patrick and I have been stuck in a particular season for a long time, since we have been married. It is a very hard season. Even though we have changed greatly, this season has not. At times it brings us down. Mostly my husband, and me too. But, we have to remind ourselves to be thankful. In all the different seasons of life on earth, we have Jesus Christ. Our purpose is not for ourselves. It is for God. I fail daily. I know I could be so much more for Jesus. But I am just selfish. When my body aches or the children disobey, I get tired and discouraged. I push through it most times, but it is the times when I don't I fail.

I used to think that a family life had to look or be a certain way to be a family for Jesus Christ. But what a lie. Every family will look different, and do things different. No one family is the same. He made us all different. We are all uniquely made, for His glory.

We are to love, grace, cherish, and lift up all of our differences for the glory of God. Because all of our differences make up the whole body of His church.

We are to change according to God's purpose in our lives. As we change, our season's may not. But if or when our season's do change, we are to praise God. Even when our season's don't change, we are to praise God.

We can change, but we are still going to have to face the challenges in this world.

I am just so thankful for what I do have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Family Update

Hello everyone!
We have been the busy Seymoure's as usual. Caring for children and enjoying each day that the Lord blesses us with.
Patrick and I did get to go on a date 2 fridays ago. We enjoyed our time together alone. We went to Market Street Grill in Wabash, IN. Had a very delicious dinner. Then got some groceries at Walmart and rented a couple of movies. It sure is nice to have some time to ourselves once in a while. We enjoy each other so much, and always look forward to the next outing alone with out our children.
We do enjoy our children, but there needs to be time for just each other once in a while. Cause, one day our children will be grown and Lord willing married.
Since, my last post. We had a church picnic at my father's home and had a wonderful time. There was volleyball, horseshoe tournaments, swimming, and an abundance of food. We had a great time fellowshipping with everyone.
Other than that, Kelsie has started school and doing well. She enjoys going to school. She goes to a very small private Christian school. There are only 16 students. I like that the school depends on the Bible to educate the children.
Lillian has her first ballet lesson tomorrow. She is very excited. She has been asking us to take ballet for 2 years now.
Colin is growing so fast. He is almost as tall as Lillian and he weighs more than she does. He greatly enjoys playing with his cars and dinosaurs. He also loves it when we read to him. Even though he just wants to name all the pictures and asks what's that.
Patrick and I are doing super. We love each other so much and are each other's cheerleaders. Through the thick and thin in life we life each day with the 3 stranded cord. Him , me, and Jesus Christ as our center.
Whelp that is all for now folks.
May the Lord grow you all closer and closer to Him.

Date Night To be rescheduled

Wow, what an eventful evening.
Patrick and I had been anticipating Friday night all week. We got all dressed up, I even made my finger and toe nails all pretty. (which I barely do) We took our children to my dad's home and visited for a bit, then we were on our way. We went to Market Street Grill in Wabash. It was a bit of a wait, but the wait is well worth the food and especially the desert. We were seated and ordered our drinks received our drinks. I took a little sip of my white chocolate cappuccino, and Patrick had a message from my dad. Dad said "You need to come home now, I am taking Tait to the E.R. , I am sure he broke his arm." Oh no! I was about in tears for two reasons, I was crushed that my hubby and I was unable to have dinner alone together "alone", and that my little brother was hurt. I felt horrible. We immediately left, and the people at the restaurant were so kind and empathetic, they did not charge us for our drinks.
We picked up our children and my little sister at my dad's neighbor's house and then treated everyone out for dinner at Beef o Brady's then rented a few movies. We spent the night at my dad's. My brother Tait, along with my dad and stepmother, stayed the night at the hospital, then Tait had surgery first thing in the morning. Thankfully the surgeon did not have to open the skin to put the bones back in place. Tait broke both bones one inch from his wrist.
The Lord sure took care of Tait. It could have been a lot worse. Tait fell from a tree, and I am so glad that his arm was all that was broken. Another neat thing is that my dad and stepmother was forced to be in the same room together. Hee hee. God has a plan.
Patrick and I will be planning a date night sometime soon.
Hopefully sooner than later, and without any accidents.