Saturday, July 10, 2010

Gods plans

That's where we are. We are trying to figure out Gods plans for us. The moving thing is wearing us down. We know if we work for my brother we would be happier, but still don't know if that's what God wants for us. I guess its just the waiting around that is more frustrating than anything. We did not put a pool in because we might move, we also did not landscape yet because we might move. We are not sure if we will homeschooling or not because we might move. There is just a lot of things riding on this move!!
As for the babies they are doing good. Right now Eli has a fever though. He has had a lot of allergy issues. We are thinking that the 3 babies may have celiac disease. We heard that 50% of downs babies have celiac deisease. The babies have such bad diareah everyday!! When we awake in the morning the babies are covered in poop. It is sooo nasty. I have to carry them to the bath and bath them every morning. So we are going to try a gluten free diet to see if this helps. Not to mention the diaper rashes they are having because of the diareah. Leeska and Nessie are about to have their second eye surgery. They had to have one for their blocked tear ducts, now the second one will be for there eyes to not cross anymore. I think this will help them to walk better as well.
We are still trying to help my brother that has lost his mind now to. We went to visit him again this week and it is just so hard to see. I have grown up with this brother that now I do not even recognise anymore. I don't even think he knows me anymore. He is always fighting the air thinking someone is there, and he is always yelling at my sister-n-law saying that she said ir did things that she has not ever done. We watched their 2 youngest daughters this week and it was heartbreaking. The little one that is 4 fell and hit her head and Tony picked her up. She grabbed his neck and just hugged him. When he went to put her down she would not let him. So he sat and rocked her for an hour. She just sat there and fell to sleep. She said her daddy never help her.. In fact, he never even talks to her. He does not think she is one of his kids. Its so sad to me. The hardest thing is to not be able to do anything at all. I keep looking into things everyday,but in Texas we are limited to the things we do here.
I'm going to get ready now for our weekend trip. W are going to the beach again, but without the babies. This will be our first trip in years alone. We are very excited about it to!!

3 comments:

  1. Praying for you and your family right now.
    Have a nice weekend at the beach.
    God Bless,
    Amy
    RR

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  2. I am so sorry about your brother. It sounds like you have a lot of tough decisions to make regarding work and school. As with all of life's circumstances, "trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding"!

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  3. Leah,
    Just wondering if you have had the little ones tested for giardia? This can cause the tummy problems. We brought our son home from Ethiopia a year ago and he had giardia. Before we knew what was going on I put him on a gluten free diet. It helps with the giardia but they really need medication to get rid of the parasites (if they have it). I hope this helps.
    Patty

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