*Update- Nov. 25*
Today was a better day. I had yet another EKG. Everything looks fine. My doctor thinks that I may have just had a bad reaction to my new medicine. She wrote me a prescription for my old medicine. Hopefully that will solve the problem.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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My school district thinks that we should only miss three days for Thanksgiving. Apparently, my body has a different opinion. Today we had the pleasure of spending several house at the emergency room/doctor's office. I started taking some new medicine on Friday. I noticed that it made me feel weird. This morning I was feeling BAD. I was very jittery, my chest was hurting, and my heart was racing. I kept trying to tell myself that it would be okay. I tried to sit down and take some deep breaths. I managed to get Lincoln and I ready despite all of this. I had just put him in his car seat when the thought occured to me that I had no business driving. I called mom and she took us to the hospital.

I've had two EKG's, two chest x-rays, and lots of blood work done. We're still not sure what the problem is. I did get some medicine in the ER to slow down my heartrate, so I'm no longer experiencing those symptoms. I have another doctor's appointment tomorrow. Hopefully she will be able to figure out what's going on.

What a Difference a Year Makes

The other day I realized that the two year mark is fast approaching. It's almost as if it snuck up on me this year. Most amazing of all, is the fact that I'm not dreading Thanksgiving. There was a time when I wondered if Thanksgiving would be ruined forever. How could I ever celebrate and enjoy that day without thinking of my last Thanksgiving with Keith? With the gift of time and God's peace, I think I may be able to do just that this year. What a blessing that will be!

Thinking about this makes me realize how thankful I should be for all that God has done for us. Instead of feeling thankful, I've been feeling discouraged. Lately life has been wearing me out. I've mentioned before that I've got an extremely challenging class at school. After dealing with that all day, I get to come home and try to balance spending time with Lincoln and running a house. It's hard. It's really, really hard. (I don't write this to complain. I'm just trying to be honest about where I'm at.)

Though I am a bit discouraged, I am not without hope. God gave me the strength to take care of a newborn and a sick husband. God gave me the strength to face being a widow and a single parent. IF I will give my struggles to him, God will see me through this season as well.

I decided it was about time for a babybook post. . .

Things that Lincoln says/does these days:
-"I want a yiddle (little) nack (snack)." We hear this rather frequently. He came by this trait naturally. I like to eat yiddle nacks too.

-"in two minutes"-According to him he sleeps for two minutes, he'll be back in two minutes. . . In his eyes everything happens in two minute increments around here.

-"Delicious "and "tasty" are his two new words for describing food he likes.

-"Wait" has also found its way into his vocabulary. This morning he refused to let one of the ladies in the nursery change his diaper. He told them to wait. How sweet for him to save that duty for me!

-He also wants his susic (music) to be youd (loud) in the car. Last week I kept hearing, "Youder mom."

-He has mastered the art of pushing a chair up to the counter so he can reach things. The other day he needed to wash his hands. He went into the bathroom, pushed his potty up to the counter, stood up on it, and turned on the water. While it's neat to see him being independent, it also makes a part of me very sad.

Lincoln was a UPS man for Halloween this year. I fell in love with this costume last year. It didn't come in baby sizes, so I had to patiently wait.








"Come back here! I've got a package for you."







Posing for mom.

Last night we went out to eat. As we were eating, several "real UPS drivers" walked into the restaurant. It just so happened that Lincoln's costume was in the car. So if you were driving through the Fudrucker's parking lot, and you noticed a crazy mom taking pictures of her two year old next to an actual UPS truck, that was me. The things we do for pictures!

BTW-Someone asked a while back what kind of camera I have. I have a Sony Cybershot. I love it. It takes great pictures. I am by no means a "photographer." I just take LOTS of pictures and then "weed" through them.