Around 11, a very nice doctor came and explained the procedure and I signed consent papers. The nurse gave me a meal ticket . I ran downstairs to the cafeteria and grabbed a quick bite and got back upstairs just as Miles was getting back. Now all we had to do was wait until he peed. Wouldn’t you know…my child would take 4 HOURS to simply pee. We nursed and nursed and checked his diaper again and again, nothing. The second he peed, the nurse swung into action and we were ready to leave in about 5 minutes!Since William had the kids, it was easier for me to just drive him home myself. They don’t let you carry the car seat out, so he got his first wagon ride down while I went and pulled up the van.
We got loaded up and I thanked God as we drove away from our home away from home.
When I got home, Anne D was just leaving after dropping off a delicious meal and diapers! Owen and Ellie attacked the car seat the second we walked in the door.
Owen wasn’t too interested in holding him.
Daddy sure was though!
He finally got a little wash down and I tried my best to get all the little tape off him left from all his wires.
William had a hard time letting him go as he had barely seen the little man all week.
We are so thankful for the amazing care he received in the NICU. But we are even more thankful to be home!
Enter: my mom. This is how she organizes all her recipes. I saw it last year and wanted it. So she was super kind and bought me everything I need. Tons of large index cards, 2 plastic tubs, and some labels.
My goal is to get every recipe onto one of these 4x6 cards. Either cut from a magazine, printed from the internet, or handwritten:
Then I just file them under their correct labels like appetizers, chicken, cookies, fish, etc. It makes the recipes very easy to find. And I can pull all the recipes I'm using that week for dinners and make my grocery list!
My mom has 2 or 3 of these tubs all done. She writes right on the card any changes she did and how they liked it, etc. Or just tosses the card if it gets a thumbs down. Someday, all my recipes will be easy to find. I’m trying to get a few done each week. Slow going, but I already love the new system. How do you organize all your yummy recipes?
**ETA – Used a acid-free glue stick to put my recipes onto the index cards. And Lindsey asked which categories I used so here’s my list. I started with all the “basics” and then added as I came to a recipe that I didn’t know how to file. So these may be different for you:
This sickness made me so very thankful that we are, in general, very healthy. We’ve never really had a bug like this make it’s way through our entire house. I literally cancelled something every day this week, from going to Mom2Mom to babysitting kids. Feeling so awful is a very good way to quickly figure out the bare minimum of what needs to be done to just keep everyone alive. We just hunkered down with our Kleenex and Tylenol and took cool baths, watched TV, and played.
Along with simplicity at home this week, I literally had 3 specific opportunities to add things to my plate. They were all things that sounded fun and one was even ministry related. But I’m getting better at hearing that word, NO. So I said no and will just trust that God will put more cool things in my path later when I’m not simplifying.
Ellie “opened” her first little present which was super soft monkey we have named Mimi. Maybe this will be her “lovey” toy?
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