What Is Going On?

This was originally written on Monday, February 9, 2009:

If you read my last post, Do You Believe In Angels, then you will see in a minute why I picked the above title for today.

But first -- why am I not in the best shape of my life? I've never run around this much, I carry around 23 pounds every single day, I don't have the time to eat constantly like I did before I had a baby, nor do we go out to eat like we did before. And yet, I stepped on the scale yesterday because I can tell I've gained weight. Sure enough, six pounds since I stopped producing milk 10 days ago! That's crazy! It's just one pound over my pre-pregnancy weight but I have spent the past eight months being five pounds less than what I was when I got pregnant. I think rather than the end of nursing slowing down my metabolism, it just turned off! :p

I've also been "down" about Logan's upcoming brachial cleft fistula surgery, but I keep discovering all of these blogs that make his situation seem pretty minor. I've had to get out a box of Kleenex because I literally sob while reading their heart-breaking stories. Please pray for the following 11 families after clicking on the 2 links and 9 buttons (current as of 3/28/09):

His Grace Is Sufficient (A mother who has already lost one child and now is at high risk for losing another that she is currently pregnant with.)

(A little boy who wasn't expected to survive through his mother's pregnancy due to a heart defect, but he did, however now at 4-5 months old he is in the hospital fighting for his life.)

(A little girl who was born with a rare disorder that will cut her life short unless we find a cure.)

(A family who already lost one son and needs a miracle to save their other.)

(A micro-preemie little girl)

(A family with chronic medical issues)

The Macs (A family who was shocked to learn their 11 month old had cancer and died two weeks later)

(A family who had twin boys born too early and lost one)

(A family whose little girls have all been sick lately.)

As for us (and the title for today)--we had another situation with our stairs! I had to have construction workers come over on Friday because Logan was crawling in our upstairs hallway with Joe, and I was in the entryway 12 feet below, when Logan saw me, smiled, and pulled himself up to look at me, using the ballusters on our railing.

Joe got a weird look on his face and picked Logan up, then proceeded to slip the balluster completely out of the railing!!! My mouth dropped open and I ran upstairs, testing all of the ballusters and realizing that four were loose and easily came out!!! I immediately contacted our builder, even though I knew our carpentry warranty had expired. I figured they should at least know of the danger. Our house was built a year-and-a-half ago so we've hardly spent time in that part of our hallway. These ballusters had obviously been loose since we moved in, but thankfully no one had put any pressure on them or else a horrible accident or fatality would definitely have occured!

Our builder came over right away and was shocked, he'd never seen anything like it in all of his years. He said it was apparent that the ballusters hadn't been measured right and were improperly installed. So rightfully so it was fixed for free.

So glad we avoided ANOTHER disaster in our house!