Well 2008 has brought along lots of changes to the Farnum household. Jim lost his job the 21st of March and is on unemployment while searching for a new way to provide for our family. It's been quite a trying time for us but we're making it. God is showing us all the things that we do have and is amazingly providing for our every need. Everytime I turn around things are getting taken care of.
With Jim losing his job I have realized just how much God knows. He truly does things for our own good. We're still trying to conceive a second child, it's been 19 months now. Although I look back and wonder what God was thinking I now know that there's no way we would have made it if I would have gone back to work only part-time and Jim not working. There are miracles all around us. I just didn't understand at the time. I've learned to truly trust God and he won't lead you astray. Now that doesn't mean I don't ask him at times whether or not he's still there or why it's taking him so long to answer our prayers. I just know that there's no use in worrying about it. "Don't worry about tomorrow, God is already there working on it."
Alexa is doing very well. She's going to be 3 soon. I can't believe it. Right now she has pink eye, the medication is drops in her eyes 4 times a day. Now can you imagine holding down a 3 year old to give her drops. She's very smart so we've decided to bribe her with candy!!! This seems to work. It also seems to work to calmly explain what we're going to do but this isn't quite so easy for Jim, it's been a great test of his patience but he's learning. This is why I'm the nurse and he's not!:)
Other than the pink eye things with Alexa are good. She helped me paint a computer table for her that Jim made. We did a green top with pink and purple legs. She had a blast and paint in her hair and on her lips. We are going to set up my old computer for her to use to play her games on and type. She likes to pretend that she's old!!
I've been working some extra to make the bills and Alexa has gotten the mommy thing down. She tucks me in in the morning, she tells me that if I go right to sleep that I can have a gummy bear when I wake up. She's so sweet and takes such good care of her Mom and Dad.
Well I hope that you all are doing well. God Bless. Happy Spring!
