got poop?

ok, i know this pic is a bit old, but it's the only one i found appropriate for the following blog! ;)

so, our daugther, julia leigh, has been not-so-honest w/ us lately about going potty. she has been hiding the fact that she has not gone #2 in at least 1-2 weeks, possibly longer! we found out by process of elimination...believe me, you don't want me to go there...it was a pretty gross laundry day for me! ;( anywho, we took her to the doctors 1st thing wednesday morning after we were concerned w/ more than just potty problems. julia had not eaten for 24 hours straight and was vomiting any liquid she tried drinking. the dr. appt. took over 2hrs. it was interrupted every 2-3 minutes w/ the urge to push and then....nothing! the resident doc was having trouble w/ the smell and tried to do an exam and next i knew, he spit up in a kleenex and then called the official doctor in for the exam. (i was so embarassed, but seriously, is that guy ever going to cut it in the medical profession!? he must not have children either!?) so LONG story short...we began giving julia oral laxatives (no poo), then 3 suppositories (no poo), then an enema...yuck...still no poo...

so this morning i was doing my 'girlfriends in God' devotional and it talked about how we aren't perfect and even though we try to be supermom, we can't make the grade, even w/ God on our side. perfection will not come until we stand face to face w/ Jesus someday! this was what i needed a lil bit of encouragement...an honest woman's point of view who has been wife, mom, etc. who has accidentally place dher mug of coffee in the freezer thinking it was the microwave or forgot to include her son's underwear in the laundry and left him wearing the same pair 2 days straight...WOW, the whole supermom theory out the window! that is what i needed, real people being really honest!!! this week has been tough...sick julia ALL week, constant potty breaks to no avail, psych exam monday followed by lecture til 10pm, cancelled advisor appt, bio lab tuesday night til 10pm, insertion of suppository #1, nathan's conferences and football wednesday, insertion of suppository #2, micah's speech session thursday, insertion of suppository #3 , bio lecture test thursday night followed by lecture, enema, micah's audiology test at MSU, reading my morning devotional at girlfriends in God (crosswalk.com), praying and handing everything including julia's potty problems over to God for good!...and then guess what!?

she pooped! praise God on heaven and earth!!! thank you Jesus! literally, thank God it's Friday! thank you for your strength and patience this week, thank you for relief, thank you for tonight! greg and i are headed to dinner and a movie w/ rich & jen. thanks to lindsey, our backup babysitter, on-call, ready and willing! i love my friends and i love my Jesus!!! and even though it's frustrating at times to abandon control, i thank God for reminding me that He will always make our paths straight when we trust in Him!

Proverbs 3:5-6

check out the devo at: http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/girlfriends/

(check October 5th's edition: "Mother of the Year")

enjoy!