Mother's Day 2009

Yesterday we celebrated Mother's Day. My girls were so sweet to me! Joslyn went to the commissary on Friday, just a few days before Mother's day, with one of her friends. She took some of her allowance with her and bought a flower arrangement for me. I had no idea. I was so surprised to see the pretty flowers on the table Sunday morning! Allison made cards for me at school. They were so cute! She also brought home a little plant from school for me as well. Joslyn and Allison spent all day playing outside with their friends and Moriah slept a lot of the day, so I had a pretty relaxing afternoon! Philip bought a Mother's Day card for me while he was here for Moriah's birth (he bought the card thinking Mother's day was that next Sunday. When I told him Mother's Day wasn't until May 10th he decided to leave the card here and I would just open it on Mother's Day). Philip called me Sunday night and assured me that he had a present in the mail for me and was sorry it didn't make it to me by Mother's Day. I'm excited to see what it is! Can't wait!!

Our New Little Piece of Sunshine!

Moriah Faith Windhorst is finally here! She came into the world on April 16, 2009 at 8:05 pm. I went to St. Josef's hospital on Wednesday April 15th at 8am to be induced (we wanted to be sure to have Moriah born while Philip was here in Germany and wanted to be sure that he would be able to spend time with her while he was on his 2 week R&R. My Dr and I planned that if she didn't come on her own by the 15th, that I would be induced). I was given tablets to help with the contractions at about 9am Wednesday morning. I was not dilating, but I was having bad contractions. I was given tablets every 2-4 hours throughout Wednesday and Wednesday night, but I was staying at 1 centimeter, I was not dilating. It was very frustrating! Thursday morning came and I was still at 1 centimeter. I was so upset! This should not be happening. This is my 3rd baby for crying out loud. She is supposed to just fly out! This delivery was supposed to be a breeze! My contractions were so bad, I was not eating or drinking anything. I began to think I would never have this baby and I should have just let her come on her own instead of being induced. I just wanted her out and I was willing to just have a C-section!! Thursday afternoon I was finally given an epidural! I was so relived. Somewhere between 7pm and 8pm my Dr came and gave me some medication through my epidural. I had no idea what it was or what he was doing (I really didn't have a very good idea of what I was given or what was going on, most of the midwives didn't know much English and my Dr didn't know ANY English. I had to just trust what they were doing!) About 5 or 10 minutes later I had the sensation that I needed to poop! I told Philip that I needed to go to the bathroom, and he would have to help me. Philip told our midwife that I needed to go to the bathroom. She wanted to check if I had dilated any. All of a sudden she says, "Look look her head!!" She tells Philip to grab on leg, She grabs the other and I begin to push. I was so weak, I felt like I was going to pass out! Thank goodness Moriah came out after about 4 pushes! She weighed 3500 grams (7 lbs 9oz) and was 53 centimeters long. Moriah and I had to stay in the hospital Thursday night, Friday, Saturday and Sunday because the pediatrician wouldn't be able to see Moriah until Monday morning! So after we got the clear to go and knew she was healthy we left the hospital so FAST. We were ready to get home and be with family!

Last Soccer Games of the Spring Season

Today Joslyn and Allison played their last soccer games of the Spring season! This was Allison first time playing soccer or any organized sport for that matter and she did such an awesome job! She played every minute of every game! Joslyn did an awesome job as well! She made a total of 5 goals for the season! The girls are looking forward to playing Fall soccer (we hope to be back in the states this Summer so the girl's won't be able to play Summer soccer here in Germany)

ALLISON #40 ORANGE TIGERS!







JOSLYN #17 BLACK FIRE!

Passover Meal

Today at my weekly bible study we participated in a Seder Meal. It was a great experience. The Seder Meal is a Jewish ritual feast. It was neat to eat the symbolic food from the Seder Plate(We drank grape juice instead of wine) For the green vegetable we had parsley and dipped it into salt water- that was sooo salty! The green vegetable is a symbol of Springtime and the miracle of nature's renewal. The salt water is to remind us of the salty tears shed by the captured Israelites and each of us in times of sorrow.

We then had Matzah, which is the bread of poverty, the Jewish ancestors ate in the land of Egypt.

We spilled some "wine" (grape juice) to remind us of the many evils God saved the Jews from.

We had a small chicken leg to remind us of the blood of the lamb that saved the home from death of the first born.

We had bitter herbs to remind us of how hard and bitter the Egyptians made the Jews lives.

I really enjoyed the meals' meaning. We sang songs and read some scriptures from the bible. We wont meet next week because of Spring Break and who knows if I will be at our April 15th Bible Study because I should have Moriah!

38 Weeks Pregnant with my Baby Girl

I went to the Dr today for my 38 week check-up. Everything is fine. Joslyn and Allison went with me today since my appointment was after they got out of school. They were in awe of hearing Moriah's heartbeat and hearing her move around inside the womb. The Doctor came in and showed the girls and I images of Moriah on the ultrasound computer. He says she will weigh between 7 and 8 pounds when she is born! About the same as Joslyn and Allison...thank goodness she won't weigh as much as Philip did when he was born- a whopping 10 pounds!! I have a video of her on our Flickr site. Its not as good as I thought it would be, but we only have 2 more weeks before we can see Moriah face to face!! Too excited!

Homemaker Monday

My friend's are doing this on their blogs so I decided to try it too!


On my bedside table:
The girl's library books, a book I'm still reading-The Next Door Savior, a little reading light, and my cell phone

On my TV:
CNN

On the menu for tonight:
Spaghetti. I dont have much energy to cook at all these last couple weeks, I'll be ready to cook better meals after I have this baby!

On my To Do List:
Tomorrow- Laundry day! Clean house, Dr. Appointment...the rest of the week- Bible study, PTA meeting, Soccer games, Parents come, shop for girl's Easter baskets!

New Recipe I tried last week:
I'm really not trying anything new. I'll wait until after this baby comes when I have more energy!

In the craft basket:
Nothing

Looking forward to:
having the baby this month, family coming, and the dog going back to Texas!

Homemaking Tip for this week:
set one day of the week aside just for laundry!!

Blog Post of the week:
I like reading my friends blogs, maybe one day my husband will keep a blog from down range!


Favorite photo from last week:
Last week we celebrated the 100th day of the deployment! The girl's and I went to Kessler Gym for some fun and food! This is a picture of Allison and her friend sliding down one of the bouncers. They did this over and over and over again!


Lesson learned the past few days:
Buy all the laundry detergent I need for Laundry Day on Sunday!

On my Prayer List:
My husband, My girl's(all 3 of them), Family, Friends, My faith!

Devotionals, Scripture Reading, Key Verses:
Getting closer to Good Friday....Because Jesus shed His blood for me I am free from punishment!

Back to Blogging!

A lot has happened since my last blog. My 2 sweet neighbors downstairs gave me a baby shower. They provided everything for the shower, all I had to do was invite friends and show up! It was so nice and I'm so thankful they did this for Philip and I.




The Black Fire- Joslyn's soccer team and the Orange Tiger's- Allison's soccer team played against each other. Joslyn's team won 3-2! It was fun to watch. Both girls played the entire game!



Allison had an award ceremony at school this past week. At the Wilbur Award Ceremony Allison recieved a certificate for improving her reading skills. Along with recognition, a certificate and ice cream from the principle I gave her a cute little elephant. I tried to find a piggy since the Pig is her mascot but I couldn't find a pig. She was thrilled and I'm so proud of her!





I am 37 weeks pregnant. In 2 days I will be 38 weeks. Only 2 more weeks to go!!