Sleeping

I have to write this down because I am now a mommy of three and officially all of the brain cells are gone. I'm not completely sure how it started, but I think it started the first week we brought Logan home. Logan is truly the perfect baby, except from around 7-10 p.m. That is his really fussy time. Ryan decided since it is our third child he would take to driving him around at night in the car. I secretly think Ryan liked getting out of the house and having some quite time in the car. Anyway, when he would bring Logan home he would be sound asleep and we would just let him be. This sleeping time would occur in his car seat. Because of this he loves his car seat. He now at the old age of almost three months has stopped that fussy time, but he still sleeps in his car seat. The last three days he has slept for eight hours right beside my bed in his car seat. Laugh all you want, but it worked. Now here comes the problem, he is getting to be very big and I thought maybe we would should move him to a regular bed. Mind you this bed is still in my room, because he will probably be in my room with me till he's 30. Last night was our first night of trying this out. Needless to say it was a bomb. He slept for three hours then decided he needed to just stay in our bed for the night. Oh well, it was worth a try and I will just try again tonight.

The journey continues

How do you write about something you don't want to write about, but know you need to? I have been going over and over in my head the last few days on how I would write this on my blog. So it is through many tears as I sit here at my computer I will write.
God has called our family onto another journey in life. A few months ago when we were going through our birth of dear Logan and the trauma that brought, Ryan was approached by his company for a promotion. With the promotion came a move back to CA. At the time Ryan said thank you so much, but no thank you we have enough on our plates. Well, over the last few months they have continued to put the pressure on him and pursue him even more. They have offered him several different positions and we have continued to pray about it. Well last week they made the offer to good for our family to pass up. We dedicided to accept a position in Reno, Nevada. It is with bitter sweetness we accepted it. We love Salem. I have made some friends that I never thought you could have. My friendships have been so deep here that I know that they will last forever. Our love for CourtStreet Christian Church will never end. It will continue to be in our prayers as it grows.
As my best friend in the whole world said to me yesterday this is just another part of our testimony. Leslie was right, this is just another part of the McNally testimony. We will leave Salem with a very sad heart, but we know that we are needed in Reno, NV. God has a wonderful plan for our family there. I'm very excited to see what God is going to do in our families lives as we begin this new journey.

Easter

This afternoon as I am reflecting on the day I am overwhelmed with emotions. God has been so good to me and my family. He has given me a wonderful Godly husband and these three beautiful children. What is overwhelming to me is that He loved me so much He sent His only Son to die on the cross so I can have eternal life. I can't imagine. God is so good!!!!!!!!

Easter

Happy Easter!!!!!! He Has Risen!!!!!!! Thank you Lord for sending your son to die a horrible death so I can be set free.

Living Through Our Experiences

Many people have asked me over the last few months if I have journaled about our experience with Logan. My answer has been NO. I was only able to take a few pictures at the hospital and that was only when my mom told me I would regret not having any pictures of him. I felt that if I wrote down what was happening and how I felt about it then it would be real. If I took pictures of how horrible my newborn looked than it would become real. I just couldn't face it.
This past weekend I was at a friends house and her wonderful Godly mom made me watch a video that had the testimony from one of the "Women of Faith" speakers. She spoke on how at 15 days old she lost her daughter and how through that whole time she wasn't able to speak or write about it. She couldn't even bring herself to go to the hospital and say goodbye to her daughter when the doctors called and said she wasn't going to make it. She spoke about how this time was such a regret for her.
This testimony really hit home for me. She told of how God wants us to walk through our experiences. He gives us these things in life to experience not to walk around. The Lord talks about how we are to go through the the trails of life and he will walk with us. He does not want us to go around them because then we won't see the Glory and purpose that God had for us and others through these times.
WOW, what an eye opening day for me. I want to be able to walk through all of my trials in life with the Lord right there by my side.

2 month check up

Yesterday my little guy had his first normal experience. He had his two month check up. Of course there were a few other things spoken about in our visit that we wouldn't talk about if things were "normal". He was weighed, measured, given shots.

The stats for my records:

Height: 23 1/2 88%

Head: 39.5 60% (he does not take after his brothers big head)

Weight: 11 lb. 56%

Praise the Lord for this visit. We get to skip seeing docs next week, which is the first time in 9 weeks that we have not had some kind of doc visit.

The Liver #2

Yesterday was the day, we had to be at the hospital at 7:00 to check in and have Logan drink something that smelled like grape juice. His actual test wasn't until 10:30, so the poor little guy had to go a long time without eating. His actual last real feed was at 4:30. The test occurred at 10:30 and I handed my precious little boy over to a nurse who said we will come and get you in an hour. An hour later they came out and said he is waking up and we can come and see him. We had to stay at the hospital till 4:30 so he could be observed to make sure he didn't have a reaction to the anastisouse. During this time I was able to visit for a few minutes with my wonderful friend Abby. It was nice to see her in the cafeteria and catch up for a few minutes.
We left the hospital and went to get our kids at my friends house in Beaverton. While Ryan and I ran into the house to grab the kids I left my cell phone in the car. The doctor told me it would take a few days to get the results back, so I didn't even think of grabbing my phone for the five minutes we would be in the house. Well, of course while I was in there the doctor called and left a wonderful message. The liver did not show any signs of cancer spots. It looks like it is doing a wonderful job of regenerating itself. He doesn't need to see us for two weeks. He wants to repeat an ultrasound in a few months, but he was very happy with what he saw. PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last night I went back again to feeling like my little guy was just a normal little newborn with a few issues that includes adorable baby acne.