Parenthood

Hi again, Kristine here.
I am not sure what to address this time as I haven't posted for a while and so many thoughts have flowed through (and out of!) my mind these last 7 days or so. I had a lot of time for those thoughts as I would routinely awake around 12:30 or so and kill time till morning so I could finally get up. I really feel for those who deal with insomnia on a routine basis. So not fun! But an awesome hotel breakfast and a couple of cups of coffee would clear the cobwebs and keep me running until about dinner time.
But the day we got Joylee, I slept pretty well and was able to go back to sleep after the usual awakening. It's been that way since. Wierd, huh? I was beginning to think God was just keeping me on Central time or something to avoid jet lag going back.
Not that our nights haven't been eventful, though. Either the first or second night with Joylee, she freaked me out a bit when I saw a lot of blood on the sheet under her face! At first I thought it was from her coughing and we needed an ER immediately but then I figured out that it was a nosebleed. We got it stopped and filled her up with some Pedialyte and called for a medical opinion in the morning. Thankfully they thought it was just the dry air and, so far, it hasn't repeated. Whew! I just wonder what housekeeping thought and whether they debated calling CSI or something when they saw the sheets...
So last nights excitement was Joylee popping a fever in the middle of the night. Still don't know how high it actually was because the thermometer under the arm for only about 10 seconds showed 100.8. She does NOT like people making her do (or not do) things. Typical 18 month-old. We had come prepared and figured about how much Tylenol to give and she has been cool to the touch so far this morning.
Thank you Lord!
Parenthood has fun times and challenging times, happy times and sad times, joyous times and scary times. In all of them, we just keep loving and trusting and doing our best.
My prayer today is for all the parents out there currently going through one of the difficult times.
May God hold you and give you strength and hope.