Corfman Corner

Monday, December 25, 2006

Christmas 2006 and lessons learned



What a difference one year makes!!! I would have never imagined last Christmas that we would have a two month old baby girl this year. In fact we had just received our completed home study for the adoption.

I think I have finally learned a valuable life lesson after many years, that is that God is in CONTROL of my life and not me. He is the one who directs my steps and knows my future. I have always tried to plan things out. I can remember as a teenager planning to be married by age 21 or 22 and having children by age 25. God was probably laughing at my foolish thinking. None of my plans worked out the way I thought. I didn't get married until age 32 and didn't become a mom until I was 36. It was very difficult being single and listening to everyone ask when I was ever going to get married and then once I was married they'd ask when we were going to have a baby. They failed to realized that as much as I wanted each of the above, I couldn't make either happen. I learned to trust God for a husband and for a baby.

I am not saying that it was an easy road but it was definitely worth waiting for God's best. Anyone who may be struggling with being single or being childless, please remember to keep asking God and trust Him for his answers. Don't let other people rush you into something that is not God's best for you. Hang in there and just keep serving as you wait.





I am enjoying one of my greatest Christmas gifts ever: Alayna Marie :) It is so much fun watching her discover new things like her toys and her new favorite thing: Her TONGUE!!!

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Merry Christmas



This year has been a little challenging in terms of getting ready for Christmas. I didn't get started shopping until about two weeks ago. I'm still not done!!

We went and got our tree on Saturday and decorated it on Sunday. Having the tree up makes it feel more like Christmas.

I have to keep reminding myself that Christmas is not about all of the chaos of decorating and shopping. It is about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. If none of the other things get done, it doesn't matter because Christmas is not about us and our satisfaction.

We hope that our family and friends will have a very merry Christmas and take time to reflect on the true meaning.


Thursday, December 14, 2006

Update



Alayna is changing so quickly. I can hardly believe that she is 7 weeks old already. She is starting to smile and trying desperately to talk. It is so neat to see her face light up. She loves exercising her arms and legs. She also likes flying around in the air in her daddy's arms.



We had to change her formula because she was having stomach problems. Amazingly though she knew that it was different and would not drink it. We couldn't believe she would already know that it didn't taste the same. The doctor was pretty amazed too. She said that we could give her a mixture of the old and new so she would have a little bit of familiarity. That trick worked and after one day of a mixture, I was able to switch her completely to the new formula. She is doing SO much better on the new formula. She is so much more content. We haven't had any major breakdowns since she changed.

The best thing about her being content is that she slept through the night last Saturday. She was only 6 1/2 weeks old. I was so happy. She is continuing to sleep at least 4-5 hours at a time. She can go 6-9 hours at night without eating. It is great!!! I think I am finally starting to be coherent again. : )


Our basement remodeling is done!!! The last step is getting the carpet in. We have started the fun job of moving everything back down into the basement from the garage. We decided to work about one hour a night until we get it done. It will be so nice to have both cars back in the garage and everything back to being accessible in the basement.