January 14 - Jesus Juice

I have mentioned in a blog prior to this that I have no idea what I would do without Alaina's swing. Sometimes it is the only way I can get her to go to sleep! Last night around 9:30 I put her in it to swing for awhile so I could get my blog uploaded and then I was hoping to get her to sleep for the night because my head was killing me and my stomach was still upset. Unfortunately, not too long after I put her in, she became a little fussy so I decided to turn on her music and make the lambs spin for her to keep her entertained. Oh no... the batteries were dying. I decided to let the lambs just hang there and just play the music for awhile and thankfully that worked, but, she went to sleep. By now it is after 10:00 and I am ready to just lie down and sleep. Do I risk moving her and waking her up?? I decided that sleeping on the couch was fine with me, as long as I could sleep. But what about the batteries?? There is no way they would last all night and I didn't have any more to put in. I decided to say a prayer for the batteries. "Lord, you know how much I need to sleep because of this headache. If you can just let these batteries last a little longer, I would be so happy." I fell asleep without much hesitation and the next thing I know my alarm is going off at 5 a.m. and Alaina is still happily swinging, sound asleep. Hooray for the Jesus juice in my batteries! The Lord listens to even the smallest of requests...
Even with all the sleep, I still stayed home from work today with a bad headache. It was bad enough this morning I didn't even feel like taking Alaina to daycare so she stayed home with me. We had some mommy and baby cuddle time. Finally, this evening, my headache began to break and I was able to get a few things done. Thank you Lord! I should be able to go to work tomorrow. Well, time to give Alaina a bath! Everyone stay warm! It is FREEZING outside!