Triumphs!

First, Jonny Fashbaugh got his first client!  PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!  Honestly, in less than a week and a half!  I’m just so proud of him, and so thankful that God gave us such an immediate confirmation that he’s doing the right thing.  Even when things AREN’T going smoothly, I will believe that.  Even if the business goes down in ashes, I will trust that God has something amazing to teach us.  But it’s still exciting to focus on the positive right now!

Secondly, that awesome little monkey Gavriel Zakai Fashbaugh is COMPLETELY potty trained!  I figured I’d wait a full week before stating that so forcefully, but the kid hasn’t had an accident since the first night I trained him.  He wakes me up in the middle of the night – up to three times – when he has to go, even.  The only thing I would change about this monumental success is that he could pull up and down his pants on his own.  It’s not all his fault; he gets slathered up with vaseline and other ointments multiple times a day, and it just makes it tough to pull them up.  It will be easier when he can just wear elastic waisted shorts all the time!  Praise God AGAIN, because this is a huge blessing.  The ease at which this happened is just ridiculous.  I thought I would have a harder time with him than with Caleb because a) I started five months earlier and b) he’s WAY stronger willed.  But this is a good example from God to where that strong will is going to come in handy!  He made up his mind to do it and it got done.  Not always will his will be set against mine ~ someday he’ll use it for good!

Declan actually grew in TWO teeth!  I don’t think I put how I was freaking out in my last post, but I could only feel the tooth coming up right in the middle of the bottom jaw, and I honestly thought his teeth were going to be funky.  Nope, it’s TWO teeth that were growing in, and since we couldn’t see them, I just assumed the worst.  Ridiculous!  He’s a little crankier now than normal, which I can certainly take, because that kid is usually so easy-going it’s ridiculous!

Nothing new is really going on with Caleb, but he’s an awesome guy nonetheless!  He’s so strong, so gorgeous and so smart that sometimes I catch myself thinking about how the girls in youth group a decade down the road are going to be going gaga!  We had a couple in our church growing up – actually two – that had all or mostly boys that were all so beautiful.  I’M THAT MOM NOW!  Little girls will curry my favor so I will promote them to my children.  Okay, I’m drunk with the image of power now.  (It doesn’t happen a LOT, I promise!)

Altogether, even though we’re in an incredible time of testing and faith, I believe that our family has never been stronger, my marriage has never been better, and I’ve never been happier.  Whoa.  I didn’t know I was going to write that last part until it came out of my fingertips.  What a weird time to be happy!  But having no strength of my own, I’m leaning on the Almighty, trusting that He cares enough about my day-to-day to give me joy.  OH!  And in my long silence, I neglected to recommend the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan.  It was a game-changer for me.  It put some scripture into new and exciting perspective.  Check it out!

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