Jeven keeping himself occupied!

This is basically what Jeven does to pass his long days...considering I have him pretty much confined to his couch!

Health update...

Well, Jeven is now on day 7 or 8 of this neverending flu, depending when we say he officially started, and just when we thought we were almost done, Joren woke up this morning in a pile of puke. Of course, still jumping up and down in her crib, smiling, with her crusty pacifier still in her mouth!:) So, we are all definately still sick, but in better spirits. I read my devotional yesterday, Streams in the Desert and it is amazing how every time I pick that book up the Lord is talking directly to me! It was really awesome and I am trying to remember the words of that book when I start to feel myself losing it again.
So thank you for all of you who have been praying and please continue to pray. I know this is just a part of life and everyone goes through it at some point, but it is just really hard to watch your kids go through it. I must say though, the kids are both far happier now that Joren officially has it because mommy is not so neurotic about them touching each other. When I told Jeven this morning that Joren threw up, his face lit up and he said "so I can touch her crib now?" He then proceeded to put his hands in her mouth, rub her face, her hands, and they have been giggling all morning! They really missed each other; how cute!!

The storm...

Does anyone else ever feel like the Lord is playing tricks on you? It feels blasphemes to even ask that, but that is just how I have been feeling lately. So first Jeven brakes his jaw, then the never-ending miscarriage, and now the long drawn out flu! If you know me at all, you know that one of my biggest fears in life is to throw up, or worse, to have my family throwing up. So I prayed all week, knowing Donny's sister and nieces would be in town this past week, that He would protect all of us from any sickness. Those girls are always sick; there mother would attest to that. So I prayed that specifically the Lord would keep the throwing up stuff out of our house, and what happened? Ashlee, the oldest daughter, started throwing up the first morning she was here and never stopped the whole time she was here! I know some, if not most people, are not like me and don't really care about this kind of stuff. But for me, it is like the world has ended. And what really gets to me is that I prayed all week specifically for this very thing. And now, we are in for this big flu. And not only that, but Ashlee would throw up then feel totally fine, then throw up again, then feel totally fine. So that is what happened to Jeven. He was sick yesterday morning then completely fine the entire rest of the day; never once complaining of a tummy ache, so we went to bed thinking it was over. Then Donny goes into his room this morning to find Jeven laying in a pile of his puke. Sorry for the graphics. So now, we will never know if this is really over and meanwhile, the rest of us possibly getting it. Nedless to say, I am freaking out and having a hard time trusting in the Lord. I know I know, the Lord allows hard times in our lives to make us stronger. I really do know all of that. But it really just seems like everything I pray, he does the exact opposite! Donny often reminds me the Lord isn't our genie who grants our wishes...I know that too! But why is it that it seems like he is playing with me? Some people just don't do well with certain things...why can't that be okay? Why does it seems like he is playing it up?
I really do love the Lord, and in my heart know He knows best. But I am having a hard time submitting to his will when it seems like He continues to take me through fires. I am to the point where I don't even know why to pray. If I pray for His will, then why pray for mine too? I am tempted to pray the opposite of what I would like, cause it seems like that is what happens anyway.
So, all this to say I would love your prayers, and even advice to get through this. Thanks for listening!

And a couple more...

More of my angel!

Joren is just such a peach, I love her! And she is so photogenic...unlike her mommy. So here are some more from the other day. I love how her eyes light up!

Token Joren picture

I took a bunch of pictures of Joren a couple days ago; I will post the rest later but I wanted to post something in case anyone is getting bored with nothing new lately!
Any suggestions on how to edit it? I couldn't figure anything out. Should I leave it the way it is or what should I do to it?

Still alive!

Just in case anyone was wondering how everything is going, we are all doing better. Jeven's jaw is healing beautifully and I think I am also pretty much healed. I got more blood drawn today to see what my hormone levels are and I will find out tomorrow. I really haven't had time to do anything with pictures...I think I got a little burned out. But I promise to have something more intersting to post soon. Donny's sister and 2 nieces are in town so I am sure I will have pictures and stories soon!

More park pictures

As promised (mainly to Kaci), here are some more park pictures. There are still quite a few more, and I haven't edited in a long time, but here are some I edited a while ago and just never posted.
And it seems that the bleeding is finally stopping! Praise the Lord! Thanks to everyone who prayed for us; we really appreciate it.

Please keep praying

So the latest update with all this is my bleeding should be stopping and it still isn't. At the ER the other night, the doctor told me the ultrasound looked clear and he removed what he thought was probably the rest of the tissue...but here I am, still bleeding. My doctor told me to go to the ER again if it turned bright red again and last night it did. But quite honestly, we are going to be broke after all this and I just couldn't bring mylelf to even call my doctor. I also just wanted to see what would happen and I made it though the night alive so I guess it was a good decision. So anyway, please continue to pray that this darn bleeding would just go away. I am really trying to trust in the Lord, I really am, but after a week of seeing red toilet water, I am just weakening; more spiritually than physically. I would really appreciate continued prayer. And thanks for all the prayer thus far!

Official announcement

Well, I wasn't sure if we were going to be posting a "Hooray! We are pregnant!" announcement or this one, and well, I guess that answers that question. I figured this would be an easier way to let people know that we miscarried rather than telling people individually. So, we officially lost the baby on Friday evening; I was about 9 weeks along. I am actually doing alright with it; we weren't exactly trying so that made it a little easier. I am anxious to know that it is all passed and we can be moving on. Not sure if there are any more little Lundbergs in our future, it's a little too soon to make any decision like that right now. So, when it rains it pours, I guess. First Jeven's jaw, now this. I know the Lord has a plan...just wish I knew what it was.

Jeven's broken jaw

We have had quite the crazy week. I think most of you have heard but for those who haven't, last Sunday, we were at church and Jeven was climbing on a huge cougar statue in the library and it fell and landed on his face. Long story short, he broke his jaw in 3 places and we had to spend 2 nights in the hospital, with surgery on Monday. He did AMAZING! The doctors would come in and Donny and I would be balling and Jeven was just like "hey doctor." He barely had any pain meds and was such a brave little boy. We had so many people from our church come to visit and pray and just hang out, it was awesome. We felt so blessed and the Lord really covered so many things while we were there. The surgeon said the procedure went picture perfect and that Jeven should be good as new real soon! We are just so thankful for all the prayer and support; the Lord is awesome! Jeven is doing great now, we can hardly get him to sit still. The hardest part for him is finding soft foods he will eat and reminding him he needs to rest. So, here are some pictures documenting our time in the hospital and some recovery at home, some of which are from a camera phone so please excuse the poor quality. Some quick explanations; the puddle picture is just a picture of my tear puddle. I looked down after I had been crying and saw I had made quite the puddle! The motorcycle racing is a little gift from Ian & Mindy and we definately used it to stay busy; the boys were trying to get "Peacock" (jeven names him that) to hit the hospital room door...and they finally succeeded. The baloon hitting pictures were just...the things we do to get a smile from our little guy! So thanks again for everyone who prayed, brought us food, toys, balloons, visited, helped financially, and everything else! We are so appreciative of it all!