Happy Birthday, Claire!

Claire will be one month tomorrow! WOW! Where did that month go? Oh, yes, I remember--- I was wincing in pain while nursing through most of it! HA! The great news is that the yeast infection has cleared up and nursing feels normal again! Thank you Jesus! There is nothing quite like the pain I felt during those weeks of infection. Thank the good Lord for powerful antibiotics!
Things here at the Abraham house are settling into "normalcy," if you can consider three little ones that take every ounce of energy from you "normal!" But now that the houseguests (who were HUGE helps to us during those long days!) are all gone we can get into a more regular routine which the girls all thrive on! Chris is back to work as usual with a light schedule which brings him home every afternoon usually. Another gift from God! He's still training for the Army 10-Miler (Oct. 7th) and actually ran with the guy next door (Nick, Allison's husband) last night. It's good for him to have someone to run with. No one likes trying to stay motivated all by themselves!
The temps here are so high right now we might as well be in YUMA! It's been in the high 90s all week and super muggy. Ugh. We've been indoors alot which is okay since Claire nurses every few hours, but it will be so nice when the heat breaks in a couple of weeks and things are do-able outside again! I miss the beach! My friend, Julie, sent me some pics of the beach she was at last week and my heart aches for the ocean! Guess it's all this cabin fever!!!!
Anyway, next on the agenda is Chris leaving for about a month at the end of August. He'll be going back to Ft. Rucker to do some more training (SEAR School I think it's called). We might go with him for a few days but we'll just have to see how things are going here on the homefront. It's so nice to have a place called home. Hopefully we haven't scared off too many relatives with our new family and they will come back while Chris is away to hang-out (okay, I mean HELP OUT!) ;)
As for me, I am getting excited for the upcoming year in MOPS at our church. I am a table leader and I look forward to the outreach and fellowship that will give me. It's hard to believe we've been here almost 7 months already! I can't wait to make some new girlfriends and have that time of devotion. I'm also joining a bible study at church called "Believing God" by Beth Moore which should be a great time of growth for me. Beth Moore always speaks to my heart and challenges my convictions so I'm really looking forward to that time in God's word! The nice thing about both MOPS and the bible study is that the girls will be in the same daycare that they are in Sunday morning for church, so that should get them comfortable with it (and give mommy a break, too!)
Both girls are up now and the chaos is just beginning, so I better get going.