Re-Cap

Super busy week, way behind on blogging....but last week we had our annual vacation to Pismo...however, this year we camped at Lopez Lake. 20 miles outside of Pismo Beach. Awesome vacation with Seans family. We tent camped for a week (thank you Lances for lending us your 8 man tent...our little 4 man, would have been a little tight!). Anyway, since our disaster Memorial Weekend Camping, i have been DYING to camp. So camping we did. We had a great time, riding at Pismo dunes, shopping at Pismo, great food ie: Seans campin food/eating out at our traditional places in Pismo. Ryder, being 4 weeks old did amazing. He was barely put down the entire week... I LOVE being with family. The kids are off running endlessly with their cousins, and Ryder is being passed from grandma, to aunt, back to grandma, back to other aunt....love it.

So we came home and ended up bringing Seans nephew back with us. Seriously, not a better 12 year old boy out there. He is so good and so easy and helpful. Super enjoyed having him here with us this week. But boy were we so busy. Waterworks Park, Sea-Dooing, walks, bike-riding, Kids Kingdom (which is apparently to young for a 12 yr old....thought it would have been more of a hit...not so much), and trip up to my family's churhes Bible Camp at Lake Almanor.....yah, busy week....actually busy couple weeks. I am so looking forward to getting back onto somewhat of a schedule.

Vacation

We are heading out on vacation tonight. We are going to Pismo. We go to Pismo every year with Seans family. I am really looking forward to it. However, I am deathly sick. I think i am going to be seeing a lot of the tent the first couple of days. We are driving through the night tonight....and my body feels like it has been run over by a dump truck.

Scooter Envy

This is my dream. I have to work very hard not to covet. I see them on the street, daily...i covet. And then I think to myself, "Rebecca, you have three kids, this is not practical".....doesn't matter. I don't want to live practically. I want a Scooter. Doesn't necesarilly need to be this one, i will settle with a knockoff.....I just want a scooter. I need to find a way to make $1,000. Any ideas?

Alive

This past pregnancy (so glad to be able to say past) was such a killer for me. I was pretty much in continual pain the entire time....pain I am not allowed to talk about publicly...but basically a ton of pain. It hurt to do everything, all the time. But what are you going to do while trying to chase around two other kids and just live life? You gotta push through it, and basically move on. And I don't know if from the pain, or hormones, or what, but the last few months I felt SO unsociable and unmotivated to do anything.

Now, 2 weeks after having Ryder...and really immediately after, I feel so alive. Back to myself, which seems like its been so much longer. I can't get enough of having people over for dinner. I want to cook for people every night. And going to things througout the week no longer seem like chores. I can't really explain it other than I just feel so alive, and it feels soo amazing!!!

"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together wih all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowldege--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."


-Eph 3:16-19

Thoughts....

Okay, So i've been having a negative attitude toward this whole blogging thing...not sure where I fit, and how to do it. Do I just blog about random crap that happens day to day, or do i get deep and personal and really put myself out there?....So I just stopped for a long time until Sean asked me what was up with my blogging, in which case, I start blogging about random crap.....
However, today I had my eyes totoally opened. Which may seem so miniscule, but it has really made me think and get excited.....

So my friend Stacey Baxter dropped by and we are hanging out and talking and she is telling me she discovered the Stirring Community of blogging. She goes on to talk about how awesome it is to have a community that is so close......so I've been thinking about this all day, it hasn't left my mind. And I realized....we ARE a family. It is awesome that everyone hangs out on eachothers blogs and comments and is SHARING our lives together. How awesome is that?! Here I have been so down and negative on the whole thing, while all the while, missing out on something so exciting happening underneath my nose! So why not get personal, and share whats really going on? We are in this together. I am so blessed to be a part of a family that is connecting, and interested in each others lives. I have been so excited about this all day.....which kinda sucks cause now i am gonna start blogging more, and getting emotional....dang it.

Back into Babyhood

I have been re-initiated back into babyhood. I forgot (only after 2 1/2 years) how much extra laundry a newborn generates. Spitting up, blowouts, burp cloths, more spit up, uh oh another blow out....awesome.
Last night...actually the past two nights, have been awesome. I have been up with Ryder, obviously, feeding him or changing him and two nights in a row now one of the older kids come in in the middle of the night and crawl into bed with us. Okay, first of all, not a whole lot of extra room in our little queen-sized bed. Sean, Ryder and I, and now one more body. And second of all, these little extra bodies crawling in, to my discovery are soaked!! They wet their bed, wake up and think, "i'll go crawl my pee soaked body into bed with my mom who is already drowning in milk and spit up...why not?!" GROSS!!! At this point I am like come on in and join the nasty party! So, last night I get up change sheets (half asleep), put Caleb back to bed, crawl into bed....Ryder now blows out his diaper. Are you kiddin me? Now he is hungry again...
These are my nights....and then the kids are up at 6:00. Shoot me now. Here comes the gallon of coffee. Coffee is my sanity.

Love

Ryder. Kid #3 in the Gafner family. He is amazing. It seems like each one of our kids just keep getting better (as babies) and everytime people always tell me (mainly my mom), "Oh just you wait, God is going to humble you!" ......so I will just have to keep waiting. But really, he is such an amazing baby. I keep almost forgetting him when we go to leave...he doesn't ever let you know he is around. He sleeps. He poops. He eats. Repeat. Happy mom. Amazing. Its just crazy to me how something so small can have my heart so much. And also how my heart can be completely given over to so many things. Sean, Skylar, Caleb, and now Ryder. It blows my mind...It makes me think about how much love God pours out to each of his children, and how he loves us so much individually. I am just so blessed. I feel overwhelmed by Gods love and love for my family. I couldn't ask for anything more right now......

well, maybe a little bit more sleep......