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To Blog Or Not To Blog… {Thoughts From Me}

October 22, 2016 by Dana

This year blogging has taken a backseat to life for us. It wasn’t my intention to just let the blog go but rather an inability to keep up with writing here. As it often does, life gets in the way and there’s just no time to devote to our online presence.

A year ago, our life hit rock bottom and it’s taken a year to get back some normalcy after all we went through in our time living in Georgetown. There have been a great many changes, struggles and a constant rebuilding of our life since leaving there. The lowest point of our life has transformed into better by the day and for that I’m truly thankful.

There are many more changes to come.

When you’re living in an abusive environment, you don’t always see just how bad things are. You make excuses for the abuse. You overlook truth so that you can just make it to the next day. You think if you can just hold on, things will get better. Maybe that’s true for some but for me and my children, it definitely wasn’t.

I see such a difference in my children in this past year. I see their eyes shine with laughter. I see happiness and an unbreakable bond. Sure they argue like most siblings but there is an irreplaceable love between them that simply amazes me. I’m thankful they’ve come through life with this bond and strength to get them through.

Life is not easy for any of us. God didn’t promise it would be easy. He promises us that in the end all of the struggle, trails, tribulations we go through will be worth it. Heaven is the prize, the end goal, in this. Heaven is the reward we all reach for.

So as we continue through the daily struggle, rebuilding our life together, I look forward to rebuilding our blog as well. I miss writing. I miss sharing our life with others. I miss the outlet that this little online space provides me with. I look forward to beginning here again and sharing our future with you as we continue letting go of the past.

July 2016: Update from Us {Thoughts From Me}

July 21, 2016 by Dana

I know I haven’t updated in quite some time. When you have four kids with special needs life keeps you busy. Not to mention not having internet at home for almost a year. Thankfully, things are now looking up and I’m happy to say I’m back.

What We’ve Been Up To:

Last month, Mimi had surgery on both her feet to correct her toe-walking. She’s been in casts ever since. In a few weeks, the casts come off and she’ll be placed into orthotics for a while. In the meantime, she’s going to therapy several times a week, gaining strength so she can relearn how to walk once her casts are removed. So far so good.

I’m really proud of Mimi. She’s fought hard to come through this surgery and get back going. She’s excited for the opportunities this will allow for her life and so am I. We’re both looking forward to some field trips this fall when the weather cools off and she’s got some experience and healing behind her.

Win, Laycie and Jack are all doing great. Win’s earning rewards for a PS3 which he’s excited for. Laycie is working on earning a 3DS by completing her schoolwork and chores without complaint. Jack is learning so much every day. He can tell you dinosaur names and what they eat. He is now recognizing words. But his absolute favorite thing is fishing. This boy loves to fish! He can name the lures and is learning to throw his line like a pro! He’ll be out fishing his Daddy in no time!

What’s Coming Up:

I said a while back that I was planning to change our blog name but I’ve since decided to keep it since we have a well established blog and so many followers. So we will remain Luv’N Lambert Life though I may alter it a bit in the future.

We now have internet at home so this allows me to get back to blogging and sharing in groups, among other things. I’m so excited about that because I have dearly missed everyone!

I have several book launches that I’m participating in over the next few months. I’m so excited to share those with you all. In fact, my first will be coming up very soon so keep an eye out.

I have some plans for developing some special things for Luv’N Lambert Life. I’d like to develop some printables and maybe some images to share. I’d also like to create a few series posts to share with you guys. All in good time though.

For now, bare with me as I get back on track and back to sharing online. I hope all of you are well and am praying for each of you.

God bless,

Dana

Here are some pics of us lately:

Adjusting to Baby {Thoughts from Me/Jackson’s Birth}

October 11, 2012 by Dana

Wow! I didn’t realize how long it’s been since I posted something other than a blog post here until I filled out my 2013 Crew Review form. Things have certainly been busy around here for the last few months. Preparing for our newest addition, preparing for my c-section, welcoming our sweet boy into the world, bringing him home and adjusting to life with a newborn has kept our days filled. Even keeping up with the Crew has been a struggle for me these past few months.

And yes, you all read right. Our newest addition, Jackson Lucas Lee Lambert has officially arrived!! Jackson was delivered via scheduled repeat c-section on August 31, 2012. He weighed 8lbs and was 20.5 inches long at birth. He’s now over 9lbs and 22 inches long at a month old.

Jackson has had a rough month adjusting to the world. For the first few weeks, we had to battle Jaundice that did not want to go away. In fact, he’s just now getting better from that, though we are truly thankful he didn’t require a hospital stay under the bili lights to correct it.

Breastfeeding was a challenge at first, too, but every day we get a little bit better at it. Jackson has an excellent latch and is very good at eating. And now that we are past the first few weeks, breastfeeding has become enjoyable for Mommy too!

The kids have adjusted well to having a new baby in the house. Everyone around kept commenting how worried they were that the kids would have trouble adjusting to him, especially Laycie, who has been the baby for the past 4 years. I’m happy to say, I was right – Laycie LOVES her baby brother and isn’t jealous of him at all. She’s adjusted as well as Emmalee did before her and Winston did when Emmalee was born.

I’m actually really proud of how well she has adjusted to being a big sister at just 4 years old. She loves to help out with Jackson. She brings me diapers and wipes. She talks to Jax when he’s fussy. She loves to touch him and sing to him. She sits beside him in the car and gives him his Paci when he cries and sings to him then too. She amazes me at how much she does to help out with him.

All of my kids have been a great help with their baby brother. Emmalee was a bit shy about helping at first, simply because Jackson was sooo very tiny to her that she was afraid she’d hurt him but now even she is helping out. She enjoys doing anything to help with Jackson so long as it benefits him and doesn’t require her holding him. His care is one of the few things she does without argument and it’s really helping her grow up more and more.

Winston, as always, had no problems helping out right away. He voluntarily changes diapers and holds Jax as much as he can. He is going to make some woman an amazing husband one of these days.

Having a new baby in the house doesn’t allow much time for anything other than loving on baby but every day we are becoming more adjusted. It’s been hard even finding time to write this post. In fact, I’m going to have to cut this short because my little sweetie is crying for Mommy. So until next time…. <3 p="p">

New Blog Title: We’re Now Luv’N Lambert Life

August 2, 2010 by Dana

I decided to rename my blog out of no-where today. I love my old title “In the Life of a Mom” but I know there are a few other blogs with simular names so I decided to do something more tailored to us. So the new title is Luv’N Lambert Life because I sure do love my family and our life together.

Lately, we’ve been busy doing housework but this week is dedicated to school prep for the new school year. I’m also working on a menu plan and some new routines to implement around home for both me and the kids to use. The next month is sure to be interesting.

Too Much to Do

July 20, 2010 by Dana

I’m still busy working on the house. This week I have been working on the boys bedroom.

Yesterday I had the kids completely strip the room of all the toys and junk they have accummalated in there in the past few months. Then I vaccuumed and scrubbed everything that was left in there. I also moved the furniture around and created more play space by re-organizing it all.

The kids love the new room, which right now is still vacant of toys and possessions. The rest of the week will be spent going through the boys things and organizing them throughout their room.

I think in the end it’s going to a lot nicer for them and they are going to enjoy playing in there even more than before.

Update and a Thought {July 14, 2010}

July 14, 2010 by Dana

Update and a Thought…

I’ve been extremely busy lately re-organizing the house and doing a late-summer cleaning. Plus kids, a terrible two-dler, working on Saturdays and keeping up with the day to day, hasn’t left much time for fun stuff and online. Good news is that it’s all getting done and bad news is that I’m still no where near the end of the tunnel (HELP! I can’t find the light! LOL).

While I was cleaning up earlier, going through the monstrosity of stuff I’ve accumulated (with my dear Mom’s help) over the past 31 years (and let’s not forget to add the kids’ over-abundance of possessions that are never played with), I had a lot of thoughts. For one, why do I keep all of these things? And why do I feel guilty to get rid of a simple ugly doll just because my Mom gave it to me at a time when she didn’t have a lot of money to give me anything? Why do I feel sad to toss Grandpa’s old steel cup that I never once saw him drink out of? These are just things, material possessions, not the persons or memories themselves.

Then I began to consider even more stuff. Like why do we teach our children the same things that we have been taught from birth. We come into the world with nothing but a Mother and possibly a Father who hopefully loves us more than life itself. We have no possessions. We are naked and as basic as we can be. It’s then that we are taught to want and need and that we begin to crave these unnecessary things in life.

We are taught we should grow, we should walk, talk, play. We are taught we should need a Barbie because Sally has one, or a bike because Joe peddles his like a mad fool. We should attend schools with 1000’s of other children and spend our days with them, until we come home to a Mom who has a great meal cooked waiting on Dad to come in from work. And we should want a similar life, with a nice home, a car, dog or cat, and beautifully well-behaved children. The American Life. Our life’s goal is to grow into a very old person, with a loving family and something to show for our time here.

Truly, life doesn’t work that way at all. Many children don’t have that home-cooked meal from Mom, or a Dad who works hard to provide that meal. Some don’t have a Barbie or bike or that cool new Zhui Zhui pet. They’re home may not even be there in the morning. And life can be taken away in a flash. Tomorrow is not promised, only this moment we are in.

So my thought is, why do we teach our children to want and need the American Life? Why not teach them instead to live in the day, in the moment and to love and appreciate what they have in this instant in life? The Now. Life is short, and God is calling each of us every day. I, for one, want my children to be ready to live in the Love and Light of the Lord. To hear His will and be guided by Him and to want all the treasures of Heaven, for they will be there before we know it, in the blink of an eye, when He calls us all home.

Till next time… Dana