My walking 10 month old!

I don't know about you other moms out there but I feel as though my second child is growing way to fast! It seems like just yesterday I was holding him in my arms as a infant. And now he is a fully walking 10 month old baby! Craziness is definitely going on in the Golob house! I was going to post a video of Micah walking on here but I can't get it to work on my phone:( so ill just post pictures of the boys instead and if you really want to see the video check it out on Facebook!

More updates on Mom

Praise the Lord, mom is doing better! They are sending her to Dr. Gococo for blood tests to see if she has a blood clotting problem and if they need to change her medications around. Her leg is still swollen and bothering her but it is 10 times better than it was, so we go to see her orthopedic doctor again next Monday. We hope that the problem will go away on its own. But all in all things are on the up an up! Thank you so much to all who have prayed for my parents over the last few weeks you will never truly know how much it means to me! Please continue to keep us in your prayers!


The amazing thing throughout all this craziness is that the Lord has kept me calm and I have totally known he was with us, and that has been such a blessing!

"Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;

His greatness no one can fathom."

Psalm 145: 3

More news on the parent front

So I haven't really been on the computer much in the last couple of weeks. It has been a long few weeks, they seem like there has been something bad happening throughout them. So my last post was on my Dad's failing health, and there is no real news to that front. Like I said before its all in Gods hands and we are praying that He keeps dad here for a long time!

So the new parent problem has been my mom. Last week one of her eyes started to hemorrhage and we had to rush to the eye doctor. Luckily her vision was not impaired and the I doctor gave her steroid drops for her eyes and told her it could take up to 3 months for her eye to go back to looking normal. Well then this week her other eye started to hemorrhage and her knee swelled up and she couldn't hardly walk. So of course I freaked out and called her regular doctor because well she is my mom and I'm a protective daughter! So when we went to her doctor yesterday they checked her blood thickness and it was at a 5.8. For those of you who don't know about blood they like for the level to stay between 2 to 3. So her blood was way to thin and that is why her eyes were hemorrhaging and they think that the swelling around her leg and ankles is from the blood seeping out of her veins, which in Lamond's terms is NOT GOOD! So they stopped her blood thinners immediately and gave her a shot of vitamin K to help thicken her blood back up, and she has to go back today to get it checked again and another shot of vitamin K. I also had to take her to get fitted for a knee immobilizer that she has to wear until her Orthopedic doctor can see her on Thursday morning to try and assess the situation with her knee and the swelling. I'm not sure what to expect from that but I know that God is in control, and all I can do is trust in that! So if you read my blog please say a prayer for my family and my stress level, it would be greatly appreciated!

Praise the Lord, O my soul,

I will praise the Lord all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Do not put your trust in princes,

in mortal men, who cannot save.

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;

on that very day their plans come to nothing.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

Whose hope is in the Lord his God, 

the maker of heaven and earth,

the sea, and everything in them-

the Lord, who remains faithful forever.

He upholds the cause of the oppressed 

and gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets prisoners free,

the Lord gives sight to the blind,

the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,

the Lord watches other the alien and

sustains the fatherless and the widow, 

but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. 

The Lord reigns forever, 

your God, O Zion, for all generations. 

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 146:1-10

On a happy note my baby boy turned 10 months old on the 18th of July! He can now say mama and dada, and he has taken about 5 to 6 steps without holding onto anything  and man is he curious about everything! Here is some sweet pictures of Micah and Eli. Love my boys!

God's Plan

Today has been a sad day. A day of questioning and worrying. And finally coming to the realization that God is in control and I am not. His plans are great and I need to trust him and know that He has a reason for everything, and that every good and perfect gift comes from Him. You may ask why today has been sad, well its because my dad's health is not at its best and we received bad news from his doctor's. My dad has server heart and lung problems, and his heart is now in atrial fibrillation, (which basically means his heart can't pump blood properly). The doctors said that they have done all that they can do and that his heart is just in to bad a condition for any surgeries or procedures. So they have put him on medicine's that will help keep him from having strokes.

As I was very heartbroken at this news, the Lord has been comforting to me. I have been reading a lot lately in Psalms and happened upon Psalm 139 in searching for comfort in God's word. And this is what I found:

13 For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother's womb

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and 

wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.

15 My Frame was not hidden from you 

when I was made in the secret place.

When I was woven together in the depths of 

the earth,

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body.

all the days ordained for me were written in 

your book before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts,

O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them,

They would outnumber the grains of sand.

When I awake, 

I am still with you.

Psalm 139 13-18

This passage just gave me such a peace. To know that the Lord knows all our days before we are formed. That my God knew when my precious daddy was coming to this earth, all his days on this earth, and when he will leave this earth. And I take comfort in this hope. I also hope for many more years with my earthly father and plan to make every moment that I have with my daddy count! I am so thankful that my God is in control even when I can't be and want to be. 

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; 

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me,

lead me in the way everlasting. 

Psalm 139: 23-24

 

Children- Gods blessings

As I laid in bed this morning my oldest came into my bed and snuggled up beside me and went back to sleep. It really was a sweet moment and I realized that one day he will not want to snuggle with me and it made me sad. So I snuggled right up to him and tried to take in every moment! Children are such blessings from our God above and I am so thankful he blessed me with Eli and Micah! 

The top picture is from our trip to the zoo yesterday. Eli had so much fun. He really loves the animals. And the other 2 pictures were taken today at Micah's 9 month old photo shoot! I can't wait to see the awesome shots that Michelle Patton took! And the last picture was just taken at home by there everyday photographer, ME! 

Psalm 127 

"Unless The Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless The Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors; for He gives His beloved even in his sleep. Behold, children are a gift of The Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of ones youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; they will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate."

Abounding in love

So through this online blog my goals are to keep up a scrapbook of our family life as well as a personal journal of the mercies God teaches in our daily life. I may not always be an elegant writer and I may have grammatical errors, but it will always be from the heart!

As I was reading through scripture this morning the Lord blessed me with these words of comfort and truth!

"8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,slow to anger, abounding in love.9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;10 He does not treat us as our sins deserve,or repay us according to our iniquities.11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,so great is his love for those who fear him;12 As far as the east is from the west,so far has he removed our transgressions from us." Psalm 103:8-12

I am so thankful for these words of Gods unfailing love. And the promise that he loves us as far as the east is from the west! May these words give you hope today and stir in your heart in some way!

So since I just got back into the blogging world I thought i would put up some pictures of the happenings of May and June. So here are some pictures from our vacation to the Outer Banks and Maggie Valley. Also some pictures from Father's Day and my little brother Matthew's graduation party from USC.

                                                      Matt and Mandy. The USC Grads!

                              The Golob clan, celebrating Matthew's graduation from USC!

                                                    The Oliver Family on Fathers day!

                                                           Me and my precious daddy!

 

                                                     My wonderful hubby with our boys!

 

Wonderful dating bliss!

Today makes 8 wonderful years of dating my husband! Thats right. 8 years ago today he asked me to be his girlfriend. I am so blessed that this is what the Lord had in store for me. I truly have found the one my heart desires like in the Song of Songs. He is my best friend, wonderful loving husband, and the best daddy to our 2 boys! I am so grateful to the Lord that this was His plan, because it was greater than anything that I could have imagined for myself! And even though we have been married for almost 6 years, I still love dating this wonderful man that I call my soul mate! I love you baby!

Music to my soul!

As I was driving down the road to my parents house today I put my oldest sons VBS cd in the CD player, because he said he wanted to sing! So to my surprise I turn it to the first song and he just starts singing praises to God along with the cd. My heart was overjoyed hearing his little voice sing out about God! It was a very proud mommy moment:) 

On another not so great note my other sweet little man and I have bad stuffy noses:( But even in the midst of his discomfort he is still so joyful! Even when mommy puts bunny ears on him! Hehe! 

God's unfailing LOVE

       It has been a long time since my last post. Lots of things have happened in our lives as a family. The Lord has used those things to grow and sanctify us through trials and blessings. So let me fill you in on the things the Lord has done. 

       In July 2011 Daniel and I found out that we were expecting our 2nd child. We were so excited because we had been trying for 6 months to get pregnant. So we shared our news with our family and friends. I went in for my first ultra sound at 11 weeks and there was no heartbeat. Needless to say we were heartbroken. They told us that the baby had stopped growing around 8 weeks so they scheduled me for a D&C since I didn't miscarry on my own. It was a really tough time for us. I think I went through a world wind of emotions with angry being the main emotion. There were many times I had discussions alone with the Lord where I yelled at Him. I was so angry and I thought that he wasn't with me, Oh but he was! Very slowly the Lord began to show me that he has a plan and a purpose for everything. I began to read scripture and cling to the hope of God's promises. I remember distinctly reading in Jeremiah one day and the Lords words hit me like a tone of bricks. It was the passage about the potter and the clay. It was talking about the potter shaping the clay on the wheel and the clay marring in his hands, shaping into what the potter wanted. Then I read the line that says, "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand." Jeremiah 18:6. And I just started weeping because I had been so mad at God that I couldn't see that he was trying to mold me into what he wanted. From that day on God continued to heal my heart with his words, and the pain and loss lessened. I realized that God had a plan for me and our family and I just needed to trust him with it. And he did have a plan! In January of 2012 we found out that we were pregnant again with another baby. We were very scared and I was a nervous wreck the first trimester but the Lord was faithful and gave us a peace. As I made it into the second trimester my worries started to disappear all together because I knew God was in control. We found out that we were having another precious boy! Man naming him was a hard task. We couldn't hardly agree on anything but we finally decided on Micah Daniel Golob. Daniel and I then were praying about me staying at home with the boys full time, and decided on a plan that made that work out. I put in my notice at my part-time job at the first of July and my last day was August 31st. But then the Lord threw us for another loop the first week in August. Daniel lost his job at the Bank. So here we were a month out from my due date with no income coming in at the start of September. It was very stressful and I don't ever think I have seen my husband so upset in all our years of being together. But I told him that this was all in Gods plan and that God had a different job in mind for him and that God would show us the way and provide for our needs. And you know what! He did! Our God is so great and loving and he had a better plan than we did for ourselves. During this time that Daniel was out of work we welcomed Micah Daniel Golob into the world on September 18,2012. And what a blessing he was in the midst of the storm we were in. 

      He was a whopping 10 pounds 1 ounce and 22 1/2 inches long. Over the weeks that we came home from the hospital Daniel went on several interviews and we prayed diligently for the Lord to provide a job for Daniel to provide for our family. The week before our 5 year anniversary in October Daniel had an interview with the company that he has wanted to work at for several years. And the Lord blessed the interview and 2 days later they called and offered him the job! We were praising the Lord with all our might! He never failed us! 
       Gods unfailing love for us has brought us through these last 2 years and I am so thankful that our father in heaven finds mercy on us daily even though we don't deserve it! Our little family of 4 is blessed beyond measure and I am so glad that I can be called a child of God. Here are some more recent pictures of the boys:) The pictures below were either taken by me or Michelle Patton Photography or Amy Clifton Keely Photography. They are both amazing photographers and if you are in the Greenville/Spartanburg area you need to look them up!

In His grace,

Autumn