Excessive joyfulness

So since my last post I have discovered something.  Turns out the Satan really doesn't like when someone resolves to stop using excuses and rise up to take the opportunities that God places in our path!  He has been doing his best to "get to me" in the last few days.  All kinds of things have been happening.  You know, it is all the little stuff added together that can sometimes cause us to lose it.
Our fan broke.  No big deal, except that means I have been loosing even more sleep than usual.  Waking up sweating and have a really hard time going back to sleep.  Benjamin had a few days of better sleep but has gone back to his normal schedule of wanting to nurse every two hours at night.  So between that and the broken fan, I am quite sleep deprived!
We had a meeting all day at church on Saturday and on the way home our car died.  Yes, that is the technical term for it.  I still have no idea what happened and the mechanic is supposed to finally come today so after that, I will probably still have no idea! :)  All I know is that it was making this crazy noise and then would shut off.  I am thankful that we were relatively close to home when it happened though. 
So we waited along the road with a growing audience of adults and children staring while the mechanic came to help us.  He jiggled a few things around, from what I could tell, and then removed a few important looking parts and put them in the trunk (that's a good place for them, I know).  He proceeded to tell me to drive home.  I was a bit nervous to say the least but we made it home with no power steering and the windows stuck in the down position but we were safe so I praise God for that!
The enemy has also been taking some stabs at our marriage too.  He would also love to get his hands on that.  But we are fighting back with sweet words, cups of tea, and extra lovin'.  He can just back off cause he is not going to win that one!
Appolinaire has been having problems with his right ear.  Don't know what is going on but I am treating it with drops, irrigation, and prayer!
We are determined to not give in and be discouraged.  The enemy can take stabs at us but we will fight back with prayer, praise, and excessive joyfulness!  God it good, all the time!
And this precious little one, the same one who makes me loose so much sleep, can always put a smile on my face.  Sometimes, even in the middle on the night, all I can do is stare at his and wonder how I have been so blessed to be his momma!  Thank you Jesus!