The cat is out of the bag....

Yep.  I'm about nine weeks pregnant.  YAY and AGH all at the same time. 

My five year old, Mackenzie, has prayed for 4 years now for a baby brother or baby sister....named Ashley or Logan.  She's prayed for all of her brothers and sisters, all named Ashley and Logan. 

So the day after Christmas my parents came up for a visit and I thought Mac was playing with her toys when I told mom and dad the news.  Mac instantly jumped up and down and said "You're going to have a baby?" and just kept jumping up and down with the widest smile I've ever seen on her. 

So that's how the news got out.  As soon as we saw Gammy and Pawpaw the very next day, she told them that she was going to be a big sister......SURPRISE!! lol

We couldn't hardly get into the church that Sunday and she was telling everyone she saw that we were going to have a baby. 

I am guessing that this bundle of joy (and still surprise) will be coming around Aug. 18 or so.  Just in time for school to start!  :S  Oh well.....that will just have to take care of itself, now, won't it!

So the questions start coming.....how are you feeling.  Well, to be perfectly honest.....my boobs are killing me, right now my stomach is hurting as I suffer from frequent night nausia.  NOT throwing up, but I almost (ALMOST) wish I would just so something could happen instead of feeling it on my stomach. 

The room:  it is decorated in a beautiful "Empress Teal" color....which I hope is suitable for either sex.  It will have to work cause that's what we've painted the room!! haha.  There is a fishy theme going on up there.  Composed of Nemos, octopuses, dolphins, and other assorted fish.  It looks really cool!

On top of the room, Jon put the crib together, I've shopped at consignment shops for maternity clothes, stenciled the room, repainted the baseboard moulding, doors and any framed area.  We even attacked the stairway....although we have the rungs to paint yet.  Mackenzie has even had her say in the room.  We bought foam fish for her to stick on the walls wherever she wanted.    She's having a blast with that too!

We covet your prayers.....we SO thought we were done.  We sold a lot of Mac's old things....like the high chair, baby bottles, the travel system and many other assorted and cool toys that she loved as an infant. Already, God has blessed us with friends that still have various items....a bassinet, other maternity clothes, and other things as well.   Oh....Jon was on Craig's List looking at baby things and found a great Graco Pack-N-Play for $30!

I KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that God will provide.  We are praying EXPECTANTLY and with ANTICIPATION to see the miracles that He will be working in our family's life!

2010

It's really hard to believe that another year has come and gone.  Reflecting on this past year is quite hard as there were many personal struggles that I have gone through which have directly affected my husband as well.  I look at last year and know that I've grown as my own person, come to many understandings about myself and continue to work on who I am and thus working on my relationship with my husband.

This year WILL be better.  There will be challenges there too, but blessings will come from it!

I pray that you will have the same year.....through the challenges you will come out with blessings.