It is well with my SOUL

It is well with my soul, how faithful God is to me....to us...to our family. The Lord is Gracious and Merciful on us. Poor and weak sinners. I know I'm not worthy but the Lord continues to bless us in ways un-imaginable. What more could I be but to be THANKFUL and continue to honor him to the very BEST OF MY ability.

I had my ultrasound today and I heard our baby's heartbeat....really....it NEVERS GETS OLD. hearing the heartbeat. One of thee most comforting things about pregnancy...about life for that matter.

The tech said that everything looked good, but I see my Docotor tomorrow to officially clear the air. The Ultrasound tech's are not really supposed to tell you what is wrong if there is a problem. The docotors come in and address any issues. So tomorrow I'll be free and clear. LORD willing. :)

Thank You so much for your Prayers and support.

This is BIG!!!

We have received some very good news today. Very encouraging. If you read this and think of me Please PRAY FOR WISDOM AND DIRECTION. The BAD news is.............Aaron said I'm not allowed to tell yet, this news is still so new. Stay Tuned. Hopefully I can tell you within the next few days. It does not have anything to do with the Baby actually it does but not directly. Although, I will have an update on this little baby tomorrow.


Nite friends!

A break thru...

I finally got my appointement to have an ultrasound tomorrow at 12:50 but I won't be able to see my doctor until Wednesday morning, if there is a depper issue. Hopeful for good results. I will give you an update once I come back home.

My girls are playing in the front and back yard today, enjoying the weather. It is a brezzy 74 degrees today in Feburay. I'm watching them play outside while I take my little breaks on the couch. Aaron's mom is possibly coming over today to help me get caught up on some things around the house. Bless her for that.

Thank You so much for your prayers. You been such a GREAT support.

Maybe a little personal..but prayers appreciated.

Parenting in itself is challenging from the moment I think you know you have a little life growing inside of you and through out the whole pregnancy process. Challenging in the way of how dedicated and responsible and how much you LOVE them from the instant you know they are there. Loving them of course is NOT challenging but other aspects of being a parent are.

The unknown is challenging. WHY? Because you don't know what lies ahead for your future and the the future involving your sweet child.

The unknown, wether it is from not knowing if your child will have to have tubes put in his/her ears because they have had 7 ear infections in the past year. Or the unknown as to waiting for the results that say wether your 21 month old has broken her leg. Ha. I can laugh about that now.

Well, today my mind is mainly focused on this Baby Button that is growing inside of me. I will be 11 weeks pregnant on Monday and so I have been having some spotting this past week. This morning it was a little more concerning then it was earlier in the week. It has now as I'm typing since stopped. Now, I know the doctors ALMOST ALWAYS say that spotting is NORMAL. I still can't help the fact that I am a concerned mother wondering about the well being of her unborn baby.

I'm confident in the LORD that he will and always takes care of my family needs. And so will you join me in prayer until I find out further what is going on exactly. Thank You so much!

I called the Doctors office at 9 a.m. and have not heard back from the nurse I spoke to this morning. I've decided that today is a beautiful day and I'm going to let my girls go outside and enjoy this wonderful weather and I will just wait this out over the weekend and hopefully can be seen on Monday morning. Here is too me taking it easy...er this weekend. The "er" is because I already feel like I've been taking it easy but I think I'm going to be safe and put my feet up this weekend.

I hope anyone reading this has a wonderful weekend.

13 yrs ago and a day late......

Well, what is so special to me and Aaron about Valentines day is that the year 1997 when I was 14 yrs old hahaha...., I exchanged a note with my husband.......my now husband that is. The noted stated and very nicely put I might add...This is what the note said: I'm not trying to be funny but why are you always staring at me? Aaron sat in the next row, behind me and 1,2,3 seats back and everytime I opened up my cover girl mirror :) He was always in it. LOL. LOL. He wrote back that I was really pretty. Anyway,

Blessings

I was just thinking the other day how BLESSED my kids are to have AS MUCH AS they do. Now, Aaron and I don't "SPOIL" them but they are blessed little girls. I just remember thinking that when I was a little girl, I did not have ALOT of doll's, a doll house, special outfits and 2-3 pairs of shoes for a season. They have alot more material things and I know these things are not important but I will get to my point in a second.....let me just add that alot of these items they have, have either been given to them, we brought cheaply at the thrift store or they just received it as a gift for Christmas. I still personally feel like they have an abundance of things. I'm glad in a way that they have more than I had when I was there age, makes me feel like we are doing okay for them as parents. I feel really blessed by that. Considering that we live off of one income and they are able to have what they need and a little more of what they want. They also have "two" parents that LOVE each other very much, one thing I. DID. NOT. have growing up. My mom was a single mom and we lived with my grandparents until I was 10 yrs. old. I feel blessed by that in itself that I was able to share that time with my grandparents but I still had a absent parent. I just feel The LORD has truly blessed Aaron and I with one another and we actually really are in LOVE and that within that we have given our children a 2 parent home. I'm not sure if people who live with 2 parents growing up will really understand that. Understand how very important that is to "especially" me that my children have two parents that Love each other and LOVE them but I feel blessed that is one thing my kids have that I didn't.


P.S. I have an amazing Step Dad who I proudly call Dad any day of the week. i heart him bunches.

Things that bring relief

Well, with this being my 4th pregnancy- 4th baby of course, I know what to expect in terms of the slight cramping, being incredibly tired, and "especially" morning sickness. This 4th time around I normally and almost always wake up feeling morning sickness free. That is only if I keep food on my stomach. Well, today started off pretty good and I was on feet trying to move around today, trying to get my chores done before "it" hit me. I started feeling pretty nauseas today around 3:30 p.m. and it lasted until 7 p.m. (which then I normally lay down and the girls play with each other and Eden is normally sleeping like she was today and or she just plays with her toys on the floor.) tonight when it started to get worse and I had to run to the bathroom and just............( if you have a weak stomach, don't read on) ....................throw up. I ALWAYS feel better after doing that and so as soon as I was done I finished cooking dinner because Aaron would be home soon. Anyway, I'm sure you really wanted to hear about my hugging the toilet stories but this is what's going on with me now. I'm 10 and half weeks and hopefully soon when I hit my 2nd trimester it will be gone, like it normally does with my last 3 pregnancies. Countdown 3......more......weeks!!!!!

Things we might possibly take advantage of....

I will be 10 weeks pregnant on Monday. One day closer to the end of my first trimester. I have been sick. Some days I just lay on the couch because the movement is naseauting, other days, I'm actually able to get up and get moving. Yesterday was one of those days. Aaron and I had a Valentines banquet to go to and so I was very excited and just determined......... and prayful I would not get sick.



My body has devlop a pattern and so, I normally wake up morning sickness free I don not take advantage of that, I still go and make sure I have something on my stomach, otherwise IT WILL BE A HARD DAY.



Every 2.5 to 3 hours make sure I'm snacking on something or eating a small meal

Things we might possibly take advantage of....

I will be 10 weeks pregnant on Monday. One day closer to the end of my first trimester. I have been sick. Some days I just lay on the couch because the movement is naseauting, other days, I'm actually able to get up and get moving. Yesterday was one of those days. Aaron and I had a Valentines banquet to go to and so I was very excited and just determined......... and prayful I would not get sick.



My body has devlop a pattern and so, I normally wake up morning sickness free I don not take advantage of that, I still go and make sure I have something on my stomach, otherwise IT WILL BE A HARD DAY.



Every 2.5 to 3 hours make sure I'm snacking on something or eating a small meal

It started out as a joke.....

Well, we decided that we would start to try for another little button hahaha..almost immediatley. We decided that the older kids are so much bigger and active

If you haven't figured it out

We are expecting our 4th child. We are ecstatic. I'm 9 weeks today and I'm due September 12th. Eden is 6.5 months old, so when this belly bean baby is born, the age gap will be around 13 months apart. FUN!! Right! Right. I guess is all in a matter of perception. To me, I feel mentally prepared to handle this challenging task. Where how our society is now, society in my opinion thinks that 2 kid's is just enough and anything over that is a headache. Well, I do get headaches but I LOVE being a mother more than anything. All comments I have recived have been pleasent, I think people are more shocked that we planned it. Ava and Gabrielle are 22 months apart, as I certainly know that is not as close as 13 months. It was quite challenging for me. Going from 0 to 1 kid and then 1-2 kids was the most challenging and I'm still alive I made it thru that challenging time in life. Going from being a single couple to then having a little princess who does not sleep at night 3 hours on a good night and Cry's all day and I have no friends or no one to come visit. That was challenging for me. Once I had Gabrielle, I then had a newborn and a VERY NEEDY toddler. Well, my Big girls are older and are very independent in thier own respect. They clean, dress and can feed themselves. They play well with one another and they play and keep Eden company. Things have feel into place nicely so far. They have been such a GREAT help to me and I'm very appreciative of it.

Oh yes....

If you didn't catch the little announcement on Eden's dedication video....we are expecting....another baby.

Eden was dedicated this past Sunday

And she (Hannah) made a vow, saying, "O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head." 1 Samuel 1:11 (NIV)

When God answered Hannah's prayer by giving her a son, she remembered her vow:


"As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there. 1 Samuel 1:26-28 (NIV)


And this we will do with our children we dedicate ourselves to them to raise them up in the way of the LORD...