1 Month AWAY!!!!

Today marks 1 month until Baby C is going to be delivered! I have not been sleeping good at all the last few weeks and have been having Braxton-Hicks every few days....my husband keeps saying that he KNOWS that he will be here earlier....I am just so tired, hurting and now having some other medical problems....I'm trying not to want to rush him into this fast-paced life yet, but I'm just so miserable now!

We had a Great Thanksgiving....Lots of Food, Laughter....and SHOPPING! I did do the Black Friday shopping tradition, even though several people thought I would skip this year....I felt decent, got lots of walking in...our Family tradition since I was about 5 years old.....Never missed a year! Chloe spent the day with her Daddy shopping, putting up our Christmas lights in the yard and wondering when Mommy was going to get home ??!!

Saturday we went to an Actual Christmas tree farm in North Carolina. My Parents & Sister went with us...I was not prepared with how cold it was...around 25 degrees with the wind blowing...We finally found the perfect tree.....oh, how I LOVE the smell of a fresh tree.... ( my husband won me over with this Christmas tradition :) )

And then Sunday we had our final Thanksgiving gathering with my Dad's side of the family....more food and memories in the making.....

Decorating, wrapping gifts, Apple cinnamon candles, Christmas music.....oh, how I LOVE this time of year!!!! And tonight is our Family/Santa photos.....hope we can get the little rascal Chloe to actually smile and cooperate.....

T~H~A~N~K~S~G~I~V~I~N~G

It is so hard for me to believe it is already THANKSGIVING, this year has truely flew by....we have had our up's & down's for sure, alot of family trials, morning sickness, etc. etc. But I am GRATEFUL for All that We have been Blessed with this Year of 2012!

We are counting down until getting to meet our New addition, "Baby C", about 5 weeks from now, unless he comes early, we will get to meet this baby boy into our family....I'm getting more and more anxious and excited about it...even though I seem to be procrastinating on the "packing suitcase for hospital"....

I LOVE this time of year! Lots of good food, great family time, cool, crisp weather...Happy Thanksgiving Everyone for our Family to Yours!

50 Days!!!!!~

With about 50 days left until my scheduled c-section, I'm starting to feel the "rush" of getting everything I "think" needs to be done. We've about gotten the baby nursery finished, got the carseat out, wiped off and put the new carseat covers on it that I ordered. I've been going through the 0-3 month clothes in his closet....trying to narrow down what I want him to wear in newborn hospital photos, homegoing clothes etc.
As predicted by my husband, he predicts that I will have him earlier than December 26th, which is the date of my c-section....I wouldn't mind myself, but I want him to be fully developed and healthy, so no rush on my end. He kept saying wouldn't it be cool if he was born 12-12-12...???? I have been making myself paranoid about not having my suitcase packed, not only mine, but James & Chloe's. I think that is next on my agenda of "To-Do" just so I know most of the essentials are packed and ready.
We still are not announcing the name as of yet, "Baby C" is what we've been calling him....kinda my last "secret", so I think we are going to wait until he is born to actually announce his name his name.

Until next time....still on the waiting game.....50 days and COUNTING...... ~~~~

Busy Days and Even Busier Coming.....

We have been SUPER busy lately! We have been trying to cram everything in the next several weekends before our New Little one arrives! We went to the Pumpkin Farm the 1st weekend of this month, had fun, 5 1/2 hours of fun, well me being pregnant I wasn't too over joyed, I sat and watched some of the time.
Chloe spent the next weekend with her grandparents....SPOILED!!! She LOVED every minute of it! We had a date night that weekend, we went to dinner/movie....nice evening together.
And then last weekend we went to visit my husband's grandparents that live about 1hr.45 mins. from our home. We usually get to go about 2-3 times per year, its been so hectic we haven't been much this year....We stayed and visited all day Saturday.

I can't believe in 8 weeks ( from this Saturday) we will be meeting OUR LITTLE PRINCE!!!!! I am getting super- EXCITED....trying to tidy everything up at home, finishing some decorating in his room....I have to say this pregnancy has really flew by, I guess since I've been chasing Chloe and will all of the family events that have taken place in the last several months....I get to schedule the exact time of my c-secion at my Dr. appointment this week....Physically I am tired of being pregnant, ankles a.k.a "cankles", back aches, constant trips to the restroom....I think being 25 and pregnant was way different then being 30 and pregnant.....I know all of these aches/pains will be a thing of the past as soon as I hold my precious baby in my arms....Not long at all.....Just waiting!

God's Timing & God's Will = So Worth the WAIT!!!

We got the final word yesterday that my husband got the job he had applied for about a month ago. I found the job for him online, helped him fill out the application, made him a resume and prepped him for the interview. This was his "1st" ever interview in his entire Life! I did the usual: eye-to-eye contact, firm handshake, etc. I ironed him a nice outfit to wear as well.

He was nervous beforehand, but after the interview he said " he was so at ease with the whole experience, they were very nice, easy to talk to etc."
He did tell me of the STACK of applications, over 60+ applicants, with them interviewing 12 of that....so our Faith was a little slim, but I still felt pretty confident and had a calmness in my heart. We continued to PRAY daily for God's will in this job, if it was meant for him to receive this job then we prayed that the door would open, but we were okay if he did not receive it too, since he is currently working.

2 weeks went by with no word, even thought the boss said that he would call either way. We were both anxious and anticipating what the final decision was. Then on September 25th, my 30th Birthday we got word.....THAT JAMES GOT THE JOB!!! But in a round-about way, the head boss said that he had to go pass a drug-test and go do a phycial for them to finish up the paperwork. And now 1 week after all of that we got the call yesterday...."When can you start ???"

We believe without a doubt that this is God's plan for our family and that he opened this door for us....We are so BLESSED & Thankful for this Awesome opportunity!!!

For once in my husbands life he will have a set schedule, set hours....this will be VERY Strange for him...He will have so many more opportunities to spend with our kids, do yard work etc.

{So BLESSED.......}

Today is the BIG 3-0 !!!!!!!!!!!

Well today is a milestone for me.....reaching the BIG 3-0!!! Hard to believe myself, when I say I"m 30 years old....seems like yesterday I was in high school. I feel beyond blessed, a have a healthy, happy family, loving husband, 1 beautiful daughter and carrying my little boy at 26 weeks pregnant today!

This week has been a Blessing in itself, I, myself was having some health issues with my pregnancy and went to have another ultrasound yesterday, and found out my placenta had moved....so forever thankful for that...my Dr. was concerned about that, but he said everything looked to be great!

We received some other news yesterday that is WONDERFUL news to our family, we just can't let the news out yet, but its an opportunity that we have been praying about for weeks now...and God has opened this Awesome door to a great opportunity for us! To look at all of the details of this opportunity alot would say that there is no way....but with God ALL things are possible if it is his will for our lives! Just as our Sunday school lesson was this past Sunday, "Ask and Ye Shall Receive", "Seek and Ye Shall Find".....We did honestly seek God's will on this matter....all of the puzzle pieces have just fit into place. I know that this opportunity is going to Open up many more doors....just anxious to see what the future holds....

Until next time....Off to Celebrate with a nice dinner out with the little of family...........

24 Weeks & Counting.....

I can't believe how F-A-S-T this pregnancy is going....I guess having a little one and living the quick-life it has absolutely FLEW by!!! I have felt my little guy moving around and fluttering, but from the outside he can't be felt, Chloe wants to feel him so terribly bad.....she just melts my heart when she runs up to rub my belly or hugs my belly...."Baby Brother" is what she calls him!
I have been doing pretty good right now healthwise, going for another ultrasound this week due to my placecenta being so extremely low.....Dr. said that it should move up, but that we will just keep a check on it.
We still haven't let our "baby name" out.....myself and my husband are the only people that know it....I kinda want to wait until he is born....but then again, there are SO many people having babies I want to lay claim on our name. I have liked this name for years now, but had no idea about the middle name, and then about a year ago I put the 2 names together....I love the combo of the two name....they seem very strong and self-assured names!

The sleepless nights have been going on for about a month now....which is no fun, and the constant feeling of not finding a comfortable position to sleep....I'm sure this will only get worse in the coming weeks.

Our baby nursery is moving right along....we have almost all of the 'junk' out of there and have the pieces of the crib and changing table in there.....I know the following months are going to fly, Fall is such a busy time of year, Pumpkin farms, Halloween, Thanksgiving, all of the family gatherings....then Christmas will be here and 2 DAYS later.....Baby #2 will be gracing his presence.

Until next time.....