The countdown!

We are officially
42 days 13 hours 8 minutes 27 seconds
from having a baby!!!

We have been super duper busy lately. We were supposed to go to the GA aquarium tomorrow, but that isn't going to happen. Thus no fun pictures for you. Well of fun things we have done lately. I haven't been a picture taking queen lately and that is for sure. This pregnancy has pulled a few doozies on me that I was not expecting. The irony of life I guess. We prayed for this child, and hoped for this child, and I will be honest I spent a lot of time fearing she would never exist. But she does! And she is a miracle! (yes, two grammatical errors in two sentences for me, this is new)




We are selling some items in a childrens consignment sale this upcoming weekend. It should give us some money to purchase a few things we have left that we need. Mostly storage furniture for their room. We are also going to pick up a few picture frames for their room to individualize each side. So for fun I will show you some of the pics going up on J's side... still working on S's.

42 days 12 hours 51 minutes 20 seconds

But, who's counting?

A Fab Day W/ Friends

We went traveling all around the state for a fun day with our friend's nathan and katie. It was so much fun, and crazy all at the same time. One town that we expected things to be happening in had absolutely nothing going on, and another town we expected nothing to be going on in was swamped, we managed to hit right at their fall fair. Little did we know before we got stuck in traffic for what seemed like an hour to park, and all we were trying to do was take them to our favorite mexican restaurant!

Christmas Time

It's Christmas time... my most favorite time of year. As Jay is old enough now to enjoy the magic of the season, we are trying to come up with ways to make it meaningful. We want to start new traditions, our traditions. They say children thrive on things like this, and thinking back to my very happy childhood I could not agree more. My parents made this whole season so incredibly special, joyful, and exciting. I want our kids to know that christmas is not about santa claus and christmas trees, though these things aren't bad, but it is about the birth of Christ. That in itself was miraculous and awe inspiring. So we will do a walk through Bethlehem, and drive around and see christmas lights, take him to see christmas trees, all of that in the spirit of the season knowing that ultimately it is a time to celebrate the birth of the world's savior. God loves each and every one of us, exactly where we are today, and that is why He sent His son. If you follow the life of Christ we start with something incredibly joyful, followed by a lifetime of miracles and wonders, then it is followed by a toturous and horrible death, then comes another event that can be dubbed joyful and miraculous, but the very greatest part of the whole entire story... is the end that hasn't come yet.

With all of that said, I was listening to the satellite radio on my TV tonight while updating this blog and heard the song "Joy to the World" come on. The lyrics are so beautiful and touched me to my soul. Enjoy reading, may it touch you in the same way as you go through this season of Joy and Awe!

Joy to the World , the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.

Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.

Vacay '09

We had a very relaxing time on vacation this year. Well, except when my ever so wonderful father in law (that is total sarcasm, he really is wonderful!) decided to give me a grief as we went over a bridge, suffice to say I am not a fan of bridges! We got to do all kinds of fun things like tour lighthouses, go hiking, play on the beach, and feed birds.

July 4th

We are trying to give our kid(s) plenty of amazing memories and traditions. This year for July 4th we watched the city fireworks and let our kids do sparklers. Here is Jay and our nephews' being their cute selves, it was a GREAT night! My parents, grandmother, cousins, aunt, and loads of friends were with us. We are VERY blessed to have such an amazing group of people around us!

Zoo With The V Family

Well, we decided to take our kids to the Zoo in June for their' birthdays. They were born three weeks apart (though it was supposed to be a little further!) It was so much fun! I have to admit I adore Loo's pigtails! Jay had a blast.
From top left, clockwise:
Loo and Jay sitting on Iguana... we tried ALL day to capture the two of them looking at a camera at the same time, this was the best we ever got!
Loo's face is so stinkin' adorable, I just HAD to put it up! Look at it, does it get much cuter than that? seriously?
This one is pretty self explanatory....
Looking over Jay's shoulders at some animals..

Late Update!

So, as you can see, I am PREGNANT! This is something I had come to the conclusion I would never be able to say again! Such a miracle that God has done. After two years of seeing a specialist and fertility treatments, we had a combined doozy. In July we were told that we were going to have to go on a medically induced fertility break. We were considering giving up. We knew we were going to have to wait until October before we would even be able to try another round, if not December or January. July was an incredibly busy month. We had a friends wedding I was doing flowers for and then we had an event at our church that gives out backpacks and supplies for needy kids. These two events soaked up that month, and then we were on into August. We were scheduled to leave for my husbands' parents' house on August 7th,a friday. All week long I had been impossibly hot and just off. My period wasn't coming, and I was a little bitter at it, since I KNEW that meant I was going to get it on vacation. My DH told me to take a preegnancy test, but my response was "no, thank you, I have seen over 30 negatives in the last two years and I just don't want to face the disappointment" He had encourages me to take the test at the beginning of the week, but I wasn't planning on it. However I ended up going to the Dollar Store to pick up a few toys for the trip and decided to just grab a test. I took it the friday morning we were headed out, just because. I remember thinking as the test was taking it's time that IF this test was going to be positive, that the outlines of the 2nd line I could see would be where it showed up. Having taken 30+ of these tests in the last two years that should have been my first clue. Silly, silly me! I watched as the line grew darker and bust up laughing when I realized the test was a +. I was in full shock and couldn't wait to show my husband! Needless to say, he was pretty excited too! Of course wee immediately called my family as we knew we couldn't leave for a week and a half without telling them. Then we ended up calling my inlaws. Everyone is overjoyed! This baby is so wanted and will be so loved by its entire family! J is excited to have a new baby and he often says he is going to share it with me. If you have been one of the ones praying for us over the last few years, thank you so very much. We have a big God who builds families in such unique ways. We hope and pray that this child will love the Lord from a very young age and live its life to His glory. There is no better way to live!

Top picture is facial structure, with an arm to the side. You can see the arm up next to its head in the forefront. The bottom picture is full body. It makes me laugh because it already sleeps like its big brother.