Update, 12 weeks...

I'm 12 weeks now! Can you believe it? Next week I'll be in my 2nd Trimester! I'll post a picture soon when I have the energy to put on some makeup and do my hair :). I definitely have a little belly. I can't fit into any of my pants, at all. I'm doing the whole rubberband around the button thing but today I decided that I may have graduated from that, as it left a nice red indent in my belly today. Geesh! Thankfully my pants I ordered from target that are drawstring arrived today. Hallelujia! I really do hate this in between stage. Today I feel completely lowzy, but that's because I have a cold. For the most part I'm doing pretty well now. I can't walk around or stay on my feet for a long time, but it's not bad at all. I'll post pictures soon. I'm going to try to do pics every Sunday if I can start remembering :) And in case you wanted to know what we're having, still don't find out for sure (although I'm sure it's a boy) until December. Thanks for reading!

Dream Come True

Most of you already know, but there may be some that subscribe to this and not Facebook or my other blog. We are expecting a little bundle of joy! It's been a super long journey. 8 years almost exactly, and I'm so happy to finally be on this end of it. It's really hard to believe honestly. Every morning I wake up I have to remind myself that its real. It's a little easier to believe its real every time I wake up at 3am to use the restroom, or when I have to undo my pants button... but it was really nice today to have an ultrasound with the doctor and see that he is moving around and that his heart is beating. Such a relief. I say "He" because I firmly believe he is a he. I had a vision of my little baby boy about 7 years or so ago and I had another confirmation at my very first ultrasound when I found out that I'm not having twins, that this was a fulfillment of that vision I had 7 years ago. So I will heretofore refer to him as a he and until I confirm that in December, that will be how it is. Going through the fertility process is so interesting. I felt like I had a good head on my shoulders when we finally got down to the actual process of In Vitro, and I'm really grateful. It was only through my relationship with my Heavenly Father that I was able to have confidence in the whole process and know that although I don't know the reason for all these things, I DO know that I'm doing what he wants me to do, and that is all that really matters. I knew that if for some CRAZY reason that it didn't work, that I wouldn't be letting him down, and I wouldn't be letting myself down, because I was doing what he wanted me to do, and that's all I needed. But every time I had a doubt and I prayed that everything would work, I always heard this voice in my head saying, "It's going to work." And so, I trusted. And even the last few days when I had doubts creep in that something bad happened and the baby stopped growing or that he wasn't there anymore (normal fears by the way), I still had that trust and knowledge that whatever happens with this baby is completely up to God. It's his child after all, I'm just housing him in my belly for 9 months and then I get to have the opportunity to be his mother and take care of him, but he's God's Child, not mine. So as long as I do my part, and do everything in my power to make sure I'm healthy, and doing everything I can, the rest is up to God and I'll trust it is how it's supposed to be. My little man was moving all around today, he still looks like an alien, he looks like a little alien, but he's adorable, and I couldn't be happier.

Long time no See

I saw a dear friend of mine, Traci Hammond at Kid's Fun and Fitness yesterday and she reminded me that I haven't updated my blog in forever. So I thought I'd do that really quickly. I get on facebook so often now that I have a hard time keeping up with my blog. Anyway, here's a few things I've worked on recently that will help update you on our lives. Go ahead and comment if you even read my blog. I figured no one reads my blog anymore, so if I get enough comments, I may start blogging again :)

Wow, lots to update on

Well, its been since November 2010 since I last updated my blog. That's crazy. Since then, we've had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas in Dallas, changed jobs and moved to Kentucky in February, had some close calls with Tornadoes in Kentucky, went to the Kentucky Derby, then Brad's job transferred us back to Washington. Most of you already know this, and I'm much more faithful to facebook now than my blog, so I apologize to all the bloggers out there that still think I'm chillin at home in Dallas semi-retired :) We're excited to be back in Washington and we're really happy here :) Life is good!!

Semi-Retired

Yep, I am. I'm Semi-Retired. I quit my full time/over time job and now I'm Semi-Retired. I never thought it would be a difficult transition but I struggled there for a few weeks. Trying to figure out what to do with my time. I started cleaning my house but that wasn't very fun, so I gave that up pretty quick. I did recently unpack my office, that feels really good because I can now reach my computer with my eyes closed without tripping over something. So that was really productive. I decided I should start doing our laundry instead of picking the "less dirty" out of the dirty pile, and that has helped our family hygiene immensely. For real though, I'm really enjoying being a Mom again. Being there emotionally for my kids when they get home from school. Helping them with their homework and interacting with them. It takes working full time to enjoy those little things that most get sick of after doing them every day.

It's cold and rainy today. High of 61, low of 47. I turned on the heater and oddly enough I love the smell of a heater that hasn't been run in 9 months. It's like the sure sign that Fall is here. If I could I'd go to Hobby Lobby and spend hundreds of dollars on Autumn decorations and decorate my house all up for Thanksgiving. I don't think we're going to do anything for Thanksgiving this year, just stay in Dallas. We recently went on a Cruise to Mexico with the whole family and my parents, and before that we went to Las Vegas and Cancun, just Brad and I. So it's been a super busy year, lots of traveling. So I think we'll stay close to home.

Now that I'm Semi-Retired I'm sure I'll get back into blogging, so feel free to check up on my blog again. I'll post some super cute pictures from Tori's Baptism on here soon. That was October 9th in Washington. I forgot we went to Washington in October too. Man, we've been all over the place! But it's been an incredible year!

J. Hilburn's New Video-This is why we moved to Dallas...

Sorry it's been so long

This was definitely blogworthy:

Abbie- "There is a boy in my class that has a crush on me. He likes me even more today than he did yesterday"

Tori- "How do you know he likes you?"

Abbie-" He keeps hitting me and smiling at me. And I don't like it. I wanted to tell him to stop liking me, but I don't want to hurt his feelings."

Me- Tell him you just want to be friends, but you don't want to be his girlfriend."

Abbie- "I don't think that will work. He likes another girl too."

Tori- "That means he's cheating on you!"

Abbie- "Hmmm, he IS cheating on me."

Me- (trying to hold in my laugh) Tell him he has to choose between you and the other girl. That's how I got your father to make up his mind, he's gotta choose one or the other. Then hope that he'll choose the other girl so you'll be off the hook :)