20 Week Ultrasound/ Furniture Project

Our 20 week Ultrasound appointment was the 30th of June, I know I'm a little late but here is 1 of 3 pictures I was able to have!







The baby is stretching it's toes in the air. :)


The doctor's appointment went really well. As soon as the tech put the reciever on my belly, the baby was active as ever. He had hiccups, you could see the little belly moving alot! It was cute :) (I'm not saying 'he' because we know the sex, I just don't like saying 'it'). Then she stretched her legs, yawned, sucked fluid, put his thumb up to his mouth. It was wonderful. I have know idea how anyone could not believe in Christ after seeing that! What a miracle. We watched the 4 heart ventricals working properly, pumping blood. Looked at the stomach, everything looked good. We saw all his bones, ribs, vertebrae's. It was truly amazing. What technology can do is just beyond me!! The tech said it's growing faster than the gestational age, so a week or more ahead, which either means a change in due date or I'm having a GOLIATH baby! Aahhh!! But as long as we're healthy and normal, I'm sure God has already taken care of that and know's what my body can and can't handle.

Just in the last 2 weeks or so, the movements of the baby have grown alot!! Even to waking me up in the middle of the night! Now, I'm only 22 weeks, which is almost 6 mo. It suprises me how much movement I feel this early.This child is definatly not behaving like me, it's a Chris baby! Mom's always told me I was the snuggly, quiet child in the womb. At one point they thought I was dead, because I NEVER MOVED! SO I have a pretty good feeling she's taking after her daddy :) WE're nervous and excited all at the same time, things are starting to be more real with baby movements and baby stuff starting to fill our home. Last month, mom, sissy and I drove to Hillsboro to pick up a baby crib/dresser, I had purchased off of craigslist. The couple that had it painted it, and did a CRAPPY job. Luckily, I have a very GIFTED sister who loves paint projects and right now we are antiqueing it, if that's the correct word.

This is similiar to the finish on the crib/ dresser after it is done.

My sister re-did some of her furniture and it turned out amazing. She has a knack for these things and is very talented, so she offered to do it. I'm going to do my best to help her, but knowing her and her perfection, she'll let me hold the tools! lol I'm really excited to see how it all turns out! It will be the most unique nurery furniture ever!

WE'll be sure to take pictures, before and after!!

Baby News

This was our first appointment and ultrasound picture :)

Today is 17 weeks and 5 days. It feels like yesterday when I took my two pregnancy tests and just about passed out! This baby will be such a blessing, not only to us but for us :) The more time passes, the more I do get excited. I can't remember if I announced it but Yes we are having a baby! November 19th. When Chris and I bought our house this last December, we decided we would try after a year of living in the new home. Well, I guess our plans are not God's, of course. Our other 'plan' was for Chris to be at least 30 and for me 25. I'll be 25 3 weeks after baby Big will be born. God has perfect timing in everything. November is a fabulous time for us to have a child, it's my down time (hopefully the shop will sell before) and his off season from mowing. So we'll have lots of family time. Summers and fall are always VERY busy around our home. God is so perfect in all things :)



Right now the coffee shop is for sale. It's bittersweet to me. We go through life thinking that our jobs/careers define our lives, yes in some ways they do, but not completely. I desire to have my children help define my life, not my career. But this Coffee shop has been such a blessing to me in so many ways. It's almost hard to let go. I pray the right person buys it and takes off with the shop. Have it be a blessing to them as it was for me. Lately, I have been having a hard time getting excited about the baby, only because of the coffee shop. It's a very big commitment to be a dedicated mommy, even bigger if you are running a business front full time!! I trust God's timing on this completely. We are to live by FAITH not sight.

New Home

WOW it's been along time since I blogged :( Well much has happend. Since August of 2009 we had been on a serious hunt to buy a house, we found one, put an offer on it (short sale). It failed to be accepted by the bank. We attempted again in Feb 2010, failed again. They told us, 'buy it on the courthouse steps', blah blah, blah blah. Well, we never gave up, November 1, 2010 it was sold back to the bank in forclosure, our anniversary!! Well there was alot of stress between then and December 28th (the day we closed). But that is history, we are now settled in our lovely home. Hopefully before summer we'll host an open house, but we have a lot of TLC to put into our home. It wasn't lived in for 2 1/2 years, gutters need cleaning, needs new paint, ect.

Nothing else is really new other than our home. Work is good, staying busy with that, Chris and life. :)