A Peek at Last Week:)

I haven't done a weekly wrap up blog in a long time and want to get back to writing them again.  Here is a blog from last week.  Tomorrow I will post a weekly wrap up from this past week!

Places We went: The park with my friend Rebekah, Publix, church, my ob appt, a restaurant for a pro-life meeting, and yesterday we went to a fun carnival.

Highlights: My favorite moment of the week was hearing my baby's heartbeat on the doppler.  135 Beats per minute:)   I also enjoyed watching T have so much fun on the rides at the carnival.  He loved the motorcycle ride and must have been pretending he was on a real one because he would bend forward over the bike and scrunch his face up every time he thought we couldn't see him.

Least favorite moment of the week: I had my glucose test on Friday and drank the sweet drink before my blood draw.  The drink wasn't too bad and tasted just like an orange crush, but I was sick for the rest of the day afterward.

Funniest moment: Earlier in the week T had a toy in his hand but set it down somewhere and then couldn't find it and asked me to help him look.  We searched the house for about ten minutes but still no luck.  I tried to help him jog his memory as to where all he had been in the house with it so I asked him "Where'd you go?" His eyes opened wide as if he couldn't believe I just asked him that and said "I'm right here'!

I am reading: Christ Centered Childbirth

I am praising God for: Our pro-life ministry is on its way to becoming a non-profit!  We have four board members who all share the same vision and passion for pro-life.  We had our first board meeting and are well into the process at this point.  We are just getting everything ready to submit our paperwork to the attorney helping us and then we will be set and able to start collecting donations!

I am looking forward to: Little T starts soccer on Sat

To Do this week: Write birth plan, get new domain name for ministry, make a list of lunches, etc

I am praying for: We need to design a logo for our organization.  We have some great ideas and I am praying that it all comes together soon!

Winter Bucket List

Even though we are well into the "winter" season, I thought I would post my winter bucket list and share some of the goals I would like to accomplish over the next two months.

Redo Living Room~For a while now I have been wanting to change the decor in some of our rooms, and I want to start with the living room.

-Purchase new area rug (found a GREAT one at Rooms To Go)
-Buy entertainment center or something to store the Wii and PlayStation in
-Replace curtains
-Create family picture wall

Organization

-Write out a weekly schedule and hang in hallway
-Create lists of breakfasts, lunches, and snacks (I've already done this with dinners)
-Sort through all of our baby clothes.  Hang and put away all 0-6 month clothes; categorize by size and store all the rest
-Get new dresser for kids' room (T and his brother are going to share a bedroom)
-Make homemaking binder
-Reorganize kids book shelf

Eat more organic, whole foods made from scratch~We already eat alot of organic foods, but there are several things I want to do differently

-Make my own bread and muffins
-Join a fruit/veggie/meat/dairy co-op
-Get back into routine of making homemade smoothies and fresh squeezed juice
-Research; print articles for homemaking binder

Preschool~When I got sick with this pregnancy T and I stopped doing many of the things we were doing in preschool

-Resume preschool packs
-Work on letter writing
-Teach T how to draw
-Get back to weekly trips to the library to learn and check out books

Memory Making/Keeping

-Finish first photo book
-Go on a date with my husband
-Blog at least once per week
-Complete photo collage for wall

Ministry

Take first steps to becoming a non-profit
Move forward on "180" Outreach
Bring onto team Adoptions Volunteer
Update website

Baby
Decide on a name!
Create birth plan

Those are my goals for the rest of Feb and March.  I'll try to update the blog and share my progress on them!!

Last Week in Review

Places we went: We drove to West Palm Beach on Monday so that my husband could become a certified scuba diver.  He made it through his 3 days of training and is officially a Junior Bubbler:)  I, of course, was sick most of the time that we were there, but I did feel decent on Tuesday so my husband's sister and I took T out to lunch, to a children's play area, and out for ice cream.  We arrived back home from our trip on Friday.  On Saturday we went to Target, the history fair, T-ball practice, Chick-Fil-A, and church.  It was a fun-filled day..perhaps a little too fun.... I celebrated our arrival home Sat night by throwing up in the front yard!

Highlights from the week: Although I felt pretty terrible most of the time, it ended up being a really great week!  Here are some of my favorite moments:

Visiting with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law

Bringing home a beautiful dining room table, area rug, and white curtains that my sister-in-law kindly gave to us

Arriving home to find a gorgeous bouquet of fall flowers laid on my doorstep by a new friend who knows how sick I've been and just wanted to do something nice.

Hosting our life group at our house on Friday night.  We made a firepit, had snacks, made smores, and talked about the antichrist (last weekend's message at church).

Walking around the history fair, which was sponsored by the local homeschool association. 

My favorite few hours last week were spent watching my little boy participate in his first T-ball practice.  He did so great!

I am reading: Why Pro-Life? by Randy Alcorn

I am praising God for: Helping me to endure the 3 hour car trip to West Palm Beach and back without getting sick.  The day before we left I couldn't even get out of bed, so I was truly thankful to make it there and back without getting sick during the ride.

A Goal this week: Make it through my Tuesday night meeting without getting sick

I am looking forward to: a fun-filled, busy weekend which will include T-ball practice, our neice's book signing party, a friend's son's birthday party, and the big pumpkin festival.

I am praying for: My nausea to ease up and that I start feeling better soon.

Little T is a T-baller!

Our little boy had his first T-ball practice on Saturday.  Tim and I weren't quite sure what to expect.  We knew T was excited, but we wondered how he would handle the hour and a half practice without his mommy and daddy out on the field with him.

After the head coach rounded up all of the families, he spoke to us about the season and led us in prayer.  Then it was time to begin!  They called the t-ballers first ( there were many different age groups there).  Most of the t-ballers were between 4 and 6, but because T turns 4 during the season, he was allowed to play this year.  All of the kids lined up to go out on the field, and I immediately could tell that T and one other boy were the smallest and youngest ones.  A hundred thoughts immediately flooded my mind.  What if he doesn't want to go out there?  What if he can't do the skills and gets embarassed or starts crying?  What if he doesn't even try and just stands there?  Will the coaches be patient with him?  Will the kids be nice to him?  What did we get ourselves into?

To my relief, T went happily running out onto the field with the rest of the group.  For the next hour and a half, Tim and I proudly watched our little boy truly experience his first ever team sport practice.  He practiced throwing and catching with his partner, practiced catching ground balls rolled to him by one of the coaches (he caught a few), and practiced running bases.  He even hit two balls pitched to him by the coach during batting practice.

We were so proud of our little T and were absolutely tickled to watch him practice.  He did what the coaches asked.  He waited his turn.  He tried each and every skill and never once cried, needed a break, or wanted to quit.  The coaches were exceptionally kind and patient with him and all of the other children.  The kids were all nice too, and several of them helped T out.

Saturday was a day I will truly never forget.  I am praying that T will continue to look forward to each practice and game, and will continue to play his little heart out! 

Week in Review

Places we went: On Monday I went to my first prenatal appt.  Thanks to my yucky "morning" sickness, I did not leave the house all week afterward except for today.  We made a quick stop at church to pick something up and then went to the Flea Market.  I became ill as soon as we got there and we had to leave pretty quickly.

Highlights from the week: Mid-week I had a few days where I did not feel completely terrible and that was nice!  One afternoon I managed to play soccer with T outside, which was probably the most fun either of us had all week.

Funny moment: Early one morning T pooped in his diaper (he still wears one at night).  He knows he is always supposed to go in the potty now and he told me that Maggie told him it would be ok to poop in his diaper. 

I am praising God for: My husband, who has been so helpful and understanding all week.  I haven't been able to to much this week due to my nausea and extreme fatigue, but he has filled in the gaps cleaning, bringing home dinner several nights, doing laundry, watching T while I nap, getting me ginger ale and natural morning sickness meds, etc. 

A Goal: When I start feeling better, I want to begin making better breakfasts.  We have gotten in a bad routine of typically having cereal, scrambled eggs, toast, frozen waffles, english muffins..easy stuff.  I want to make more homemade pancakes, waffles, and French Toast with yummy sides like sausage, bacon, home fries, etc.

I am looking forward to: T's first T-ball practice this Saturday!

I am praying for: This week through facebook I learned that one of the guys I was friends with in college lost his three year old son to cancer.  He and his wife apparently are very strong Christians and have been an amazing example to the many people who walked this road with them. 

Fall Bucket List

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year (second only to Christmas)!  I love the cooler weather, the beautiful fall colors, fall baking, and the special events and experiences that only happen around this time of year.  Inspired by another blogger, I decided to create a "fall bucket list", listing various things that I would like to accomplish this season.  Here is a peek at our list:)

1. Go pumpkin picking
2. Paint or carve pumpkins
3. Attend the various local Fall Festivals
4. Go to the big Fall Carnival
5. Visit the famous pumpkin farm an hour from our house
6. Go on a hayride
7. Make Fire Pit on a chilly evening
8.  Make smores over said firepit
9.   Decorate outside of house for fall
10. Bake fall goodies
11. Do Fall Crafts with T
12. Put fall pictures in fall picture frames
13. Do fall preschool unit
14. Do dogs and cats preschool unit
15. Do Thanksgiving preschool unit
16. Make a Thankful tree
17. Start Christmas shopping
18. Start working on homemade Christmas presents
19. Take trip to PA
20. Finish Scrapbook
21. Recipe Project (I'll explain later)
22. Have family pictures taken on beach
23. Get haircut and colored
24. Get car detailed

That's all I can think of for now!  Check back to see how we are progressing!!!

Last Week In Review

Places we went: Target, a good friend's house for dinner, church, Publix, a Cuban restaurant, a church yard sale, the aquarium, and a park for a dinner and evening of fellowship with our Life Group.

Highlights from the week: We really enjoyed our dinner at my good friend Kristina's house.  We have become very close over the past year, and now my husband and her husband are becoming good friends too.  T and her children are very close as well!  I also enjoyed spending time with my family at the aquarium and having a lovely fellowship dinner with our Life Group.  However, the absolute best moment of this week was finding out that I am pregnant again!!  I had an 11th week miscarriage back in February and was devastated by it.  Only recently did I feel the Lord's prompting to try again.  On September 2, my prayer journal entry was very specific: that I would get pregnant THIS MONTH (with a few other specifics jotted down).  I am so amazed at how God answers prayers.  AND he gave me a word this month that I would indeed be pregnant.  I took two early tests which (to my surprise) were both negative, but waited a few days and took two more tests, which were both positive.  God is SO good!

I am reading: Bringing Up Boys

I am praising God for: The new life He has created in me!!!

A Goal this week: Start scrapbooking again

I am looking forward to: Tonight our local Chick-Fil-A is hosting "Super Hero" night, which will be attended by Spiderman (and his parents)!

I am praying for: A healthy baby that I am able to carry to term.  Also, that I would take every thought captive and that I would not allow the enemy to steal my joy through fear, anxiety, and doubts.