A Bug!

Just a quick apology for being a little slow on the updates. I actually have been in bed for 2 days, but going to try to get up for work tomorrow. I came down with a stomach bug that evidently is going around here in the Port City. I couldn't keep down any food yesterday, but luckily today poor little guy has gotten some foods. The scary part is dehydration leads to cramping/contractions in prego ladies, so that is what I have been dealing with today. I have been chugging fluids! I am feeling a bit better now.
Tomorrow I will try to get you pictures of some of the sweet gifts we have been blessed with and a 19 week update!
If you would say a little prayer for nugget and I, that we will recover quickly. Sour has been nothing but lovely the past 2 days.

Broken Promises

Worst blogger ever.  I apologize to the probably 2 people that have been waiting for the gender reveal.  I promise I would post it yesterday, and I did not.  I was blessed enough for the fam to stay until Saturday, so we had everyone back over for breakfast and did some shopping and swimming.  But now moving on to the fun stuff!

And the answer is...

IT'S A BOY!!!

I had a really cool video of the reveal but it won't upload so I am putting this to my facebook.

Of course, Sour couldn't be more excited that he produced a male offspring.  But everyday that has passed I am getting more and more excited about having a momma's boy.  I grew up playing sports, so I can't wait to play t-ball.  And shoot you teenage boys tend to be a little less crazy than girls.

So we were going to do the colored balloon release, but I realized it had become very popular and if you know me, I don't really like to do what everyone else is doing.  I started to do some brain storming, and came up with this super fun and interactive reveal.  We already had the ginormous box and tons of balloons, so we blew up all different colored balloons and put pieces of paper in some of the balloons.  But the answer was only in one balloon.  So everyone was expecting a big release but instead they had to work for the reveal!  It was so much fun, and we had the best reaction!

I am going to also get used to taking pictures of the baby and for this blog.  I took pre party pics of all the decor, but no pics during the party.  I wanted team blue and team pink pictures, and pics with our family, but no such luck!.  My cousin Darla even brought these adorable pickle shaped cookies that I didn't get a picture of.  So here are the pre-party pics...

Beau or Bow

HErshey's or herSHEy's

Willard in his Big Brother shirt resting up for the party

So there we have it, lil nugget is a BOY!  We can't wait to put a name to his sweet face and start his nursery!  And yes I have now purchased things for this sweet lil stinker!

Today Sour and I are counting our many blessings, including each other.  We are spending some time together unwinding and resting and just soaking in all the overwhelming love.

18 weeks and GENDER!!!!

I know something you don't know!!!!  But you will tomorrow, I promise.  Actually most people that read this will know tonight.  Tonight is the big night!  Sour and I found out the oh so exciting news yesterday.  I wanted to go look at every single baby item yesterday, but the hubs decided me might get seen so we played it cool.  But tonight, we get to shared with our family and friends what lil baby Sour will be. 

It is so amazing to put a gender, face, name, colors, etc to this sweet lil growing miracle.  It helps identify to this growing belly so much.  So watch for a post tomorrow on all things Gender Reveal with tons of pictures plus the answer to the Burning Question!

"Even youths grown tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew theri strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they willwalk and not be faint." Isaiah 40: 30-31

2 DAYS

really less!!!!  Becaue you think, my appointment is at 0830 on Thursday.  So really its like 36ish hours!  So so so ready.  And 3ish days till the party and all my sweet family is here.  I don't know if I am more excited about sharing the gender with them or them just being here.  We are in full party planning swing, with house cleaning, organizing, grocery shopping, decorating. And the last big thing can't happen till Thursday evening after we finally know.

(yes I am this OCD with preset table with markers saying what goes where)

Let me show you the what I now call "baby closet".

Isn't that the best site you have ever seen.  It makes my heart so happy.  Everyday I am feeling more and more blessed to have been chosen to be this little ones momma.  I am praying daily for God to prepare my heart to be the mother he has called me to be.  Prepare me to raise this precious child in HIS image and with such a strong knowledge of HIS will. It has also definitely been my prayer for the Lord to just prepare my heart to be a wife with a child.  That I do not let my marriage slip away, that I remember that covenant as well.

I have been doing some serious maternity/dressing while pregnant research.  I love clothes!  And this whole process of dressing with a bump, has been discouraging and frustrating.  I am in super save money mode, so buying maternity clothes just seems like so much of a waste of money (because they are so darn expensive).  I was hoping to use a lot of my clothes during this time before the belly really started to grow.  But I am finding it to be a challenge.  I have also been looking at non-maternity clothes for things that I can wear through the pregnancy and hopefully afterwards as well.  So I found some blogs to scour through to give me some inspiration.  Now its time to get creative!  Plus let me just throw this out there, if you have left over maternity clothes or clothes that are too big that you can't wear anymore, please feel free to pass them along!

One last thing, I wanted to share this with you today.  We have "reflections" before each meeting at work and today a lady presented the thought of peace.  And one point she brought up was that worry is actually an action of mistrust of God.  Saying maybe my problems are too big for Him.  I have heard this lesson before.  But as I have a daily worry of something happening to this sweet lil nugget, I remember that He is bigger than my worries, he wants my worries at His feet.
Have a blessed day!

Weekend Fun

Something is happening today that almost never gets to happen...Sour is getting to go to church with me!  He works every single Sunday, so us going to church together isn't usually an option.  But today he doesn't have to work till the afternoon (maybe), so off to church we go.  Today is also crafting day, my adorable friends Amy and Jessica will be over this afternoon to hopefully help me finish up all the party crafts.  I worked on some yesterday.

All these sneak peaks, got you curios, huh?  Well don't worry the party is only 5 DAYS away!  Which means finding out what sweet lil nugget is, is only 4 Days away!  Oh My!  I can hardly stand it.  I have been very busy getting the house ready for the influx of people coming our way.  We are up to about 45 people!  We are overwhelmingly blessed.  I washed and cleaned out the garage yesterday.  I tidy up the backyard.  I knew that Sour would do it later on in the week, but I was getting anxious, and wanted to get it done.  I also went on a mini search for a dresser yesterday to act as the changing table.  But no such luck.  So keep your eyes open for a dresser in good condition that I can redo.  I also bought this

If I know anything about my family, its that they love to drink coffee.  Matthew and I don't drink coffee at all, and our last coffee maker pooped out on my parents, so a new one it was.  

Hope everyone has a blessed Sunday.  If you aren't in church, just be sure to really enjoy your loved ones and appreciate that God woke you up this morning.    

17 Weeks!

We have hit the 17 week mark exactly today!  But this week also marks a week till we find out what this sweet little bump is!  Here is the 17 week bump!  Yes I am barefoot and pregnant.

So we are officially in party planning mode.  I have a little craft party planned on Sunday with a couple of sweet friends to get some last minute stuff done.  We are being overly blessed by all the people that are helping put this party together which has grown to a hefty 40 people.  I can't wait to post pictures in just a little over a week.
17 Week Updates
Feeling great!!! I have big energy bursts and then I want to lie down for awhile.  Food is my friend!  But no worries to all those people out there, I really am being conscious of my eating habits and trying not to get carried away.  This does bring me to a little observation I have.  Why do people feel like they can comment on the size of your boobs, belly, butt, etc when you are pregnant?  OR comment on there might be twins in there or you might be further along!  Only when you are pregnant do people feel like they have the right to make all these comments.  Or even comment on whether or not they like your names or nursery colors you have picked out.  Okay done with that rant. Moving on!
Still loving pickles but now with the swelling, I am trying to cut down on my intake of the delicious snack.  But I have really been wanting something cold and fruity such as sno cones or popsicles. Which Willard really likes too.

Last post was about Pregnancy Brain.  Sour insisted I post this next picture and see if any one else would think it is a gun in the grass.  I did.

Seeing it again, I stand by my first reaction it looks like a gun, but he contributes it to my recent decline in IQ.

"May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all."  2 Corinthians 13:14

Pregnancy Brain...

It exist!  I am not sure if you were wondering this or not, but let me clear that up for you.  It is not a wives tale.  It is afflicting many women around the world.  My guess is that the blood has more important places to go now-a-days, so the brain gets a little left out.  Oxygen is on high restriction as well, and evidently Nugget ranks priority number 1.  I am really okay with this, but husband and co-worker, and just general company find it hilarious.
Last night, I was lying in  bed crying over the little Fab Five cuties when the husband calls me into the kitchen.  Conversation before I see the picture:
   Sour: Is there a reason the lid is off the jar of pickles?
   Me:  Not that I know of.  I haven't even had a pickle since I packed my lunch this morning.
Then it hits me, the lid has been off the jar of pickles since about 7:30 this morning.  That is approximately 14 hours that our fridge has soaked up the smell of pickle.  So the jar of pickles is so big that I don't even take it out to get the delicious snacks.  So the picture was the jar of pickles lidless on one shelf and the lid just laying on another shelf minding its own business.  So pretty much I have no sense.

Here is a ridiculous montage of the food I have eaten the past couple of days.

Thought for the Day:

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven"- Luke 6:37