Ack Attack News

Summertime when the living's easy...

2009-06-28T15:10:00.006-04:00

Look really closely to see this baby frog in our back yard!!

Bray Enjoying his pool....

He got a little burnt this day...opps, sorry bray baby!!

This was at my dad's company picnic at Tanglewood. Brayden really loved this chocolate icream that his zanny was feeding him!!

Youngest sissy sal, she's so pretty!!

Bray in the car with his blankies, "bluie, and other guy"!

Swimming Lessons

2009-06-26T11:57:00.012-04:00

I used to be a competitive swimmer. I really loved swimming and felt "at home" in the pool.

But then I grew up, went to college, got busy, had a baby and didn't really get to swim much anymore.

Earlier this Spring Steven and I were discussing things we were really passionate about, other than each other, family, friends, and jobs. We went on to discuss things that we feel like we were just blessed with and felt alive while we were doing. I mentioned swimming was one for me and then I started re-living swimming memories!

From there we decided to get online and look at the YMCA's website since we wanted a Y membership. Well it was rather expensive and that did not fit into our meager budget. Soooo, we happened to look on the Job Posting link and what do ya know?? There were swim lesson instructor position available!! Wahoo it seemed like it would be a perfect fit for me, combining my passion for swimming, with my teaching abilities and love for kids!!

Well I started out in April teaching two classes on Tues/Thursday nights. It was fun...But a lot of work. I realized that it was actually kind of difficult for me to "teach" something that came so natural to me. I don't even remember learning to swim or know if I ever even took lessons, I just know how to swim.

So besides getting a free Y membership, getting paid (a little), getting out of the house, teaching, and getting some exercise this new little hobby job has given me a lot more. Its given me some lessons in faith! First it was totally out of God's providence that Steven and I had this conversation, looked at the website, and I got this job. It has been such a good outlet for me and I have learned more than I think I am actually teaching. Second lesson in faith is that learning to swim, takes some faith and trust. These kids who have never swam or are scared of the water have to trust the person teaching them literally with their lives. I have had three brothers in my class this month who would barely get their heads wet the first class. They were so scared and had to put their faith in me and my abilities. At first it was so hard for me to get them to do ANYTHING. I was thinking, "O great, how am I going to teach them anything?!?! But as time went on, they starting trusting me and were willing to try new things, such as put their heads in the water, (which is kinda of essential to learning to swim!)

Our daily faith can be related to this lesson in swimming. We have to put our trust in God, that he knows best the plan for our lives. Just like me teaching kids how to swim, since I know how to swim, God is showing us how to "swim through life" we just have to be obedient to what he asks us to do!

Father's Day 2009

2009-06-21T07:50:00.023-04:00

Happy Father's Day to All the daddies out there, especially my dad and my baby's daddy!

This could be a hard day for lots of people out there. I know not all dads are perfect or even a part of their children's lives and that makes my heart hurt for people like this.

My dad was not and is not perfect...however he did A LOT of things RIGHT.

Reasons I love my dad:

-He hugged me, and still does
-He told me he loves me, and still does
-He tried to fix my hair and put bows in it when mom was gone, doesn't anymore, I don't really wear bows
-He cheered me on in all my endeavors, and of course still does
-He modeled Christ-like love for me, my sisters, and my mom
-He played with me
-He protected me
-He studied with me
-He talked to me
-He disciplined me
-He "interviewed" my boyfriends--which were only about 2 or 3 since I dated Steven for 6+ years and got married

He rides a Harley, yes and he loves his Grandson!

As the article in the newspaper said back in 1983, "He's more than the man that came to dinner" and that was so true! I am so lucky and blessed to have a loving and involved father like the one I had. If everyone could have a daddy like you I think the world would be a lot better place, and kids would be on the right track! I love you daddy. Love your Emidy

Now this brings me to praise my husband, who is also my baby's daddy. (The reason I am referring to him in this manner is because this is how he told our youth group that I was pregnant...."I'm gonna be her baby's daddy!" Funny moment!)

I love Steven for many reasons and he is definetly a lot like my dad in many ways...he is not perfect, but pretty close!

Reasons I love Steven as a Daddy:

-He is more than the man that comes to dinner
-He is involved
-He plays with Brayden
-He feeds, clothes, bathes, changes stinky diapers and all of the above
-He does whatever he can to help out and love on me and Bray
-He provides for us
-He makes time for Brayden
-He stays at home alone with Brayden (some dads don't do that with little ones)
-He strives to put Christ first
-He models Christ-like love to us
-He hugs, kisses, and wrestles Bray
-He tells Brayden that he loves him
-He does a WHOLE heck of a lot of things I think a lot of men don't, which I believe makes Steven more of a man
-He got up in the middle of the night to feed Brayden
-He cup fed and syrigne fed brayden for me in the first fews days of Brayden's life
-He does a lot, he is a lot, and he means the world to me and I know to Bray.

I believe that there are some things baby boys just can't learn from mommies. Don't get me wrong, moms mean a whole lot to babies. But for example I can't teach Brayden how to be a man, I'm NOT a man and I don't know how to be one. So, Steven I am glad this is your job and one you are willing and wholeheartedly doing a great job. You are a great dad, and its so fun to see you doing this natural "job"! I love you and appreciate all you do for our family.

Now for a little picture action of Steven at work being a daddy!

Playing on the couch.....

Working on tech skills...

Snuggling after an early morning feeding....

First moments as a daddy....

Sleeping on the couch....

Not afraid to push that stroller....

Helping Bray eat...

Playing at the park!!

Shoulder Ride....

Sledding in the Kitty littler box...

O summertime how I love thee (sometimes)...

2009-06-20T21:35:00.007-04:00

Today was a great summertime day. We went to a picnic at Tanglewood. Played, ate, and ate some more. Took naps in the nice AC and topped off the day by going to the pool. However all this was done on this HOT summertime day without our Steven, husband and father, and that just made it half the fun. I love my husband and I love to spend time with him (Quality Time is my love languages.) If you don't know what that means click here to learn more about Gary Chapman's 5 love languages! (It could change your love life or marriage!)

But since Steven is a youth pastor most of his summer days are spent hanging out with Youth (duh) or going away on trips. And today was the start of one of the 4 weeks that he will be gone this summer. I know this is not bad considering how often some men, husbands, or fathers travel but it just makes it even harder for me since this is my SLOWEST time of year, being a teacher and all. Anyways I guess I am thankful that this year I don't have a four week old baby by myself to get up with in the night and nurse. Now I have a 1 year old to play with all day!!! I'm also sad that Steven wont be here for Father's day, however once again I am also very thankful he is not fighting the war in Iraq or Afganistan...I can do 4 weeks!!!

Love you Steven and we BOTH miss you!!!

This picture is totally unrelated to this post....I just like it! (I do have some from the summertime picnic I just haven't uploaded them yet.)

Centering That Picture!!

2009-06-20T10:53:00.003-04:00

I dont really know blogger and all the tricks of the trade yet....

HOW CAN I center that picture in the "header" where my blog title and description are?? It just doesn't look right! Will someone please help!

3 Posts in one day...what what!!

2009-06-19T16:09:00.014-04:00

here are two side dishes we are having tonight with our beef tenderloin:

Potato Casserole:

2 baking taters-peeled and sliced
1 can cream of celery
dash or so of milk (or water) to thin out the soup
1 onion-sliced
Cheddar cheese, lots!
salt, pepper, and Tony's to seaon

Cut taters and onions in small slices. Layer in greased baking dish. Layer about 1/2 of the potatoes and onions, then sprikle with soup mixture and cheese. Layer again with taters and onions then add rest of soup mixture and top with cheese.

Bake at 350 or so for about 1 hour or until nice and bubbly.

Picture Before Cooking:

Second Dish:

Spincah Stuffed Onions - A good way to get a little green in your diet!

2-3 onions
1-2 packs of frozen spinach
parm cheese, I used both grated and fresh
Miracle Whip, I used the lite version
salt, pepper, garlic salt, tony's, and nutmeg to taste (I did not measure any of these)

Par boil onions with skins off for about 15 min. Let cool.

Cut tops and bottoms off par boiled onions. Place in baking dish.

Next, chop onion centers and sautee in butter along with the two packs of spinach.

Add spices to taste.

Then add the stuff that makes the nutritional value of the spinach decrease, I didnt measure, just added till it looked good.

Next stuff your original onions, (with centers removed, I think I forgot to mention that earlier.)

And bake for about 20 or so minutes at 350 just to warm them up! Here is the picture before baking!

These are one of Steven's favorites and I don't think he had even eaten spinach before he met me!! Hahah!

Ideas...

2009-06-19T11:14:00.005-04:00

Here are just a couple ideas for me to remember things I want to blog about--

-Brayden, mommyhood, parenthood...
-Steven, marriage
-Family
-Gardening, Flowers
-Cooking
-Swimming lessons
-Adventures
-Faith
-Trips/Travel
-Teaching
-Math/Science
-Photography-I'm not a professional or anything but just got a sweet new camera!

Speaking of photography, and gardening, here are some pictures of flowers in our yard, taken with our sweet new Nikon D60. We love it!

I believe the flowers pictured here are petunia's, lantana (sp?), geraniums, and maybe some others!

9 months

2009-06-19T11:00:00.004-04:00

Ok, Woah....long time since I have posted anything on here...But I think I am inspired to start back on this bloggin thing.

I just don't know what to blog about sometimes. I see all these cute blogs and people who blog about their children, their hobbies, cooking, cleaning, ANYTHING! And I guess that is key...you can truly blog about most anything. What has really drawn me in these last couple month to the bloggin world is reading about these families out there who are having major difficulties and struggles with their little newborn babies. It is just so sad, yet encouraging to see how they are dealing with these issues that arrise in life.

So here is to a new start back into the blogging world. I need some time to think about where to start and catch up on these last nine months since I last blogged!

Heres to just writing my thoughts out, documenting life (no matter how boring it may be), and just having a new hobby in general-- BLOGGING. I'm Back!

Now How do I make this thing cuter?!?!?!

How fast they grow...

2008-09-19T10:01:00.002-04:00

3 days old...first day at home!

A week or so old...compare this one to the other bobby pics!

Seven Weeks old at the beach!

2 months old....

2 1/2 months at Lake Norman

Three months old in his green chair!

Rolling over already....Sept 9th

2008-09-13T08:46:00.006-04:00

I have to admit I am a pretty proud parent. This week Bray has learned to roll from his tummy to his back. But I also have to admit that its because he sleeps on his tummy which pediatricians do not recommend since the risk of SIDS is higher when babies sleep on their tummies. This has been an inner struggle for me the whole time...doing something I knew was not the "best".

I did not plan on Brayden sleeping on his tummy...actually when my 14 year old student, (who became a mother 2 months before me) told me she put her baby to sleep on her tummy I was shocked! For the first couple weeks Brayden could sleep anywhere anytime. At about his fourth week of life he was getting a little harder to get down for naps during the day. One day I was at my parents house and I left and went to the gym while my mom was watching Bray. She put him down for a nap and when I came home I went to check on him and what did I find...my little baby sleeping soundly on his tummy. I was like "Mom! You know they are not supposed to sleep on their tummies!" She of course said yes but that me and my two sisters all slept on our tummies. (If you were born during the 70's or 80's like me, that was a time period where doctors told mothers to let babies sleep on their tummies.) So anyways after this nap where Brayden slept great we slowly transitioned him to sleeping on his stomach. We learned that Brayden actually wanted to be and liked his tummy better. At night we would lay him in his crib on his back for a while. He would be fine and so we would let him lay there for 30-40 minutes. Eventually he would start "talking"...we would come in flip him over to his tummy and his eyes would literally shut. Now when we lay him down on his back at night he immediately starts fussing or "yelling" at us--and I believe this is his way of saying come turn me over. Anyways, all this to say that I have learned as a parent I decide what is best for my kids. Sometimes you just have to do what works. Brayden sleeps great on his tummy, takes good naps, and sleeps through the night. So ultimately yes I am doing something that is not recommended, however I think if I did what was recommended, I think I would have a baby who never sleeps!!! My life as a mother would be a whole lot more stressful and crazy if he did not sleep well. Ultimately I just have to trust God that my little Bray will be ok, and God already knows the whole course that Bray's life will take.

All this to say...babies who sleep on their tummies roll over sooner then babies who sleep on their backs. Last weekend I was looking through my own baby book where my mother chronicled that one night she had to get up with me two times because I had rolled over and could not go back to sleep. It was so funny because that next week I had to do the same thing with Bray. At 4 am one morning I heard him talking...and I thought hmmm, this is odd. I went in and I saw the cutest little face staring up at me. I was so shocked I ran back into the bedroom and called for Steven to come here. Of course Steven thought something was wrong and I had to calm him down. It was so cute to see little Bray there in his crib looking up at us! We were such proud parents. (Its amazing at how you get so excited about such little things!) Congrats Brayden on your accomplishment. (Now you just need to learn how to get back to your tummy so we don't have to get up in the middle of the night! :-)

Brayden doesn't get tummy time, he gets back time!

He loves splishy splashy time! All wrapped up!

3 months already!

2008-09-06T21:38:00.005-04:00

Wow, I cannot believe I have already been a mom for three months. The time has flown by and I have learned so much. I have absolutely loved every (mostly every) minute of motherhood to my precious baby boy. Things I have learned:

-That I no longer come first--Brayden's needs take precedence to my own. If I am hungry, but its time for him to eat, he gets to eat first.
-Patience-Not to wish each stage away just so he'll be at the next
-Time management-how to get ready in less than 20 minutes or how to look decent without taking a shower
-How to do things with one hand
-Unconditional love-Even through all the crying, spit-ups, middle of the night feedings, diapers, stressful moments, moments of not know what to do I love this boy with all of my being. It doesn't matter if he has been crying 1 hour straight I would still do anything for him. I truly cannot express the love that a parent has for their child, besides unconditional...and just think, how Christ loves us even more than we can love our own children!

Brayden is now three months old and he is doing great! He in about 25 inches long and we are guessing somewhere around 13 lbs. He weighed 11 lbs. 10 oz at 9 weeks and we have not weighed him since. He is sleeping through the night (praise God) and has been since about 8 1/2 weeks or so. He is smiling and giggling at us now and it is so fun to see his personality coming out. He loves looking at people and bright lights or colors. Papa Rick Reed can get him to talk the longest and it is so cute to see. Here are some recent pictures of Bray around three months!

More of the Story...

2008-07-29T09:43:00.006-04:00

Anyways it was getting near the end of school, I was pregnant, huge, and miserable. I was so ready to be away from school and the kids that I prayed every day this would be the day our baby boy would make his entrance. Everyone talks about the first few weeks of pregnancy being so hard but no one tells you how bad the last few weeks are.

Well it was a Wednesday night and Steven had church so I watered my whole yard and then went to sleep. I was planning on going to our end of the year field trip with my school kids the next day. (Steven was planning on going too, incase anything happened with me.) About 1 am I woke up and felt really hot and sweaty. I asked Steven to feel under me because I thought my water had broke. Well as it turns out it hadn't...we had just put a new plastic water-proof mattress cover on our mattress and it was just making me sweat really bad. So with that I turned over and went back to sleep. Exactly 2 hours later at 3 am I woke up with the strangest feeling. I woke Steven up and said, "Steven I think my water just broke!" With that announcement he popped straight up out of bed. I said its ok, we can take our time I feel fine. So we did. We called the doc and he said to go ahead and go to the hospital. We showered and got a few things together and at 4 am we were headed to Forsyth. The ride to the hospital was surreal...knowing that we would eventually have a child in our arms was crazy.

I had not actually started contracting very badly so I was able to relax and walk in the hospital calmly (more so than Steven). We called our parents and announced the news that we were going to go have our baby and they were both ecstatic. Well, we checked into LDR and I was put in triage for forever since I was not actively contracting. Finally after five boring hours and some prodding with nurses I was put into a nice LDR suite. At Forsyth they have recently re-done the LDR rooms and they are really nice and huge. About 9:15 am they came and checked me and decided to start me on Petocin because I really was not in labor. Petocin is a drug that helps induce labor and make your body contract. I had thought I would try to be drug free and forego the epidural, however they say that Petocin makes your contractions worse. So I had an epidural at about 3:30 that afternoon because my contractions were getting really intense. Fortunately the Petocin was able to help my body relax enough and it actually sped up my dialation! However it also made Brayden's heart rate drop once I was about 8 cm. I remember the machine thing started beeping a nurse popped in immediately. She looked at what was going on and then explained it to me. When she left I started crying and said that I just wanted this baby out now. They ended up taking me off of petocin for a hour or so to monitor Bray. Then the doctors decided they had to put me back on it to help my labor get to the last stage. Once I was about nine cm, they came in and checked me and said that Brayden had turned and he was facing the wall instead of down. I was really upset at this point. Here I had labored to 9 cm and I thought I was going to end of having a C-section. I remember praying for God to turn that baby and get him here. Finally around 8:30 on Thursday night I suddenly felt this overwhelming urge to push. Steven's mom and my mom were in the room and Steven looked over to them and said "See ya when the baby gets here." They left and I pushed for 1 hour and 7 minutes and Brayden was born at 9:47 pm! He weighed in at 7lbs. 1 oz. and 21 inches long. Here are some pics of the fresh Brayden Ackley.

Me feeling pretty good and texting friends and family to update them.

Brayden a little more cleaned up.

First Born hugs!

N......C.....State. NC STATE!

Getting him warm in the hospital.

Daddy dressing Bray to go home!

Bray and mommy ready to go home!

7 weeks already!

2008-07-26T12:54:00.004-04:00

Whew, this last seven weeks have flown by yet been very slow and tiring. I just now have had the time to sit down and write and reflect on these past two months....so lets start from the end of school.

I was measuring pretty large, actually I was measuring two weeks over what I should have been which was ok but the doctors wanted to check things out. So I had another ultrasound because they thought baby Bray was extra huge. What ended up being the case was that he was normal size when they measured me but I had a whole lot of extra amniotic fluid in there which was making me so big. They said everything looked ok but they would do anther ultrasound in a week. (At this point I was about 38 weeks along.) In the meantime I talked to one of my med school friends (Jenn Wilson) and told her of my latest pregnancy news. Around the same time Casey did some research on extra amniotic fluid in the womb and the results did not look so good. Jenn also did not tell me of all the problems associated with this. Casey was quite worried and Jenn told me after Bray arrived safely of all the horrible conditions such as the intestine's of the baby developing outside of his abdomen.

Here are a couple pictures of how huge I was. Things that were said to me a million of times by all sorts of different people..."Are you sure you are not having twins"...."You still have not had that Baby"...."You look like you are going to POP!" Wow, being a huge pregnant person taught me SO many things NOT to say to a pregnant woman. Advice to all: Just say wow you look so great or cute, don't comment of her size! :-)

I will have to finish my entry later because Bray is waking up and it is time to eat!

2008-06-03T19:54:00.000-04:00

We are down to single digit days!!

2008-06-03T08:40:00.003-04:00

I can't believe it is June 3rd and we are less than 10 days away from our due date. However, I can only remind myself this is just an expected date and sometimes babies don't always come on the date the doctor prescribed. This is a very trying and testing time on my patience. I am still teaching full time and wanting this baby to get here soon. The students are getting on my nerves, my feet are swelling, and a I feel like a whale on steriods. With all these things to complain about, I really can't complain at all. My pregnancy has gone so well and I am extrememly thankful. Hopefully in the next few days we can be posting that Baby Ackley has arrived and be calling him is real name!!

Can't wait to see you soon baby!!!

30 weeks with 10 more to Go

2008-03-31T17:13:00.002-04:00

Wow, I have gotten behind in my blogging. But hopefully once the baby comes I can use this to keep everybody posted on how he is doing!

I am now about 30 weeks along in my pregnancy which means only about 10 more. I can't believe that in 2 months my life will change forever. I know this child will teach me about my own selfishness and show me how to depend on God more than ever. I try to imagine what it will be like to hold this bundle of joy in my arms and know he is my flesh and blood and I just can't wrap my mind around it.

Today we went to the doctor for my Diabetes test and for another ultra sound. I had heard horror stories of how the drink they use to test you blood was so awful. I did not think it was that bad, but if you know me, you know I like sugar. Well anyways some time went by and I went back for my ultrasound to check my uterus. Once she finished looking at the baby I was like oh no, I don't feel so good. I think if I had stood up at that moment I would have passed out. But thankfully I didn't!! It was quite a weird feeling though. And also my placenta has moved up with the baby so a natural birth should be in order now.

Once again I am amazed with God's grace and goodness to me during this pregnancy. As I have all these worries and fears about delivery, being a mom, and supporting a child God always comes to the rescue and calms my fears. I am so thankful that there is someone bigger than me out there controlling all of life's issues.

Oh yeah, we got to see a pretty good view of Baby Ackley's face today in the ultrasound, it was so cute. The technician doing the ultrasound said he had nice round checks. I am sure he will be a chubby baby. I can't wait to meet you little Peanut Ackley!!

A testimony of Love

2007-12-21T10:58:00.000-05:00

Two weeks ago today a wonderful guy named Marc Holton passed away. While he left this planet I am certain that he is in Heaven now, a far better place than this earth we call home. It's just hard to understand why God would take a guy so young with so much potential? I found myself asking "Why God?" when I found out the terrible news. While I can't understand God's plan in all of this, as I am sure many others can't as well, I can take comfort in the fact that HE is God and I am not. To us, death is such a terrible thing (and it is don't get me wrong), but in reality for believers in Christ Jesus they get to go home and see their Maker...what a wonderful thing that is.

When we went to Marc's memorial on Sunday I was still in shock that a friend, young person my age was being laid to rest. As the service progressed God's presence was evident. The words spoken about Marc--how he touched so many lives, made so many people smile, and shared Christ's Love with so many around him, was an incredible testimony to the Love Marc had for Christ. I believe this is the legacy Marc Holton would have wanted to leave here on earth, although I am sure he hadn't planned on leaving quite so early.

Marc- I know that God was glorified through your life, and death. I know we will see your big smile again one day. I will miss your big laugh and playing rook with you at camp, although I am sure we will have a lot of time for that in Heaven. :) I know God said to you when you entered Heaven "Well done my good and faithful servant." And I am saying the same thing--your life inspired me to live and love a better life.

See ya later!

The sad things in life...

2007-12-01T07:42:00.000-05:00

As I read all these books about pregnancy I see the importance of getting good prenatal care, eating healthy, and taking your prenatal vitamins. Which brings me to think about my 7th grade student who is 13…. she is a couple months ahead of me. I am guessing she will probably have her baby in March or April. Can you imagine…being thirteen and getting ready to have a baby? I am having a hard time imagining how this will all work out at 25 and I have a husband. This poor young girl hardly ever comes to school, sleeps when she comes and lives in one of the worst projects in Winston-Salem. I wonder if she is getting the good prenatal care all pregnant women deserve?

On another non-pregnancy note we just found out my 83 year old grandfather has Alzheimer’s. We knew he had been losing his memory for a while now, but he has finally seen a doctor that has announced the news. My grandfather’s reaction to the doctor’s statement is “I am not brain dead, that doctor said I am brain dead.” My grandfather I guess thinks nothing is wrong with him, but his short-term memory is defiantly going. He always has to ask my grandmother what day it is and he has been getting up at 12 midnight thinking it is time to start his day.

Recently he has been taking medication for his Alzheimer, but the doctor told him he could not drive…what??? He could not understand why he couldn’t drive. He said without being able to drive he could not go to work on the farm and he might as well die. This is a man who for 83 years has worked—physically on golf courses as the superintendent, and on my cousins’ farm for everyday of his life, probably at least 12 hours a day. This man defines himself by his work.

What is hardest for me…is not that he doesn’t know who I am—I am sure that will come, but is to see him suffer. He cries at night because he knows he is losing it. My grandmother is a great woman and she has stood beside papaw for 60 long years, but she is suffering. My mom, (who is also a lot like her father) a tough, strong woman is suffering. It’s hard to see those you love so much struggle, and feel so much pain that they don’t know what to do.

Life is a crazy thing...

2007-11-30T15:55:00.000-05:00

Well this is our first blog…and I guess it is also more of a journal as well! We figured this would be another outlet to keep up with people…and just another thing to waste time on. ☺

Life has been going well, with a lot of ups and downs, but it wouldn’t make for a fun ride if it weren’t that way. At the beginning of the school year I sat in my principal’s office and discussed the upcoming school year. He asked about how Steven was doing in seminary and how our life was going. (He is a very caring and personable guy.) We proceeded to talk about children and us having them one day while I casually mentioned “Oh that’s a long way off for us.” Little did I know that I was probably already pregnant!! A couple months later I told my principal, “I need to talk with you for a minute,” I went on to tell him how life was a funny thing and that I spoke too soon about not having children for a while. I told him I was going to be a mom and that fortunately it would be happening around June 12th (school gets out June 6th)!!

So anyways, the news is true if you have or haven’t heard it! Steven and I are excepting a precious baby in June 2008. I am sorry if we could not tell you in person, but with technology these days there is no telling how fast news spreads!!

We are super excited to add this new joy and blessing to our lives, but also scared to death at the same time. I know God will provide for all our needs, but it is scary to think of all the “how’s!”

I am now a little over 12 weeks, almost done with the first trimester, Yay! And fortunately for me I feel like I am not the average pregnant woman, being that I have literally had no morning sickness. Thanks God! Just a little nausea and a lot of tiredness, so I am extremely thankful for that! In January we should be able to know the sex of our baby and that will be another crazy milestone.

Enough for now!