That would describe our lives the last few months! Oh, and sick too! I think Bobby has been to the doctor three times since around Thanksgiving! And I have been twice in about the past month! Anyway, I subbed at our church's pre-school for my dear friend Tina who was on maternity leave and who happen to have her little girl, Lucy Claire, on Brianna's birthday! I want to express a huge amount of admiration to all the working moms out there! I only subbed three mornings a week and felt like there was never enough time to get everything done! I really enjoyed the experience and I do miss the kids but I am so glad to be back to my normal schedule!
Brianna had an awesome 2nd birthday! We threw her a Dora themed birthday party and she got a lot of presents. Daddy was off on her actual birthday so we took her to Build-A-Bear for the first time then out to lunch at every kids favorite place to eat McDonald's. Then there was Thanksgiving and of course the whole holiday rush.
Christmas was awesome! Brianna really got into opening presents this year! Maybe a little too much because she kept asking for more! Again, she got way too much! She helped Mommy bake Christmas cookies this year too! Now every time I need to mix anything she wants to help! Bobby was also off during the Christmas break so we got lots of family time in!
We had our first snowfall that Brianna was able to play in. Unfortunately, although she thought it was "pretty" she didn't want to play or walk in it for that matter! Oh well, one day she will love it! We also took her to see her first movie this weekend, The Princess Frog and she loved it! She wanted to go back in and watch it again after the movie was over! I told her we will buy it for her when it comes out on DVD.
We also started potty training around Christmas. She is doing pretty well! She goes most days without having any accidents but she refuses to go poopy in the potty! We are working really hard on this but I know it will happen when she is ready.
Anyway, I just wanted to update the blog! I know it has been awhile since I last posted. I hope to post some pics soon, but it may be awhile!
Welcome!
Hi! Welcome to my blog. I meant to get this up and going last spring (2007), but things were a little crazy. As some of you know Bobby & I were blessed to learn that we were pregnant with our little girl, Brianna, last April. After seven years, several miscarriages and a failed attempt to adopt we were finally going to be parents! Given our history, we were pretty anxious...and excited!
God told us that we were going to have a child of our own during our attempt to adopt. That left us with a lot of questions and decisions to make. We decided that we would try to have a baby again and see what happened with the adoption. After a failed adoption placement, we knew God did not want us to adopt. A few months later we became pregnant with Brianna.
Just to let you know how great God is, he took two people who were told it would be very difficult to have a child (due to a maternal chromosome abnormality) and had given up on the dream of having a child of their own, gave them hope and courage to try again and then blessed them with a PERFECT little girl. That is right, Brianna did not inherit my chromomal abnormality, which means she should not have any problems having children of her own one day! She was born November 23, 2007 at 7:46 am. She weighed 9 lbs 9 oz and was 20 in long.
This blog is a testimony to all God can do if you have faith in Him!
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Trick or Treat!
Unfortunately, we did not get to go Trick or Treating this year. Brianna is sick and has been running a fever since Thursday morning. She has no other symptoms but is running a fever doesn't have much of an appetite and is fussier than normal. We decided to dress her up anyway and since she didn't get to show off her ballerina costume, I thought I would share some pictures of her in it(Thanks, Tina for the tu-tu!). Isn't she cute!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Three years ago...
my life took a change of direction I had never intended. We were a year into the adoption process and had a meeting scheduled to meet a potential birth mother. We had an Encounter Service the Friday before this meeting and we went to pray about the meeting and for the young mother. In the middle of the prayer Pastor Aaron started praying in a different direction and was being very intense. We did not know what was happening but we could tell something big was happening. On that Monday, we started heading up to Indy to meet the birth mother. We were anxious but trying to enjoy the trip. We happened to notice the compass in our dash said we were heading South which was obviously not the case. We pulled off the road and try to reset it. It worked and we continued on our way. A few minutes down the road though and it said South again. We figured something must be wrong with it and we would have to get it looked at when we got home. We were about 30 minutes south of Indy and our adoption agency called and said the birth mother did not want to meet that day. We were obviously upset. We turned around and headed home. By the way, after we turned around the compass still said we were heading South.
In November, we meet Pastor Aaron and Stacey for lunch. I was having a hard time dealing with the fact that after being active with the adoption agency for over year (they normally place with in a year). Also, November is not a very good month for me...I lost my Grandma, and an uncle, both of which I was very close to during this month. Our first baby died during November (it was not confirmed until December) and we found out our second baby had died in November. During the meeting, Pastor Aaron said he had something to tell us. He said that night when he was praying with God told him that we were going to have a child of our own! He said he didn't know what we were supposed to do about the adoption or if we would have any more miscarriages but that God intended for us to have a baby of our own. We prayed about it and felt that that was what God wanted us to do.
A few weeks later, we get a call about a potential placement. And a few days after that, they call us about another and better placement. It appeared that we were going to be getting a baby very soon! We started preparing for the arrival of our little boy. The day we were supposed to head to Indy to prepare for the baby's birth our agency called and said that the birth mother had changed her mind...we were not going to be getting a baby. We were devastated. I hurt as much as any of our miscarriages. After praying awhile about the adoption, we decided that God did not attend for us to adopt.
In March, we discovered that we were pregnant! We were obviously excited and nervous. The pregnancy was not easy for us. I enjoyed it immensely but we were always afraid. But God got us through and blessed us with a beautiful and perfectly healthy baby girl.
I am writing this because I often forget the little ways God was with us during our journey. I am often dumbfounded about the situation with the compass...He didn't want us to adopt and he was trying to tell us to turn around and head South, or home. I wish we would have been observant enough to pick up on it, but we were not. But I do think the next time my compass seems to be on the fritz, I will head the direction it is saying...God might be giving me directions!
In November, we meet Pastor Aaron and Stacey for lunch. I was having a hard time dealing with the fact that after being active with the adoption agency for over year (they normally place with in a year). Also, November is not a very good month for me...I lost my Grandma, and an uncle, both of which I was very close to during this month. Our first baby died during November (it was not confirmed until December) and we found out our second baby had died in November. During the meeting, Pastor Aaron said he had something to tell us. He said that night when he was praying with God told him that we were going to have a child of our own! He said he didn't know what we were supposed to do about the adoption or if we would have any more miscarriages but that God intended for us to have a baby of our own. We prayed about it and felt that that was what God wanted us to do.
A few weeks later, we get a call about a potential placement. And a few days after that, they call us about another and better placement. It appeared that we were going to be getting a baby very soon! We started preparing for the arrival of our little boy. The day we were supposed to head to Indy to prepare for the baby's birth our agency called and said that the birth mother had changed her mind...we were not going to be getting a baby. We were devastated. I hurt as much as any of our miscarriages. After praying awhile about the adoption, we decided that God did not attend for us to adopt.
In March, we discovered that we were pregnant! We were obviously excited and nervous. The pregnancy was not easy for us. I enjoyed it immensely but we were always afraid. But God got us through and blessed us with a beautiful and perfectly healthy baby girl.
I am writing this because I often forget the little ways God was with us during our journey. I am often dumbfounded about the situation with the compass...He didn't want us to adopt and he was trying to tell us to turn around and head South, or home. I wish we would have been observant enough to pick up on it, but we were not. But I do think the next time my compass seems to be on the fritz, I will head the direction it is saying...God might be giving me directions!
Monday, September 7, 2009
Random Summer Pics
Here are the pictures I promised you a little while ago! I got caught up working on Brianna's scrapbook so now that it is up to date so I figured I better post some pics for everyone! Most are of Brianna enjoying summer or with one of her new milestones (sleeping in a big girl bed and potty training) but I had to slip in a few of my new van. Hey, I wouldn't be driving a van if I didn't have a little one, would I? Enjoy the pics!
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