Jonathan & Kristi celebrated their birthday with a vintage party. Here is how we looked. I feel like a bad secretary but whatever, I didn't have much time to plan a outfit.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Miss Hannah Miller had a birthday just a day after K's and her genius parents celebrated at a farm around horses. It was such a fun time, the kids loved it and quite honestly it looked like the adults had an awesome time too.
Happy Birthday Miss Hannah!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
So everything I've read suggests I keep a journal, and I figured since most of my family and oldest friends live far far away I could make my journal public on the blog.
My weight and waist size will start at 0 and add as I start growing. I am not sure I'll be so comfortable putting my weight in here once I am huge, so that's a good start. The picture is of the first day of week 5 but I'll write about the previous week. Here is my first entry.
Week 4
Weight - 0 Pounds
Waist - 0 Inches
Cravings: Potatoes, particularly mashed potatoes from Parkhouse Eatery in University Heights.
Dislikes: Red meat yuck
I've been making an effort to eat every four hours. I carry all organic trail mix bags with me and also baby carrot bags and munch on them every four hours. I've noticed that if I don't do that I get nausea. I have also been drinking tons of water, which is unusual for me, I am shooting for 70 oz per day and I have been meeting that goal almost every day. I want to start drinking 100 oz a day by the time I hot 3 months and 130 oz a day once I hit my 3rd trimester. The benefits of water are just so many and they are so incredible that I must drink my water daily.
I also started taking prenatal vitamins and B vitamins. I pair them with my regular E vitamins and Betacarotene. They don't make me sick or anything so tat has been wonderful. Actually the prenatal vitamins help me with my energy, I've noticed I get a little bit more energy as soon as I take them. I also started rubbing Almond oil on my body right after I shower, and I love the scent of it so that's a plus.
I haven't been feeling sick or that much pregnant aside from the obsession with potatoes and the fact that I get really really tired at random times.
There is a little bit of heartburn taking place when I eat heavy meals, and I have noticed it takes a bit too long to go away. I have been avoiding food that might be really hard to digest, but it's a bit difficult at times, on Thursday we decided to make cheese fondue, how can I say no to loads of cheese with bread and veggies?
I have been reading a lot and I have a lot of questions that friends and family have been answering. I am being more emotional than normal, I will cry if Caleb answers a question in a tone that seems harsh, and he just apologizes and hugs me even though he is not being mean.
At the beginning of the week I was feeling some cramps and it made me a bit nervous but we visited a doctor really quick at Planned Parenthood and they said they were normal. So we started the process to apply to Medi-Cal since we don't have insurance.
After being at the Medi-Cal office for 4 and a half hours they took our paperwork and asked us to come back after lunch. We did as they said and then we got called soon after that. We got approved thank God but I have to bring some paperwork we were missing. All pregnancy related medical expenses will be covered and they have the option of birthing centers!! It's such a blessing, God just provides in amazing ways.
Well that's week 4 in a nutshell. On we go to week 5!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Don't you all think our nieces are adorable? I just love them and their unique personalities. Can't wait to see them again. This pictures were taken during our thanksgiving visit to Palm Springs and the girls just modeled clothes the whole time we were there, so fun!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Yesterday my amazing husband turned 32. He says he's old all the time but he has such a young spirit I don't think he will ever be old. We had a few events and you will see pictures of those, but in the later afternoon we went to Extraordinary Desserts with my Dad, Milena and Juli and had something sweet and delicious to celebrate my absolute favorite man.
I know this is going to sound crazy but sometimes I cry when I think of Caleb. I sit at home by myself some early mornings while he is at the gym and I see the tea he made me before leaving, I think of the kiss he gave me before leaving, the words he whispers as soon as he wakes up, the prayers he prays and I can't help but cry. I feel so blessed by God, so honored He trusted me to be this amazing man's wife. This is only the 4th year we get to celebrate his birthday together and I already cannot imagine my life without him, he is my perfect complement, where I am weak he is strong, I just love him with my whole heart.
Happy Birthday Husband, I love you.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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Staying with the baby news, here is my new nephew he is so beautiful, I am so glad we finally got to meet him. Don't you all just want to squeeze him and kiss him forever? I do!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
We are expecting a little person!!!
Last Saturday I wasn't feeling all that well, I was nauseous and tired and all i wanted to do was curl up in a ball and sleep. We were still in Palm Springs celebrating Thanksgiving week and our niece's birthday so my sister in law, my step mom and I went to the store to buy some cake supplies and some pregnancy tests.
I really thought I just had eaten too much the previous days so I wasn't expecting a positive result, but I did have a little suspicion I could be pregnant.
We got home, I took one test and went to get Caleb to lock him in the bathroom with me. We talked for a few minutes, laughed at the possibility of a baby and then looked at the test. It was positive! Caleb asked me to wait to tell anyone but it was going to be hard since Angie and Milena knew I had gotten a test.
We came out, hung out with everyone and didn't say anything, but I was so nervous to go the bathroom and pee and maybe find I wasn't pregnant. After a couple hrs my sister in law just asked and we told her, she was so excited. She is wonderful, she understood my thoughts and crazy paranoia.
We told everyone else in the house, my dad, my mother in law, poppa, our brother in law, my step mom. They were all thrilled, and I was overwhelmed. I went quietly to the room and hid for a few minutes in the closet, what if this happened again? I was so sad after and my due date for that time was November 28th, 2011 so I had been thinking about it. God is amazing!
I composed myself and went outside again, everyone was so happy. We all prayed, my sister prayed for me, my mother in law prayed for me, my dad prayed for me, everyone prayed. I felt covered and protected and loved. So I sent a picture of the test to my sister in Colombia and asked her to let me call my Mom to tell her. She was ecstatic and crying and so happy and I was still concerned.
We called mom, she was at the movies but she always answers my phone calls. I told her and in the middle of a movie she started crying. She said she'd call me back in an hr. It was kind of comical.
We drove home from Palm Springs that night and as soon as I walked into the house I went to the bathroom to take another test. I was so scared and nervous. And there it was, our second positive. It felt good to see two positives. We got ready to go to bed, and Caleb and I prayed for a while before falling asleep.
Sunday we woke up early, as soon as I woke up I went in the bathroom and one more time took a test, and once again it was positive. I felt great knowing that with my first pee of the morning I was getting a positive test. Then I went back in the room and Caleb and I read the Bible, our reading plan started with Jeremiah 1 and when we got to Jeremiah 1:5 we knew God was blessing my baby.
“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
I started crying, crying has become a very common thing around these parts. God was telling me what the tests couldn't confirm, my baby was HIS, set apart and appointed by Him! We came out and told my dad, step mom and little brother. I texted my sister in Colombia, ans she cried with me. My dad remind us of the word He got the day before, earlier when he still didn't know I was pregnant. Isaiah 60:16
"Powerful kings and mighty nationswill satisfy your every need,
as though you were a child
nursing at the breast of a queen.
You will know at last that I, the Lord,
am your Savior and your Redeemer,
the Mighty One of Israel."
This little person was God's without a doubt. Somehow I still wanted those tests that say pregnant/not pregnant instead of just having the lines. I just didn't like the dim line in the other tests. So my dad went to the pharmacy and got me a box of two tests, I took one when I got home after church and took pictures of the word PREGNANT on the screen.
My dad asked me if he could put it on facebook and I asked him to wait. We were thinking of waiting until the end of December just to make sure things were going great, and my dad kept telling us we should just tell, God had already spoken. Isn't it funny how sometimes we ask for a physical confirmation when the Creator of all things has already spoken? We are silly and so faithless in our humanity.
We still wanted to wait, and then yesterday morning God directed us to Isaiah 45:23a.
"I have sworn by my own name;
I have spoken the truth,
and I will never go back on my word"
I have spoken the truth,
and I will never go back on my word"
What a slap in the face of God to want to wait. He spoke, He confirmed His word, and now He was reminding us He spoke, we did not need to wait for anything. So here we are letting everyone know we have a baby in my belly. Today we went to the doctor and she said I am due August 5, 2012, so keep us in your prayers and we will keep you posted!
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