Pregnancy Update: Gender Reveal

Pregnancy Update: Gender Reveal

My husband and I {okay, mostly me} wanted to splurge since this is our first baby and do an early gender reveal ultrasound!  We went to an elective ultrasound business at 16 weeks to find out the gender of our baby - and we invited our family to join us.  You may have caught on to our baby gender already by me dropping it throughout previous posts, but I just finished editing the ultrasound video. Without further adieu... we are so excited to welcome a baby.... {scroll down for spoiler!} ... ... ...…Read more …
Pregnancy Journal Update: 6 Weeks

Pregnancy Journal Update: 6 Weeks

Date: 4/5/16 *1st trimester* 6 weeks Weight: I DON’T EVEN CARE lbs. It is incredible that just two weeks ago baby was the size of a poppy seed but this week has grown to the size of a blueberry. God is truly incredible… and I am feeling especially connected to the concept of God making beautiful things out of the dust! In the past few weeks, the baby has gone from a miniscule ball of cells to an adorable little tadpole with functioning body systems {including a heartbeat}. Isn’t that incredible?! In my…Read more …
All the Pregnancy Updates

All the Pregnancy Updates

We are so excited to finally share our pregnancy with you {except the fatigue - I don't want to share that!}.  I wanted to create one page with all of our pregnancy updates so that you can easily read all about our precious baby!  Our baby is due around Thanksgiving 2016 {depending on which calculator is used, it's either the day before Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving day}.  Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and we have SO MUCH more to be thankful for this year!  We were married and trying to conceive for about a…Read more …
Expectations vs Reality

Expectations vs Reality

Hubby and I got married just over a year ago.  Our honeymoon wasn’t a walk on the beach, literally or figuratively.  We got married, then spent our honeymoon attending the wedding of some of Hubby’s good friends in another state.  The only way to financially afford a honeymoon and a cross-country wedding trip in the same year was to make the two trips one – so we did.  We flew out two weeks after our wedding, spent a few days visiting Hubby’s old stompin’ ground {where he went to college}, road tripped for…Read more …
Finding God’s Peace in the Midst of Life’s Pain

Finding God’s Peace in the Midst of Life’s Pain

I know they say not to cry over spilled milk, but what about crying over scraped cabinets?  I haven't shared anything faith-based with you guys lately, but God smacked me in the face with a lesson this weekend and I have really felt it on my heart to share!  Have you ever struggled with finding God's peace? I have been refinishing the kitchen cabinets for our new house.  This process has not been a quick one - I started with hours upon hours upon hours of research {ahem, thank you Pinterest}.  I cleaned…Read more …