Today marks 15 weeks and 5 days and I will be 16 weeks along on wednesday! Since we will be busy I wednesday I decided to update the blog now or else it wont get done for another week. Our leaves are finally changing colors here and it is such a blessing to see God's hand at work! Our road is covered with leaves and at times it is hard to see where the road goes!
As for baby updates there are a few. I have been feeling ten times better then I was during the first trimester, I think in the past 2 weeks I've only thrown up maybe 2 times which is amazing compared to doing it every day! We had a doctors appointment on our 14 week mark and it was wonderful to hear our baby's heart beat for the first time loud and clear. Its heart was pumping fast at 163 bpm. Our doctor told us we have one happy baby in there! During this appointment we were given the go ahead to make our appointment for our next ultrasound somewhere between 19-21 weeks. We have a check up appointment at 18 weeks and then exactly at 19 weeks (the day before thanksgiving) we will have an ultrasound!! I am so anxious for this day to come!!! They will check on the baby's heart to make sure it is all healthy but what were really looking forward to is finding out the sex of this little one!!! We have been brainstorming more names and have our list but will keep them a secret until the little one arrives. It is so much fun preparing for this new addition and it will get even crazier once we know the sex of the baby.
Andrew is still enjoying work and putting extra hard work in by doing some overtime to save some extra money for the baby! :-) What a good daddy!! I am still loving nannying and am becoming closer to the family every day! :-)
These past two weeks haven't been super busy for us but just enjoying every day life. Natalie Myers came to visit us for a day while visiting her grandparents but other then that not much has been going on. We have been trying out new churches which has been challenging. We still haven't found a church we feel God is leading us too but have learned so much about our beliefs, other church's beliefs, and what kind of teaching we are seeking. Please keep us in prayer as we continue to seek God's will in this area (and every area of our lives) as we search for a home church. Andrew and I have really enjoyed listening to sermons from Mars Hill Church in Seattle Washington and have even joked about moving there to go to the church.
Since the past two weeks haven't been super busy I guess its time for us to be busy! Tomorrow night Andrew's sister and two kids are coming to visit us! They haven't seen our apartment yet and it will be fun to just hang out with them! They are here until thursday night and then on Friday morning my mom and three of her friends are coming to stay with us for a shopping trip! Lets just say Andrew is very glad he was put on to work that weekend! Since he is working this coming weekend it means that we get a long weekend over Veterans Day weekend! We are so excited about that long weekend because we have no plans!!! We are trying to get a couple friends together over the weekend and it will be really fun if it happens because all of us were stationed in Hawaii together and all happen to live in this area now!
This past Friday we got a phone call from some friends in Hawaii who delivered some very heart breaking news about another close friends of ours. Our friends had lost their unborn baby girl. They were so close to the pregnancy being done and they don't know what went wrong but if you all could keep them in their prayers as they go through this tough time. It is so hard to not be in Hawaii especially at times like this when we need to be there for friends. It really hits home not only because they are close friends and we were anxiously awaiting the arrival of this little one but it hits home because of our pregnancy too. It makes me commit more to allowing God to have total control over this pregnancy and the growing life inside of me. Please keep them in your prayers over the next weeks, months, and years.
Today also marks one year since Andrew has been home from Afghanistan! I can't believe its ONLY been one year because it seems like so much has happened since then. I remember the day vividly though, how anxious all of us wives were, the sounds of the marine corps band playing as the stairs came out of the plane, and then the moment I saw my husband walk off that plane and the feeling of running into his arms once again! I am so thankful and blessed that we haven't had to deal with saying goodbye again. In fact I think since then we haven't spent a night away from each other and I would love to keep it that way! I love having my best friend, baby daddy, and husband around all the time. :-)
