Goodbye January

I hate to see the year going by so fast already.  I have no clue where January went.  I swear it was just New Year's Day and then we were just returning to work!  I wonder why it seems like the older we get, the quicker time goes by.  I use to think it was because we got busier as we got older, but I have slowed down significantly the past several months.  Time is still ticking by so fast.  I don't mind it so much now because it brings me closer to many things, but I wish there was a way to slow it down come May.  So many wonderful things are happening this year (for me and friends).

Bunko girls are the best

This past Tuesday night was our January Bunko meeting.  I was surprised with a house warming shower before the games began.  It was a great surprise and I got lots of really pretty and useful things for my house.  Micah even got a sweet pair of pants.  I never in  a million years thought anyone would throw us a house warming.  My Bunko girls are the best!

New Blog

Since this blog has morphed into talking about Micah (and he isn't even here) I decided to create a blog dedicated especially to him.  Growing up Micah will share milestones and such for Micah.  Please feel free to follow his journey growing up.  It is sure to be an exciting one!  His estimated arrival is only 99 days away!

Pregnancy pictures

We've been having pregnancy pictures done with Kim Kelley Photography.  She's been doing a great job.  We started at 18 weeks and have been going for "progress" pictures every four weeks.  She is doing an amazing job.  A sample of her work is below.

Photo from 18 week session with Kim Kelley Photography.

Jamie and Cyrena

Hijacked image of Jamie and Cyrena before deployment

I just wanted to take a moment to say how great it is to have people who are willing to serve where they are needed in the military.  Our good friend, Jamie, was deployed this morning.  It is sad to have to see couples separated for long periods of time and my heart goes out to all couples, but especially to my friends in that situation.  We love you Jamie and Cyrena!

Sharing pregnancy with others

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about how blessed Scott and I are.  We are blessed through our blessings and the blessings of others.  How?  Well, I always wanted to be able to have friends and family pregnant at the same time as me so that my child would be fortunate enough to grow up with lots of little friends and cousins around the same age.  As I continued to get older, losing hope of pregnancy and thinking more and more of adoption, I began to think my child would not have any friends his age until beginning school.  Lo and behold, Micah will have many little friends his age to play with.  I actually think more women are pregnant at the same time than I have ever known to be pregnant (not to mention the babies born right before God blessed us with pregnancy).  What is even more of a blessing for us is that two of the couples who are pregnant have struggled with infertility, much like Scott and I have.  Knowing that, how can anyone not believe in miracles?  I love being able to share pregnancy with others.  Praise the Lord for miracles and blessings!  I wouldn't want it any other way!

On a side note...I grew up around mostly little boys.  It's beginning to look like Micah might have just the opposite situation.  One of my best friends had a little girl three months ago and my next door neighbor is pregnant with a girl.  One of my other friends who is pregnant, I have a feeling will have a little girl (she will find out soon).  Either way, he will be blessed with friends.

Update:  I was wrong about my friend.  She is having a little boy!

Micah's Nursery

Scott and I spent several days of the Christmas break working on preparing Micah's room.  My only wish for Christmas was to get as much of the room completed as possible.

Scott worked diligently on painting Micah's room.

 After buying Micah's crib with Christmas money, Scott played the good Dad and put it together after working 32 hours (not to mention the 7 stitches in his hand).

Real men read directions!

Making sure everything is in place.

Making sure all screws are tight.

The finished product.

And the matching dresser

The tree wall decal put the nursery on halt.  I had an idea of where I wanted everything but I wasn't sure how much room the tree was going to take.  If finally came in 3 days after the latest it was suppose to get here.  That morning I put tape to mark where I wanted everything on the walls.  There are still a few touches that are missing from the nursery...dresser, changing pad, etc., etc.  We have a quote above the crib expressing how we feel about Micah.  Now I'm just waiting on Scott to hang things on the wall and build me a valance.  Once that is done we will have all we can do to the nursery at this point done.