Counting my blessings 2011 day 2

Today I am counting 5 more blessings in my life.

1. Im so blessed to always have HIM, my God, to talk to and comfort me
2. Im blessed to have good, caring friendships
3. We are blessed to have even a LITTLE rain this morning
4. Im so blessed to have a sweater to keep me warm
5. Im so blessed to have the ability to work

counting my blessings

So amongst all the craziness going on around us, we tend to forget just how incredibly blessed we are. Thinking about this today made me think I should really count my blessings! So I have decided to share 5 blessings every day! Maybe you can share too and we can all open each others eyes to all the blessings around us every day and focus more on the positive, all the Wonderful things God hass given us, instead of the negativity.

Sometimes I think we need to help each other out when it comes to counting the countless blessings...I might realize a blessing you havent thought of! SO 5 every day I will share :)

1. My husband, Luke.



2. This tiny miracle growing in my belly.



3. My amazing parents, and all they taught and continue to teach me.



4. Alli, our furbaby.



5. The fact that we're employed.



Have you counted your blessings today?



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Mi Vida Loca

Life is CrAzY right now! I confess, I haven’t been the best friend, daughter or sister lately….I’m completely absorbed in what is going on right here in my little cubicle of the world!

I found Out I am pregnant just before I started this new job, and I didn’t even get to my first Dr appointment until a few weeks after I started my new job, so I was panicked about insurance for a while. We have SO much going on, even if it looks like we do nothing. We live in this little apartment that we’re going to have to do a total and complete overhaul on to make room for baby. Which means I’m probably going to have a lot of things for sale soon. Not to mention I’m pretty much a hormonal nightmare part of the time and absolutely exhausted all of the time. Neither of us have slept very good lately so that has added to the moodiness.

When I get home at night we eat dinner and go to bed pretty much, I don’t even take my phone out of my purse half the time.

SO to those I’ve neglected, I’m sorry…hopefully this ridiculous exhaustion is on its way out! People keep saying around 13-14 weeks the energy comes back! Im banking on that!

Don’t get me wrong here, I’m not complaining! J Just explaining!

I go back to the doctor next week for a NT scan and check up. We’re hoping my blood pressure stays low, I have been monitoring it at home and work and it has been right at what it should be. So that is good news!

Also in pregnancy updates I am hungry ALL THE TIME and seriously think I’m going to pass out if I don’t eat every 2-3 hours…it’s a bit ridiculous! BUT whatever baby needs, right? So I have all kinds of dried fruits & trail mix at work to munch on to try and keep the hunger at bay. Haha other than that I’ve not had any morning sickness, and besides being exhausted I’ve felt pretty good! I’m almost out of that first trimester! I’ll update after next week’s appointment.

These days it’s pretty hard for me to cook, Lukes cooked a few times and we’ve eaten a lot of subway & McAlisters! J The thought of touching raw meat these days gags me….and heating up the house is a huge turn off too…but Im in the process of making a menu that doesn’t require a lot of meat, or things that Luke can maybe handle the meat for me, so hopefully our eating will get back on track soon!

In other news the new job is going well. It’s pretty slow moving, this is a whole new department in this organization and so the transition has been pretty slow but I have a feeling it will be picking up pretty soon, then it will be pretty busy and days will fly by! I told them about the pregnancy and received nothing but positive responses so we’re definitely relieved about that!

These days we’re just so thankful for everything we’ve been blessed with! Patient family & friends and each other. We really are very very lucky, I realize how much worse things could be, and makes me truly appreciate every little blessing! God has definitely been good to us!

We would appreciate your prayers for a healthy pregnancy!

Big Update

Well we have BIG news to share on this update.

WE'RE PREGNANT! That's right! found out for sure on July 31, 2011 that we're expecting a baby!
Last week on Sept 9, 2011 we went to our first OB appointment and got to see our perfect little angel for the first time! I am almost 10 weeks now, due April 11, 2012....Baby's heartbeat is good and strong, he/she was moving around and we could see its little arm buds waving around! I had no idea they moved that much this early!
My blood pressure is high, so we're slightly concerned about that. We're going to monitor it, and hopefully get it under control. I am going to try and cut my salt and caffeine intake down and walk more often and maybe that will help. We're praying for a very healthy pregnancy.
I've had a ton of blood work done and some more was done this morning. I go in for an EKG soon just to check and make sure my heart is functioning properly and there is nothing going on that we're unaware of. More of a precaution than anything else.

Otherwise we're very very excited and just thrilled to be sharing the news with the world! Its going to be a crazy next few months but we're excited for it!