Our Happy Family

Praise the Lord, Our little bundle finally arrived! I got induced a week and a half early, and we are some thankful! She's already a week and half old can't believe how fast the time is going! We just love her so much!!

Birthdays! =)

Happy Birthday to me!! hehe

No baby...but that's ok, I didn't really want to be in the hospital on my birthday. Unfortunately, last ngiht/ this morning I could not sleep for the life of me. I had been up since 3, tossing and turning...sighing. Around 4 I woke Adam up because I was board and at 5 he asked if I was going to go back to sleep and I said no can't seem to. He suggested we go out to the beach and watch the sun rise! I'm never this awake that early in the morning, but off we went, it was soo nice and relaxing! Then he took me out for a breakfast and we came back and slept for an hour!

Mom and Dad came up in the afternoon to keep me company and help me get things in order in the house...and to treat me a bit :). I'd say it was a pretty good day!

My birthday present from Adam =). So I can enjoy the sun on our lovely deck!

Feels like summer =)

I am really bad at blogging so I decided I would just write whenever I get the chance and post small updates in my life. One big update is we finally got our house =). We're all moved in, but hardly near set up. Once everything is ready I'll post some photos! Another big update...baby is due in 3 weeks!! I'm hardly ready for her (house being not set up) But I really want her to come now!

It's been a crazy past month with house renovations, moving and birthdays. Last Friday was Adams birthday, but we celebrated Moms (which was Saturday) because it was a nice day and we wanted to something fun and outdoors. Then Saturday we celebrated mine and Adams at his parents house! It was a fun time.

Thanks to my parents and grandparents for birthday money we were able to get a vanity/medicine cabinet for over our bathroom sink! Yay bathroom is pretty much done! Then Thanks to His parents and the last of our wedding money (how it lasted so long we have no idea!!) we were able to get a really nice rocking chair for the Baby's room. Lastly thanks to his grandmother for giving us 2 really nice patio chairs, so Adam and I can enjoy our deck! =)

I'd say it was a good week of celebrating =).

First of June I was able to get away for a reunion with friends from College! It was great fun!

Us on the day we got our house! This is our "back" (more to the side) yard =)

Thought I'd post a photo of where I am today! haha The enthusiasm is kind of dying. But Not much longer :)

Our patio chairs and our nice little deck!!

Updates =)

It's been pretty crazy the last few weeks here! Some days I feel like it will be forever before I have this baby. Then when I sit back and look at it I can't believe how fast the time has actually gone! Before we know it, Lord willing we'll be welcoming our baby. So much has happened this past year and when I think about it Adam and I have been truly blessed, in ways we never expected. We can only thank God for everything he's given us and some of the lessons we've had to learn.

Coming up for us is the big move! We get our house...THIS WEEK! Thursday is the closing date, Adams pretty excited, I think I am too but my emotions are downplayed because I just want to be settled and having this baby! =) It's going to be a busy month for us, but soon we'll be able to enjoy it. Adam and Dad have it all planned out so we can get the house cleaned and ready for us to move in as soon as possible. We're looking at the second weekend in June as a move in date.

We saw our Dr. today and so far everything with the baby is looking good! She's already in the head down position (believe me I feel it these days!!) My Dr. wants me to go on long walks, so she stays that way and that her head will go further down (easier when it comes time for labor) Except I'm in so much pain now I'm not sure I want her head any lower! I can barely get out of bed these days and hardly sleep. I'm always running to the washroom...and by running I mean 20 minutes of trying to get my big belly out of the bed, slowly standing up and getting my legs to work, then walking like I should have a cain to the washroom. My husband is amazing though and he bought me one of those pregnancy pillows! I know it seems like a waste of money and you probably think how is that any better than a normal body pillow...let me tell you, it's made all the difference in the world! I can actually move during the day now! And I sleep a little bit more than I did with less tossing and turning. I recommend this pillow to anyone pregnant who cannot get comfortable. This is all going to be worth it soon and now I'm starting to see the finish line! Only 8 more weeks, I never thought I'd make it this far! =)

The weather has been such a drag lately, rain all the time with about one day of sun thrown in there. I know we shouldn't complain, but it's hard to feel energized when it's so dark and gloomy all the time. Unfortunately the lack of sun and heat hasn't done anything for the swelling I've had. I'm scared what I'm going to look like when we finally do get nice weather! Sunday evening I went to church and was fine, but part way through the message I had to take my sandals off because my feet were hurting a lot. After the service I went to put my sandals back on and one barely fit and the other not at all! I had to go home with one sandal off...it was just a bit embarrassing.

Photos of our Sweetpea and Easter

Our little Madisyn Faith smiling away, I loved how you can see the features so clear. I can count her toes!

I find in this photo she looks just like her father! Actually one of her little toes is going into her mouth and at one point she had both feet in her mouth!

Sticking her tongue out at us already!

We loved the whole experience, it was amazing and I can't wait to meet her!

I've been telling everyone that our little girl is really active and moving all the time, but then when I go to show them how she moves she stops! It's like she knows everyone is watching and waiting for her to give us a show =). I love her little movements and every week they're getting more define and stronger! Today it felt like her little fist ran across my stomach, and I'm starting to be able to feel shapes of her body now!

Unfortunately my feet were swollen today. I'm hoping it doesn't get too bad. Tuesday I go to the Dr. for my monthly visit so we'll see how everything is then.

Adam and I had a wonderful Easter. Our church and a few of the neghbouring churches got togetehr for a Good Friday service which was a blessing and wonderful fellowship! Then we went to his parents for the night and had a lovely supper and visit time with them. Then Saturday morning we headed to my parents place and spent the day with them. Sunday they were having some mmissinories present their work to our church so they came Saturday around supper time and we were able to visit with them which also was a wonderful blesisng. Actually she use to teach my brother and I piano when we lived back in Moncton, so it was really nice seeing their family again.

Now its time I relax and put my feet up, before we start another week.

God is good and given us many blessings!

Oh my where to start?! God has been soo good to Adam and I, I know we don't deserve it at all. I'll start off by saying that two weeks ago we found out our little Jelly Bean is in fact a little Sweetpea! We're having a little girl and we are absolutely thrilled =) (of course we would of been equally as happy with a boy too!) We already have a name picked out, because we had thought it was a girl for some time now we narrowed it down, and I don't think we could of picked a better name! We named her Madisyn Faith Marie, Marie comes from a long line of middle names, My mom my Aunt and me. Adam really liked the name Madisyn (spelt with a "y" instead of "o" thought it made it more feminine) Lastly Faith a name we both thought suited perfectly and has oodles of meaning! Aside from being biblical a dear friend of mines little girl is named Faith and she's a very special girl to me and I know she's won Adams heart too! The little girl is super excited to have our baby named after her and cannot wait till she's born.

It was so amazing when we went for the ultrasound to find out! We had a 3D ultrasound done, my parents were very generous in helping us out and were able to experience it with us, as well as my Grandmother (my dad's mom) as she had never seen an Ultrasound before! It was a very relaxing place they had a couch for the family to sit on and a big screen tv to watch it all on. Also we were allowed to send out links to a few close family and friends to watch the whole thing online! So those dear to us who are far away were able to enjoy the excitement too! You could see all the tiny features on our little girl, I can tell she's going to look like her Daddy, but that's ok considering I think he's pretty good looking ;). It truly was an amazing experience and we were all so happy and giddy afterward. Babies truly are a miracle and gift from God, I'm reminded of that daily!

Our second blessing and really answer to prayer is...as of today Adam and I are now home owners! For quite a few months now we had been praying for Gods direction in what we should do about our apartment situation. Right now we are not in a good one, due to the tenants below us that I will not get into. We had been watching Kijiji to see if other apartments would come up, but it is impossible to find a good apartment for a reasonable price. We were almost into a 1000 dollars a month! We started looking into houses, at first it was just an idea, then my parents came to us and asked if we had thought about it. With much discussion with both sets of parents and lots or prayer on everyones part we began the journey. It wasn't a super long process like it could of been but it sure did wear me out. We had set a price range in where we were comfortable spending and new we could afford, of course it's hard to find a decent house in that price range. We did find one, that seemed like the perfect house...key word seemed. The day we went to place an offer on it we prayed that if it wasn't meant to be God give us a sure sign, well once we got to the realtors office we found out that the day before the bank accepted the offer another couple had made. If that's not a sure sign I don't know what is, of course we were a little bummed, but we knew it meant it wasn't for us.

After another few runs at looking at houses we came across another one that peeked our interest...or should I say Adams. At first I wasn't to keen on it, judging by the photos it didn't look like it would suit our family. To please my husband I went with him to look at, and after walking through it and walking through the yard, I knew it was just perfect for our family! Putting all the boring details aside they came in under the max we wanted to pay for the house (which we thought they wouldn't) Which means we're getting a house and with everything included, we'll be paying the same amount for it as we do for rent now! Best part is...it's ours! A few renos that Dad and Adam can easily do and little bits here and there to do as years go by, but it's perfect! God is so good to us.

Little Madisyn has been quite the trouble maker these past few days, she gets right up under my ribs and starts kicking at me! Oh well I still love her. The closing date for the house isn't until May 26, we have a few things to do (cleaning and small things) before we start moving in, and we have to give our landlords two months notice (which would be May and June) SO we have the month of JUne to move stuff over. IT'll be a busy time, especially with baby due just around the corner after that buut exciting all the same. For now I'll enjoy a couple weeks rest before I have to get packing!

March Madness

Wow been a while since I wrote something, obviously I'm not very good at this whole blogging/journaling thing hehe oh well. I can't believe March is almost over! So much has gone on Adam and I have been keeping very busy.

I have recently taken up crocheting, as a way to spend some of my time. I thought it'd be a neat project to learn and I could make something for my baby. I got the idea one day when Adam and I walked into walmart and I went to the craft section and walked down the yarn aisle. I asked Adam if I could pick out a project to learn to do and work on and he was all for it. So I picked out a kit that said "Learn how to Crochet, easy crochet" I thought that should be easy. I also picked out three balls of yarn (The book came with a blanket pattern in it and I thought it should be easy to do) Seeing as we still weren't sure of the sex of the baby I picked out colours that could go either way. I got home opened everything up and went to the page with the blanket on it and thought "Oh boy what did I get myself into". I went onto youtube to se if I could figure this thing out and after a whole day spent on trying to get it frustrated I gave up. That weekend Adams mom showed me how to do it and what everything met, and I must say I've picked it up quite quickly. I've got the blanket 1/3 done (there's a lot of little tedious work to this blanket I did not realize haha) and I must say I am quite enjoying it. Two weeks ago I wanted a quick break from the blanket so I was looking at free patterns online and found a cute one for this adorable hat, so I challenged myself to do it, and I did it! It's just so sweet! So that's one way I have found to help take up time, I just need to be careful not to let it take up all my time as it can be addicting.

Also this month we finally had our ultrasound!! =) What an amazing experience! I loved seeing my little baby wiggle around and kick up a storm. I couldn't keep myself from laughing as the ultrasound lady would put the thing on my stomach on it and my little Jelly Bean would give it a big kick, I'd feel the kick and I could see him/her do it on the screen! I so wish we could of gotten some of the photos she took, but seeing as it's the law here we weren't allowed. They were just so cute and I wanted to look at the forever and share them with my family and friends. Although in 2 weeks we go to 3D miracles and we'll get some photos then, which we're pretty excited for! =) yay! Then we find out for sure if it's a girl or boy! Although we kind of have a good idea. You see before we went to the ultrasound Adam and I googled boy ultrasound photos and girl ultrasound photos, sow e could see if we could try and guess what it was (for fun). We had a feeling the lady wouldn't let us take a guess but she was very nice and let us take a peek down in the area. Looking intently at a VERY clear view (our little baby is not shy) We didn't see anything indicating boy (neither did we se anything indicating girl either) even though the lady couldn't tell us what it was for sure, she did say she didn't see any boy parts. Adam and I took it with a grain of salt (we really don't have a preference we just wanted to see if we could guess and we do find out for sure April 8th) Seeing as we think it's a girl that is what we've been calling it lately. I tell people she's a girl till someone tells me otherwise and I'd still be happy either way. Then today at my Dr. appointment the Dr. asked if we knew what we were having and Adam said that we think girl, the Dr. turns to me and smiled and said, don't waste your money on U C baby (the 3d place). Adam and I think that was his subtle way of saying that we were right!

God has been so good, because I was really nervous about the ultrasound (I had heard some stories of not so pleasant experience and was worried it'd happen to us) but we really enjoyed it and the lady was very nice letting us spend a good time seeing our baby, showing us all the different parts. I was also very nervous about meeting my baby Dr. I've never met him before and when I was really sick with my morning sickness I had a not so pleasant experience with a Dr. other than my family Dr. and therefore made me nervous going to someone other than my family Dr. But this OB/GYN has been very nice and professional. He is very thorough in his examinations when we go in. Takes his time, he even has a small scale ultrasound machine in his office so he can keep an eye on baby. You have to wait 2 hours pretty much every time to see him, but he's well worth the wait and we really are happy with him. Being a new momma-to-be I feel I have a lot of questions and sometimes feel like they're just silly questions but he's good at answering everything. I don't know why I ever worried, God is in control and I know I shouldn't be worrying at all. I find it hard sometimes and I get carried away.

Adams family went together and bought us a change table and it came in last week. We were very excited about that! Also we got some extra money and were able tog et the paint for the baby's room! We have the first coat on just waiting for time to do the second. I can't wait to start getting everything all set up =). Adams pretty excited too, he makes me laugh. I'm very thankful for the husband God gave me. He's been very supportive and encouraging when I was really sick. And even though it's been a crazy 5 months of married life, I know he wouldn't change it and he's just excited about this baby as I am. She really is a blessing from God and we're already learning so much form this experience. Learning to lean on God more and trust in him to provide, and that everything is his will even if we weren't planning he sure was! Also learning a lot about marriage and sacrificial love better! I know we want to do Gods will for our life and for HIM to be the focus of our family not each other.

Adam and I received a book for a shower gift before we got married. I haven't really touched it till this past week, and not because we're going through trouble or anything I just thought I should start reading it. It's the Love Dare book from the movie Fireproof (great movie if you've never watched it) except this is a 365 day devotional. I started reading it and already I have been encouraged to be a better wife.

This has been a long blog but I just had many things to share, Lately I've been and encouraged by others blogs and just had to get these things of my mind (even though they are good thing =)) I'm very excited to see what the coming month has for Adam and I!

Adam and I and Jelly Bean on St. Pattys day (or Green day as I call it)