Early Pregnancy

I am at the very beginning stages of pregnancy! I have been for TWO blood pregnancy tests and my numbers are rising and I am definitely pregnant. Billy is so sweet making sure I take my vitamins and prays safety over me and new baby every night. He also prays for Tanner with all the adjustments ahead for him as he becomes a BIG brother in 2012. I found out early with Tanner as well. There are definite benefits to finding out so quickly. I am on prenatal from the start, I am paying attention to my caffeine intake, I am getting in habit of going to bed early, and I have already had a few Dr. visits to check progress. I look forward to hearing the baby's heartbeat on April 10Th as we are scheduled for an ultrasound. We will see our tiny little growing child and get our due date. I am guessing November again but later in November. I do not mind my children having birthdays that are close together and I am sure they won't either. We can do things individually for them or together. I am so looking forward to celebrating my nephews birthday this weekend and taking the boys to Disney on Sunday. Tristan is the sweetest little boy. All my nieces and nephews are. My youngest brother Seth has a baby due in August and I could not be happier for him and his new wife Jamie. They find out next week what it is. Boys seem to run in our family but you never know. I laughed so hard at my niece Rachel-Kate when we called to announce our pregnancy. She said" Have you told meme yet?" I said, "no." And she said someone better get her a cup cause she is going to pee herself. That Rachel-Kate is a hoot and an awesome BIG cousin. My sis in laws Elaine and Lisa both got so excited on the phone. Everyone is so happy for us. We printed poems for the grandparents and aunts and uncles from the unborn baby. They were awesome and everyone loved them. I feel so good right now. No sickness and still exercising alot. I walked on 31st this morning over three miles pushing Tanner in the stroller and that was a good little workout. VERY HILLY! I look forward to this pregnancy and feel I am in a much better place physically and emotionally than last pregnancy! I am starting off on the right foot. I am not looking forward to a few things but I am sure all you who have been pregnant know what those are. As this will be my last pregnancy I just want to take it all in. Billy and I have already started talking about how we will do the rooms and possible names but we have a long way to go so I am not rushing it. I think with my life being so full it will fly by. I was so touched by the women at the prison last night. Women aching to hold their children. But for the grace of GOD I want to always remain grateful for every little part of each day. Even when my two year old is melting down and I am in the process of joining him I still know people would give anything to be with their children melting down or not. On a good note Tanner has been so affectionate lately. Do you think he knows his time is limited with having mommy to his self?? Everyday it is just me and him. We do everything together. I am soaking up this time as well and just enjoying being a mommy to my two year old. I like that the kids will be three years apart. It seems to be a good thing on many levels. Well Tanner is still napping and I am off to finish laundry before picking up Casey and Carlie from school. I love these verses and this is where my heart is with this pregnancy and with everything in my life for that matter.

Philippians 4:4-7
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4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

MY NEW BABY

My precious little baby
I have loved you from the start.
You are a tiny miracle
laying closely to my heart.
Each day I feel your presence,
each day you quickly grow.
Each day your heart beats softly,
as only I could know.
So I'll keep this in a special place,
and remember each year through,
of this very special time of life,
the months I carried you

YES WE ARE ARE HAVING A BABY! I am so excited to announce that I am pregnant with our second child. I stayed down in Lakeland with family last night!! I had an early morning Dr. appointment so Tanner stayed with my mom while I went for my blood pregnancy test. I got a call back from Dr. Patel's nurse Casssandra with A BIG FAT CONGRATULATIONS!! Tanner is staying the whole weekend with my brother Scott and his wife. I am home by myself and looking forward to quiet time and beach time with my friend Jessica tomorrow. On my way to the Dr. office this morning I turned on channel 131 on Sirius radio and was listening to Family Talk radio and heard them talking about scripture verses and specifically:
Jeremiah 1:5
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5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
I was praying to God and really thanking him for the life he has given me. I am so looking forward to this pregnancy and enjoying
every moment of each day with my little ones. I have four brothers and one sister and they are the biggest blessing in my life. I also have three sister-in-laws now who I consider just like sisters to me!! I love that we are adding to our family. And although I do NOT want 6 I am happy to say I loved having and still love having a bunch of siblings and I know Tanner will be an awesome Big brother! I am overjoyed and thrilled and just in AWE of this pregnancy! Praying God's protection over my baby!

MARCH BLESSINGS!!

I am baking banana bars for my womens gathering tonight and looking forward to dinner and reading on step 2. The house is quiet(not for long though) and it smells delightful. I am feeling so peaceful and really trusting God for his plans for the Spivey family in 2012. I had the best day with my husband yesterday! We dropped Tanner off at his Meme and Grampy's mid morning and Billy and I headed out for a day of couples fun!! We stopped for breakfast then headed down to Disney! I love Epcot in March and it is turning into a family tradition for us that we go enjoy the Festival of Flowers each year. I love it! I worked at a flower shop for a while years ago and loved learning how to do arrangements and design bouquets. Yesterday was gorgeous! I love March. March is the month I was born. March is the month I went on my first date with Billy. March is the month I found out I was going to be a mommy. My husband surprised me with dinner at O'Hanas and also was surprised when Mel and Ashlee joined us. Billy had it where we had a great view of the fireworks and dinner was truly amazing. I woke up feeling truly blessed. Thankful for all the birthday blessings!

Weekend at home

I am so happy that we had a family weekend at home. We started out Friday night with Billy headed off to a meeting while Tanner and I just chilled and hung around the house. On Saturday we were up early for a 5k race for Kidney Disease out at Greenway where Tanner had his 2nd birthday. Then my girl Ashlee and I headed off to HOT POWER yoga. It was awesome. With all the pounding I put on my body with running Yoga feels so nice on my muscles and boy did we sweat. I love doing Kerry's body sculpting classes too. I know what I am asking for for my birthday. Packages for yoga and body sculpting. It feels so good to run hard and fast then slow it down with an awesome all out body workout. I am so into trying new things these days. How awesome it has been as well as spiritual to take such good care of myself and pushing myself to do new things like running a marathon. After that we came home and enjoyed the beautiful day by playing outside, working in the yard, and going for a bike ride. I love my home. We were invited over to Ashlee's to celebrate Mel's birthday and her niece and nephews too. She made us a delicious Tilapia dish with mango salsa and brown rice. YUMMY!! Plus we had yummy coffee. I guess there is a reason we are such good friends. Our love for GOD, coffee, and running! :) I love Ashlee and so thankful for her in my life. She has been an amazing friend!! On Sunday off to church with my boys and lunch at firehouse. I heard an awesome message today. Stop making excuses and live intentional. Feelings are not fact. We can make plans but Jesus will determine our steps. I read this out of the book I am reading. "What we value is what we love and sign importance to. Often we do not take responsibility for what we value.John 12:43
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43 for they loved human praise more than praise from God. (I am taking all of this from the book I am reading on boundaries.) I only write all this to confess it because I want to live my life that my actions line up with my heart. I am not completely there yet. God is working on me and my daily communion with him is helping change my heart about a lot of things. I posted a quote from Dr. Modders only because I liked it. Not because I have it down. I am working really hard at having clear cut boundaries in my life. They are not there to control but to be the healthiest me I can be. Well back to our weekend. We came home and Tanner took his nap and I packed him up to stay the night with his meme and grampy. I know how much they enjoy him and glad that we can take him over there to spend time with them. He is there now and so thankful they are so good to my son. Tanner is at such a cute phase. His vocabulary is off the charts and I enjoy being able to have full conversations with him. I love having lunch with him, playing in the back yard, watching him cook me things on his little BBQ grill, reading to him, and just plan kissing his face to death. There are some nights I go back in his room and get him out of his crib just to hold him and rock him some more. I am feeling so affectionate these days with my boys. I love when Billy holds my hand in church or rolls over in bed just to scratch my back. He is affectionate too. :) Both of my boys make me laugh. (AND YES THEY DRIVE ME CRAZY AT TIMES TOO) That is the point! You take the good with the bad. In part of Pastor Ron's message today he said " If you are waiting for the perfect job, spouse, kid and so on and so on you will be waiting forever" Billy and Tanner are not perfect. I LOVE them. We love because he first loved us. 1John 4:19" In other words we learn to be loving because we first are loved. After you feel safe being around people who believe that truth and grace are good your values will start to change. You will begin to see that taking responsibility for yourself is healthy and taking responsibility for another adult is destructive. I do not have to live in fear. Boundary setting is a large part of maturing. We can not really love until we have boundaries. Individuals with boundaries are not frantic, in a hurry, or out of control. They have direction in their lives. The reward for their wise boundaries is the joy of desires fulfilled in life. Their investment in the years God has given pay off for them. boundaries define what is me and what is not me. I love me today. I am God's daughter after all!