Enjoying our back yard

I am sitting in my Adirondack chair with my feet propped up on Tanner's picnic table while he plays on his swing set and in his sand box. Billy and I got him his sandbox yesterday and it is totally his new favorite thing. I can not wait to get him a clubhouse and some other things too. Billy and I have some BIG plans in the coming up weekends as we want to clean out our shed and our garage. I am excited to get some organizing done. Tanner will be moving into the room which is now the guest room/office and baby will move into the nursery. We will get Tanner a dresser and big boy bed as right now he still sleeps wonderfully in his crib. The nursery is so nice already so all baby will need is his or her own bedding but otherwise the room is all ready to go. The biggest problem is Billy(my D.J. husband) who loves spinning music will have to find a place to store his equipment for awhile. My hubby loves his music and he is an awesome D.J.  :) But if its a boy maybe bunk beds and sharing a room in the future after baby gets older. The bedroom is definitely big enough. We are also talking about doing some remodel. Who knows right now. It is all in the works. I went to see Dr. Marquette today and heard baby's heartbeat on the Doppler and was able to ask all my questions and I am back to working out, yoga, cleaning, and pretty much everything. This pregnancy has been great so far. A little scare on Easter but did not seem to worry the doctors at all. :) God is in control. I am so happy to be 10 weeks already. Officially a fetus now and no longer an embryo. I have been so enjoying my days with Tanner and find myself really wondering what life will be like with two. I mean even as we are siting outside my mind wonders will I be able to balance time between the two. I have things that I do daily with Tanner and I am wondering will I still be able to read with him every night? Will I still take him on the bike for bike rides? These past two weeks he is LOVING his safe start lessons and we both LOVE the pool. He swims to the wall and swims to me. After his lesson today we stayed at the pool for over an hour and would have stayed more except I had my doctor appointment. Excited to have some playdates on the calendar for the next few weeks. Even more excited to be able to hit the gym tomorrow and yoga this weekend. I am off to play with Tanner now. Yesterday at church we had a guest speaker. His testimony was so inspiring and his Faith so encouraging. The main thing I got out of his message about trials out of the book of James is not to sweat the small stuff. I am letting things roll off my back more this past year. I am trusting God. I am not taking on others  issues. I am learning a lot from all the women in my life and so so grateful that we are loved and cared for. We all will face trials. The Bible is very clear on that. But how will we respond to them. I am leaning on God and trusting hm. It is breezy today and I am thankful for that and Summer is almost here. Can not wait to take Tanner to the Lake, Beach, pool, and Disney water parks this summer. Looking forward to Billy's birthday this weekend and Tanner will have fun at his Meme and Grampy's house. He loves them dearly. We are truly going to enjoy our date night out. I am adding a photo of me at ten weeks!! :)

Beautiful Weather

Tanner's favorite things lately are swinging on the swing in the back yard, digging in the dirt with his trucks, and playing with his potato heads which he has named "Ted" (Kinda of short for Potato Head I guess). We have 4 now and he just loves tearing them a part and putting them back together. He also wakes up first thing in the morning and wants mommy to play legos with him. Which of course I do and love not having to rush out the door. Sitting on the floor and enjoying this season of our lives! The weather has been so nice and sitting outside watching Tanner play has been so relaxing. I am so excited to be pregnant again and to have another baby. (Our last) Due date November 28Th. 18 days after Tanner's birthday. One BIG party instead of two?? I am sure kids won't mind as they will both get more than plenty. Everyone is so excited for us. My brother Seth and his wife Jamie are due in August and having a girl. People keep saying this one is a girl for us. I am not sure though. I have liked being the only female in the family. :) I will be thrilled either way!! I am enjoying some quiet time while Tanner naps and the fresh air is nice with having all the windows open. I will see Dr. Marquette soon and get back into a work out routine. Tanner starts swim lessons next week and I look forward to going to the pool with him, beach, water parks, and lake! I am so thankful that Dr.Patel prescribed me something for nausea. I am so Looking forward to our weekend getaway with Billy this weekend. Get out of town just the three of us!!

Things do not always go as planned.

I have had a mellow and lazy week. I have been so humbled and so thankful. I have been forced to slow down and take it easy. I was having an amazing week last week and really excited to have some of my family coming for Easter. I was cooking the entire meal myself and hiding eggs for kids and everything. I love this age for Tanner. I took him to the Easter egg hunt for N.A. on Saturday and was so excited to do his Easter basket. As a mommy these are some of the things you look forward to. I also was planning on doing the Resurrection eggs for kids on Sunday. A very cute craft that we did at MOPS using the eggs to tell the true story of Easter. Christ coming and dying on the cross and rising again. How amazing our Saviour is ALIVE and wants to be in relationship with us. Well we woke on Easter and went to church. A beautiful service. We came home and our family came and I was just really looking forward to being together. We had a slight change of plans. On that day I was 6 weeks and four days pregnant. I started having some issues. (I will spare you all the gory details) I was scared and ended up telling all the family. My sis-in-law and hubby took over cleaning up and made me rest in the chair. My brother Scott and sis-in-law Lisa ended up taking Tanner home with them and Billy and I ended up at the ER. I was nervous and just quietly asking GOD for comfort. Thanks to our wonderful friend Mel we did not have to wait long at the ER. Long story short we heard our baby's heartbeat. We still are under the care of our fertility Dr. and we went to see her the next day. We again heard our baby's heartbeat. Dr. Patel was concerned and asked me not to work out, clean, shop, cook etc. She is a wonderful Dr. and seemed to be really confident that our baby is going to make it. We did In vitro with Tanner in 2009 and when we did we had two embryos that we were able to store. We decided to try for baby two this year and proceeded forward. Our chances were less than before and I believe I had totally layed down at God's feet either way.Once we decided the process was pretty easy compared with all we went through in 2008 and 2009. We went in for procedure and DR. Patel told us only one embryo survived. It only takes one!! This baby is a fighter. :)They can give you all the statistics in the world and we know who is in charge. As my sister and in law Elaine and mother in law Joy both told me "God is still in the miracle business." I loved hearing that. I took it as HE is strong in my weakness. I am still very pregnant and have felt SO sick this week. I look forward to having another baby. I know Tanner will love having a little brother or sister. I know the joy of having a sibling and I personally always wanted more than one kid. Two in my eyes would be perfect. But like the title explained things do NOT always go as planned. I have had an awesome week. I am blessed beyond measure. I thought I would be going stir crazy BUT I am not.( But it has only been one week) I have enjoyed sitting outside watching Tanner play in the dirt, I have been able to work on my photo books, I have watched movies with my family, I have been able to read books, and study God's Word. I have learned a lot in this book I am reading on boundaries. I am loving it. I feel I am growing as a woman. I do miss working out BUT I know all things will be there. I will be able to do all that after this baby comes. This will be our last. I feel SO much better at the beginning of this pregnancy compared to my last pregnancy and NOT worried at all about staying healthy. :) My husband has been amazing and jumping in and cleaning, cooking, and grocery shopping. He is awesome!! Tanner has been mommy's little buddy all week. He has been so good! Maybe he knows that he needs to be. Tanner's meme brought us dinner on Wednesday and came and spent time with Tanner man. Everyone has called and Ashlee has offered to make a meal whenever I need and Aimee has offered to take Tanner if I need. My mom wants to come up and help too. I am hoping to be able to return to my normal activities of meetings, cleaning, taking care of my family, and working out BUT I know that life does not always go as planned and sometimes trusting GOD means praising him when things DON'T go our way and our schedules get interrupted. That is a hard one for me cause I am very organized and scheduled. Billy says he thinks Tanner is too and gets that from me. :) It definately has been hard in some ways this week. I am still very concerned about our newest baby. I will however TRUST GOD'S PLAN. I will walk in confidence knowing how much he loves me. This is his baby anyway. We go tomorrow at 11:15 to see Dr. Patel again and I will keep you all posted. Praying for a strong heartbeat and a baby that's grown since last visit! You pray too o.k. As I am posting this my hubby is getting lunch for my little boy. My heart is overflowing. Help me remember these amazing days Lord when those really hard ones knock me off my feet!!

Tristan turns 2.

We had a great time celebrating my sweet nephews birthday. We stayed the night down in Lakeland and the kids had a blast. Although we had major rain at the party the kids did not seem to mind and Tristan truly enjoyed himself. He is such a sweet little guy and so funny. The boys are a hoot together. We had fun at Disney but it was pretty crowded. Children are truly blessings from the Lord and I am so grateful to have so many in my life. :) I am really starting to feel pregnant now as by 7 p.m. I hit a brick wall and completely wiped out. I went to sleep at 9:15 last night. Other than that I feel amazing. Looking forward to hearing heartbeat and getting due date next Tuesday! NIGHT NIGHT!!