Pregnancy Update: 30 weeks

I cannot believe how fast this pregnancy is flying by! In a way I'm ready for Lily to be here, but then I think about all the stuff I need to get done...
Thankfully I still have lots of energy and I'm slowly but surely getting things marked off my to-do list.

I'm feeling great except for the occasional backache. Lily is growing alot and moving tons too! At random times I'll have a foot poking out one side of my belly and when we push on it, something pokes out on the other side! It's pretty funny.

I'm so glad that I'm still able to workout about 4 times each week. I'm also still walking about 3 times each week. We've had so much rain, it's been hard to walk everyday.

The nursery has been put on hold since Jacob's accident, but hopefully soon we'll make some more progress! Our goal is to have it done by Thanksgiving.

Lily Grace weighs about 3lbs, like a red cabbage

My Sweet Girl

Last week Jacob and I kept Kaitlyn again for a few days. We had such fun taking pictures!

Me & my girl

I love her like my own.

She's finally walking!

Go Auburn! It's my little brother's cap. Btw, he took all the pictures of me and Kaitlyn! He did a great job.

Eating chips...

Chillin' with Uncle Jacob. She loves him.

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Little Things

My posts this week are going to be kind of short because I'm going to school with Jacob to help him out so his back/ribs can recover. Today I want to share a few little blessings.

::Yesterday I was at my all time favorite store, Hobby Lobby. I was looking for some cool yarn to make several little girls scarves for Christmas. Well, on an end-cap, I found this awesome yarn marked down to .71 cents each!! I was so excited! I love finding deals like this.

::My friends at Mimi's Babies gave me these adorable little socks for Lily Grace. Are they not the cutest things ever?! I just love them. It's so hard to find little girl socks with the sweet lace or crocheted edging.

::The other night I was at Target killing some time while Jacob played at a wedding. At separate times, two different ladies stopped me to tell me how good I looked in the dress I was wearing. It was the sweetest thing! Now, I'm not asking for compliments or anything like that, so please don't think that! I'm sure you would all agree that that would make any pregnant girl's day! It's nice to be assured that you look nice when you're pregnant because you feel so fat (at least I do), and you know that there's a lot more cellulite, uh, flab that clothes hopefully hide! Ha.

I Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

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Update & Prayer Request

Thank you all so much for your kind comments and prayers for my sweet hubby. He made it through the weekend, which was kind of a big deal because he had three gigs already scheduled that he couldn't cancel.

We went to the doctor first thing this morning. Everything sounded good internally (lungs, breathing, heart, kidneys, etc) and the doctor is pretty sure that Jacob's ribs are cracked or bruised. Funny thing about ribs is that there is really no pain difference whether they are cracked or bruised.

Dr. F didn't feel like it was necessary to do x-rays, which was totally fine with us since we don't have health insurance. He gave Jacob a prescription pain patch to wear on his ribs, pain killer, and an anti-inflammatory. We were so blessed because the doctor gave us tons of samples so we don't have to pay for the prescriptions! God is faithful!

Jacob should be feeling better in a week or two. I'm going to go with him to school as much as possible to help him with the violins and teaching.
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I wanted to ask you to pray for my dear blogging friend Nikki and her family today. Their beautiful Trisomy 18 little girl was born on Friday and spent about an hour with her family before she went to be with Jesus. Today they are celebrating her life and honoring the Lord.

Please keep this family in your prayers, and if you feel led, stop by their blog and leave them a comment or an encouraging Bible verse. I have been following their story since they found out about Johanna's Trisomy 18, and I'm just amazed, challenged, and blessed by their godly testimony through this trial.
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Y'all have a great Monday!

Caffeinated Randomness: Accident

Last night was one of the scariest nights in my entire life. Jacob and I were over at my in-laws for a big surprise birthday party for my brother-in-law.

He was so surprised!

After supper all the guys (there were about 14 of them) decided to play 2-hand touch football in the front yard. They strategically set up three cars with the lights on so the yard would be lit up.

The game was going really well until my dear hubby decided to run a fastbreak (or whatever it's called) down the sideline, which happened to be the edge of the curb.
As I was watching, I knew something horrible was about to happen.
Jacob was running as fast as he could, with bare feet (because he had worn flipflops).
Someone touched him.
He lost his balance and tripped.
Crash!
He slammed extremely hard directly into the front of the pickup truck with it's lights on in the picture.
I thought he had hit his head. I thought he was dead. The full cup of water I was holding was thrown across the yard as I ran as fast as I could over to him.
Praise God he was alive! 
He had actually hit his side and back against the truck. His foot was torn and bleeding, he couldn't breathe very well, and he thought he had some broken ribs. After he got up and rested, he decided that at worst his ribs were bruised or cracked. We didn't check the truck, but with as hard as Jacob hit it, I'm afraid it might've had a dent or other damage.

Thankfully we made it through the night, getting a decent amount of sleep, and he is going to the doctor for x-rays this morning.

I honestly have no idea how people make it when they lose a spouse. Last night, I saw the accident, thought my husband was dead, and had the scene replay in my mind for hours. It was horrible. I can only praise the Lord for his goodness to me and our family.

Today as I care for my dear husband, I am reminded to always be thankful for him, no matter what. And to always remember to tell him that I love him because we never know what can happen.

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Happy Friday! Go hug your family and make sure they know how much you love them!

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful that we had to get up early to go eat breakfast with my in-laws to celebrate my bro-in-law's birthday...otherwise we would've missed this beautiful sunrise!

Today I am thankful that my living room is such a mess...

...because it shows how God has abundantly provided for our needs.

Today I am thankful for odorless garlic and Emergen-C...

...because they have helped keep us healthy (so far) this flu season. Even though we have been around many sick children in the public schools and in 3 different youth orchestras.

Today I am thankful for this verse...

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43:5

What are you thankful for today?

Pregnancy Update: 29 weeks

Lily Grace weighs about 2 1/2 lbs, about the size of a butternut squash (just try to imagine that I'm holding one, I forgot to buy one at the grocery store last weekend).

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Some Wedding Pics

I was looking back through some of our wedding pictures and thought I'd share some of them for the blog hop. These are just some candid shots that my bro-in-law took while the professional photographer was doing her thing. I really love how they turned out!

 

I love this boy!

Harvest of Friends Blog Party!!

Lynnette over at Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground is hosting a Harvest of Friends Blog Party! It's such a cool way to get to know your bloggy friends better and also to make new friends! Be sure to head over and participate.

If it's your first time here, I'd like to welcome you! I love making new friends, so please take a look around and leave me a comment so I know you were here. The About Me section in my right sidebar tells you my basic get-to-know-you info.

Lynnette made up 20 random questions for us to answer to help you get to know us better. I took some of them out because I just couldn't think of an answer...even after asking my hubby.

1. What is your favorite thing to snack on while you're blogging?  peanut butter & dark chocolate or chips & cheese

2. What is one thing you wouldn't want to live without?  my dishwasher

3. Beach, Mountains or Farm? Where would you live if you had a choice? mountains, I guess. I like being close to my family, so I don't want to move.

4. What's your least favorite chore/household duty? cleaning the bathtub! Gross!

5. Prefer parties and socializing or staying at home with the fam? well, getting together with our families (not sure which that would be)

6. Do you sleep in your make up or remove it like a good girl every night? sleep in it...wash it off every morning in the shower.

7. Do you have a hidden talent or a deep desire to learn something that you've never had a chance to learn? What is it? I'd love to learn to crochet and play the cello. Yes, my hubby is a violin teacher and can teach/play all stringed instruments and I have only had 3 or 4 cello lessons since we got married last year...maybe when we're old and retired I'll get my cello lessons. ha!

8. What first attracted you to your spouse? I don't really know. I just always knew he was the guy I was going to marry.

9. What is something you love to smell? cinnamon

10. When you have extra money (HA!) what's the first thing you think to do with it? give it to our neighbors whose 16 year-old son has Crohn's Disease and they need money to fly to Utah to see a specialist.

11. Are you a silent laugher or a loud laugher? What makes you laugh the hardest? usually not really loud unless we're at home and i'm laughing at my crazy hubby. he makes me laugh the hardest.

12. Where is your favorite place to shop? Hobby Lobby

13. What's one thing you'd do more often if you had more time? read

14. Are you a big spender or frugal? frugal

15. Would you want to be famous? no

Today I would like to remember my dear Granny (mom's mom) who finished her race here on earth two years ago today. She was (and still is) very special to me, and such an example of a godly woman.

She asked probably six months before she passed away if I would be with her when she died. I promised her that I would do my best since I lived six hours away from her. I praise the Lord that He granted that desire and allowed me the privilege of being with her as she entered Heaven.

I love you, Granny and miss you terribly!

Better Than Toys

I get to keep my darling nephew a lot so my sister can go to the grocery store or go workout. The other day I had him sitting on a blanket playing with toys in the kitchen while I washed dishes.

Well, it was Jacob's birthday and there was a leftover gift bag and tissue paper sitting on the floor a few feet away from Ridley. He had absolutely no interest in the toys, all he wanted was that bag. It took him probably 10 minutes to actually get off the blanket and roll/scoot over to the bag, but he didn't give up!

"Hmm, what is this thing that I worked so hard to get?"

"Aunt Kelly, you'd better not tell Mom on me."

"I like my new toy!"

"Yum, tags are good..."

"Let's see what this thingy is"

"I don't know what this crunchy stuff is, but it sure makes cool noises when I move it really fast!"

"Woo, I love this stuff! I could play with it for hours!"

Happy Friday ya'll!

Work In Progress

This week Jacob has finally had some time to start working on the nursery! Here are some pictures of what he's done so far.

The room before...please excuse my crazy husband! ha.

Light green painted on top with pink stripes.

Monday was Columbus Day (also Jacob's birthday) so he was off work. We went to Lowes and got chair rail and crown molding.

Here's the room with the first piece of chair rail up!

I love the way it looks!! My interior design sister has been such a great help with her awesome ideas!

Oh, last week she hosted a baby shower for me with some other ladies. She posted a bunch of pictures on her blog, so be sure to check this post!

Pure Joy

Can you guess who my nephew is looking at in these pictures?

His MOMMY! He absolutely adores her!

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