Surprise! We're expanding the family a bit further...

In July we spent a week in the mountains of West Virginia riding our four-wheelers through the Hatfield-McCoy trails and had a blast!! While I was there, I had a dream that someone handed me a pregnancy test and I took it and it was positive...Ha!! Now, wouldn't THAT be funny??? 3 years of fertility treatments and we had stopped trying anything about a year and a half ago, just before when My Love deployed.

So, we get home, and I just can't shake the dream, or the feeling that something was different. I went to Dollar General and had to secretly ask for a test (because Lil One was in there and I didn't want her realizing what was happening). I went home and did the test that day...INSTANTLY, this is what I saw:

I was in shock...complete and absolute shock...I told My Love to come see and he was in shock as well...neither of us expected that!
We went to the Dr later that week and confirmed via bloodtest...I'm PREGNANT!
Didn't have any idea how far along I really was because of the PCOS and irregular cycles, so we did a couple of quantitative HCG count tests and an Ultrasound later on. Apparently I'm about 10 weeks now (I thought I'd be closer to 12, at least).

So, without further ado...let me introduce our NEWEST addition..."gummy bear"

We are excited though cautious. This was obviously not planned, but definitely a blessing!

I guess we just had to "stop trying" and "relax" and "get rid of all of our baby stuff" and "give it time" and blah, blah, blah...I've never believed in all of that, but I do believe in miracles...heck, I have one already!!

Oh, and our last "new addition" of Sable, our "puppy"...she is a HUGE dog! She's smart and goofy and so incredibly lovey! She loves to play fetch and wrestle!
Here is a photo of her (Sable, (the dark one) 6 months) with our 10.5 year old (silver) Weimaraner, Bailey.

Not gone...just busy!!

This summer has been so, so busy!! With four-wheeling vacations, visiting family in Florida, and a new puppy, we have been going non-stop! Speaking of this puppy....HUGE!!!! She is 6 months old this week and is 53lbs...Monstrous I tell ya (and beautiful!)! We are trying to figure out future deployment schedules, work, school, and everything else and trying to enjoy the summer break as much as we can! What big thing did you do this summer?
Here are a few photos...enjoy!   

Oh, and before you leave...just know I will be posting a few more pretty cool photos soon. :)

Adding to the family

So, it has been a very, very long time since I have written on my blog. I've just been...well...lazy, to be honest. Even when I think of something to write about, I just don't do it...or I write up a rough draft and never finish it up. But, we now have something to tell the world. 


As many of you know, we were not able to expand our family naturally as we had wanted, so we have decided to adopt.


We will be getting a beautiful baby girl. She has dark hair and eyes and we know that she'll fit so well into our family.


We have been receiving pictures and information about her since her birth. We have been buying and rearranging things to prepare for her arrival on Wednesday.


We have thought about this many times and the timing just never seemed right, but finally, the timing will work out well. We can't tell you how excited we are to meet her and love her and watch her grow up!!


So....without further ado, please allow us to introduce you to Sable, our newest addition!

Sable is a blue Weimaraner and she will be 6 weeks old when she comes to live with us. Bailey is, unfortunately, getting older and her fatty tumors are growing quite large, so we wanted to get a puppy now so Bailey can play with her and help us to train her. We are excited and a bit nervous, of course, because let's face it...as cute as puppies are, they can really suck sometimes (middle of the night whining, peeping/pooping on the floors, training).

5 Years Old!!!

My precious baby girl will no longer be my ‘baby’ tomorrow…tomorrow, she turns 5. She is convinced that overnight she is going to grow taller and think differently because she will be a big girl. I wish Daddy, My Love, was here to celebrate with us, but we know how much he loves us and are so proud of him for what he is doing.

I didn’t ever think I’d be celebrating my child’s 5^th birthday with her being an only child, but I actually kind of love it. I love that we are able to really enjoy her and learn who she is. She is smart, fun, goofy, kind, caring, smart-mouthy at times, and just amazing! Of course, I’m a little biased, but I get that right!

She came into this world in a dramatic way (see: Birth Story) and we are so incredibly lucky to have her, to be blessed with such a wonderful little girl.

Tomorrow, she will wake up to ribbons on her door and presents in the living room. I want to make it a fun day for her to play and enjoy herself. Friday, she will bring cupcakes (that she made) to her school. Then we will have a skating party for her in about a week! Hey, you only turn 5 once, right?!

I guess that is one nice thing about only having one child, I can do her birthday however I want and not feel guilty about it. 

Anyhow, Happy, Happy Birthday my sweet, precious, BIG girl!

I still sing this lullaby almost every night to her. 

11 year Anniversary

You know, I am not what most people would call a quiet person. In fact, most people would say that I talk too much, but it's me. What a lot of people don't realize is that I also keep my mouth shut more often than they'd think.  There are very few people in this world that I feel I don't have to hold my tongue for and one of them is my amazing husband.

Tomorrow we will be celebrating our 11 year anniversary. 

  

11 years that have passed by so amazingly fast and that have been absolutely wonderful. 

 

We have had so much fun and have built a wonderful life together. We have been blessed with a beautiful miracle of a child. 

 

I miss him everyday more than I could say.

Being the wife of a deployed soldier is hard enough, but celebrating holidays without him makes it even more difficult. I know it's just a day, I know it's going to pass with or without him, but I'd so much rather have him here.

I can't wait until he is home, safe again, in my arms and with our family. I can't wait to lie in bed together and be able to tell him everything I want to without holding back.

I know the next 11 years are going to be the best of adventures and the 11 years after that as well!

I love you and miss you My Love. Happy Anniversary!