Not too much happened...peed in a cup, got a bunch of info, and answered a few questions. Have an ultrasound scheduled for Friday. They say the due date is August 27th but because I have never been an every 30 day girl...the ultra sound will help determine how far along I am. Then off to the dr. again next week for the fun paperwork visit and then I get to schedule the really fun exam visit...the funny thing was I really made sure I was shaved up for this visit just in case and all I got was my blood pressure and temp. taken. OH Well! I'm just looking forward to Friday...the crazy thing is my mom keeps joking about twins because her father was one. We'll see!

I have never been a person that enjoys sameness. I love variety! Maybe I got it from coming home from school every few months and discovering my mother had rearranged things. So, I decided to change the look of my blog. I don't understand all the customizing stuff but it's fun to have something new. Now I wish I could change what I can eat right now. Crackers...Pasta...Toast...it gets a little dull. I know, only a few more weeks and it should be a little better...right now it's just getting worse. Good thing is I see the dr. on Monday.

So, seriously just spent a butt load of time blogging and setting up a baby registry. I really got to get my house cleaned for church tonight (Wed. nights are at our house) and take a shower before we go visiting this afternoon. Though I do have to admit...it is so fun to connect with my good friends!! (and the fact I usually only get the computer when my husband is away)

I filled the washer and then discovered the fabric softner ball was at the bottom.

I picked up the cups laying around the house (how can one man use so many in one day?)

I did the dishes again

I picked up clothes laying on the floor left 2 inches from the hamper

I tried to come up with another exciting or at least decent meal

We scheduled more visits with people from the church

Sometimes I look at my life and all I feel is mundane. I know it will continue and escalate with children. I feel like I miss the huge variety in teaching and connecting with students. I struggle with my identity being a pastor's wife and wondering if I'm living up to expectations. I am constantly tired and my stomach is off on top of it all and yet I feel lazy and think...how would I do this if I already had other children. Then...I read my bible and wrestle over all these thoughts and hope I am making a little progress.

So the newest fun I've found in being pregnant is not that I actually am eating saltines (I really think that is the only time people eat those things) but trying to figure out names. When you have taught for a few years and been around camp you end up meeting a lot of different people and therefore name association becomes a problem. Then there is the crazy thing of nicknames and the meaning of names...I'm pretty big into the name have a cool meaning. And last but not least there is both the family name tie in and the spousal agreement...oh so much fun! One girls name I have been thinking about is Emerson. It's my dad's middle name and i have just started hearing it for girls. We would probably call her Emma but I don't know. Kevin wants a jr. but I say HECK NO! So, we thought about Aidan and then I found out it was the most popular boys name last year. His grandpas name was john but they called him jack and i sort of like it but i don't know...

I have been waiting for some snow. The truth was that I was kind of depressed that my friends in Arkansas were getting more snow than we had. Though,the misnomer about the Adirondacks is that there is a lot of snow...we do get snow but when we lived in Oswego county we probably got more snow than here. Winter in the Adirondacks is all about the cold. We have a heat wave in the winter if it is above 10 degrees. Most of the time the temps are in the negatives and the wind chill makes it even more fun! But...I am just thankful we have some snow to make it more beautiful than ever. These are pictures taken from our back deck looking out behind our house. I am still amazed that God has let us live in such beautiful country!!

Well, winter in the north is somewhat here. We haven't had a lot of snow but the temp has dropped to "normal" adirondack winter temp...ie. very cold! I am enjoying snuggling in at home. I haven't been feeling bad so far...a little tired and my stomach is a little off but not bad! I am thankful for that. I think I am about 8 weeks. I have a dr's appt. on the 29th so I will know more details after that. It's been exciting to rejoice with everyone though!

1 year ago today I said goodbye to a baby and the hopes and dreams that went with it. I was not that far along and yet I decided to name it hope because that is waht I found in God.

1 year to the day that I found out I was pregnant for Hope...I find out I am pregnant again. God is good! He has restored and shown His perfect timing. He has used the last year to better prepare us and to bring us to a place that we can be settled at. I see God's incredible grace!

Yep...I finally saw them...I've been waiting a long time to see them and had many failed attempts at seeing them but I finally saw them. I even did it twice to make sure and yep...they were there...2 pink lines...according to the directions that means I'm pregnant right?

these are the beautiful roses from my husband for my birthday...I also was given a beautiful garnet necklace! We went out to red lobster last night to celebrate and did some shopping. He also bought me cheesecake!! I love birthdays!

Wow...life has been busy...our christmas eve service went well...we had a good attendence and everyone seemed to enjoy the candelight service in the evening. We left right after and headed to marathon and stayed up til all hours that night catching up with family. Now that we are all grown and there are no kids around we had a lesuirely morning, mom made breakfast, and then we opened presents.

The only crazy thing was the new family tradition. For as long as i can remember we have begged mom to let us open at least one present christmas eve. That NEVER happened and was an affront to my mother's culutral standards. Well, this year we are all sitting around christmas eve and mom comes out with a present for each of us. Dad refused to open it at first and i nearly fell off my chair in shock. She had gotten us each pj's but we did not realize we were to wear them to open presents the next day...so we all got up, showered and dressed only to be sent back to our rooms to change!

We had a wonderful time visting friends and family and the time flew by. But, i got to stop at my favorite thrift store looking for some dress shoes and found 2 pair my size, exactly what i needed...for $3.00 (you would have loved in ness...they were having some great sales!)

When we arrived home we decided to do a mountian hike...kevin had purchased some books with maps and descriptions of the hikes. It was a beautiful day and we made it almost to the top of pharoah mt. before realizing it was not as easy of a hike as we first thought so we turned around and headed back a little sore and cold.

We spent saturday and sunday afternoon getting ready for the open house and had about 20 people come...it turned out well and they all liked what I have done with the house...which is big to me since it's still not really mine but the churches and I want them to feel like we are taking care of it. The funny thing is many of them are snow birds and we realized during the party that our deacons and trustees will all be in florida during Feb. However says that church ministry is at all normal has never worked in a small chuch...

so, now we are getting ready to go down to glens falls (the nearest big town) to go out for my birthday (which is tomorrow but with prayer meeting at our house from now on tuesday works better) and to do some shopping. kevin's planning our next hike and i'm am starting to get called to sub...plus still trying to get together with various families from our church...we will not be bored.