1 day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow only 1 more day until our baby boy will be here. I can't believe it! As much as I have been counting down and complaining, I am getting very nervous now! Nervous for the surgery, nervous on loving a baby as much as I love Taylor, nervous for Taylor, and nervous that we still don't have a name. What kind of parents are we anyways! But in 1 day we will be holding the newest family member in our arms and loving every second of it!! Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!

10 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only 10 days left until I get this baby out!! We are so excited to meet him and hold him, just can't wait!!! We are counting down the days! I of course am hoping it takes less than 10 days. I can't understand how I can be this miserable and have this many contractions and nothing be happening!! And why exactly did I pick a male Dr?? Wouldn't a female Dr be more understanding and say that since I am "close enough" we could take the baby out a few days early???? We want him to be healthy and of course come when it is time, but I am just ready!!!! Anyways only 10 days until our beautiful son arrives (or less).

Cake

God's cake....

This is about the best thing I've ever read as an explanation.

We all wonder many times over WHY?

Sometimes we wonder, 'What did I do to deserve this?' or 'Why did God have to do this to me?'

Here is a wonderful explanation!

A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away.

Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, 'Absolutely Mom, I love your cake.

'Here, have some cooking oil,' her Mother offers.

'Yuck' says her daughter

'How about a couple raw eggs?' 'Gross, Mom!'

'Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?'

'Mom, those are all yucky!'

To which the mother replies: 'Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves.. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!'

God works the same way.. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!


God is crazy about you. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.


I got this as a forward via email and thought it was neat.

Chocolate!!!

Today I made brownies for our bible study tonight and Taylor of course wanted a bite when she saw me licking the spoon from the batter. Needless to say she LOVED it, I think she would have ate the whole bowl of brownie mix if I would have let her. Her daddy is not a fan of chocolate and I think was hoping maybe she wouldn't be either, but I think as of now she is.

Easter Eggs!!!

Tonight we dyed Easter eggs. Taylor had fun watching the eggs turn colors. She kept thinking that a chicken was going to "hatch" out of them, especially when she would drop them and they would crack. She was very concerned about the chickens. It was fun to watch her. The video shows her worried about the baby chickens "hatching."

He still has it!!

Those of you who don't know my husband Zach has a God given talent of throwing the javelin. He had some days in college that he threw that people just wish they could come close to. He has many many awards and national wins. When we met he hurt his elbow and this hindered his throwing ability. He still would compete at meets and I loved watching him, but still wishing I was a part of his life when he felt like he was competing at his best. Well last week he took his team to a track and field meet in California. He decided to try to throw there and see what he could do just for fun. It has been a few years since he has actually tried to throw. So he went out there with no true training just pure ambition and threw 207 feet. Now for an almost 30 year old who hasn't thrown in years and has not trained either, this is wonderful!! He even came in first place!!! And if he was competing at Baker he would hold the school record. So this was an exciting day! Once again though I wish I could have seen it!! We are proud of you honey and I knew you still had it in you!!

Conversations with a 2 year old

Taylor is always talking, she always has something to say. Lately she has been making me laugh with some of the things she says. Here are a few examples...

Taylor: "Come on mommy, slide down on tummy."
Me: "Honey, mommy's tummy is too big to slide on the slide because of the baby."
Taylor: "yeah, I know." (Gee thanks honey)

Taylor:"Look mommy lots of puppy dogs!!"
Sure enough we were driving down the street and there was a lady walking 3 dogs.

We put Taylor's twin bed and a new dresser in her room. When she came in to look at it she said "Wow, cool!"

The other day we were outside playing...
Taylor: "chirp, chirp"
Me: "Are you pretending to be a bird?"
Taylor: "No talking to birds mommy."

Lately for some reason she also keeps looking at me and saying "don't worry mommy."

One of her favorite foods is hot dogs. So today when she asked for her 3rd hot dog for lunch, I doubled check with her said "another hot dog?" She said "yeah, I lick it up!" ??????

"Silly daddy"

She follows every "thank you" with a "welcome" behind it. Guess we are glad she is learning good manners.

Every where she goes or everything she does she wants me to go with her or do the exact same thing. And I mean everything! Everything is "come on mommy"

And her new favorite game is Simon Says. It is so cute to hear and watch her learn new things to have us do. I think she likes telling us what to do ;)