I found these on Pregnant Chicken and they gave me quite a laugh. Had to share.
January 18th, 2012
The day has come
After many prayers the day has arrived that I get to write and share this post with you. Today Trevor and I heard our precious little baby’s heartbeat loud and clear. Wow. What a feeling. We are overjoyed at the love we feel for this little soul already.
Tomorrow I will be 15 weeks and am so happy to be in my second trimester- such exciting new territory for me! Baby has kept me on my toes these past 14 weeks and I am looking forward to the week that food sounds tasty again.
Baby Caster is due July 15th and we are so excited to meet our little bundle. Life is good and God is great. Thank you to all of you who have offered your love and support to us on our journey to parenthood. We are definitely on our way. xoxo.
January 3rd, 2012
Christmas
Christmas – what a special time of the year! We had so much fun celebrating with both of our families. We kicked off the season with dinner at Grandma B’s house, joined Papa and Grandma on Christmas Eve afternoon, shimmied on over to Mom and Dad’s for dinner and fun Christmas Eve night and then off to Fruitland for Christmas day with Trevor’s family. Phew!
We had such a great time with everyone. We are so lucky that our families are close and that we can see everyone and celebrate the season. I am sad I didn’t take more photos, but I borrowed some of them from Bridgette so I had a few more to enjoy.
Cheers to you and yours – hope it was wonderful!
December 16th, 2011
Chloe’s Birthday!
My favorite little furball turned 5 today. This past year she has really grown up and mellowed out. Not a lot, but there has been a noticeable difference. Oh how I love my Chloe Bear, she always knows how to turn my frown upside down and snuggle me just right. I love her to pieces. Happy birthday Chloe!
December 6th, 2011
Still here
Oh my. How has an ENTIRE month gone by already. Eeks! I can happily report that Thanksgiving was wonderful. We hosted our annual brunch with my family and then joined Trevor’s family for a great dinner. Our Christmas lights are up, tree decorated and stockings hung. I love this time of year. So many happy faces and so much to be thankful for.
So three cheers to enjoying this special time of year with the ones you love!
November 6th, 2011
Letting go
As many of you know I like to plan. I like to plan a lot. So stepping back and allowing God to work in my life on His timetable has been a big adjustment for me. I know that God has an amazing plan for me, my problem is letting go and allowing His plan to work through me. So along came October. At church we began a sermon series titled “Living the Good Life” which really focused on trusting God and getting beyond myself.
This sermon series has been a huge blessing to me. I can honestly say that for the first time I have let go completely and have stopped trying to plan my life to the letter. I am turning to prayer to unload my worry and as I do, my load feels just a little bit lighter. I know that I am a work in progress and there will be days when it is harder to ride shotgun than drive, but I am feeling really fulfilled knowing how great it truly feels to step out from behind the wheel.
I stumbled on this video tonight and I had to share.
October 24th, 2011
Bossypants
Wow. It has been FOREVER since I read a book. This job thing is really taking up my free time. Not to worry though, I finally wiggled in some time to read this past weekend. Bossypants by Tina Fey was pretty funny. There were a few parts were I laughed my behind off and others that were a bit of a snore. But it was fun to learn about Tina’s rise to fame. And who knew that her scar was from someone slashing her face when she was in kindergarten!?! Crazy stuff. Overall I give it a B-. It was a quick and easy read – perfect for the weekend.
October 19th, 2011
My Birthday
I am blessed. I know I say that a lot, but I really am. It’s not that I am lucky- I have only really ever won 2 things in my life from a drawing and after living in Las Vegas for 3 years, my biggest jackpot was $30. Soo, I wouldn’t say I am the luckiest person. But I am very blessed. My life is full of amazing people who make me smile. I have shoulders to lean on, hands to hold, and very special people who will skip through the streets with me when life is just that good.
So no matter what crazy challenges life seems to bring my way, I know I will cross the finish line because I have all of these wonderful people cheering me on. My life just keeps getting better each year. So happy birthday to me and a huge thank you to my loved ones for being so generous with your hearts.
October 1st, 2011
Fun on the farm
Today Trevor and I took Drake and Connor to The Farmstead and had a super fun afternoon. We played in corn kernels, climbed spider webs, Drake bounced on “The Pillow”, Uncle T shot corn and pumpkins out of a cannon, and we picked out our very own pumpkins.
Fall we are ready for your arrival!
September 28th, 2011
Summer Sendoff
Wow, September has flown by! And I think I have the Cabin to thank for that. We were lucky to have the family Cabin for the month of September and went up each weekend. I love that place. Seriously. Probably my favorite place. This month we happily celebrated Mom, Trevor, and Drake’s birthdays and enjoyed lots of sunshine, play time in the water, kayak rides, bike rides and camp fires.
Many more memories were added to my Cabin favorites. One that really stuck with me was watching Trevor and Drake hang out just the two of them around the campfire. Drake told me it was boy talk and that he thought it would be ok if I just went back inside. I love that he has fun with his “Uncle T” and I know Trev will be such a great Daddy when it is our turn. In the meantime our nephews are giving him great practice.
McCall thanks for a great summer sendoff — we’ll see you in December!
