Our 2 Year Wedding Anniversary

It’s hard to believe Billy and I will celebrate our 2 year wedding anniversary on Monday, May 24^th. The last three years have truly flown by! This year we are going to Savannah, GA. I am so excited because I have always wanted to go! I am so blessed to have such a Godly, hard-working, supportive, and gentle husband and best friend. Because of Billy I truly see how much God can work in your life if you allow him to. I have now learned to count my many blessings and to not take any moment for granted. Every opportunity I have to tell Billy I love him, I do. Every time I have the opportunity to hold his hand or give him a hug, I do. In the short time we have been married, I have learned the following:

It’s not about assets, it’s about substance.

It’s not about silence, it’s about comfort.

It’s not about just attendance, it’s about worship.

It’s not about words, it’s about actions.

It’s not about forgiveness, it’s about acceptance.

It’s not about differences, it’s about individuality.

It’s not about flaws, it’s about perfect imperfections.

It’s not about being right, it’s about having approval.

It’s not about thoughts, it’s about choices.

It’s not about making decisions, it’s about consideration.

It’s not about making changes, it’s about growth.

Here is to the next 70 years, a house full of kids, and all the sporting events we can muster in our schedule! I love you!

Mi hermana esta en Espana

Right now my sister Anna is studying abroad in Spain! She is there for three weeks and her trip is already a third of the way over. I am so proud of her for pursuing her studies the way she has for her Spanish major. I know that she will look back on her experience and be proud for going! She is great at speaking the language and you can tell how much she loves Spanish when she talks about it. I know that being there in Spain will help her when she is teaching her students in class one day. :) Anna and I have always been very close so it is hard not being able to talk to her everyday. There have been several times over the last week when I have dialed her number and then remembered I would have to wait a bit longer to talk to her. Time goes by quickly though so it will be soon enough! Not many people know this, but I want to have at least three kids as a result of how much Anna means to me. Growing up we did everything together, from spying on our big sister while she was with her boyfriends, to building forts in the yard, to playing basketball to the tune of our Space Jam CD, to playing football on the N64 until the wee hours of the morning. I love you lots sis and I am looking forward to renting movies when you get back and spending ALL day on a Saturday watching them with you! (We can order take-out from Brass Lantern too with some fruit tea....YUM)

The Good News

Billy as a toddler! How adorable!!!

I will never forget the moment I first realized we were pregnant with our first child! It was April 17th, 2010! I remember feeling a little hot that day, as though I was having mini hot flashes and I thought, hmm, I wonder if maybe I am coming down with something...I checked my temperature and it said "99.7". I had an extra pregnancy test so I thought, hey, why not check it out?! :) Those were probably the longest two minutes of my life! I said a little prayer and did my business and then waited for the results to show. I would like to recommend using electronic pregnancy tests if you are trying to conceive. It's worth the few extra dollars. I'm not a fan of having to decipher the lines and sometimes they are not completely accurate. Why not just go for a clear phrase? :)

It's hard to express the feeling that overcomes you when you read the results "pregnant" for the first time. It is like excitement, happiness, joy, anxiousness, and surprise all at the same time! Most of us all plan on having kids one day, and it has been on my mind for the last year and half (we decided to wait for awhile while we saved up some money)....but it's still kind of hard to grasp when you first find out. I guess the best way to describe it is to say it's surreal. To think there was a little bean inside of me, totally connected to me and depending on me for his/her needs!!!

I was immediately overwhelmed with how much I love our Lord and how thankful I am that he has blessed us with a child. That song "Count Your Many blessings" comes to my mind. Sometimes I think people take for granted all the wonderful blessings we are given in this life. Well, I guess we all do from time to time. This is definitely not something this gal is going to take for granted!

I jumped in my car and drove to Walmart in order to get a few more tests. I wanted to make sure before I told Billy! While I was driving I was overjoyed and teary-eyed. I couldn't believe it! Thank goodness Walmart is only like 3 miles from our house! When I got back home I laid out all the tests and squeezed out what I had left (haha) and used them one by one...all said "Pregnant" in bold black writing!

I had gotten a litte Tennessee jumper a few weeks earlier to give to Billy as a gift when I found out we were expecting, so I fixed it up in a bright orange bag and waited for him to arrive home. He was at Home Depot at the time picking out flowers for our landscape. I called him at the time and tried to act all normal and like nothing was going on...thank goodness he couldn't see my facial expressions at the time. Ha

When he arrived home I told him I was giving him an anniversary present a little early this year. Our two year anniversary is May 24th and he was having a golf seminar that week (lucky banker) so he assumed I was giving him golf attire at the time. He was acting very animated at the time and pulling the tissue paper out and tossing it in the air. I was thinking, haha, he has no idea what he is about to learn. When he finally pulled it out and unwrapped the jumper, he looked up at me and I asked him if he "knew of anyone that might want to wear that." He teared up and said "Are you serious?!" Then he gave me a big hug and a kiss and we held each other for a few minutes. I also showed him all three pregnancy tests I had taken. Lol


There are moments in life that we classify as "big moments" or "life changers." For me it's getting your first car, becoming an aunt, speaking at high school graduation, attending a Christian college, finding the love of my life, getting married to my best friend...and now finding out that I am becoming a mommy! WOW! Life is good and I must say that I am truly blessed.

Seven Months and Counting

I have decided to start my blog back up after months of not using it. And to what do we owe this joyous occasion? I'm PREGNANT! Billy and I are expecting our first child. Right now we are close to being 8 weeks along. It's hard to believe there is a little baby growing inside me right now. The pregnancy material I've been reading says our baby's heart is beating 150 bpm right now is our baby is starting to make slight movements which we can't feel just yet. :) How exciting! I figure this will be a great way for me to keep up with all of the fun pregnancy moments and hopefully I will be able to show this blog to little Billy or little Brooklyn one day. We feel incredibly blessed and cannot wait to be parents! I am going to go backwards on my blogs for a little bit until I catch up on where we currently are in the pregnancy. There have already been a few funny memories!!!