Had it!

I have about had it with Blogger guys. This is so annoying. I just finished typing up a nice long update and when my photos were finished uploading it all just up and disappeared! I can't even find it now in History. Grr this really burns me up. This is why we don't use this site very often. It is not user friendly!!!! And my pictures are never in order!! AAAAAHHHhhhhhhh

Anyway...Back to the gist of the other blog. I don't feel like typing it all over again so here are some pics. We had a ton of snow this week and Lola had puppies last week. They are all doing very well, they haven't opened their eyes yet but probably will soon. Also there's a new preggo pic for anyone who wants to see how huge and uncomfortable I am. Needless to say, I am ready. This is not one of my favorite life experiences. I've had it what that too. 

Nursery progress so far.......

I decided to be productive with the help of my good friend Melissa. We went through all kinds of bags and boxes of baby clothes and goodies for Abishai. It was really neat and very tiring. 

This is a pic of me today. I'm to the point that I am wearing some of Andy's shirts around the house just to be comfy. 

This is a pic from the past weekend of us and my younger sis Nova. This is a sub shop that she works at.
This is the clothes and shoes etc. seperated by sizes so far. I can't believe how much we have already, it really is a blessing to have so many family and friends !!!
We ran out of hangers early on...
The crib again. I finalized all the little frays and things on the bumper and added the little stuffed animals from my mom.
Thanks to everyone who has sent us something for the baby and thank you Melissa for coming to help out!!!!

The crafty side...

I decided that since I don't like any of the baby bedding in stores and anywhere on the wonderful world wide web, I am going to make my own.  Here is what I have so far. I did the bumper today. Later on with the extra material I may make a blanket or a few little pillows. 

A little bit of our holidays.......

This year we stayed home for actual Christmas and then went to PA for the weekend. Here are some pics from Christmas.

Our 3rd Christmas together, our first real tree!! 

Andy's new top from Chance and Brit.

Warming by the fire

Us before church service Christmas eve

Half Way mark

Last week marked 20 weeks and I am SO happy to be over the hump. We haven't been up to too much lately. We did get our Christmas tree this week and we did most of our shopping. It's getting very cold here! Hopefully it will snow!!

An Introduction to Make

Well, this is our son, Abishai Elijah!!! We got the much anticipated ultrasound done last Sunday. Now we can take the next big step and start working on the nursery. I can rest at ease for a little while knowing that I don't have to paint it pink for this one. Can you believe we can see this much!? We are just taking it all in. Ahhh, techmology... friggin amazing stuff. We can't decide who he looks like yet. Just know this: God is so awesome! Who else would come up with this. He truly is the Author and Creator of Life. I cannot begin to describe to feelings that go along with all of this. "Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements and unfathomable His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who became His counselor? Or who has first given to the Him that it might be paid back to him again? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. - Romans 11:33-36"  Yeah, that's a start.

~A

Weekend getaway

This past weekend we rented a cabin near the Luray Canverns in Virginia. It was a beautiful place to stay and relax. Saturday we toured the caverns and did a garden maze then at night we enjoyed some fine dining at a local hotel. Sunday morning we got up and took an airplane ride above the mountains to see the view!! The trees were all different colors . They looked like a giant blanket over the ground. This really was a nice trip and I would recommend it to anyone who can go.