Jenny's shower...

Jenny had her shower yesterday and she was totally blessed. She received so many things that she needed it was awesome! Everything turned out beautiful!!! She was so pleased with the way everything looked and ran so smoothly. I was exhausted by the end of the day. After everyone left I helped Scott get their crib down from my parents attic and some other baby items. On Tuesday I am going to help her get everything together and try to look for a dresser for the baby. She needs a tall thin dresser or an armoir. Their house has no storage and space so organization is a MUST!! Reece is so excited about his little brother!! He loves to feel on Jenny's belly and talk to him. Yes he finally has a name but no I am not going to tell anyone. It feels good to be able to call him by name and bond with him more. I can't wait to meet him. Matt had our boys all day yesterday. They hung out at home and played outside all day. They went on a long neighborhood walk and found leaves, acorns, and saw all kinds of animals. My kids thought they were on a nature hunt. It was cute to hear them talk about their day when I got home. Anyways, to sum up, the shower went wonderful and Jenny felt honored, so the goal was accomplished and I was very pleased.

Preshower update...

The cake finally got ordered. I ran to 3 Michael's stores and 2 Joanne fabric stores only to realize that the cake topper that I was looking for was no longer in existence. So I bought ribbon and made my own. Actually my mom made it for me but none the less, it is now done and the cake will be ready by 9am tomorrow. The flowers are done and at my moms house. Her house is already decorated. The food is bought and ready. The gifts are wrapped, and the games are prepared. I finally feel like I have a handle on the situation. Tomorrow I just need to go to the grocery store and pick up the cake and the few last minute items and finish setting out the food. AHHHH, that is the sound of relief for the moment. Matt has the boys today. I am on my own so that I could finish everything. Yes, my house sounds quite and yes I am thoroughly enjoying it!!! I will blog again tomorrow and post pictures of the shower.

Upcoming baby shower...

Well as you know, my little sister is going to have a baby and yes he still has no name. I know... it is very frustrating to me too to keep calling him "boy" when I talk to him or about him, but what can I do? Anyways, my mom and I are giving her a baby shower this Saturday. I am really excited about it because with Reece, she wasn't exactly excited about the timing of her pregnancy and so with this one, she can really enjoy all of the things that you "do" when you are pregnant. Anyways, back to my story. So today I went to Publix to order her cake (yes I know I should have done it sooner, but life happened and I didn't.)and the lady there told me I was confusing and complicated and she couldn't help me. She told me to come back tomorrow and talk to the actual cake decorator and see if they could do what I wanted. She said they might be able to do it in time. AHHHH!!!!! The stress!!! So first thing in the morning I am marching my behind back down to Publix to talk with a decorator to see if it is possible. I even have a drawing of what I want. If not, I need to put plan B into action and find a cake decorator that will do it for me. Otherwise, I am up a creek. Yikes!!! I know it will all work out. Then I was on the phone tryng to get a hold of a person about the food for 45 minutes when I finally gave up and realized that today was one of those days that I was going to accomplish nothing, and I needed to be ok with that and enjoy my kids. The next 2 days they will be with our babysitter and I can completely focus on her shower. I did however get to put together her stroller for her that her volleyball team bought for her. That was so kind of them. Anyways, I will keep you posted on the shower drama. Jenny has another doctors appointment tomorrow. I will let you know how that goes.

Long time no blog...

Well as you can see I am a horrible blogger now that life is back to it's normal crazy routine. Matt is obviously back in town. One of these days I will have him do a blog to tell you about his trip. And one of these days I will take pictures of my kids and post them. Today I went with my sister to her ultrasound appointment. She is 31 weeks and 3 days pregnant. They are still having a boy. There is no denying that he is a "he". The baby looks like Jenny as a baby where as Reece looked like Scott from the beginning especially with the lips. You are probably asking yourself how can you tell from black and white photos? Well some were black and white and some were the 4D color photos. He has chubby cheeks too. It's crazy to think that something so precious and so wonderful would be in a woman's body and yet so many women disregard the precious gift of life that God has given them. I love watching or hearing his heart beat. I love watching or feeling him move. It is truly a miracle. But yet people don't view it as that. It really saddens me especially because there are people who would love and treasure those children but those children won't ever get that chance. Ok, I need to stop talking about this subject because it is making me really sad adn emotional. Anyways, it was a really cool experience to be with my sister and get to experience her pregnancy with her. Maybe one day we will get to do it to. I am now on facebook so if you want to contact me there that is a fast and easy way.

Matt trip...

I know I said I would email you sooner however, it is just now I have information to email you. remember I said in my previous blog that sometimes communication can be a bit challenging. So here goes. On Sunday the guys were at green camp all day and had several services at the church and I think maybe some in other places in other places too, I am not so sure. Again, I will be able to give lots of details when Matt gets home and can give them to me. They spent that night there and Monday morning they drove back to the city. I am not sure what they did during the day but I do know that they met with the pastor of the biggest church in Guayaquil call Centro Evangelico. I am sure I spelled it totally wrong. But anyways Matt gave his testimony about his cancer and what he has learned from it and how God has prepared us and provided for us throughout all of it. So after that meeting the guys went back to the Embassy to eat their dinner and the plan was to eat and go to the Heart of Titus meeting. In the middle of their dinner they got a call and it was Pastor Lore (the senior pastor of the big church) asking Matt and Tony to come preach at the church that night. That is a HUGE honor down there. You don't just get to go preach at that church. Anyways, 21 people got saved that we know of. God is so awesome!!! Today they went to the market place. Matt said they had a really good time. Tony left today to come back home. Matt, Scott, and my dad will return Thursday night. HALLELUJAH!!!!!! If I hear any more news I will keep you updated.

Please keep praying for my precious kids. They are still very sick. It is quite pitiful actually. One of these days I will post new pictures.

Matt mission trip...

Yesterday Matt left for a week long trip to Ecuador on a mission trip. He went down there with my dad and my brother in law Scott. They met up with a man named Tony Nardella and they have a crazy agenda this week. They got in Guayaquil, Ecuador around 1030pm. They are staying at the Christian Embassy in Guayaquil. Scott and Matt are sharing a room. My dad and Tony have their own room. Maggie is the live in house keeper and cook. She made them a huge breakfast this morning and then they went off to Green camp. Green camp is about 4 hours away from the city and the people are very poor and very needy. They live in huts with dirt floors or on the streets. They have one church in the middle of the village. A team of Ecuadorian men and woman make this journey weekly to provide for the needs of these people and share the gospel with them. When the guys get there with the team, they are going to help provide the people with a meal. Matt and Scott are going to preach on the streets, and my dad and Tony are going to hold a church service in the church and meet with the local pastors. At least I think that is the plan. Their days are very long there. They start at anywhere between 8-9am and finish anywhere between 12-2am. There are no naps. The meal schedule is off. Snack bars become your best friend. I will keep you updated as he keeps me updated. If he is in a place with email then he will email. My dad bought a phone from Ecuador with prepaid minutes on it so if they are in a place with reception, they can call us. All that is to say, I will keep you updated.

On a different note, both of my boys are sick:( It started out with just Logan. I actually had to call into work Thursday and Friday because he was up all night with fevers and breathing trouble. I had to give him breathing treatments all throughout the night. Poor baby. I thought it was just allergies and the fact that he was getting his 2 year old molars in until Noah started today getting a raspy voice. I will have to keep an eye on it. I don't want to have sick boys. It has been hard especially with Matt being gone. I hope Noah doesn't follow Logan's path because I don't want to call into work this week however, my kids come first. With Matt being gone, I have no other choice. I will just have to pray against that!! Anyways, I need to go put my big boys to bed now. I will write tomorrow after I hear from Matt.

This week has been a really good week. Noah is well adjusted to his new preschool. He is making new friends. It is really adorable to hear him talk about "big boy" things. Logan is getting used to Noah being gone during the day. He enjoys his time with us individually. His personality is really starting to bloom. Noah and Matt went on a guy date this week to the movies. They had a great time. Noah felt so big and special. They went to the dollar theater to see Hollywood Chiwawa. I probably spelled that wrong. Sorry. They went all out and bought popcorn and a drink together. Logan and I hung out at my mom's house. My grandmother is in town this week and it is so nice to see her. She is a really special lady!! She has endured many things in her life and through all of the hardships she has glorified God in it all. I want to be like her when I grow up. I am definitely still a work in progress. We have our young marrieds group from church coming over tonight. I made brownies so we can have brownie sundae's. It is going to be the first time that any of our friends have seen our new house. On that note. I need to go get ready for everyone to come over. I will try to write sooner that I did this week. I am working Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday so no blogging then. Sorry.