A Good Day!!

I asked Olivia today:

Me - How old do you think mommy is?
Olivia - I don't know.
Me - Just guess.
Olivia - 6.
Me - You think I'm only 6?
Olivia - 6 20. (Not 620, but 6 then 20. WHAT?)
Me - No, guess again.
Olivia - 10.
Me - No, I'm 34 today.
Olivia - Oh.

I think it's so funny that she guessed 6 and 10. She has no idea ages yet I guess. All she can wrap around is that she will be 5 next. She can count pretty far but must think that after 5 then you are like a mommy. Funny.

We went to the zoo today with my friend Sabrina and her little boy and I came home thinking that I didn't want to make dinner so maybe we should find a coupon and go out. I found some and was going through the options with Steve when he said I have a surprise for you and in walked my brother Mike. I was like, WHAT are you doing here. I had no idea he was coming. So Mike gave me a present to open and YIPPEE SKIPPEE, he, my mom, and my other brother Troy bought me a new camera. My old camera has been on the fritz majorly for awhile and sometimes I can't even get it to work. It's been frustrating and I was waiting for my birthday to use money I got to save for a new one before the baby comes. I had no idea they had already bought me one, I was so excited!!! It's an awesome camera and it takes closeups. My old one took horrible blurry closeups and I couldn't wait to take closeups of my kids and now I can!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!! What a great surprise, that made my day... along with the blueberry waffles Steve and the girls made me for breakfast, the glittery cards my girls made, the blue and white flowers Steve bought, the BIG bag of Swedish Fish ( My favorite!) and all the phone calls, emails, and messages I received from so many loved ones and friends!! Thanks everyone! The day ended with a great dinner out to Texas Roadhouse and a scoop of Pralines and Cream (Another Favorite) Icecream at Baskin Robbins!! Here's to another year!!!

At the Zoo

My pretty blue/white flowers and cards from Olivia and Audrey. Hey, where's the red in those flowers?

Eating my Swedish Fish

Dinner at Texas Roadhouse with my brother

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Side Profile (with his hand above his face)

We had the ultrasound today and we found out we are having a little boy!! I can't tell you how excited we are to have a boy. A girl would have been great too especially since we already know what to do with girls but WOW, I can't believe it. I've been telling myself it's a girl so that if it was I wouldn't be disappointed so I was a little shocked when she said it was a boy. When she told us that it was boy I screeched and grabbed Steve's hand and said, "It's a boy?" She said that it was definitely a boy with little boy parts. Steve said he is glad he'll have a little OU Sooner buddy to watch the games with and play football with. When we told Olivia she screamed, "Yes!" and threw her arms in the air. I'm not sure if Audrey quite gets that we know now that it is a boy and it will stay a boy. She keeps saying she wants a girl and that she doesn't like boys. At least we have 19 weeks to talk about him and get her used to the idea. All of you knew it that commented on my post about what it was. Every one of you said boy and you were right, yippee!!! The ultrasound tech said everything looks good so far so that was a relief. He weighs about 14 ounces.

He's looking at us!

He's looking at us with his arms tucked under his chin

Boy Part- is this appropriate to post?

20 years ago today...............

...my sweet sister Amber Joy Thompson went to be with Jesus. I can't believe it has already been 20 years. She would be 32 right now. The picture above is her in I think her last professional photo before she died and I think she was 12 years old in the picture. Mom, am I right? Someone asked me if I still had a hard time with it or was sad and no, not really. O.k., I guess I get a little sad because I miss her but it's been so long that time really does heal. I really miss having a sister. I'm so glad my girls have each other because sisters are the best.

My sister and I

Waking up Christmas morning

20 weeks

I was 20 weeks along last weekend. That's half way done!!! I can't believe it, time is flying. I have been feeling the baby move since about 16 weeks, that's early compared to when I felt the girls but this little bugger is a mover and a shaker. It should be around the size of a banana. Crazy!

Bring the Rain

"Bring me joy, bring me peace

Bring the chance to be free

Bring me anything that brings your glory

And I know there'll be days

When this life brings me pain

But if that's what it takes to praise You

Jesus, bring the rain"

Mercy Me, "Bring the Rain"

Steve lost his job last October and he remains unemployed. He has had interviews for jobs that he hasn't gotten. Most recently we thought we were moving to Arizona because he had a friend who got him an interview with his company. It looked like we were in and that we would be moving soon. As much as we would hate to move, we were actually looking forward to having a job again so we were up for it. The last three weeks we have been getting really excited thinking this is it, this is the job God had waiting for Steve. Then a bomb came yesterday. The company went with another guy. Wow! My heart sank. Why God, why! I knew that if this door closed that meant God didn't want us there but it's still hard to take. Except that I know that this was His will for us so why is it hard to take.

Going through this job loss since October has been extremely difficult and we have been tested in many ways. BUT we have learned a lot through it too. I think we still have a lot to learn and I'm asking God to please help me understand what He wants me to get out of all this. I know He wants me to draw nearer to Him and I have more in the last months than I have in a long time BUT I'm at the point where I feel He is saying, "Hello, Heather! You need to make me your first priority, you need to fall on your knees and spend time with me, you need to NOT try and figure everything out on your own and you need to reach out to me more than you ever have and most importantly, you need to TRUST me, I will provide for you!" O.K. God, I'm listening.

The song posted above really speaks to me right now because I want my attitude to be that if takes heartache and difficulty to bring me closer to Him then Jesus, BRING THE RAIN!!!! That's hard to say because it's hard going through trials but if it brings Him glory then I want to be on board. There are so many people going through so many difficult things in their lives right now, I'm not the only one. BUT I do have a God who loves me more than I'll ever know. He won't leave me or forsake me.

Please pray for my attitude with all this because it hasn't been good. I don't want to be angry about my circumstances, I want to accept them and know that God has my best in mind and He will work all things out for His good. Pray that I will really draw nearer to Him and learn from this situation. Pray that Steve will find a job and that I will be patient.

I just had to get this off my chest. Life isn't always a bowl of cherries like it can sometimes seem when reading someone's blog but if it will bring me closer to my Father in Heaven then bring the rain!

Listen to this song if you can, it's great!

This is where I'm at right about now!

ARRGGGHHH!!! Finding something to wear these days is killing me.

Birthday Continued...

Great pic dad, show this one to your buddies at work!!!

The day after my dad's birthday we had some cake and ice cream with my dad's cousin Serena, her husband chip, her son Joshua, and Josh's two boys Kellan and Cole. Part of the cake was missing when I took the pictures, it wasn't made that way in case you were wondering.

My 3rd ? cousin Josh, not a great pic, oops.

My dad's cousin Serena and her husband Chip

Josh's very cute boys Kellan and Cole. Olivia had a blast with them.

The cake was German Chocolate made by my mom... mmmm delicious!!!!

Happy 60th Birthday Dad!!!

My dad turned the big 60 today and I can't believe it. Do I really have a parent who is in their 60's? I never thought this would happen. When I was younger and my grandparents were in their 60's I thought that was old but now that my dad is 60 there is no way that 60's are old. We love you dad and are so happy that we got to spend this special day with you!

Here is how we spent our day:

Had a yummy breakfast thanks to my culinary chef husband

Then off to Sunflower Farm-

Couldn't find Steve for awhile then voila

Playing on a tractor. Papaw would be so proud!

Climbing the treehouse

They loved feeding the goats, especially Audrey, she could have done this all day. She said, "I'm feeding the goats Mom, they real cute!

Steve and I never take a picture by ourselves anymore

Finally, we had a fabulous dinner at Dave and Busters with all of us and Michael. My camera battery died so I don't have a picture with him in it except his ear in this picture.

The posers!

Whew, that was a lot of pictures! Hope we didn't bore you too much.