It is hard to believe that we are in November, welcoming Thanksgiving into our home and staring Christmas in the face. It seems the older I'm getting the faster and faster Christmas arrives each year. In October, we celebrated 3 birthdays in our family, Halloween, and received some sad news. I'll start with the fun stuff and progress to the sad.
In a 7 day period my niece Eisley, my Mom and my Grandmother all have a birthday. I always enjoy hanging out with my family for these occasions. Eisley turned 2, my Mom turned 50-something :), and my Mama Bea (that's what we call my Grandmother) turned 78.
Halloween was fun. Zoe was a harvest fairy this year, and a cute one if I do say so myself!! One of my sweet friends made her tutu and we bought the rest of her outfit from Target & Walmart. Keeping the grand total of her costume under $20.00. That made her daddy happy!!
Two years ago on October 26th Zach & I had been married 2 days shy of 3 months and I was 1 1/2 months pregnant. I know you're doing the math, but no I wasn't pregnant when we got married. That baby was a surprise for us, as we really weren't planning to get pregnant that quickly in our marriage. However, we gave it all over to the Lord and knew He was in control of our situation and marriage. So it came as a shock when we miscarried on the morning of October 26th. Ironically enough, this year this October 26th, I found out that we had another miscarriage. I found out I was pregnant in July, but we didn't tell anyone because we hadn't even confirmed it with our doctor. I knew something wasn't right when I couldn't get another positive test. I figured it was a faulty test, but still didn't feel like everything was normal. During my check-up last week, between running dates and symptoms by my Dr. he confirmed that I had another miscarriage.
I don't claim to understand the ways of my Father. I don't even want to guess at His plan for me, Zach and our family. But, I do hold to His promises that He will give us the desires of our hearts. He knows that I desire more children. I was iffy on even letting this out into the blogging world because my heart cries out for the couples who don't even have one little blessing like I do. But, I know without a doubt the Lord is not only working in my life, but those families as well. So, through all of this I firmly believe that the Lord has birthed a ministry in my heart. This is to allow women who are going through, have gone through or maybe just have questions about miscarriages to have a place to unleash and unwind everything in their heart. It's a traumatic thing for a woman to go through and I know that by talking it out and letting my mind and heart relax with a friend I was able to cope better.
Thank you for reading all of this. It was a piece of my heart that I've been wanting to share, but didn't have the courage/patience to write it. So thank you for taking time to glance into our life.
Two years ago on October 26th Zach & I had been married 2 days shy of 3 months and I was 1 1/2 months pregnant. I know you're doing the math, but no I wasn't pregnant when we got married. That baby was a surprise for us, as we really weren't planning to get pregnant that quickly in our marriage. However, we gave it all over to the Lord and knew He was in control of our situation and marriage. So it came as a shock when we miscarried on the morning of October 26th. Ironically enough, this year this October 26th, I found out that we had another miscarriage. I found out I was pregnant in July, but we didn't tell anyone because we hadn't even confirmed it with our doctor. I knew something wasn't right when I couldn't get another positive test. I figured it was a faulty test, but still didn't feel like everything was normal. During my check-up last week, between running dates and symptoms by my Dr. he confirmed that I had another miscarriage.
I don't claim to understand the ways of my Father. I don't even want to guess at His plan for me, Zach and our family. But, I do hold to His promises that He will give us the desires of our hearts. He knows that I desire more children. I was iffy on even letting this out into the blogging world because my heart cries out for the couples who don't even have one little blessing like I do. But, I know without a doubt the Lord is not only working in my life, but those families as well. So, through all of this I firmly believe that the Lord has birthed a ministry in my heart. This is to allow women who are going through, have gone through or maybe just have questions about miscarriages to have a place to unleash and unwind everything in their heart. It's a traumatic thing for a woman to go through and I know that by talking it out and letting my mind and heart relax with a friend I was able to cope better.
Thank you for reading all of this. It was a piece of my heart that I've been wanting to share, but didn't have the courage/patience to write it. So thank you for taking time to glance into our life.
This is what the front door & dining room looked like before.....
This is a little seating area beside the front door 
sink, dishwasher, window looks out to the backyard, half of kitchen
second half of kitchen, stove, fridge, ect.
this is above the stove where the green venta-hood once was - since there isn't very much room in kitchens to decorate without taking much need counter space - i opted to leave out the venta-hood and use the space for fun knick-knacks!! plus, a little bit of uppercase living on the wall & teapot. wall says "this home established in 2007" - teapot says "create"
this is above the fridge - just another spot for decorating. and a safe place for our wedding communion cup & plate (the green goblet)
