SO I WAS BEING REALLY CREATIVE

with the fruit my darling baby is this week...but i cant spell it. it seems that there is like 3 ways to spell it so...ppppshhh. im gonna spell it my way~

can ta lope

can you believe it? she's big! i believe i felt her again tonight 3 times. it's amazing. i'm 5 months this week and today was really the first day I got a big reaction about my belly. Este touched my belly today and said "wow!" with the cutest face ever.

In the beginning, I really didnt think i could be pregnant again because of how miserable i felt, but now i'm really enjoying it...the 2nd trimester really is all that it's cracked up to be. yay!

So the day is winding down and it was a wonderful thanksgiving. My humphry (este) is wonderful. He woke up and watched the macy's parade with me...i know it's not his thing AT ALL but he didnt complain and actually acted into it. It made me so happy. We then went to be with the fam and it was great, as always, and the food was SCRUMPTIOUS! This is after I about killed 5 pple at the grocery store...arghh. get outta my way!

ALERT....Este is actually waking up with me early in the morning (4am) to go shopping with me. I am still totally shocked and am trying not to talk about it too much so that he doesnt realize what he's actually gonna be doin. I said that i would rent a wheelchair for the day and push him around...:)

It's amazing how the Lord can continually grow husband and wife together, even after years. I would never wanna experience a marriage outside of the Lord because I see the tons of blessings that is involved with Him. ahhh.
We got home tonight and este looked at me and said something to the effect that he gets me all to himself for the rest of the night...no more sharing :) hehee.

Anyways, I'm really excited to begin traditions with our lil bambina! I realized today that the next mothers day...I'M GONNA BE A MOTHER. Am I old enough? heehe. It's crazy that as soon as I found out I'm having a girl, I felt unprepared and too young.

pictures will be coming soon. I still wanna scan the pics of baby and Ill get another belly shot this week.
"Thank you Lord for your grace, forgiveness, and love. Thank you for all my family and friends. You are so good to me!" HAPPY THANKSGIVING

we're having a ...

CHICA! :) I was very SHOCKED by this, but after the shock and fear went away, extreme excitement and joy filled my heart. We're going to have a daughter, that's unbelievable! It was amazing to see her move around. I do have pictures of her, I will post those soon!

Since I haven't posted in a while, I will try and sum up what's been going on in our life.

We went on a cruise to the Caribbean for a week. My parents joined us and we had a grand time!

On the way to the airport, I was telling my mother and father-in-law that before I die, I would like to ride first class...even if it's just an hour long...i have got to do it. We got the perfect opportunity on the first flight to Florida. It was amazing.

As you can see, we had plenty of space to sprawl out and Este slept most the way:) We had real napkins for our laps, real silverware, OJ poured from a fancy pitcher, and breakfast. That's one thing marked off my list...but I would jump at the chance to do it again!

On the ship, headed for Cozumel!

There were tons of shows and entertainment every night. To top it off, we would go back to our room and would have "towel animals!"

Mom and I went kayaking in Cozumel while dad snorkeled and Este slept in the hammock!

And we're off to Grand Cayman!

Este had a very adventurous time here. He got to hold sea turtles and a parrot tried to rob him. Ha Ha

Our beautiful floating city!

Jamaica!

Formal night and the great couple that we ate with every night. We tried to get away from them at first, but they ended up being wonderful ;) j/k

Haiti!

And lastly, here comes the baby bump picture. I really am HATING how I'm looking, so I tried to hide as much as I could while showing my belly. I really think that unless you know I'm pregnant, pple just probably think im fat ...can't wait for that stage to be over!

Anyways, I will try to be good and get a picture often...this is at 19 weeks.

My lil burrito

The pastor that married us, Pastor Scottie, adopted a baby from China and called her his little egg roll. Well, Este and I are gonna have ourselves a lil mexican burrito....haahaa.
(Dad, I know you thought that he was the size of a burrito this week, sorry...he/she is the size of an ORANGE!)
A navel orange...that's big!
Over the last week, work has slowed down for us tremendously....and for now, that has been such a blessing from the Lord. We have been so worn out and God has totally given us a time to rest. I feel like I'm so free, it's great. Other than feeling extremely blessed this week, nothing else is new. God is faithful and good to His children. His grace is sufficient for me! Praise Jesus!

100 DAYS

I've been with child for 100 days. WOOHOO! This week I've had several overwhelming feelings of where I just want to touch and kiss and cuddle my baby. I'm praying that we'll have a cuddle bug or else our kid is gonna hate us :) These lips need to be kissin on some rolls! :)

Also, we HIGHLY RECOMMEND the movie FIREPROOF. We have seen it twice. Once with some friends and once with our family. The first time, este and I just sat and hugged after the movie. It is so touching and such a testimony of the Lord's power and love when He comes into a person's life. ahhh. soooo good. Many props to Curt.;)

GREAT STORY

ESTE AND I ARE WORKIN IN THE OFFICE AND I HEAR THE CAT NEXT TO ME SMACKIN HIS LIPS. I SAID, "THEO, ARE YOU GETTING SICK?" LOL WELL, ESTE GETS MONSTER-LIKE IF HE THINKS THE CAT IS GOING TO THROW UP ON THE CARPET AND NOT THE TILE. SO ESTE GETS UP AND THE CAT ZOOMS OUT THE DOOR. ESTE GOES AFTER HIM CLAPPIN HIS HANDS TELLIN HIM TO KEEP GOIN, KEEP GOIN.........THEN I HEAR HIM SCREAM...'NOOOOOOOOO' I THOUGHT THAT THE CAT HAD THROWN UP ON THE CARPET BUT THEN I HEAR HIM YELL, "I STEPPED IN IT!"
I CANT STOP LAUGHIN

Directed by God

We found out something really cool this weekend and so I thought I would share.

We went to a baby shower on Sat. and we were seeing a lot of people we havent seen for a while. Well, there was this one couple that we had met a couple of years ago at a young marrieds group that we used to go to. I recognized them b/c of the husband. Anyways, i hugged the wife and asked her how she was doing. She starts talkin to me like she knew I was pregnant. I thought, 'hmmm, that's weird.' Come to find out, she is the receptionist at our Dr.'s office. Once I looked at them and thought some more, I was able to put the two together. So we started talking and realizing how we knew each other and that she is a believer AND OUR DOCTOR is a believer and he prays for his babies.

Here we were, we didnt even know what doctor to go to and the Lord totally hooked us up. Come to find out that the doctor and receptionist and our friends all go to the same church. I thought that was great! In good hands we are!

our little niece.....

She looks like an adult in a baby's body. SOOOO cute! And she already knows how to impersonate Pops' mouth!



She may live on the east side but she sure shows WEST SIDE pride for her Tia and Uncle Ecky