All because of a mighty, loving God.

Can anyone else believe how fast the holidays are approaching? It's nearly November and once Thanksgiving hits everything is a blur until after the new year. Sheesh.


I'm 6 weeks pregnant and feeling lightly nauseated nearly all day, every day. Could certainly be worse and perhaps it will become that way (please Lord, no!), but for now I can't complain too much. I do spend most of my time feeling pretty yucky, but I realize that this is nothing compared to what a lot of women experience. Heck, with both Jasper and Amos I had BAD nausea for a few weeks. Never threw up, but it was light years worse than what's going on with me now. Anyway, I'm eating like a crazy lady already. Have been for more than a week. I've probably gained a good 3 lbs. This is always how it works- I gain the most in the beginning, a normal gain in the middle, and at the end of my pregnancies everything evens itself out. Total gain ends up right around 30 lbs, give or take. Either way, I'm used to that pattern by now. With Irie I craved sweets (I ate a lot of ice cream and sugary cereals), with both of the boys it was protein and carbs (pizza, hot dogs, etc.), and with this baby I am craving both! Robby and I have come to the conclusion that I must be having one of each gender. HA. Kidding, only kidding (please Lord, no!). ;) Peeing tons all the time, just like normal. I think that's the most annoying thing about being pregnant to me (aside from gaining and having to lose the weight). I pee like C.R.A.Z.Y from conception until birth. It's truly ridiculous. Maybe I should give in and buy some Depends.


Mine and Robby's 9th wedding anniversary is coming up in a couple of weeks. How we flew through all these years so quickly is beyond me. I knew from the very beginning that there was no one else for me- that there was no better, period. Certainly I had moments of selfishness, of doubt, of what I like to think of as temporary insanity, but all along I've known deep within my spirit that Robby is God's perfect, undeniable, unsurpassable will for my life. Did you know that while a teenager, during the 3 years that I committed to God not to date and to wait and pray for my future husband, I made a very specific list of traits/qualities that I wanted in said man? I recall things like "romantic", "guitar player", "redhead", "God-centered", "sensitive", etc. When Robby became something more than my friend of many years, I went back over that list of desired traits and I realized that he met every single one of them. It's amazing what God will give to you when you ask Him and when you commit yourself and your will to line up with His own. He gave me everything I ever wanted in a man. And more. The past 9 years have been the absolute most incredible of my 27 alive thus far and I am positive that had I married anyone else, I wouldn't come close to knowing the love, the joy, and the satisfaction that I do today. All because of a mighty, loving God. Glory be to Him.