Well, its official! I guess it should be -- I am almost half way along! We are pregnant!! We are due May 12th, and the excitement is finally hitting home. Mom is coming up the day after Christmas, and we go the following Monday to find out if our precious one is a boy or a girl...David and just about everyone else thinks it's a GIRL, but I still hang on to my hunch that it is a BOY! We get to find out in less than 2 weeks!!!! We have had a couple of complications, but right now, everything seems to be flowing quite nicely.

RELIEF

Today was a long but great day!

I was able to get a second opinion from another doctor who specializes in the infertility issues I have. He took me off some of the meds I was on previously -- which is a tremendous blessing! We begin fertility treatments in earnest in about 6 weeks. I think I am going to like this new doctor. He seems to know what he is doing, and he is not the type to just tell me what I want to hear. I just feel relieved knowing that I will be able to get answers and I will be taken care of.

Then, Jennifer and I had our first accountability time together. It was a good time of challenging one another and praying for one another. The Lord has truly blessed me with Jennifer's friendship!

My sister's birthday is tomorrow. Mom is baking a cake and taking it to her at work. That will really encourage her. We both love mom's cakes. They are super tasty! I wish I could be there to celebrate with her. I am sure it will be a fun day for her.

Here is a pic of us at my wedding this past December.

Whew!

Yesterday was a DOOZY!

We went to churchwhich was wonderful! Our church has planted a new campus in St. Matthews, and we have been enjoying watching that church grow! We are already busting at the seams, and we have only been meeting for 2 (official) weeks!!

Then we visited with Khada and Rupa, our Nepali friends. Khada has been the sole bread winner in his family since they arrived in America over a year ago. They have 3 precious children who are very young. Khada is out of work because he had surgery, and now his family is without income for 2 months. Please be praying with me for them. We know that God will use this to work in their lives -- and that is what we should be most concerned with, but it is difficult to watch this sweet family struggle! If you want to help in any way with Khada's family, I have a specific list of needs for them, and we would be grateful for all your help!

Then, I went home and rested for an hour or two...what a blessing from the Lord!

Afterwards, I prepared my weekly grocery list AND I used coupons!!! I saved $21 bucks!! I also used re-usable grocery bags and got extra points towards fuel purchases. Well, if that is not productive enough for ya...I went home and got busy! I made the chili for last night's menu, and I got a head start on this week's meals. I went ahead and made the green chili lasagna. I had some bananas that needed to be used, so I baked 'Chunky Monkey Muffins' which is really banana nut muffins with chocolate chips and walnuts. THEN...ta daa! I made ham and cheese brunch squares for breakfast this week. I usually split the recipe into 2 dishes and freeze one of them for later on...WHEW!~ What a day! Very productive!

I will share pics of Khada and Rupa soon. We were able to take a few while we were visiting yesterday.

Menu Planning! Week of August 16th

So, I know it’s Saturday, but, we have a busy week ahead of us, so I want to make sure we are ready!

Here it is:

Sunday: Chili and grilled cheese sandwiches

Monday: Boneless Pork Chops

Baked Sweet Potatoes

Green Beans

Tuesday: Green Chili Lasagna

(Candice is out tonight)

Wednesday: Green Chili Lasagna

Salad

Thursday: Hot Meat

Black beans and Rice

Friday: Cous cous with roasted veggies

Saturday: Hot Date with David

YAY! I think I figured it out!

I am so excited!!! I now have a pretty blog!! THANK YOU SMITTEN BLOG DESIGNS! I truly am smitten...and now, I may actually keep this up! Next up - an update from the Gilliland's!

So...my determination did not last long!

So, my determination did not last long at all!!!

I still want to try this think though. I really appreciate those of you who are able to keep up with this blog thing. Mine does not look so pretty, so I think once I get it PRETTY, I will be more enticed to keep it up, right?! We shall see...

does this look better?

I am suffering from SPRING FEVER!
I want my FLIP FLOPS on with the SUN SHINING!

I'm determined to figure this thing out!

So, this is it!
I am really going to work on this whole blog situation --
that is if I don't pull my hair out first.
I have tried this before, but I could not get it cute enough...
so, we shall see!

This morning, my husband did the sweetest thing!
He made me breakfast! It was great!
I am not at all a morning person, so it was quite a treat!