Camp Padre here we come!!!

I'm a lil nervous I'm flying with Rhys by myself, she has flown 12 times but I've always had Andrew and last time she was 15 months old.  In the past I would give her a binky or a bottle this is going to be totally different with a 27 month old I'm bringing suckers, portable dvd player and some toys I hope it occupies her.  I can't wait to play at the beach with her this will be her 3rd time, she was so small in the past she really didn't play so I'm looking forward to building sand castles with her this time.  I can't wait to see what the Lord does this week at Youth Camp, I love to see the students fall in love with God and have a real change happen in their heart.  I will keep ya updated with what happens there!

Prego news just met with Dr. last week and everything is good I was measuring small but now I am in the normal range =) I almost have Andrew talked into the name "Paisley Belle" I found out Paisley means church or harvest time and Belle means God's promise, Andrew said he would confirm tomorrow lol.  We have been redoing Rhys's room hopefully by the end of July we will have both rooms finished.  Bad news I had my first heart burn of this pregnancy tonight =( I never had it before until I was pregnant last time and it started around 5 months and I had it every night I really hope I don't have it daily again its miserable.  Well I'm off to bed I will get some pics up from the beach next week!!!

I'm exhausted

Tonight I decided to detail Rhys's room, closet and dressers which was long overdue.  Since I have been pregnant I've been so sick I literally haven't cleaned her room in 5 months so you can imagine how crazy it was.  I wouldn't call myself a clean freak however when there is disorder I'm not in the best mood when things are in their place and its clean I am a happy camper I think I may be a lil OCD in that area =) so I started at 8pm and finished at 11pm and I'm totally wiped out.  It feels so good though to have it done I filled a storage box of clothes & shoes that were to small and I went through all Rhys's toys and filled another storage box with baby toys for her lil sister, lets just say Rhys wasn't to happy about losing the toys lol she never plays with them but when I told her they were for her lil sister she said "NO LIL SISTER" the sharing thing hasn't been going to well these days hopefully she will learn before her sister gets here.

So I almost have Andrew convinced on the name Paisley woohoo, I've done tons of research on it and I found that it means "church & harvest time" which is very cool.  Meanings of names are very important to us because you speak it over them everyday of their life we put a lot of thought into Rhys's name her name means inspired by God her middle name Moriah means God is my teacher.  Joyce Meyers has a great book on why its important to name your children with names that have significant meanings she has tons of scripture backing it up its a great read I learned a ton.  We ordered toddler furniture for Rhys we are getting ready to transition her from a crib into her toddler bed so we don't run into a problem once the baby gets here.  I'm a lil nervous about redoing her room and the baby room over the next couple of months, when we bought our house a year ago I got so burnt out on painting and decorating.  I hope I get into the nesting mode soon so I can get it all done =)

Let the painting and decorating begin!!!

We had our ultrasound this morning and its official its a girl!!!  Rhys was so funny when we told her she was having a baby sister she insisted that it was a brother lol she seems to be getting it now though.  We are really excited we were thinking if it was a boy that we would be done but now Andrew says we will have 2 girls and a boy or 3 girls =) Guys are funny they want their lil man.  So please pray for us that we can agree on a name because so far this pregnancy we haven't been able to agree on a girls name.  I really like Penley & Paisley Andrew isn't a fan of either yet he hasn't contributed an idea so far.  Last night I kind of figured it would be a girl it seems like the girls outnumber the boys in both sides of our families.  The baby is measuring a lil small so they changed my due date to Nov. 13th we meet with our Dr. next week to review all the ultrasound details.

We had a new water park open in our town a week ago we are taking Rhys on Thursday so I'll post some pics later this week!

Summertime

I haven't had time to write lately things have been soooo busy, usually I think of summertime as a time to relax and spend time with the family however we have been on the go nonstop.  We find out this Wednesday what we are having =) Rhys seems to think she is having a baby brother lol she has told everyone that.  Of course I am happy with either but a boy would make things a lil easier since Andrew and I cannot not agree at all on a girls name.  I'm finally starting to fill a lil better, Andrew has had to be Mr. Mom lately b/c everything that involves cleaning has a fragrance which makes me gag so he is very happy to have me getting close to feeling normal again.  Youth camp is just 2 weeks away, I can't wait we are going to South Padre Island, the beach is calling my name.  I just got my maternity swimsuit a couple weeks ago last time I was pregnant it was winter so it has been a new experience being prego out at the pool =) Things with ministry have been great!  I'm very excited about this new season of our life!  Growing up in Ga I  knew how to deal with tornadoes living in Mo for 5 yrs I became familiar with flooding but I have to tell you dealing with the wildfires out here in Tx has been very interesting, I think I've heard thunder and seen lightning once in the last year 1/2 I miss rainy days, trees, grass and lakes I'm looking forward to vacation in July to Mo.  However I must say the open skies, canyons and miles of wheat fields are beautiful here.  I will be back here soon to update ya on baby news!!!

Here are some videos of our youth performances over the last 2 yrs, enjoy!!!

New Pics

Rhys at the zoo

Me and my girls at the pajama fashion show

Rhys at the fair