I'm Back and Have Good News to Share!

I've been dying to blog for the last 3 months but the problem is I had a big secret that I wasn't ready to share.  And frankly it was consuming my life and I couldn't think of anything else to write about.    We are Pregnant!!!

Since we are entering our 2^nd trimester we finally got to tell my family this weekend that we are pregnant.  This is how we did it. 

It’s an egg that they had to break open to get the message inside.  Of course when both grandmothers saw the egg they refused to break it and wanted to hang it on the tree!  We had to convince them that the “gift” was inside the egg.

I’ll be telling my work this week since I’m pretty much going to have to move over to my maternity clothes in the next week and this “hiding the bump” thing isn’t going to work anymore.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Mom was there...

The morning we were to catch a flight to Las Vegas I finally got the courage to pull my mother's wedding dress out of the box it was so carefully packed in after her own wedding.  I wanted to cut a piece of the dress to sew into my own wedding dress.  My husband-to-be stood beside me as we unpackaged the dress and opened the contents. I decided I wanted a piece of lace over her heart and gently we cut out a square and packed it away for the trip. I didn't realize how much that little act would impact me but of course I couldn't keep from crying. I assume the two times in life that are the most difficult without your mother is your wedding and the day you give birth to your children. She was definately missing.

The day of the wedding I had some amazing women that wanted to be with me that day, they helped me with decorating the room, getting ready and being an emotional support. They even helped me pin that square of lace in my dress. 

Of course I wish my mother could have been there on my wedding day... but God is so amazing. He gave me a mother for the next journey of my life, one that will be there for the children to come, for guidance when I need it, for a laugh or a cry.  He picked two amazing mothers for me in my lifetime. I am so blessed.