Becoming a Mom!

Well my intention was to keep a journal of my 9 month pregnancy so that I could share it with my loved ones, friends and just anyone. But With pregnancy brain I forgot! So what better time to start then now.
So I am 2 weeks away from my due date and I could not be more excited for this life changing event. I find myself looking at my son's room and clothes - wondering if he will like it or if he would be a good baby. I just keep reminding myself that God has given me the best gift and honor that anyone could ask for. I get the honor of being a mom and being able to care for this little person for so many years to come.
But how will one know if they are a good parent? What makes us a good parent? I think about all the years that my mom and dad worked at guiding me and showing me right from wrong. They gave me direction on a path that would lead me to where I am today. But it was my responsibility to make sure that I worked at making the right choices as to what path I would take. I had to make sure that I followed the path with out compromising what I wanted in life.
I know that God has a plan for my life and I know that It is my job to make sure I seek him when making my choices - I know its my job to teach that to my son so that when he is growing up and looking for guidance from me he can trust that I will look to God, as I would want him to, for the truth to where he should go, what he should do and when he should do it.
So it seems that I have the best job ever - I have had a 9month interview and I am ready to take on this role, I am ready to share with the world and of course my Son just how great of a mom I can be and just how happy I am to be able to take on this responsibility.
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day" (Proverbs 4:18, ESV).


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What a year

The year started out great - I had a good job, had recently married the most amazing man ever invented - and then I get let go. YEAH - right when the job market was at its worst I get let go and now I have to go on a job hunt and compete with hundreds of people for one job.
But truth is that the year turned out to be a good one. I had time to spend with my husband and really focus on my relationship with my husband and with God. I got the opportunity to really get to see what great things God was going to be doing and had been doing in my life.
Now as the year ends I start to look at the many blessings that God has given me in my life and all the great things that he has done for me. I am expecting a baby in June, I have a husband who rather then get mad for my lack of finding a job - he just loves me, I have been able to work on my relationship with God and really get to know him.
I have been blessed beyond my imagination. I know that many would think that getting laid off would not mean its a blessing but it is. We need to think about what God has planned in our lives and make the best of those hurdles, the challenges and even the easy moments of our lives. I mean life is not easy at all and if it was then what would be the point.
Something that I have been told time and time again, is that if I can make it through this then i can make it through anything. UM Yeah I can. Because I have learned to let God be my guide and let Him dictate what my next step is going to be. God is a great God who knows what He is doing and we need to trust him when he says "'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.' Jeremiah 33:3.
All we need to do is call to Him. simple. not to hard. But at times I would and have found myself making that call to Him a hard task. But it should not be. He is at our finger tips at all times. He should be number one on our speed dial at all times.
So what has this year taught me - God is my 411 and He never puts me on hold. He is my one constant and will always be my ONE CONSTANT. Trusting in him should not be something I have to think about but rather something that comes naturally.
I cant wait for 2010 when I can continue to see his amazing works in my life and really allow him to continue to work in my life. God is great and Life is Good!

Big News

On October 23rd I received some amazing news that for sure was going to change my life. I was not sure what to do when I found out but I new that from that moment on - I was not going to be me any more.

A year ago on October 11th I had the honor and privleage of marrying my best friend. That day after almost 8 years of being boyfriend and girlfriend we became partners for life. We joined the club that I had for so may years only dreamt of joining.

But now a year later we were invited into a new group - a club that I could not imagine being a part of and only hoped to be a part of. God gave us a gift that you cant register for and you cant return for store credit.

It was 340am and I woke up having to go to the bathroom - badly! I felt like maybe I should take a test just in case - well less then 3 minutes later I passed. It was the first test I didnt get to redo or cheat on. I froze for a second and then realized that it was 340 in the morning and my husband was sleeping. Do I wake him or let him sleep.

So I decided to go online and play on facebook - I tought that I needed to think about how to tell him. Then i started looking up baby names, clothes and then it was time. His alarm went off and it was time to break the news.

"BABE! I have to tell you something!" and then he like me, froze and was not sure if this was real or just a joke. My gosh we are going to be parents. We are going to have a mini me to be able to teach and share the amazingness that is world.

God has trully blessed me and my husband this year. We are finally going to be a part of a club that I didnt think would happen. I would be able to impart the wisdom that I had learned along the years.

I cant wait - just 8 more months till we get to meet our little baby and we can hold her/him tight.