Baby Kee at 8 weeks!

We had a wonderful appointment yesterday! Going into yesterday I was a nervous wreck flooded w/ all the "what if's" and "what could happen" and just really doubting God's blessing. However, all that changed when we saw this:

3D ultrasound



WE SAW THE BABY!! Baby Kee is exactly 1.65cm long, about the size of a pinto bean, and is the cutest tiny thing I've ever seen! We also saw the heartbeat flickering! We didn't get to hear it but we saw it! We go back Nov. 25th for our next appointment where my Dr. said we'll hear the heartbeat! I will never forget yesterday. Seeing our baby for the 1st time w/ Josh is a moment I'll cherish forever and seeing him/her move around was insane! I thought I would cry, but all I could do was smile and be in awe. We were also thrilled to know that there is just ONE BABY in there! Haha.. Josh's office was betting on 3! OMG.. no no.... He also checked both of my ovaries and said they looked wonderful. Yesterday was a blessing and I can't stop looking at our little pinto monkey. Oh, he also did a 3d ultrasound and it was AMAZING! I think the baby looks like a monkey on the 3d one! haha.. but adorable!
Thank you all for your many prayers and words of encouragement! This is real now.. no more doubting....
~God Bless

Wes & Ashley

So Josh and I are extremely close to 2 couples and one of them lives in Crossett, Arkansas that's about 2 hours away. Wes & Josh have been best friends since college and are JUST ALIKE, seriously! So, it's only natural for him to marry a wonderful woman who's just like me, and HE DID! :) HAHA.. Ashley and I are very similar in almost everything and even though we don't see each other or physcially speak to each other every day, we do email and chat almost 4 times a week. We love them dearly and miss them too. We always TRY to celebrate birthday's, OH and Josh and Wes' birthday's are 5 days apart and Me and Ashley's birthday's are 1 day apart! :) hee hee.. WE ALWAYS celebrate Christmas SOMETIME in December or January together and go eat and exchange gifts w/ one another, which by the way, Ashley and Wes have pretty much decorated our ENTIRE guest bath! I collect crosses and that's where they go! I'll take a picture someday of that!
This couple is very special to us and so I wanted to share them with you! This is them this past week in Nashville, TN w/ YES, THE LEAD SINGER FROM ALABAMA, Randy Owen!


Love you guys! WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER!!!!
~God Bless

Ugggghhhhhhh...

So I thought the "all-day-sickness" was over for me but it's not. I have been sick since the day after we found out that we're pregnant up until friday. I was THRILLED to not be sick every morning, noon and night and was on cloud nine. Tomorrow is our 1st appointment and I guess the devil is really trying to get to me still because I was terrified that something could be wrong since I was no longer sick so like a dummy, I prayed, yes I did, for the sickness again to reassure me that all is well and guess what... HE ANSWERED MY PRAYER TODAY... oh my...did He. I have been sick since 6 a.m. and I'M STILL SICK. It's like a I have a grease ring in my throat. I've been chowing down on saltines, sprite and nothing's helping so I ate a sugar cookie and I guess that little bit more of substanence helped because I feel a bit better. My stomach just feels on fire! Josh laughed and said, "The baby is mad at you." haha.. thanks Josh... love the comfort! haha...
I'm soo glad we're both off all day tomorrow! My appointment isn't until 1:15pm but it's an hour away so I'll HOPEFULLY get to sleep in. No more praying for sickness... I learned my lesson. I trust You Lord! Josh's office jokes and says, "when y'all hear those 3 HEARTBEATS..." UGH UGH... oh my... haha.
~God Bless

Anew...

Hi! So far the pregnancy is going well. I've had a rough week w/ LOTS of sickness and extreme exhaustion and LOTS of drama that I'm trying to avoid to not get stressed over or discouraged from but in all honesty, I'm broken...
I feel like I'm unsure of who our friends are. This all started Sunday when our preacher resigned and our staff as well to start their own church. That in itself is discouraging and heartbreaking b/c we are left empty and feel as if we're being asked to "choose sides" and the only side we will choose is God's, not ANY man's. I feel like if we go, we're deserting our family and old friends and if we stay, we loose all our friends that are our age and are being looked down upon for staying. We won't to follow God's will but right now, I don't know what that is. Josh won't let me go to any meetings or participate in anything that might be confrontational b/c he knows how hurt I am by this and doesn't want me to get stressed and hurt myself and the baby. My heart is aching and broken...
I know God has a plan for our church but really, I just want to give up and move to a different church, not the one we're apart of or the one that's being formed. Just start anew. I want what's best for our family and right now, I feel like this non-sense of lies, rumors, confrontation and heartache is not what's best for us or anyone invovled. Things are just being laid in our laps to do w/o even being asked just b/c people know we can do it. Josh is distressed and that breaks my heart even more than ANY of the hurtful words we've been told or heard.
All I know to do is be calm, relax and pray through this... I WON'T let this ruin us or break us. Natalie Grant's song, "I will not be moved" is the FIRST song that comes to mind through this but ya know... the hurt is still here... the people I thought of as friends are now just gone and have COMPLETELY deserted us and it's like we never existed and that truly hurts my heart...I feel like we're being left out of things just b/c of this. I want what's best for our church and family. Right now, our church is broken and in extreme pain. Please pray for both sides of this that each person involved seeks God's true will and not rely on feelings. Please pray for us also and that we continue to persevere.

On a good note, ONLY 6 MORE DAYS TILL OUR 1ST APPOINTMENT AND WHEN WE GET TO SEE BABY KEE FOR THE 1ST TIME!! :) This baby seems to be my only joy these days and strength to get out of bed each day.

WE'RE PREGNANT!!!

:)!!! Hee Heee!! We've known for 2 weeks now but had to tell our family first. We told them Saturday night. We had a nice sit-down dinner and then presented them with pink and blue balloons tied to a pacifier. They were soo excited!!
My parents:

Josh's Mom, Mammy:

I'm almost 7 weeks and we go Oct. 29th for our 1st appointment and ultrasound!! I've been SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sick ever since off and on all day EVERY DAY and soo tired but it's all worth it! God is soo good and I see His hand in all of this from the beginning now. :)
I just can't believe that we're pregnant! :) Josh is soo excited! He was out of town when I found out (Oct. 6th) so I went and bought him the Willow Tree, "New Dad" figurine and had it all wrapped up nicely and stuck all 3 PREGNANCY TESTS, yes, I took 3 in one day and another last week so that makes 4 total, in the ribbons and he was just floored! He is soo proud. Since we told everyone this weekend, he FINALLY gets to take his figurine to work


As of now, we're due sometime in June. Thank gooness b/c I can't handle late summer heat! :) LOL...
We are truly blessed..it was almost a year to the day that we had been trying when we found out that we are pregnant. Please pray for growth and a healthy pregnancy. All the "what if's" have been haunting me and since we've not seen the baby yet those fears are ever so present. I just had to share w/ y'all! It was all I could do to hold it in this long!
~God Bless

Go Hogs!

*** Well, now that she's received the outfit, I can now say who it was for. This outfit was ordered my Meredith for our friend and fellow blogger, Kelly, from Kelly's Korner. Kelly emailed me yesterday saying she received it and how shocked she was! This was soo fun to do and can't wait to see Little Harper in it!This was truly a pleasure doing for you Meredith for little Harper!

Ruffled Razorback complete with dress, pants, hair bow and teeny tiny tote!



~God Bless

Dream...

One of my favorite bloggers, Kelly, from Kelly's Korner, has a fun activity that I thought would be fun to participate in and it's called the Nursery Tour:

She's asked every mom, mom-to-be or those praying to be mom's to post pics of their nurseries or dream nurseries for all to see. Kelly's expecting her 1st and is 27 weeks now! She's naming her precious little girl, Harper. :) Very original and adorable!
Here's pic's of my dream nursery:
I want to use this bedding, NOT the furniture, and use either Pink, Blue or Green accents. The wall color will not be this either. Just the bedding and accessories:


NO BEARS... I want to use lions, elephants and giraffes:

NO WALL BORDER EITHER... LOL..
Furniture:
The Crib (this color matches our wood color):

Changing table:

I haven't found a glider/chair I like yet and also not sure what accent color. I'm leaning towards a sage green. :) This is soo fun! Maybe soon!!
Thx Kelly for this fun activity! I love looking at everyone's!

HOMECOMING WEEK!

Ok, so I'm sorry I've been M.I.A. This is SAU's Homecoming week and since Josh and I BOTH work here, it's been a little hectic! We had the Honor Awards Dinner for my husband's department (SAU Foundation) last night, the Alumni Dinner tonight, The Golden Rider (those alumni celebrating 50 years as graduates) Breakfast tomorrow a.m., Mulegating tomorrow at 11a.m., then the game at 2p.m. so I'm a little overwhelmed and have not had a lot of sleep. We play Arkansas Tech Univ. Saturday, which we've not won one game this season but hey, it's Homecoming and that's always fun regardless!
I PROMISE to post new pic's soon. I took this week off from sewing b/c A LOT has happened this week and all and I'm still not re-organized from the festival. My sewing room looks like a distaster zone, literally. :(
I hope you all have had a great week and have a good weekend! Oh, still got the cold and all.. yeah... I think I've coughed my insides out. :( O well...

***Prayer Request*****
My grandfather was admitted to the hospital yesterday for fluid build-up again. This is not a new thing or uncommon w/ him. He's 91 years old, and in the past month has not been himself. He can barely make it from his front door to his driveway w/o feeling like he ran a marathon. He's become very weak and recently disoriented, mom has said at least once. Please add him to your prayer list. Everyone calls him "Grandpa". Thanks... love you all....

~God Bless

Fall is Here!

**UPDATE**
I forgot, I'm doing that a lot more lately, to post the pic's of the new checkbook covers and hair bows I took to MusicFest and sold. I can re-make any of these that are already sold if you're interested. :) Thx!




NEW! Hair Bows:








Sorry I've not replied to all your comments and such about the festival and such. I've been soo busy w/ work (it's Homecoming week here at the University and everyone is in psycho-mode, lol) and I don't feel well. I'm soo stuffed up still and hoarse and coughing..lol...anyhoo..
FALL'S HERE according to my mums! These mums were planted last year and were sooo tiny and cute and have now grown into these beautiful bushes! Lol... I bought 4 new ones to plant in our front porch pots, but haven't gotten to that yet. My white ones haven't bloomed out yet :( Maybe soon!



They were all this big when I got them last year (these are my new ones unplanted):

Happy Fall!!
~God Bless

The Festival

Well, the festival is OVER! YEAH! It went extremly well but I'm soo tired now and it's Homecoming week so no rest for the weary!
Here's some pic's from the booth:
Notice my trusty side-kick, Josh! He was the most help! He was selling soo well for me!



My pretty, favorite, vase in the pic broke when the wind blew really hard and knocked it off the table. :(




Overall, it was a success thanks to Josh and my mom's help. I took my sewing machine and all my ribbon/bow making stuff and made more bows than my hands can stand today. I was suprised. Haha... I'm just thankful it's over and that I can get back to my orders that are piled up now!
~God Bless

**Sneeze, sniff & cough**

Ugh, ok so I'm typing between throat clears, sneezes, sniffles & coughs. I woke up Friday, of all days, with a sore throat. My sore throats always end up feeling like the on-set of strep but hasn't been strep in a while THANK THE LORD! I don't have strep, just a cold that's gone from my throat to my mouth and now to my nose. I can't breathe for the life of me and DO NOT want to use nose spray because NO MATTER WHAT brand or type I used, I ALWAYS get addicted. LOL...
I'm also terrified to take anything for the possibility of...
So I'm taking tylenol and using cloreseptic spray and an occasional Zyrtec before bed (The label said it was ok but not for women breastfeeding, which I'm not so I think I'm safe). Anyway, I'm miserable and exhausted from the long weekend in El Dorado and the chain smokers my booth was next to only made my cold worse. :(
I did well at the festival and will post about that tomorrow when I upload pic's from it on here. :) Had a great time, my mom came down and Josh was a HUGE HELP and could not have done it w/o them both!
Pray this cold will ease up. Josh is out of town until tomorrow so at least he'll sleep in silence because he says I've been snoring, well duh, I can't breathe. :( Haha..
Had a great day in the House of The Lord and gave Him ALL the Glory & Praise He deserves!
Bloggin tomorrow about the Festival..
~God Bless...

I met with Him last night

Good morning! I've got LOTS to say today so bear with me! :) LOL...
First off, I am personally inviting you all to come to see my creations at MusicFest in El Dorado, Arkansas tomorrow and Saturday! I will be set up in Kids World.This is a HUGE festival that's held every fall that has music, crafts, kids stuff, YOU NAME IT! You can go to www.musicfesteldorado.com for all the details and all the bands that will be playing as well! This is a HUGE 2 day festival and I'm honored to participate in it! This is the second festival I've done but this one is said to out-do any of the surrounding ones in this area. I'm a bit nervous but excited too! Yes, all the items I've pictured this week are for MusicFest so come on out and have some fun this weekend! Hope to see you!

God is soo good...Last night I SAW HIS FACE...GOD revealed ALL OF HIM to me. I am still in awe as i type this. Mammy (my mother-in-law) called me and asked if I wanted to go to church w/ her last night since Josh was working late & Pappy (my father-in-law) got off work late and so I said sure. I thought all day, "Why does she want me to go to church tonight?" I mean, we all go to the same church and she knew I needed to sew and I never go on Wednesday's..blah blah blah... well, GOD KNEW... He wanted me to hear the message. You will be amazed! The message was on Gen. 30:1-24 (read it! TRUST ME! IF YOU KNOW AND HAVE READ MY PREVIOUS POSTS ABOUT US, YOU'LL BE AS SHOCKED AS I AM).
This passage is about Rachel, Leah & Jacob. The points on Bro. Jeremy's outline, which I'm glad I have b/c my jaw is still wide open in disbelief that he actually said all this and I was in a service, and not just a face to face conversation!
Here's what the outline points were:
#1, If you become jealous of someone, you furnish your own misery (vs. 1 as well as Prov. 14:30).
#2, When you act impatiently, you insult (WOW) God's perfect timing (vs.2-3 as well as Luke 21:19).
#3, Desperation will cause you tot make something wrong, "right" in your own eyes (vs.4-13 as well as Judges 21:25).
#4, "Mandrakes"(which are love fruits/fertility food/afrodigiaces(sp?) will NEVER serve as a substitute for your faith (vs.14-16 as well as Romans 14:23).
#5, What you have may attract someone's heart, but it will not change it (vs. 17-21 as well as Proverbs 27:19).
#6, God's plan will come to pass in spite of the bribes against it (vs. 22-24 as well as Jeremiah 29:11).
WOW HUH? OH! AND HE CLOSES WITH THIS STATEMENT THAT BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES AND ME HYSTERICALLY CRYING & shaking, as well as Mammy, "The very hand you write your name with will one day hold the baby God has for you."
WOW... I'm still crying....
I left in utter shock w/ Mammy as well as she did. She said, "I had no idea... I'm soo sorry." I said, "no no.. I needed this! God wanted me to hear this!" We were leaving and I said, "STOP! I have to talk to Jeremy (the preacher)!!" I went back inside, interrupted him greeting those leaving (which I know feel kinda bad for b/c I just busted up in their way) and hugged him w/ tears down my cheeks and said, "Thank you." He responded with, "Ok...ugh, I don't know what i did, but ok.. Do you wanna talk?" I told him I did and we went into his office and I told him everything and he was in awe and shock and felt kinda bad for the message but I told him I needed it and it was for me! He talked and talked to me and prayed with me and prayed over me for God to open my womb and bless us with a child. He just kept saying, "WOW!" He also said, "I sat here with a lady in our church w/ the same issues/concerns as you and then was amazed when she came in and told me she was pregnant."
It was truly the most remarkable feeling I've ever had with God. He's brought me to Him in His in-most personal way. My heart is full, regardless of what happens! I know our testimony from this is going to be soo remarkable and glorifying to God through it all! Just wanted to share!
~God Bless

On my day off

Well, Since I was off yesterday, I decided to finish up some more sewing I needed to get done and I got A LOT DONE! :) I had a great day to myself yesterday and it was "Sew" needed (LOL)...
More Diaper Bags:


Mom helped w/ these 2 below:



Teeny Sport-Fan Outfits:
Razorback:




No, I'm not an LSU Fan but I have lots of friends who are:
LSU:



(Sorry for the crooked pic's. I was trying to keep my dog from eating them!)
~God Bless