At the very end of January/beginning of February, I peed on a little stick and this is what happened:
:) We're pregnant!! :) We had an ultrasound on February 16th were we got to see the tiny embryo and hear the little heartbeat. Since I was only about 7 weeks along, there wasn't really much to see, but obviously it was very exciting and made me cry (can you believe that?). Right now (March 15th) I'm at 11 weeks and we're due October 4th. I'm feeling good---some days are better than others...the thought of lots of foods make me nauseated, and I've gagged/dry heaved countless times but only thrown up once. Some days I'm extremely exhausted, and other days I feel pretty normal. All of these things though are signs of a healthy pregnancy, so I definitely try to have a great attitude as I'm kneeling over the toilet or resting in bed! We had another doctor's appointment on March 9th, and everything was great!
On to other news...
Has anyone ever tried ear candling?? Somehow the idea of it came up when I was hanging out with Betsy and Alison one day, and we decided we needed to do it! It felt kind of weird, but our favorite part was looking at all of the nasty earwax at the bottom of the candle when we were finished!
Betsy getting her ear "candled."
And me doing Alison's ear.
Ahhh, memories! :)
The weekend of March 26th Benny and I were in Louisville, KY for an "Adopting for Life" conference. We've been talking about adopting for a while, and know it's something we have a heart for. We didn't know if we'd have our own kids first or adopt first, but we had heard about this conference from the Ambuehl's and decided to go. It was definitely an amazing conference...we received lots of great info about the adoption process, and were also spiritually and emotionally enriched. Jon and Liz Horn were there too, and it was such a blessing to share this experience with them.
Benny is coaching an Under-15 club team for Hoosier FC. They had their first tournament March 6-7, and they definitely showed improvement from the first day to the second. I got to sit with all of the parents during the games, and they were fabulous!! The absolutely ADORE Benny, and kept telling me how much their sons think of him. One of the dad's told him, "You really have found your calling." I couldn't agree more!!
Saturday night, we introduced our friend Andrew to a night of "firsts" in Anderson. (He just moved to Anderson this fall and is the wide receiver coach for the AU football team. He's worked the past two summers at K-Kountry, which is how we got connected with him.) We took him to a yummy rootbeer/hotdog drive-in restaurant named Gene's (he hadn't eaten there yet), went bowling (it was his first time to bowl in Anderson), and then came back to our house and played "Pass the Pigs" (he'd never played this fantastic game before).
Benny and Andrew acting tough after some intense bowling:
And not so tough:
And posing with this fun bowling pin!
Yeah for mega-long catch-up posts!! :)
