Life has been so fun and BUSY lately.
Firstly...all about the sad day of the Superbowl for Panther fans. Super bowl started out fabulous. We had a wonderful morning in church. My brother and sister in law were in town and it was nice to be together as a family. We also had some friends from Michigan visiting. We love the Heidema/Waters family! Corinne especially loves Josh. I'm pretty sure that when I first came into the picture she wasn't too fond of me. She was only 14 of course!
(Yes... I'm married to a 34 year old who acts 5. Geez.)
Since we had company in town, we decided to just spend the evening watching the Superbowl together at our house. Josh and I wore our team gear (Panthers colors for me, Chicago Bears colors for him). We munched on yummy goodies and then watched the AWFUL game. Boo hoo. Still love the Panthers though. Next year will be our year- keep pounding! It's hilarious to watch American football with a German, soccer loving father. He is always asking why they don't get red cards or get kicked out of the game. That would be unacceptable in soccer he says. It keeps us laughing for sure.
Danielle's cookie cake cracked us up! Apparently all the cookie cakes at the store had the same spelling error.
We celebrated the 100th day of school this week. We fell a bit behind due to all our snow days! The kiddos were adorable in their "old people" outfits and we had so much fun working on centers during the day. Each year we end the day with a parade where we walk around the school counting to 100 over and over. It's always a big hit. Jamee and I were matching nursing home bff's again this year. Comfiest costume ever. Those Granny's have the right idea! These are the days that make teaching Kindergarten so fun.
Josh put up another pretty gallery wall for me last week. He may have grumbled about it the whole time but didn't it turn out great?! I may have a slight , ok...major obsession with gallery walls. This is wall number two for my house so far. Is that wrong? I think the thing I love most is that vintage Monaco calendar print in the frame and maybe that cute blue car photo!
Today we celebrated the coming arrival of Melanie and Cuz's sweet baby, Ella Kate. We decided to make the book The Giving Tree the theme of the shower. It turned out so adorable. I could see this being a really cute theme for a 1st birthday too. I love the red, green and brown color combo. We did food in the vein of branches (chocolate dipped pretzel rods), leaves (salad) and fruit (fresh veggies and apple shaped cupcakes). The cake was precious and very yummy. I can't wait to snuggle that baby girl when she arrives! Congrats, Melanie!!
Our wonderful Kindergarten Team
Ready for Ella to join us!
I had fun working on some cute burpclothes for the baby as well. Wish I had taken a picture of the finished product!
Josh and I had a follow up appointment with our doctor today. He touches my heart so much. Such a sweet man. He said he likes us a lot but wishes he didn't have to see us anymore! We said we feel the same! Ha ha! I have to undergo a procedure to check on some things and then I think we will be trying FET for the third time. Hopefully three times the charm. Please continue to pray for us as we make some big decisions and go through procedures, etc. in the next couple of weeks. I'm so thankful to feel so comfortable and cared for by my doctor. He keeps saying that he knows in his heart that we will have success. I pray he's right! After this past attempt I had been really down and sad. It's not like me. I'm pretty sure it drove Josh nuts because I normally bounce back quick. A part of me knows that it's healthy to process and grieve what could have been. I'm starting to feel more positive and happier. Truly, the prayers and sweet words of encouragement from friends and family have meant the world to me. The verse below says it all though. My hope shouldn't be in myself, a doctor or any human...it should be in him. I know years from now it'll all make sense and I'll have an "a-ha" moment where I will see how God's plan was so much better than mine.
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