Children's Resale #2!

Today I went to the Children's Resale at Wakarusa Missionary Church for the second time! I went with my two sister-in-laws Christi and Emily! We actually got there at 4 in the morning! It was so cold, but I had fun and got some good deals! :) I have to say there wasn't that much for Elijah, but when I got home I realized I had found more than I thought. I got a few maternity things, too! I didn't even know they had maternity things, but I was happy. I was pregnant in the winter last time, so I didn't have many summer things. It was nice to find a few things I liked for really cheap!

Now I'm sitting at home enjoying some alone time while AJ and Elijah are gone. AJ wanted to take Elijah to the movie "How to Train Your Dragon." Elijah was really excited about his night out with his daddy. And Mommy was really excited for a little bit of complete alone time! You need that from time to time! :) I'm happy that AJ and Elijah will come home at the end of the night, though!

I'm in my last week of my 1st trimester this week! I can hardly believe I'm so far along! I forgot I was pregnant yesterday morning! Elijah had his cousin (and best friend) Hunter spend the night on Thursday night, and we took them to McDonald's for breakfast Friday morning and they were playing in the play area and I went up to play with them and pulled myself up on my tummy and later I was like oh yeah! I'm pregnant, probably shouldn't be crawling around on my tummy! haha...it happens. When I was pregnant with Elijah, I was 3 days overdue and playing dodgeball at my brother Rick's house with his kids and AJ and Rick. I was so into the game that I dove on my stomach for the ball. Everyone looked at me like "what are you doing?!" and then I realized that was probably not a good idea. I was nervous right after that until I felt Elijah moving around like crazy. I need to be more careful!

We went to Emily's parents church on Friday night and had an easter egg hunt and Mexican dinner! It was a lot of fun, and Elijah was really excited to find the eggs and get a cool Easter basket! We had a great weekend. I hope you all did, too! :) Looks like we're going to be getting nicer weather again this week!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!! :)

blood...gross

I was reminded today when my doctor's office called to tell me that my blood results came back normal that I had to give 6 things of blood at my first doctor's appointment for this pregnancy! I HATE needles so much, and I always sing to myself and look the other way whenever I get shots or have blood drawn. Well, this time Elijah was in the room with me, and he was very interested in the whole thing. I was trying to not pay attention to it, but Elijah felt the need to let me know exactly what was going on the entire time. I have never felt so sick in my life! I guess he's not afraid of needles! :) When AJ got home later that day, the first thing Elijah did was tell him that Mommy had a boo-boo on her arm (where they drew blood) reminding me ONCE AGAIN of the horrible trauma I went through. I don't think I'm taking him to another doctor's appointment! :)

summer plans

Okay...so I was reminded today by Jessica Davis that one month of school left is not that long compared to two months of school left, but it truly feels like school will never end! I thought the nicer weather would give me a boost to help me finish the semester, but it has had the opposite effect on me! I see the sunshine and I just want to spend all my time outside or at my house with the windows open, the sunshine pouring in the windows, and a cool breeze throughout the house! Is there anything better than that?

So...in order to motivate me to get through the rest of the school year, I am going to make a list of things I'm excited to do this summer!

~walk all over Nappanee
~go to the park with AJ and Elijah
~take Elijah to swim lessons
~go to the beach!!!
~take a trip to Indianapolis to go to the zoo, the children's museum, and walk around the city
~ride our bikes
~go to Minnesota
~go camping
~cookout

Hmm...that's all I can think of right now, but it's enough to make me happy. I am just going to push through these next 5 weeks of school and be happy that I have my husband home this year and that I have a 3 day weekend every weekend. I guess my life is pretty good, huh? :) I've got NOTHING to complain about!

I hope you're all enjoying the weather! And if you haven't seen my poll at the top right of my page, vote on what you think our baby is going to be! It's just fun to see what people think we're going to have! So far I'm the only one who thinks it's a boy! :)

Mommyhood...the second time around...

Well, I'm sure most of you know by now that we are pregnant with our second baby! It hadn't really hit me yet that we were really having another baby, but I had my first doctor's appointment yesterday and heard the heartbeat of this new little one! It was the best feeling because I knew that the baby is okay and it's really in there! Now I really feel like this is happening and we are having another baby!!! YES!!

I'm so excited for Elijah to be a big brother! He always will say hi to the baby and kiss my tummy, which I think is so adorable. He also always tells us it's going to be a baby girl! I don't know what he'll think if it's a boy, but I'm sure he'll love the new baby just the same! It is going to be so different having two kids! I'm a little nervous, but mostly excited! It's really fun having a family and expanding that family!

Anyway, I want to start blogging again, so I thought this would be a good time since I have a new baby on the way. I can keep you up to date on the latest pregnancy things and the way Elijah reacts to things. Maybe no one cares, but it should be fun for me to look back on later at least! So...here's to a fresh start on blogging! Let's make it last this time! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope you all had a great day with your families and friends! We had a very nice day! We went up to Michigan to hang out with our extended family! It was a nice time of fellowship, and it's always good to reconnect with the family members we don't see as often! We had an amazing meal and it was really relaxing!

Last night we had our 2009 Family Fall Fest, which was actually a surprise party for AJ and Ross! We decorated the front porch really nicely for a sit down dessert with candles and Christmas lights. We had an obstacle course, chili and fritos, played mafia, hillarium, and praise and worship time. We had changed out all our picture frames with pictures of AJ and Ross together! They didn't even notice at first. Then we had ordered a cake for them with a picture of them on it that said "Welcome Home Abrahoss!" haha...and we had Abrahoss trivia. The night was a success and everyone seemed to have a good time! It was a lot of work cleaning up after, but totally worth it! I can't wait to plan our next party! :) Emily and I had planned it together since September! We got together Sunday to set up the house for the party and then she came over early yesterday to finish up and AJ and Ross took the boys to the Bremen Bounce so we didn't have to watch them! It was nice! We made them shirts and everything! It was fun to plan!

I'm very thankful for all that the Lord has done for us this year. He has blessed us so much and I definitely do not deserve it!! So Happy Thanksgiving and have fun decorating for Christmas now!! :) I love this time of year!!!!!!!

Explanation Point Overload!!!!

wow...every sentence except for one in my last post ended with an explanation point. come on, vikki...seriously? everything can't be THAT exciting! :) haha...i'm gonna try to branch out and use some periods once in a while...that might be a nice change of pace. :)

Mmm...I love the Holidays!

Well, I haven't blogged on here for a while. I feel like I never have that much to talk about, but I miss blogging, so I'm going to try to start it up again! I'm so thankful that it's a three day week of school this week! I'm so ready for a little break. School has been going pretty well, but I am really looking forward to the end of the semester! I think most of the reason is that AJ is home now and I feel like I can't get enough time with him!

It has been so amazing having my husband home! It was a little bit of an adjustment at first just because we hadn't lived in the same house for a year! But once we remembered each other's little annoying habits, it has been great! It's so fun to talk to him every night before we go to sleep and to not even hear the little sounds in our house that I always heard when he was gone! I feel safe and loved and happy! :)

Elijah has been the happiest kid you've ever seen lately! He loves having his daddy home! They play and do crazy things all the time! He loves having both of us around and is always randomly saying "grandma hug!" which actually means group hug, he just forgets the word is group and not grandma!

This week is going to be very busy! I have two tests tomorrow, then I'm done with school for 4 days! Then Emily and I are going to finish getting ready for our Family Fall Fest at our house which is tomorrow night! Then Thursday we are going up to Michigan with my family, and finally on Friday we are going to go get our annual Christmas ornaments, decorate our house for Christmas, and then have another Thanksgiving dinner at my mom and dad's house!

I have to just say that I'm so thankful that God kept AJ safe all year and brought him home safely! I'm also so thankful that somehow He made the year go really fast for me! I had no idea that it would go that fast, and I could never imagine it being over and AJ being home for good, but now he is and we are about to enjoy the holidays together! God is SO GOOD!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! :)