Seriously...

Pregnancy the third time around is NOT as glorious as the first. Sorry to burst any bubbles out there. EITHER, we're totally having a girl and all the extra girl hormones are colliding with mine OR running around after two energizer bunnies all day and pushing 30 is taking a serious toll. I hit 4 months praise the Lord because the last 10 weeks have been all day sickness and pure exhaustion!!!! I'm still nauseated at night but I'm SO happy to be able to get through the day now. And I'm back in the kitchen cooking and baking like a crazy woman again so I KNOW life is taking a turn for the best!! It's been a while since I've posted so here is a little catch up! My next door neighbors on one side just had a baby girl (her first), PRECIOUS- all the pink is making me drool :-). My next door neighbor on the other side is due the day after me with her second!! SO FUN! Three newborns right in a row is going to be wonderful to push off any unwelcomed baby blues (I hear they are worse with multiple children, anyone else hear that??) and I really LOVE my neighbors. Only down side is Traci and I could cook all day together- we are CRAZY when it comes to bringing over our latest and greatest for the other to feast on and we are BOTH going to be down and out unable to pamper each other with our luscious mouthwatering creations. SUCH a pity. Daniel, I, and the boys had a fabulous 9 days in CA with our beloved "bestest frionds" (long story about a really cute chubby kid in Germany)- pics below. Of course I was sick sick sick the whole time which pretty much sucked BUT as always we had a ridiculously fabulous time- and the boys where in heaven- water balloon fights, wrestling, monster jam party, AND Ben officially took his first steps!! They'll be down in July for a nice hot TX summer trip, yipee!!!! We had a great (and busy) Mother's Day- we taught Sunday school then drove forever to this po-dunk catfish place b/c my Aunt insisted it was the place to be. HILARIOUS. I kept thinking we were going to end up at a local jiffy lube for drive through oil change and catfish to go. Never again will I drive over an our for fried food. We rushed back for a multi-church prayer night at a local park for the global day of prayer. AMAZING how God works. We weren't so hyped- Daniel was in charge our our booth, we were all tired, it was Mother's Day and we hadn't stopped. Of course we were underestimating that God can take the little we have left to do miracles. We were there for two hours and once again Ben starts throwing up (this has been a problem for about 2 weeks- same time almost every day- dr visit tomorrow)- so several start praying over him and I just got the sense the Spirit was moving, I totally broke. Some really specific things came out during our prayer time so I'm going to talk to the doctor about it all and see where to go from there. I felt God really ministered to me and to Ben. So we left, and God moved again!! Daniel was able to lead a man (father to 2 young children and husband) to the Lord- it is such an incredible story. We're not sure where his wife is spiritually yet but can't wait to plug them into the Word- how amazing of God to start with the husband and we are praying his new faith in Christ will lead the whole family to salvation! What a GREAT mother's day gift for this woman and she has NO clue how GOOD God was to her and her children yet!!! Praise the LORD! Lots more to share but oh my gosh it's 11:30 at night. I cannot sleep either, did I say that earlier? Oh, and I got a hammock & spa day for mother's day. How awesome is that?? AH, I adore my family. OH, and Daniel and I are going to "A Weekend to Remember" marriage conference this coming weekend!!! I'm SO excited- a WHOLE weekend away from our beloved babies- it's going to be FABULOUS!!! Wa-hoo!!! Happy days ahead...