Since it has been close to FOREVER since I have posted any photos.. heres a mix for your viewing pleasure!
20 February 2008
19 February 2008
News Flash
Here is the latest: I went down for an ultrasound today, been looking forward to this moment for a little while now. All the curiosity mounting as to exactly how far along I was,etc. What we found out was I am exactly 16 weeks to the day. So that makes the babies due date on the 5th of August (a Leo). The nurse wouldn't tell us wether it was a boy or a girl, just because she said at this stage it is easier to make mistakes (and she had made a bad one before) so she wanted us to wait for the next scan at 20 weeks.. but.. she let something slip! Steve was really eager to know wether it was a boy or a girl and he figured if the lady was pointing out to us the babies nostrils she must have been able to see something, so he asked her again as we were walking out "are you sure you didn't see anything" but again she said that she didn't want to say and it was best to wait, but then he got talking to her & told her we had another child, she asked what it was and when we told her it was a girl she said "oh another girl!" I saw her catch her self... but it was to late! She had let it slip!
So there you have it. It could very well be another girl! That would be fun, imagine a little Leo & Aries girl together, they'd set off fire works! But we will see for sure when I get the next ultra sound, if there is a confirmation on that.
Come to think of it, when I was PG with Jolie, Steve had a 'premonition' (or something like it) he was lying down to go to sleep, but wasn't quite asleep, and he saw me there asking him to go get the girls, and just then around the corner these two little girls come running out! Not to mention about two weeks ago I had a dream that this one was a girl. AND, when I was PG with Jolie I had a dream that I had two girls then a boy & I was PG with another girl!
Not to say that the is the gospel truth or anything, will just be interesting to see what comes out of it.
Anyway, I am including the ultrasound picture of the little alien, and no, don't worry, i won't be offended if you don't think 'it' is cute!
4 February 2008
A NEW MOTHERS THOUGHTS
I wrote this on the 1st of Jan... and, of course, was meaning to post it sooner. Better late then never :-)
A NEW MOTHERS THOUGHTS
I think this is the longest stretch of time where I haven't really posted all that much .. I'm not going to start rattling off excuses, I just wanted to give you a look into my thoughts at this moment in time, well at least the main once that are bouncing around.
Life is all about learning, changing, evolving, but sometimes those things aren't so easy, particularly when it comes to major things in your life, like becoming a Mother. Don't get me wrong, I would never trade Jolie and the big part she plays in my life for anything - but it is still a massive adjustment.
You see, even though I am the oldest girl of ten children I have never had much... well I guess you could say patience and the like, to care for them. So much so that when ever my mom needed help with the kidos she would always first ask my two older brothers, and send me out with my Dad.
Thats what I loved. I loved getting out, I just loved being on the move seeing new places experiencing new things. I loved witnessing. I remember when I was 10 we stayed on a campground in Ireland for a month and by the time we had left I knew all the kids and parents on the camp ground and and prayed with most of the kids to receive Jesus. No one told me to do it... it was just the natural thing to do.
When I was 17 I went to India, and it was there that I decided that being a missionary is what I wanted to do with my life. Not necessarily because of the country, but because of the things I went through while there. So I went all out. Right after that I joined up with a road trip team, traveling to all different countries in Europe & Africa. Now that was a time to remember! Since our team was all a bunch of young people we were able to fully focus on getting out there witnessing, we had nothing really to hold us back or get in our way of doing that. Not even a house to get comfortable or lazy in, ha (well, to clarify, we had houses but just different ones for short periods of time in different parts of the world).
3 and a half years into that whirl wind of action and movement, I found out I was pregnant, the best thing that could of happened to me. Why? Well, there are the obvious reasons of how gorgeous Jolie is, and the beautiful experience that one has to experience for them self's of the love between a mother & a child, but I think the main one is that the Lord just has a whole different set of lessons for me to learn. Ones of patience, of self sacrifice, of giving when you don't feel like you have anything left to give, of doing what he did for us, giving our life to the little ones he gives us. Adjusting and changing ones habits and life to accommodate and care for another. And on a practical level, just getting the hang of how to keep your little one happy and challenged.
It's one thing doing what you have the knack for and have done practically all your life, but something completely different trying to master how to do the things that you have never had much talent in, or were even interested in doing. But I am SO thankful for it! Like I said it is the best thing that could of happened to me, its made me so much less confident in my self and so much more depend on the Lord for his strength and answers. Of course, I have my moments of discouragement at times, wondering if I am ever going to get the hang of being a good mum that I so want to be for Jolie and others that will come along, but I talked to a friend the other day, she has two kido's now and she really encouraged me by saying that it always takes up to a year or so for new mums to get 'in the groove' so to speak. And I have only had 9 months of this so far, ha.
Besides all that, life is all about learning new things, and what I am learning right now is definitely new for me! So I think I just need to let go of the past and what I did before and through my self into what the Lord is asking me to become for today. Sounds easier said then done but, as well all know, "I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me". And who knows, once I get the hang of motherhood and all it requires (well I don't think I'll ever fully master everything, but at least get into the flow of it) who knows what the Lord will do then?!
And one more thing to end on, for all of you who didn't know I wanted to make an official announcement that I am pregnant again with no 2! I'd say I am between 10-12 weeks, but i'll only know for sure when I go get a check up. So that would make it either a Leo or a Virgo.
Believe me when I say I am SO happy about it! :-D
A NEW MOTHERS THOUGHTS
I think this is the longest stretch of time where I haven't really posted all that much .. I'm not going to start rattling off excuses, I just wanted to give you a look into my thoughts at this moment in time, well at least the main once that are bouncing around.
Life is all about learning, changing, evolving, but sometimes those things aren't so easy, particularly when it comes to major things in your life, like becoming a Mother. Don't get me wrong, I would never trade Jolie and the big part she plays in my life for anything - but it is still a massive adjustment.
You see, even though I am the oldest girl of ten children I have never had much... well I guess you could say patience and the like, to care for them. So much so that when ever my mom needed help with the kidos she would always first ask my two older brothers, and send me out with my Dad.
Thats what I loved. I loved getting out, I just loved being on the move seeing new places experiencing new things. I loved witnessing. I remember when I was 10 we stayed on a campground in Ireland for a month and by the time we had left I knew all the kids and parents on the camp ground and and prayed with most of the kids to receive Jesus. No one told me to do it... it was just the natural thing to do.
When I was 17 I went to India, and it was there that I decided that being a missionary is what I wanted to do with my life. Not necessarily because of the country, but because of the things I went through while there. So I went all out. Right after that I joined up with a road trip team, traveling to all different countries in Europe & Africa. Now that was a time to remember! Since our team was all a bunch of young people we were able to fully focus on getting out there witnessing, we had nothing really to hold us back or get in our way of doing that. Not even a house to get comfortable or lazy in, ha (well, to clarify, we had houses but just different ones for short periods of time in different parts of the world).
3 and a half years into that whirl wind of action and movement, I found out I was pregnant, the best thing that could of happened to me. Why? Well, there are the obvious reasons of how gorgeous Jolie is, and the beautiful experience that one has to experience for them self's of the love between a mother & a child, but I think the main one is that the Lord just has a whole different set of lessons for me to learn. Ones of patience, of self sacrifice, of giving when you don't feel like you have anything left to give, of doing what he did for us, giving our life to the little ones he gives us. Adjusting and changing ones habits and life to accommodate and care for another. And on a practical level, just getting the hang of how to keep your little one happy and challenged.
It's one thing doing what you have the knack for and have done practically all your life, but something completely different trying to master how to do the things that you have never had much talent in, or were even interested in doing. But I am SO thankful for it! Like I said it is the best thing that could of happened to me, its made me so much less confident in my self and so much more depend on the Lord for his strength and answers. Of course, I have my moments of discouragement at times, wondering if I am ever going to get the hang of being a good mum that I so want to be for Jolie and others that will come along, but I talked to a friend the other day, she has two kido's now and she really encouraged me by saying that it always takes up to a year or so for new mums to get 'in the groove' so to speak. And I have only had 9 months of this so far, ha.
Besides all that, life is all about learning new things, and what I am learning right now is definitely new for me! So I think I just need to let go of the past and what I did before and through my self into what the Lord is asking me to become for today. Sounds easier said then done but, as well all know, "I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me". And who knows, once I get the hang of motherhood and all it requires (well I don't think I'll ever fully master everything, but at least get into the flow of it) who knows what the Lord will do then?!
And one more thing to end on, for all of you who didn't know I wanted to make an official announcement that I am pregnant again with no 2! I'd say I am between 10-12 weeks, but i'll only know for sure when I go get a check up. So that would make it either a Leo or a Virgo.
Believe me when I say I am SO happy about it! :-D
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