Reflection on 2012

Wow, what a crazy year...there were lots of planned adventures as well as unplanned, some things I would love to make traditions, while others I want to leave in 2012, there were lots of ups and some downs, but overall there isn't much I'd change about this past year...it was amazing!

Klay and I got to cruise together for the first time and enjoy a relaxing trip with no plans...completely different from what we usually do.

We got to explore Europe with my parents, probably one of the best experiences yet! Loved doing this with them so much, there is nothing to describe how amazing that trip was!

We also bought a car and thankfully were able to pay cash for it! We got all the ceilings scraped in our house as well as all the walls, trim and windows painted...this has made our house look and smell like new!

Klay and I went on two trips to Florida, one to visit my Grandmother for her 80th Birthday and one to Seagrove Beach to hangout for the last time with just the two of us.

We found out this summer we are expecting our first child!!! So excited about that! Probably the best thing ever! I got to skip morning sickness and had a great start to my pregnancy...however now that I am near the end of my pregnancy I have been on bed rest and when it's all said and done probably will have spent at least 12wks on bed rest. With that however God has taught me how much I have to rely on Him. He also has taught me how much is out of my control and that I need to learn to patient and to let things go. I also have felt an amazing peace I have never felt as well as contentment with where I am. He has shown me how much He and others love me and how amazing the people he has put in my life are...it has been very humbling. I had really wanted to experience God in a big way this year, and I truly have through all of this.

I know there is so much more that happened this year, but for now that's what has really stuck out. I can't even begin to say how excited I am about next year because Klay and I will officially be parents! We are beyond excited to experience this new adventure together!

Up date

I am now 28wks! So exciting! Of course hoping to make it to at least 30-32wks, but we'll see. I got retested today for my glucose sugar test, and it was high, so I have gestational diabetes:/ not at all happy about this. I realize there is there nothing that I could have done about it, but I hate it none the less. I am on a special diet now that is low in carbs and sugars. I also have to test my blood sugar 4 times a day...anyways I'm doing the best I possibly can and glad that it can be managed through diet. I also got a cervix check today, it was a 1.2 last week and was a 1.3 today, so not a huge improvement, but at least stable which is good. I also got an ffn (fetal fibronectin) test today...it can show whether or not you might go into labor in the next two weeks. Mine came back positive so I will not get to go home. However this does not mean I will go into labor in the next two weeks, it's just another complication on top of the ones I already have. I will be in the hospital for at least the next two weeks. So, not the best news today, but I am trying to make the most of it. I would have loved to go home today, and had the ffn test been negative, they would have let me, but I prayed so much about it and got my answer. I do want to be where God wants me, and right now that is in the hospital. So please keep the prayers coming, I feel beyond blessed to have so many people love me and praying for Klay, I and Karter!


Here are some pictures of how homey/Christmasy my room is...it's not so bad ;)