Day 1: A recent picture of me and 15 random facts about myself!

1. I shave my arms!

2. I am only 25 years old and already have my tubes tied because I will NOT risk having a miscarriage and not know it! Jocelyn was our little miracle baby! We came way too close to losing her and not even knowing it could have happened!

3. Out of all the jobs I have had in my lifetime, I can honestly say that being a stay at home mom is the hardest most challenging job I have ever had, but I absolutely love being able to be home with my children!

4. I am a Christian, and very proud to let anyone and everyone know it!

5. I had the biggest crush on Stephen when I was a freshman in high school (back in 2000). I moved into his neighborhood, and took my baby sister on walks just to pass by his house......I didn't realize it was him until one of my high school friends started dating him. We never talked much, and it wasn't until April 13, 2006 that we started dating! A year after that, we got married!

6. I love to cook, and can cook anything as long as I don't have to follow a recipe! For some reason I always mess up recipes, but as long as I get an idea on how to cook something, I make up my own way to make it and it's usually taste pretty good!

7. I absolutely love taking care of people! I am a certified nursing assistant, and I loved working in a nursing home taking care of all my residents! I always got so attached to all of them, which was good, but bad at the same time.

8. I would do anything to make my family happy, and to protect them! They are my everything.

9. I was forced to eat tomatoes as a child, and now I can not stand to even smell them. They make me so sick!

10. My favorite TV shows consist of Army Wives, Pretty Little Liars, Secret Life of an American Teenager, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, and Veggie Tales!

11. I have only been to 8 states in the US. South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas. I need to travel more!

12. I flew on an airplane for the first time in my life when I was 23 years old, and I absolutely loved it! I can't wait to fly again!

13. I love taking pictures, but I am never in the picture! I'm always the one behind the camera!

14. I love that my son, Taegan, shocks me everyday with something new he has learned! It amazes me at how smart he is!

15. I am a devoted wife and mother! There is nothing I enjoy more than being with my family, and taking care of them!

30 days of me!

I came across this and figured it would be fun to do! I will start today, and atempt to do it everyday for thirty days! :)


Here are the daily prompts for 30 days of me:
day 1- recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
day 2- the meaning behind you blog name
day 3- a picture of you and your friends
day 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have
day 5- a picture of somewhere youve been to
day 6- favorite super hero and why
day 7- a picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
day 8- short term goals for this month and why
day 9- something youre proud of in the past few days
day 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad
day 11- another picture of you and your friends
day 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one
day 13- a letter to someone who has hurt you recently
day 14- a picture of you and your family
day 15- put you ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play
day 16- another picture of yourself
day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have
day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them
day 20- someone you see yourself marrying or being with in the future
day 21- a picture of something that makes you happy
day 22- what makes you different from everyone else
day 23- something you crave for a lot
day 24- a letter to your parents
day 25- what I would find in your bag
day 26- what do you think about your friends
day 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge
day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?
day 29- in this past month, what have you learned
day 30- you favorite song

One of the funniest moments EVER!

When Taegan woke up this morning he told me he had to go potty, so I told him to go! I wasn't paying any attention to him, but he said he was going to pee pee like daddy, which he says a lot, so I thought nothing of it! I was trying to upload a video to facebook when all of a sudden I heard this stream of pee pee going into his potty!! I look up and he is STANDING over his potty just pee peeing away!! He has great aim because he didn't make a mess at all! If that wasn't shock to me enough, Steve has apparently shown him how to "shake it off" when he is finished. He finished his business then he took his hand and just shook himself a little and closed the lid to his potty!! It was so so funny! He was so proud of himself!! I don't think I have ever seen anything as funny as this! I have the greatest son EVER!!

This past weekend Steve took Taegan to the pet store to look at all the little animals. It's one of Taegan's favorite things to do now! I get a phone call asking if they can bring home a fish, so we now have a pet beta fish that Taegan has named Ping! He was very excited about it, and he loves to feed him!

I have my last doctor appointment tomorrow before Jocelyn gets here!! Only 5 days left!!! Steve's parents are coming into town Saturday, and the rest of the families are coming Monday! We are so excited!! This week seems to be going by so slow though, the anticipation is awful!!

Just thought I would do a little update while I had a little time on my hands!! I hope everyone enjoys Tae Tae's pee pee story!! :) Have a great day!

9 more days!

I can not believe Jocelyn will be here in 9 days!! I went to the pediatric cardiologist last week to get an ultra sound of her heart. If you don't know already then here is the story! When we went to find out that she was a girl, we also were told that she had a rare but the most easily fixed heart defect called VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect). They told us she had two holes in her heart that would more than likely close on their own as she grows in my belly, but if they didn't they would have to do surgery to close them when she turned one. I had to go to the Maternal/ Fetal Medicine doctor every week to get her heart looked at and to see if they were closing. A few weeks before we moved to Fort Benning they told us that the holes appeared to be closed but they could be positive until she was born. Well, when I moved here my OBGYN wanted me to go see a pediatric cardiologist to get a definite answer, and so I did! PRAISE GOD......Her heart is perfect! The holes closed on their own! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful God taking care of our precious little Angel! She has put us through a lot of scary stuff this entire pregnancy, but everything has turned out perfect, and it looks as though we couldn't have asked for a more healthy baby girl so far! With that being said.....I will have my tubes tied when I have my c section because I physically and mentally can not go through another pregnancy like this one! I couldn't bare the thought of almost losing my child and not even know it again! We are perfectly happy with our amazing son, and soon to be daughter! Our family is officially complete!

We are very much looking forward to this next week to come.....getting everything prepared and ready for her to come, and our families coming into town! We can't wait to spend time with everyone! We are so thankful to have such supportive family and friends in our lives! We couldn't have gotten through this pregnancy mentally if it weren't for most of them, and all the prayers that were sent up for us! We are truly blessed beyond belief! Thank you to everyone in our lives who have been there for us and prayed for us , and continue to pray for us! you all are so amazing!! We love you!!

We can't wait to meet you Jocleyn BreAnn!!! We love you so very much!!

A fresh new start!

Our family is still going through so many wonderful changes!! We have officially moved to Fort Benning Georgia, and we absolutely love it! We hate being away from all of our families, but we could not have asked for a better work schedule for Steve! He is home everyday by 5 pm, I get to stay home with Taegan....not that I had a choice in that matter because of the complications of this pregnancy, but we actually have enough income from Steve's job that I don't have to work! It wonderful being able to stay here and not worry about our income! I don't know what we would have done if he didn't go active army, and me having to be forced to not work!

We are still trying to get our house sold, but in God's time it will happen! We are loving the house we live in now, and the best part is there are no inconsiderate neighbors! It's nice to be able to go to bed at a decent time and not have to listen to your neighbors scream, or here there music blasting your windows out!

Taegan is enjoying himself here, I think it's because we can have Barkley inside more, and they have become absolute best friends! One can not live without the other! He learns new things EVERYDAY! He is so so smart, it amazes Steve and I what he knows just by watching or hearing us do something! He picks up on things so fast! BUT he is the most stubborn kid I know! I have been trying to work with him in potty training for so long, and on January 11th he just up and decides he wants to start using the potty! Ever since, he has not wet his diaper once!!! He is now in big boy underwear!! We are so proud of him! We couldn't have been more blessed with any other son! God specially chose him just for us!

Jocelyn should be here anytime now! I am scheduled to have a c-section on January 25th...ONLY 12 DAYS!!!! We are thrilled! I had my cerclage removed last Tuesday, which I do not recommend to ANYONE!! I'm pretty sure that pain was worse than any labor pains I have every had!! We were thinking she might come that day, but she decided to stay in and stay cozy...I guess she knows how cold it is right now! :) We are already so in love with her, and she is already so spoiled by EVERYONE!! I guess that what she gets for scaring us so bad! I can not wait to hold her and cuddle her! Steve is already wrapped around her tiny little fingers......I can't wait to see what he is going to be like when she is actually here! Taegan is super excited to be getting a baby sister! He has chosen to call her sissy! We asked him if he wanted to call her Jocelyn or Sissy, and he said sissy! He is going to be such a wonderful big brother!! He is so sweet and kind hearted already! I think he will be very protective of her as well!!

Steve had to get a CT scan the other day to see how bad his hernia was, and he got the results yesterday. It turns out that he has one for sure hernia, and three more tears in his abdominal wall. I know he is so uncomfortable. Poor baby. :( He is going to have to have surgery to get them fixed, but he is going to try to push it back until maybe the end of February so I will have a little bit of time to recover. We don't want to both be cut up at the same time....especially not with a toddler, a newborn, and a dog! He has been such a great husband! He has taken care of me, and cooked and cleaned when I cant! He doesn't even complain about it. It makes me feel horrible when I can't do stuff for him, or just simply clean all the toys up out of the floor before he gets home everyday, but I honestly can not bend over anymore....and he just comes home and does it like it's nothing! He is a wonderful man, fabulous husband, and even better daddy!! Taegan and Jocelyn are so blessed to have him as their daddy!!

I can't wait to get Jocelyn here and recover so we can start going back to SC more! I haven't been able to travel a lot with this pregnancy, but we miss our families so much!! I think we are both homesick for everyone! It's hard to not be able to just drive 10 minutes and be able to hangout with someone we know, and I do get lonely quite a bit, but I think that's more because I am not able to do much anymore. I get tired to easily, but that will soon change!! :)

God is so great, he has blessed our lives to the fullest, and provided for us more than we could ever imagined!! Without him in our lives, we would have nothing at all!!

Changes

Our family has gone through quite a bit in the past few months! Let's start with the pregnany!

We found out that we are having a little girl!! We are naming her Jocelyn BreAnn!! We chose Jocelyn because we needed a name that was equally unique as Taegan, and we just absolutely love this name!! BreAnn is a combination of Stephen's mother, Brenda, and one of my mother's middle names, Ann. This would be the reason why it is spelled the way it is, and the reason of the random capital "A" in the middle! Her name could not fit her any better, Jocelyn means light hearted, playful, and BreAnn means Strong! She is most definitely playful even in my belly! haha But mostly she is so so strong. When we went to find out the sex, we were told that whe has two holes in her little heart that would hopefully close before she is born. God has blessed us so much with her! According to ultrasounds they have closed, and her heart is doing perfect. We were also told that day that we would have lost her if I would hae come just a couple days later. My cervix was almost to the point of opening, and was way too thin! I immediately got put into the hospital, had to have an amnio done to make sure there were no infections, and had surgery to stich my cervix the very next morning. We thank God for everything about Jocelyn! IT has been nothing but him working in our lives, and saving our precious daughter! She truely is a blessing already, and we can not wait to meet her in January or February!

Steve was finally able to get through the with all his active duty Army processing, and we are now stationed in Fort Benning, GA! Steve has been here since October 6th, but Taegan and I just moved here two days ago. trying to get housing, and our furniture moved here took way longer than we thought, but everything happens for a reason! We are living on post in a brand new town home. It is beautiful, we couldn't have asked for anything better!! Taegan seems to really like it here, and our families are happy that we are happy! Of course that does not mean they are happy about us being 5 hours away, but we will be back to visist at least twice a month. :) I think that's about all for now!

It's been quite a while!

So, Where to start first?? I am 11 weeks and 2 days pregnant! :) Steve and I have a lot of changes going on in our life right now! We are trying to go active duty, and right now it is just a waiting game! after we get the final word, we will be going active hopefully not too far away from home! We will have to sell our house, so we've been trying to get it ready for that! Now back to the pregnancy! We are hoping for a girl, but either will be fine, but this pregnancy has been a lot more difficult than the first. I've been a lot more tired, and today I just found out that I have severe bladder and kidney infections going on. VERY PAINFUL! I'm hoping my antibiotics kick in very soon! Taegan is doing wonderful, he's growing up and getting so much smarter every day! It's so much fun watching him learn new things! He keeps saying he wants a baby "sitter" (sister) too cute! :) Brent and Jenna got married 2 months ago today! they are very happy, and doing wonderful! Well, That's about all for now, if I think of anything I'll update! :)