What I'm Thankful For! Day 3

I am so thankful for the sweet little boy that came into my life on February 7, 2012. I love Kaden more than words can describe, and I love every single day with him. I love every smile, every laugh, and every grossed out facial expression when he doesn't like a veggie! I can't wait to see the man he becomes, and I pray I'm the best mom I can be to him! Thank you Lord for my son :-)

What I'm Thankful For: Day 2

I'm so thankful for my amazing husband Zac. He is so loving, sweet, patient, and FUN, and I'm so crazy about him. He's my bestest friend ever. I love waking up next to him every day, and living this life together, and I pray I get to for many more years to come! I love you babe! Thank you Lord for my husband :-)

What I'm Thankful For! Day 1

I am so grateful for God's love, mercy, and forgiveness. I am absolutely nothing without Him and He is so AWESOME! :-) I am also thankful for this beautiful Earth He has created for us, and I'm thankful for each and every blessing He has filled my life with.

Fall Candy Corn Tree

I just made this fun, festive candy corn tree! I've seen other people on pinterest make this, and I just knew I had to make it. All you need is a vase, three to four bags of candy corn from Dollar Tree, branches from a tree, and a hot glue gun. I seriously don't know what I would do without my hot glue gun! I use it for absolutely everything I make! All you do is put the branches in your vase, fill your vase to the top with candy corn, and just hot glue candy corn to the top of the branches and that's it! $4 project and it only takes 30 minutes :-)

Lots of New Stuff!

I'm absolutely awful about keeping up with this blog! First of all, we are having a blast being parents! Kaden just melts our hearts :-) He's over 2 months old now....I just can't believe that! It seems like he was born yesterday! I love how much Kaden looks like Zac! Zac's mini-me :-) Thank you Lord for blessing us with such a sweet and healthy baby boy. I love our little family :-)

We now live in Oklahoma! We've been commuting for awhile to Ardmore from Gainesville, and the drive was about to drive us crazy! It's a pretty far drive, plus gas prices are getting ridiculous, and we didn't want Kaden on the road all the time. The decision to move happened so fast, but we believe it's the right one. We love our house and it's right down the street from both of our jobs. It's also right down the street from Hobby Lobby! Yes!!! I joke a lot about how Texas is the best state ever, which it is hehe, but I really do like Oklahoma. It's pretty. Not as pretty as my dream state Colorado, but still pretty :-) Maybe when we retire someday, we will live in the mountains or on the beach somewhere! That would be awesome!! One thing I know for sure, I will never be an OU fan people!! Never, ever, ever ;-) I love the OU vs Texas rivalry though, especially now that I work with lots of OU ("no") fans! Maybe Texas will actually win this year so I don't look like an idiot...again...

Another cool thing going on is a band called Midnight Drive! My husband plays drums in the band, and he sure is smoking hot ;-) I am really excited for them, and I really believe they will make it big. They already have their first cd out called "Back Against the Whiskey". When the cd's came in, Zac and I drove around listening to it. I love the cd and I'm not just saying that because I'm his wifee. They have something really snappy! The last song on the cd is called Ten Fingers & Ten Toes which Zac wrote for Kaden. Every time I hear it, it makes me tear up. It's so sweet :-) Check them out at Midnightdriveband.com!

I can't wait to start planting in front of the house. I've never done it before, but it sounds so fun! I'm going to plant rose bushes. The only problem...I have to dig up two pretty big bushes first! This should be interesting and fun! I will post pics when I finish.

Since we live in Ardmore now, we have to find a new church home. We are praying for God's guidance. Zac has gone to his church in Whitesboro his whole life and we really love it there. We will miss our church very much, but we will still visit when Zac's family is in town!

Alright, Kaden's diaper just exploded, so I have to go! Boys...lol!

My Valentine

In June 2009, God brought the most amazing man into my life. He's the love of my life and my best friend, and I fall in love with him more and more everyday.  We got married on December 11, 2010 and as of last week, we are now a little family :-) I thank God everyday for our marriage. I can't imagine growing old with anyone else :-) I love you Zac. Happy Valentine's Day babe.

Kaden is here :-)

The best day: February 7, 2012, the day our sweet baby boy arrived. My water broke at 1:30 in the morning and I actually didn't get near as nervous as I thought I would. I woke Zac up and we headed to Ardmore! My contractions were irregular still, so they gave me pitocin. I had the best nurses ever by the way. I was determined to not get an epidural, but I had back labor which is something I had never heard of before, and it HURT SO BAD lol! It felt like someone stabbed me in the back and turned the knife every 2 minutes. When I was dilated to a 4, I ended up crying like a little girl, so yeah, epidural please...STAT! Epidural=amazing by the way! Everything went so fast and easy after that. Our blessing arrived at 2:59 pm and we have been on cloud 9 ever since :-) Kaden was actually delivered by the nurse because the doctor hadn't made it to the hospital yet lol! I can't believe we are parents!! I love it! I'm sure I will be posting hundreds of pics of him on this blog every day! Thank you Lord for our sweet baby boy :-)

Needing Some Patience

As I sit here at lunch on yet another gorgeous day, all I can think about is Kaden and how desperately bad Zac and I want him here. We can't stop thinking about what he looks like and when he IS COMING lol! It's driving us absolutely nuts. I never imagined being this impatient! The due date isn't for another 12 days, but my doctor says he could be here any day now. Ever since he told us that, every day has been d r a g g i n g.....I know he will be here when it's time, but I just don't know how much longer I can wait. For real. Every contraction makes me wonder if this is the day and then they go away! He will be here soon though, and we can't wait!!!!!

So excited :-)

I'm sitting outside at lunch in the sunshine feeling Kaden moving around :-) I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I'm 80% effaced and he thinks Kaden will be here between today and the next 10 days! Oh my goodness! So excited and scared to death at the same time. I want to go clean SO bad right now. I want to go vacuum every square inch of our house and make sure everything is ready for our sweet baby boy :-) I can't wait to meet this little guy. I can't believe this is really about to happen!!!

Predictions for when Kaden will be here!

At our baby shower our friends threw for us, we asked everyone when they thought our sweet baby boy will be here. I thought I would put it on here for fun and also because I will probably lose the piece of paper before Kaden gets here. (anyone who has seen my purse understands why I can never find a darn thing lol!) Here are the predictions...

Patti - January 27th
Zac - February 7th
Bri - February 9th
Jason - February 10th
Sena - February 11th
Casey- February 12th
Penny - February 12th
Andrea - February 13th
Me - February 13th or 14th
Shane - February 14th
Michelle - February 14th
Jamie - February 15th
Tabitha - February 16th
Cheyenne - February 17th
Ashley - February 19th
Faith - February 21st
Cindy - February 21st

Baby Shower!

Today our friends threw a shower for us and we had a blast! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends :-) thank you Jason and Bri for throwing this amazing shower for us and to all of our friends for coming!!!

Zac was blindfolded and had to figure out what was in the diaper and it was so funny!!

Kaden will be here in approx 4 weeks now, oh my goodness! We have his crib set up that my wonderful in-laws got us and it's perfect :-) and the bed set that we got him came in the other day, so the crib is complete!  (Pictures coming soon!) Kaden's newborn sized clothes are in the dryer as we speak. I have washed them twice now! (Don't worry, I do have a little bit of "good" OCD, but this is the last time I will wash them before he arrives lol.) We are just so excited to meet our little guy and we are just trying to get as prepared as possible. Next week I will start going to the doctor once a week...coming up fast!  Can't wait!

Kaden is Almost Here!

I can't believe there's only approx. 5 weeks left until our sweet baby boy is here! How exciting! People told me being pregnant for 9 months just drags on, but it has flown by. It seems like we just found out yesterday. He's been moving around for hours today. I don't think he has taken a nap! :-) Zac is going to be such an awesome dad. I can't wait to see him holding Kaden in his arms and to see them watching sports together when he gets a little older hehe :-) I was really scared about the delivery but I've been praying really hard about it and I feel that God has given me peace about it. I have a big feeling Kaden will be here on February 13th or 14th. Zac thinks February 7th or 10th, my mom says February 21st and Zac's mom thinks he will be here on the 11th. Can't wait to find out!
Another exciting thing is that we found out our wonderful friends Jason and Bri are going to be parents too! If it's a boy, our sons will hopefully be best friends just like Zac and Jason have been all these years, and if it's a girl, maybe they will get married someday! Ok, maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but it's fun to think about!
Another exciting thing is my wonderful sister in law is getting married! A big congrats to Casey and Shane! 2012 is going to be an awesome year!!!