Happy Easter!

One day when Heaven was filled with His praises
One day when sin was as black as could be
Jesus came forth to be born of a Virgin
Dwelt among men, my example is He
Word became flesh and the light shined among us
His glory revealed
Living He loved me, dying He saved me
And buried He carried my sins far away
Rising He justified freely forever
One day He's coming, oh, glorious day, oh, glorious day
One day they led Him up Calvary's mountain
One day they nailed Him to die on a tree
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected
Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He
Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree
And took the nails for me
'Cause living He loved me, dying He saved me
And buried He carried my sins far away
Rising He justified freely forever
One day He's coming, oh, glorious day, oh, glorious day

Hope everyone has a great Easter! celebrating our savior!!!

The second time around

I feel like this pregnancy has gone by so fast. I feel like I have enjoyed it but I haven't slowed down enough to actually remember it. I am afraid after I have the baby I will not remember it at all…kind of like when you are going somewhere and you are there before you even realize you are…. you know you are so distracted as you drive yourself there you wonder if you stopped at all the stop signs…that’s how I am feeling lately. At this point with Nate I had his room all done his baby book started and knowing me his bag packed! Ha I mean I do have 92 days until my due date so I have plenty of time I just am not where I thought I would be at this point. I have always heard you will be more laid back with your second you realize a baby doesn’t have to have all that…. and my thinking was oh yea NOT ME I will never be like that…well you know what they say NEVER SAY NEVER!

As you all know  another thing we did different this time was not find out the sex of the baby. What a GREAT not so great idea I am thinking at this point. No really I am excited about the actual BIRTHday but sometimes I just want to know! I am a girl and I would love to go shopping but I also think it is going to be so exciting the day the baby is born. I go back and forth from what I think it is… I usually think boy but I do not have a feeling like I did with Nate. It is mostly a guess…It seems like 90% of people tell me they think or know(ha-ha come on people you don’t know) it’s a girl and then I have my mother…she says it’s a boy and she isn't budging. she says she KNOWS it’s a boy…well moms usually do know everything but I just don’t see how she KNOWS unless she was in the ultrasound room and I didn’t see her…which I guess is possible they do keep it dark in there and I didn’t check the corners… Anyway  whatever this baby is I know it is what God planned for us to have and I cant wait to hold this baby I love so much already and know nothing about… I hate the fact I cant call it by its name…so for now it is just an it I guess! here is a little picture of what you will see IT wearing the the hospital. Yes I know one of them will not get worn and will be garbage but who cares! Oh and if you didn’t know what we were naming it now you do!

Brooke I hope I got it update before naptime

Happy 3rd Birthday Nathan Connor Martin

What a fun day! this time 3 years ago I had a 4 hour old baby boy! I can remember it like it was today! all the memories made that day are so special! Today was just as special just in different way. I have heard so many stories lately about sick babies and toddlers that have had surgery or birth complications and it reminds me just how blessed we are! I don’t want to take any of his precious life for granted and I am thankful for another healthy birthday!! Here are a few pictures to document today!! Starting with breakfast! one thing I didn’t get a picture of was the car wash… let me explain! every time we get breakfast at McDonalds he always asks to got thru the new car was that was built beside it. So today I took him thru and he loved it!!…

This is Nate before we left this morning trying to hold up “3” and below is his “bis ic” from “ol mc donalds”

These are pictures from Nate's day at school

 

His class picture take 1,2 and 3~ notice his goofiness in pic 2!

Picnic supper after school waiting on dad to get home! 

AND the last pictures of the post! Nate's new ride from mom and dad

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Nate Martin Mom and Dad love you to the moon and back and back! We are so blessed to be chosen as your parents! I hope today was as special as you are and I cant wait to celebrate with friends and family Saturday!!

THIS LITTLE BOY MELTS MY HEART

Here is a little peak at a  baby that was born March 26th 2009 at 5:41 pm, weighing in at 7lbs 6ounces 20.5inches.( now weighting 32lbs) I can not believe my baby boy will be 3 next Monday! Where has the time gone? As I think back I remember holding him for the very first time, he sneezed twice as soon as I got him in my arms.. I thought GREAT he is allergic to me … but after that he was fine. I kissed his tiny cold nose and that is still my most favorite Nate sugar spot! He has grown so much in 3 years I cant even believe it!  I fall more in love with him every day as he is growing and learning. I remember thinking will this child ever sleep through the night?  8 weeks he went to his crib and started sleeping through the night.. I didn’t realize that’s fairly early. Then I remember him rolling over for the first time you would have thought he won a Olympic medal… if you asked me or his dad! Walking oh walking I thought for sure he wouldn’t walk until he was 5 but one week after his first birthday he took off and hasn’t stopped running since! He has been potty trained for about 2 months now and it is GLORIOUS!!

Nathan Connor Martin is a fun loving, smart, handsome, full of life jokester with a side of everything goes in its place and is done a certain way kind of boy! We have been so  blessed to be chosen as his parents! I cant wait to see what he will grow up “to be” although he will always be my baby!! We love you Nate Martin!!

Sisterly Love

Tomorrow is NATEDAY! I always love Nateday but I really love it when my sister and nephew join in on the fun! We never once have had enough time in a day to do everything that we need to get done. When I say that keep in mind we don’t really every plan our day we just do what we wanna but time just goes by too quick!  The one stop we never seem to miss is TARGET! Which I have to admit is one of my most favorite places to shop! So that would explain the photo in the post!

On another note I had my 24 week checkup Monday and everything was great! I didn’t gain any weight the past 4 weeks (yahooooo go me go me go me) my bp was 118/76 almost PERFECT!  baby heart rate was 145 and my tummy is measuring “right on the money”- in my Dr’s words hehe. I will go back in 4 weeks for my glucose test. I am not really excited about it but not dreading it either. I failed my first glucose  test with Nate but passed the 3 hr. one by a lot! So I am actually prepared to fail to first one as long as I pass the second I am a-okay with that! I can not believe how fast this pregnancy has gone by! I cant wait for the day the baby is born so we can finally call it a He (which is my guess) or a She( Shane and Nate’s guess). I cant wait to hold and snuggle this sweet bundle of JOY!  I feel so blessed to have a healthy pregnancy this far praying we keep it up!

the blog blahs

I have needed to update the blog for a few days but have neglected to do so. I decided I better do it before it is brought to my attention ah hem Brooke! So here goes…

I got my baby crib in and LOVE it!! I have n0t taken a picture of it in the room yet to post because the room is a far cry from done so I will wait until its done to do a nursery reveal. Also my sweet husband with the help of our sweet friends painted the nursery when he had a long weekend! I am so glad it is finished that was the most dreadful part!

I am still searching for the most perfect piece for a changing table here are a few things I like so if I can find something similar I will be happy!

Yes I know those are all so different but   I like them all!

THAT is my favorite! ahhh beautiful!  as for bedding,… well maybe I wont use crib bedding HA! I actually bought some that I plan to take back, which I did the same  thing with Nate so I am not surprised!  But I got it home and its just too boyish! I need something more neutral…which by the way if you are thinking of not finding out what you are having until delivery date…well think long a hard because this is the craziest mind game I have ever played with myself.  Not to mention it would just be easier to know. So I hope waiting pays off the day the baby is born I hope it is as exciting as everyone says because right now frankly I am over it!  Here is the bedding that is going back and I know there are fish above the bed but it really didn’t look so boyish in the store…

 

This week we have a sweet sweet boy around while his parents are on a trip. I  have not had time to take pictures of the things we did today so I just took this crapy one with the computer, by the time we leave that will be a whole blog post I am sure!

oh just a quick baby update I am 22 weeks now the baby is 11inches and about a pound! time is going so quickly! I have 126 days to go until due date that is…eeek that’s not long when I have wedding showers, beach trips, girls trips weddings, birthday parties etc.. between now and then! 

Have a good week my friends!

“I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands."  Psalm 63:4

will you be my Valentine?

We started celebrating Valentines day Saturday with our ABS class. We had our 2nd annual Valentines Banquet! It was beautiful yummy and lots of fun(if I do say so myself). Brooke and I worked had planning, cooking and decorating  which I think everyone was pleased with!! here are a few pictures from the event…

umm yes that is 2 chocolate fountains!

are we a beautiful group or what?!

ok it was getting late and we were tired… took a break from cleaning to snap a fun picture!

I had a wonderful evening as we ate, visited with each other, ate some more, played the newly-wed game, and ATE SOME MORE!!

Nate had a Valentines party at school yesterday here are a few pictures I snapped during the MADNESS!!

that’s when he just realized I was there !

Babies of hairstylist… what you cant tell?

telling Jokes?

Nate and Claire

Well this last picture was not on valentines day but it is a picture of my valentines that I love so so much!

such macho men! hehehe