Our Announcement Photos

Last Sunday, we did our announcement photos to tell the world about Baby Hiney! Enjoy!

Faith Changer

I was in a very bad place with my faith after Dad died. I spent a lot of time angry with God, with His timing, and with His plan.  I didn't understand how His plan could include me losing my dad, but it did, and I had a heard time being okay with that. 
Until Baby. 
We tried to get pregnant for a year, and God was working behind the scenes the whole time to bring His plan to fruition... in His time.  I still wasn't ready to trust. I was beyond thankful for His provisions, but still working  through my anger. 
I was raised to hope for the best, plan for the worst, and pretty much stress until the worst doesn't happen. If it does, then I have at least prepared myself for whatever that is. For example, at our first appointment, I knew I'd lay there and not hear a heartbeat. I was prepared for that, and would deal with it when it got here. But it didn't. Baby had a heartbeat of 185 beats per minute! Not only did it have a heartbeat, but it was a strong, healthy heartbeat. Still, my trust wavered.  
We bought our home heartbeat monitor just to have for fun. We couldn't find the heartbeat, and although I read it was more than normal at 9 or 10 weeks, I was devastated. Until we found it on Jackson's birthday (press play below). It was at that point that I realized His timing was good, and His promise and love was unfailing.  I sobbed. My baby was fine, I was fine, everything was fine. 

Sunday morning, I woke up at about 3 AM to go to the bathroom, and I was bleeding. I panicked, but for some reason, I had a peace. I knew everything with our child was going to be okay, and I trusted that God would bring us through no matter what.  We went for our appointment Monday afternoon and saw baby wiggling and waving and kicking away. There was no explanation other than "sometimes, it happens." I've never been more thankful to hear that answer. 

This has been a faith changer for me. I have never ever been good at releasing control of anything, but not having control of any of this forces me to release control. It's new for me, but it's a welcomed change. 

Fall Checklist

Our Summer was an eventful one, full of quality time and with very little time to do much of our checklist. 

String lights on our balcony

Take the new boat out on the lake

Spend lots of time outside

Plant Summery flowers

Go to the Renaissance Festival

Go to the Wilson County Fair

Swim, swim, swim in our apartment's new pool! 

Go camping

Tie Dye

Pick berries

Better luck in Fall, right? Fall is usually our busiest season, full of birthdays, holidays, and Fall festivities in the in between!

Go to Gatlinburg

Get two potted Mums to balance out our balcony

Have a Yard Sale

Take Christmas Card Pictures

Go to a pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkin

Carve pumpkins

Take baby announcement pictures and announce
Have 3rd Annual Friendsgiving

Oh, Hi!

Well, it has been a while since starting this blog. I figured it may be time for some reintroductions:

I'm Chrissy I do Human Resources, and enjoy it about 90% of the time. I love being outside (unless it's hot), monogramming all kinds of things, and my hot glue gun. I'm terrible at keeping a clean home, and it's because I can't find a good way to organize anything.

This is Jackson He is a Diesel Technician by day, awesome husband by night.  He loves crafting (of the Mine type, not the pinterest type), hunting, and fishing. 
We met in Middle School when we were twelve, got married in 2014, and are adding a little nugget to our family in March 2017! 

This is Feeny He's a 15 pound cat that bounces off of walls because he thinks he weighs two pounds. He is obsessed with Buzz (see above), and anything that looks like a laser or a light that moves.   He is also a sucker for anything resembling cheese.  

Spilling the Baby Beans

The afternoon that we found out, I FaceTimed my sister to ask her how she would mind sharing a birthday with another small human. She squealed in excitement! That night, Jackson had gone to Opryland Hotel with some of the guys to hunt Pokemon (insert eyeroll here) and told his best man, Byron, and he was super excited! 
The Saturday after we found out, we were at the house of our best friends who had a baby in December. Jackson couldn't hold it in any longer and said "Hey, when y'all are done with all of this baby stuff, save it for us." I had already texted Lou to ask her what doctor she used, so she had a hint, but hadn't said anything to Heath. Heath proceeded with a long "Yeah!!!" and high fives for Jackson. 
The Sunday after we found out, we went to Sunday lunch like we always do with Jackson's family. His Mom, Dad, Brother, and his wife, were all hanging around when Jackson said "Dad, when you pray for our lunch today, say a prayer for our family... all 7 of us." It took a second and then it was followed by lots of happy "We're having a baby!"s from his mom. 
The next Thursday would have been my Mom and Dad's 26th anniversary, so I thought telling her would help her day. We bought pacifiers and I gave her one as a gift. She cried and cried. 
About a month after we found out, I had dinner with my best gals for their birthday. This reaction, we got on film, and it's so great. Excuse the almost profanity from one of them. ;) 

We are waiting until our next appointment to send it to extended families and other acquaintances and friends. Side note: who decided 4 weeks between appointments was okay?