So many things have changed in our lives over the past five years. Our first year we found our church home at Temple Bible Church. We made many life long friends there who we are so thankful to call our church family. We also bought our first house that year in Temple. It has been fun decorating and painting (which I am still doing) and giving our dogs, Ace and Abby, a place to run around.
Our second year of marriage we found out we were pregnant with little Hannah Grace and welcomed her into our family on April 27, 2007.
Our third year of marriage was filled with tons of firsts. First time parents, first time we fell in love with a little girl named Hannah Grace, first mother and fathers day, firsts many sleepless nights, first boo boos, etc....I don't have enough room to elaborate! I got to be a stay at home mom and take care of our Hannah Grace that year. I did a little work on the side at the church and a little bit of home health too later in the year. It was definitely a fun year!
Then, our fourth year we decided to take a family vacation. Our first one as a little family. We went to Corpus Christi around the fourth of July weekend. We had so much fun on the beach and sight seeing, although Hannah hated the sand and the ocean. I kind of felt sick by the second day and couldn't shake it. I joked with Chad that... what if I was pregnant! Hee Hee! We went back to San Antonio a day early because of the rain and stayed with his parents the rest of the weekend. By that time, the sickness only got worse....... Sooooooo, of course we took a test or three when we got back to make sure it was nothing. Because you see, at this time, Hannah had just turned about 14 months old. Sure enough, we were pregnant! Very pregnant! I think I spent the first 3 1/2 months of that pregnancy in bed, very sick! And this could have been why......
TWINS!! Madison Hope and McKinley Faith joined our little family February 13, 2009! So the rest of the fourth year was a blur. Hannah started sleeping in a toddler bed because my belly got so big I couldn't get her out of the crib! And this year, so far it has been a blur too. My world has totally revolved around my girls....from potty training, to burping, changing diapers, rocking babies, feeding babies, playing with babies, tantrums, playing with Hannah, and everything else that comes with motherhood, there isn't time for much else! How little we knew we would be the parents of three kids some day!
So, my sweet husband decided to suprise me with a little trip to Austin for our anniversary on Friday. He arranged for our sweet friends Meredith and Grant to keep the kiddos (overnight!) while we had a day and night to ourselves! Thank you to Sarah Nass too for helping out on Friday afternoon. That is true friendship let me tell ya, I'm not so sure they will do it again....but I hope they know how much we appreciated it! It was nice to slow down and spend some quality time together. He even suprised me with a beautiful anniversary band that he promised me 5 years ago...it matches my wedding band! I just love my husband! Not just for the ring and the weekend getaway, but for just wanting to spend time with me! I love him for being a man of God and the way he is with our kids.....God couldn't have chosen a better daddy of 3 girls!
Okay so that is it in a nutshell! I better stop before this turns into a Francine Rivers novel.
