Overjoyed with God's love! {01.05.2014}

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I can honestly say, that this was the first weekend in a while that both Erik and I had things to do. Friday started as any other Friday morning. Wake up at 5am, get to work at 7am, work 8 hours, and go home. It's pretty much our routine every day, except for the fact that I was more ready for this weekend than any only because I needed some rest and rejuvenation. We didn't even stay out on New Year's but we were both just ready for a relaxing weekend...or so we thought. Erik's Friday ended with a phone call requesting that he meet his foreman to work a shut-down {for those who don't know, my husband is a Union PipeFitter and shut-downs are basically jobs that need to be done that day and they will not be able to leave until the job is done}. So needless to say, he was not excited about spending Saturday working all day not knowing his "get-off" time. He got up at 5am, reported to work at 6am, and worked a 12 hour shift! He wanted to be frustrated but instead praised God for the opportunity to work and not to mention, he felt even more blessed to know that he was "requested" by his foreman {Erik is a first year, second semester apprentice so it's a huge accomplishment to be requested!}. On the other side of town, here in Katy, I was busy too. My best friend/sister, who happens to be married to Erik's best friend, needed a night out with her hubby {and I don't blame her}, so I offered to watch their sweet baby girl/my niece for a few hours {it ended up being 7 hours but it was the best 7 hours ever, it really helps me get my baby fix and it also allows me to do something nice for such a sweet couple who I love soo much!}. They enjoyed a movie, some drinks, and dinner and I was thanking God for baby Alli and all the joy she has brought to both Erik and I, and Will and Amanda. Saturday ended with my hubby and I making a quick {I lie, not quick at all, we hung out with his parents from 7pm to 11pm} stop at Erik's parents house. I also love spending time with his parents because they always have interesting and hilarious stories. This weekend, Erik's mom pulled out an old family book that was written years ago. It was stories from and about their past relatives. I mean, this thing was impressive! It had just about any and everyone.  The crazy part was, it even had marriage licenses, pictures, and documents from when Erik's relatives came over from Germany!!! I mean this book was every History person's fantasy and I was totally and completely interested {and amazed of course!}. Today, was a wonderful day! We awoke and rushed off to church to praise The Lord for all of his righteousness. {He really is amazing, isn't He?} After church, we ate with Erik's parents at Willie's Ice House and then went our separate ways as Erik and I had things to do and Erik's parents also had many things to do before the night's end. A few of my duties included: running to Walgreens to pick up my last prescription of Clomid {more on that in a second}, running to Wal-Mart for thermals for Erik since he works outside and it's about to be freezing here in Houston {total shocker that Houston might actual go below 60 degrees!}, and laundry {loads, loads, and more loads of laundry}. I managed to complete all but the Laundry, as a matter of fact, as I type this, a load is twisting and turning in the dryer! So back to the Walgreens part. It's actually not Walgreens' fault, it's really my doctor's fault. I am supposed to be doing one last round of 100mg Clomid, which means I should have picked up 10 tablets of 50mg Clomid total {that's two 50mg Clomid tablets a day for days 3 through 7 of my cycle}. Well, according to the pharmacist, the doctor only called in for 5 tablets of 50mg Clomid! I wasn't very happy seeing as I have been with my doctor for over a year, he has my chart which clearly shows that 50mg of Clomid did nothing for me! So now I have to call the doctors office, order for 5 more tablets of 50mg Clomid, pick it up and hopefully complete all of this before AF arrives {and judging by my attitude from today, she's on her way-ugghhh!!!} But aside from all of that Erik and I have been praying every night. We are making it part of our routine because we need more Jesus in our life. We need Him and the best part is,  He wants us to need Him!!!! So I leave you with this, "although we may not see every star, we know they are there. Just as we may not see God, but we know He is there."

Goodnight and God Bless!

Happy New Year! {01.01.2014}

Well, we have finally returned! It's been a few months since our last post and we do want to start off by saying...HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can you believe 2014 is here? I just can't get over it. As most of you know, those of you who have been following us, 2013 was just not a good year for us. We lost many family members and, of course, our precious first baby. However, we have enjoyed our 2 few months to ourselves and are back and ready to pick up where we left off. So, here we go.... Last post on 10.23.2013, was right before my sister had her beautiful baby girl. She was born 10.30.2013 and my goodness she was beautiful! Halloween came and we spent some of it with my sister, her husband,  and baby Alli in the Hospital. October ended and November began with me on the hunt for a new job. I can honestly say that November flew by with the blink of an eye. In that time, I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to take Alli's newborn pictures, spend countless hours with my sister, and spend even more time cleaning and keeping up with the household. Thanksgiving was spent with Erik's family and you know we took more than enough home with us...we still have leftovers in the fridge! November was actually a good month! Right before Thanksgiving I got a job working for Capital One in the Claims Processing Center. It's a fast-paced job and it keeps me busy all day, but it is the perfect job for me. December went by in the blink of an eye! We spent Christmas Eve celebrating our Lord and Savior with a candlelight service at church, ate dinner with Erik's parents and sister at Applebee's, and finished the night by "opening" our stockings, putting on our matching pajamas, and taking silly Christmas pictures with the family. I will admit, some of the pictures were ridiculously funny! Erik and I returned to work the day after Christmas, and couldn't wait for the week to end. New Years Eve, we spent some of it with the family but decided that we just couldn't "hang" and went home early to relax. Today we enjoyed some quality time with my sister, her husband, and baby Alli. It's always nice getting my baby fix in for a while and it really helps that I get to enjoy some sisterly laughs too. Speaking of babies, I'm sure some of you are wondering what we are planning to do. It's true that this has been a long journey for us and we've definitely taken some low blows during the two years that we've been trying to concieve, but we aren't done yet. We have officially decided what 2014 will look like for us in the "trying to concieve department." Here's our plan...we are going to do another round of 100mg Clomid in January {hopefully that will do the trick, but if not}, then we are going to move on to FSH Injectables for February and March {let me pause right there, for those of you who do not know, FSH Injectables are basically another form of Clomid just two times more powerful than Clomid and instead of taking them by mouth, you inject them into your lower abdomen}. After March, we have officially decided that we are going to stop. I know, I know, it's a shock, but it was a decision that we felt was necessary. We don't want to be that couple that spends thousands upon thousands of dollars and years upon years waiting for a baby that may or may not come. We would rather give it three more tries and if it's not meant to be, then accept it and just enjoy each other. We decided that after March, and if we don't get pregnant, that we would take a nice week long vacation. Now that's not to say that we don't want a baby, please do not take it that way because Lord knows we want a baby of our own so very badly, but we have just come to terms with the fact that sometimes the things you want aren't the things God thinks you need. So to end, I know we say it a lot but this time we mean it, we look forward to posting regularly and, here's to a fantastic year and of course to great news that we will welcome our own sweet baby into this world.

Much love, health, and blessings!