Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Snow Days

See, I do keep my promises sometimes.  It's been less than 24 hours since I last posted... that's gotta be a record or something for me.

I'm snowed in... AGAIN!  But at least my cute hubby is snowed in with me.  He tried talking me into going to Knoxville today (He's crazy!)  I had to talk some sense into him like always.  In case I haven't told you this 100 times already, I'll tell you again.  I hate winter.  Hate is a strong word, but its the only word that describes my feelings for it.  It's terrible.  I just want to see some sunshine!!  The snow is only good for getting me out of work, but then I don't get paid so that's not good.  It's a win-lose situation.  I'm trying to make myself be productive and get in the mood to clean today, so I'm watching HGTV for a little inspiration. 

I was thinking about my post yesterday and I want to clear a few things up.  I sounded bitter about being pregnant and I'm not.  I'm happy about it... I'm just trying to get adjusted to the idea of a baby.  We were not trying to get pregnant right now.  We had plans to wait until we had our own home and were settled into careers and were married a little longer, but the Lord has other plans for us.  And I know that his way is ALWAYS the right way.  No questions.  I will say that it was amazing hearing (and seeing) baby's little heart beat for the first time.  Baby is sooo tiny right now and it's crazy how fast it's developing and growing.  These next 30 weeks are going to be interesting to say the least.  This will be an exciting journey! 
~*~Introducing Baby Holt~*~

I will leave you with my favorite bible verse and I think it fits perfectly:
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." -Philippians 4:19    

I'm inspired now, so time to clean!!
Have a wonderful day in the dreary weather! 

XOXO
Kelli

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

This One's for Ash

I didn't realize how long it had been since I've posted on here until my friend Ashlee said I needed to give an update.  So here it is.  Just for you Ashlee.  : ) 

Ever since I started working all day on a computer, I stopped even opening my computer at home.  That's my reason for lack of blogging lately.  Plus I've been avoiding telling the world my news.  But I need to face it, this can't be avoided.  Not at this rate anyway.  So here it is.  My BIG news.  BIG. NEWS..... Brad and I are expecting our first baby.  Yep, I'm pregnant.  Our little (BIG) surprise!  I'm still trying to figure out how this happened (laughs)!  I'm due on August 7, 2011 and the time is already flying by.  I tend to freak out a little when I think about it.  I don't even like to hold babies, they scare me (haha.)  I'm only 10 weeks and I have already gained so much weight and and I can't fit into most of my jeans.  And I can't even describe how tired I've been the past 10 weeks.  All I want to do is sleep.  The upside to this is that I have not had one single day of morning sickness (I'm one of the few luckies.)  So I guess I'll take the weight gain and tiredness over the sickness.  But on a serious note, I am excited.  Shocked and scared, but excited. 

Another new addition to our family is Oscar.  Oscar is our new puppy that Brad brought home on New Year's Day.  He's another surprise.  He was a lost puppy that had been sleeping in a wood pile for 2 days and Brad rescued him.  He's a full blooded Shih-tzu.  He's sooo cute, but my goodness he's so much work.  And Macie hates him.  She's not adjusting well.  So he may not get to stay with us too long. He's so tiny and I love him.  But I don't love him that much when he wakes me up at 5am. 

Happy New Year by the way...  (I did NOTHING exciting for New Year's Eve so I have nothing to say about that.)  We did have a good New Year's Day though.  Brad and I went to visit my family in CC and we played Apples to Apples all night.  It was a blast.  And my favorite part was that my Dad played (he NEVER plays games.)  He was hilarious.  Every card he put down he would say "I know this is the best card and it's going to get picked."

Brad finished his EMT school and applied for a job in Anderson County, so please pray that he gets that job.  It would be nice if I could move closer to my mom now that I'm pregnant.  I know nothing about babies and I'm gonna need help.  We have been wanting to move for a long time anyway (as you know) so this would be a perfect time.  We just can't move without jobs.

Well, I better go for now but I promise to blog again soon.

I will leave you with something I learned in our community group at church on Sunday...
 “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off?  And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish."  -Matthew 18:12-14.