17 Weeks Pregnant

I finally got around to taking another belly shot. I feel like I've really grown in the past couple of weeks. I've started to feel the babies moving around a little bit and that's very exciting to me. Hopefully, we will be able to see them move from the outside of my belly in the next couple of weeks. We go to the doctor next Monday, Feb 2nd to hopefully find out what we are having for sure. Duane started working on the babies room yesterday. He pulled out the old baseboards,replaced it all,and hung casing around all the door/windows. Then, he's going to hang some crown molding and a chair rail in the room. We will be ready to paint really soon!

Cowgirls of Faith Gathering

This weekend was the yearly "Cowgirls of Faith Gathering" in Athens, Texas. I've been very involved with COF over the past year and Young Cowgirls of Faith www.cowgirlsoffaith.net. Michelle Carson with COF asked me to give my testimony after I had shared the journey of trying to get pregnant with her. COF doubled in size from last year going from around 350 ladies to 650 ladies. I will upload the video when I can fiqure it out. I had a wonderdful time and can't wait to go back next year.

16 weeks/ 4 months pregnant today!!

Wow,time is really starting to fly by it seems! We will find out on Feb 2nd (2 wks from today) what we are having for sure. We are so excited so we can start decorating the babies room. We need to paint, pick out colors, and so much more. I feel great! I've had lots more energy in the past 2 weeks so I'm not near as tired as I've been. I started deep cleaning the house this weekend. (Lots of fun) I'm cleaning out cabinets, throwing stuff in the trash and making a pile of stuff for a garage sale. Hopefully, we will make lots of room for all the baby stuff. I will post some new belly pics soon!

Duane left for Austin again tonight to work for the next couple of days. The housing market has been so slow that he's been driving to Austin just to be able to get some work. Please keep his buisness in your prayers! We know that God will always provide for us!!!

Visit to Kilgore

A couple of weeks ago we went and visited with Jeremy, Jennifer, Allie and Luke. We were so excited because it had been so long since we had been to see them. Allie is so cute and growing up so fast. Luke is the cutiest baby with all his fat rolls. We went out to dinner and visited for the day. They have done lots of work on the house and it looks great. You should see the view they have from the back porch. It's so BEAUTIFUL!!! We hope to see them again real soon!!

14 weeks pregnant!

We went to the doctor yesterday for our monthy check up and our doctor wanted us to go back today for a sonogram. He just wanted to make sure everything was going okay with the babies. We do have two babies, both have 2 arms, 2 legs, great heartbeats and are moving around in my belly just fine! We were so excited to actually see a picture of them. The lady that did our ultrasound said that she thinks we may be having 2 girls but won't be sure till next month. Poor Duane, LOL!!!!! My belly has really started to grow and I've posted a few pictures!

Christmas Night in Texas

We finally got home around 10pm and had our Christmas together! We were pretty tired and I think we both feel asleep in the living room. Oh, thats a pretty normal night for me. LOL!!

Christmas Afternoon @ Grandma Golden's

We went to Grandma Goldens on Christmas afternoon for lunch. Randy Jr kids are so cute and Randy III just loved Duane. Tony & Colleen make Chicken and Dumplins every year for Christmas lunch are they are wonderful. April (Duane's cousin) is expecting a baby due on April 4th so we will have 3 new babies at Grandma's next year.

Colleen & Rick droppoed us off at the airport that afternoon so we could catch our flight home at 5:50pm. We arrived at DFW airport and once again my luggage was missing. Another passenger grabbed the wrong luggage and it just happened to be mine! We didn't get too upset since it was Christmas and we only had to wait about 30 minutes for him to come back to the airport. Overall, we had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did too!!!

Christmas Day!!!

It was finally CHRISTMAS and Duane's 35th birthday!!! We celebrated with Cinnamon Rolls and opening presents. NO ONE GOT COAL THIS YEAR!! We must of all been really good. LOL!!

Christmas Eve at "The Wegley's" in Ohio

Christmas Eve morning we went over and visited with Grandma Golden while Colleen went to work for a couple of hours. Then, we headed back to get ready to go to "The Wegley's" on Christmas Eve. There was lots of great food!! We visited with family that we usually only get to see once a year. The kids get bigger and bigger every year! Dennis and Pats house is all decked out for Christmas and I believe they have over 600 Santa's. We had a wonderful time!

Christmas in Cincinnaiti w/ Carrie

We traveled to Cincinnaiti on Tuesday evening to have dinner with Stacy & Carrie. Also, to have Christmas with Carrie since she goes to her family on Christmas morning. As soon as we took off from Lewisburg, OH it started to sleet. It took us 2 hours to get there and there were tons of wrecks on the highway. I don't do well with ice on the roads (I wasn't driving but it just makes me nervous). We finally arrived and Stacy's neighborhood was a sheet of ice. We decided to go to a local restaurant right down the street from her house instead of driving several miles to the steak house. Afterwards, we headed back to their house and Carrie opened up her gifts. Needless to say, it took us 2 hours to get home that night. I was just thankful we were SAFE!

Crafts with Kids on Sunday

Every year Duane & I have visited this family with 5 kids. Johnny (the dad)used to work for Rick and they do several different camps for them each year. All 5 kids were adopted and we just love to see them every year. Last year we did crafts with them so we couldn't wait to do it again. Jay & Becky joined us last year with there 2 kids and came back again this year to join in on the fun. We went to church on Sunday morning and then meet the kids back at Rick & Collen's house. Rick took them to cut down a Christmas tree and then we started making all the decorations to put on the tree. This year we made wax candles, angels, etc. The hit of the day was when we made Rodolf for them to take home. This is a huge blessing to get to teach them how to make different things to decorate a tree with instead of just going out and buying stuff. This is what Christmas is all about.

Baby Shower in Ohio

We left for Ohio on Friday! We arrived safe in Dayton,OH but my suitcase didn't make it on the flight for some reason. Luckily, they brought it to me the next morning at 8am just in time to get ready for the baby shower that Colleen and Stacy planned for us. Duane & I got to visit with alot of his extended family that he hadn't seen in many years. We had tons of great food, lots of presents and just a really good time. It's all becoming so real for us now. Duane got a box of Advil from Randy Jr and that was so funny. He's going to need it with two babies and a wife! Rick is custom making us two baby beds and they are going to be so cute!!

I posted some pictures of the shower! We had it in the house that Colleen & Rick are currently in the process of building.