Paul, the housekeeper

Poor Paul, since Baby Houge has come into the picture and has not let me do much but sleep and throw up, Paul has taken over all of the responsibilities and is doing an amazing job! Pictured is Paul cleaning the house, then a picture of my prenatals crushed up by Paul and disguised in PB & J (because I cannot swallow pills at this point) and also a picture of my nightly meal. I used to get up every hour and eat baked potatoes with butter and sour cream. Paul would fix me a cooler full of goodies every night and I would sit in the corner like a little mouse and eat all of my goodies as the night progressed. Thank goodness I am starting to sleep more in the night. In fact, last night I slept through the night! It was amazing! I told Paul, wow, this is what it feels like to sleep through the night, I had forgotten. Thank you Paul for being so good to me:)

Buhler...Buhler...Buhler

I got the funniest card from my Aunt De...to give you little history first, though, growing up in Buhler, KS during the years of Ferris Bueller's Day Off movie was a set up for the scene of Bueller missing school that day and his teacher (Ben Stein) saying: "Bueller....Bueller...Bueller" in the most monotone voice. Anyways, somehow my aunt De found a card that had Ben Stein's voice saying that and she wrote how we need to head to Buhler sometime. It made me laugh so hard. How do you find a card like that? Thanks for making my day aunt De!

With God All Things are Possible

Have I lost all of my blogging friends yet? Ok, so I was watching "Facing the Giants" last week. It's kind of a cheesy movie, but it reminded me of the miracles God did in our life. As most of you know, the same day that Paul made Colonel, the Lord laid it on my heart to take a pregnancy test...very random. I did and it was positive! So I am in the 13th week and in the thick of nausea, needless to say, haven't had the energy/wellness to blog or call most people. But, we are extremely thankful for this little one. It has been a rough road, though, so far. I don't think I have ever been this sick in my life and have had 1 scare of miscarriage. God keeps giving me Ps. 121: I am Your Protector, I will not slumber or sleep and I will protect you from all harm. 2 weeks ago I heard the fast little heartbeat on the doppler and baby kept kicking the doppler monitor--he is making himself known! I always wondered if I would experience all of this and it just doesn't seem for real. :)

One hard part about this was we were matched with a little boy from India a week or two after we found out we were pregnant. As the India director was telling us about the little guy, I told her our latest news and she said we couldn't accept the match. That was tough, but wise on her part, especially how sick I am now. But, we do get to stay on the list and resume the adoption process after the baby is born. Life could get busy around here!

Thanks family and friends for your love and shoulders to cry on and listening ears and prayers as we have walked all of this out. It's so exciting!

Hawaii

We are back from Hawaii and it always is great to come back to the beautiful mountains and our friends in Colorado. We had a wonderful time, and if wasn't for me being sick the whole time I think it would rank as our fav vacation. We started out in Honolulu due to Paul's conference. Our room overlooked the surfing beach and we watched the sunset each night from the baucony. In between Paul's classes, he would run out there and catch a wave on the surfboard...that was fun to watch. Honolulu is fun, but it is too crowded for us ( it's like NYC at the beach) so we headed to Maui to celebrate our 5th anniversary. So we are on the Dave Ramsey budget and at first I told Paul I think we should camp in Maui, but he talked me into a condo that had a "construction discount". We didn't know what we were getting into, but it was absolutely incredible. The construction was 1/2 mile away and we didn't see it, but our upscale condo was right on the ocean...we would watch the waves crash and even see whales jumping in the ocean outside our bedroom. The second picture is a pic taken from our bedroom. I felt like we were living in a Rich & Famous episode. It was totally a God surprise as i ended up in bed a lot of the trip. Some highlights were of course reading/quiet times by the ocean, Paul got to windsurf, an amazing lunch at a Plantation House and I still remember passion fruit sorbet we had at Lapperts (a hawaiin store) 5 years ago and we found it again! It was so fun eating fresh pineapple & papaya every morning with our Hula Girl pancakes...I can still taste it...

It's not 80 degrees here in CO, but 60 will do especially that it is the first day of spring! Our daffodils and crocuses are blooming! Saturday Paul's brother's fam arrives and we get to hang out in the mountains for a week. I am still battling nausea, so probably no skiing for me, but relaxation is my friend right now and hanging out with my niece and nephew. Looking forward to catching up with ya'll...it seems we have been out of town for a long time!

What's the snow report in Hawaii?

Everyday that it snows this winter, Paul asks me, "What's the snow report in Hawaii?" Last fall we found out Paul has a conference in Hawaii and we jumped on that! We thought it would be a perfect time to celebrate our 5th anniversary as well. So on Saturday we leave our skis behind and head for the sunshine! As I am trying on my sundresses, Paul pulls out his wet suit. He is so excited about windsurfing!

Weekend in the Mountains

Paul took off last Friday and we headed for the hills. Holly & Paul and my bosses Jamie & Michelle joined us, too. We had such a great time! Jamie and Paul cut up the mountains (I wasn't feeling to0 well) and we had fun hanging out at the base of the mountain and taking a walk around the lake. In the evening we played passive aggressive Care Bear Uno. Yeah, where the Draw Two cards have two bears hugging...hmmmm. Paul laughed so hard this weekend and he totally understands why I love where I work. Oh man, we didn't take any pics, either!

Um...we don't know

In my last blog, I said we would know last week where we are moving. That has past and well, we still don't know. As of last week, we did hear that we are probably staying here, then last night, we were heard other rumors. So, I don't know if we will know until end of March...until then we will ride the roller coaster of not knowing. :)