When it rains, it pours...

What a rough weekend! I came down with a HORRIBLE head cold on Thursday and felt awful for a few days, then ended up getting a stomach bug and puking my guts up on Saturday. Lovely, I know. The entire time I was sick, I was trying desperately not to get Owen sick. Sooo, of course, today he is sick! We went to the doctor and he just has a cold, which is good. I should have just taken him to Dr. BreAnna, cause she told me exactly what the doctor did, and she's free!! What a horrible mother, passing on all this sickness to my 7 week old! Uh! Meanwhile, Owen weighed in at 13 pounds today! What a porker! I love his little pot belly and double chin. Ive gotta figure out how to upload pictures with the blogs so I can share his sweet face with everyone.

Nathan and I received news today that his job at Sprint will no longer be providing tuition reimbursement. Thats a good $8,000 that we will be dishing out over the next 2 years. It is quite a blow to our savings and what we thought we would have when we leave Louisville. We'll talk and pray about it though, and know that God will provide. He has blessed us so much already, I could never doubt His provision!

The Bachelor is tonight, and im SO excited. I don't know if I am as excited as Nathan though (I'm glad he's not part of the blogging world!). He's hooked on Jason more than I am! I'm all for Naomi, Melissa, or Jillian. I can't wait for Deonna to come back and shake things up a bit! Meanwhile, I've gotta get back to my 7 week old bachelor...

Sweet Owen

Today was my second Saturday to go back to work, and it was wonderful to get out of the house and be part of society. I had no idea that it would be so difficult to leave Owen, though. I called Sarah, my wonderful friend who babysat for me, and I could hear Owen crying in the background.. it absolutely broke my heart! I think that working Saturdays is the perfect gig for me, as I only have to be away from Owen for a short time, and I can keep up with the people at work that I love so much.

I have been absolutely blown away by the women at Grace Church and their incredible servants hearts. My good friend, Stephanie, just had a baby, and these women have cooked a meal for her three days a week for the entire month of January.. and they don't even know her! What a testimony of God's love! Stephanie and her boyfriend have been very blessed by the situation, as have I!

So Nathan is beginning to talk more seriously about going to Nepal sometime this summer on a mission trip through the Seminary. I'm praying for a good heart about it, as I am entirely selfish and don't want him to leave me and Owen for 2 weeks! I know that this trip would be a great blessing for all of us though, and it is wonderful that I have a husband who desires to serve the Lord in this way. Aaaand I don't think mom/grandma will mind, since I will clearly be going to Florida during that time!

School starts on Monday- my last 2 classes of my graduate degree! Then NO more school EVER! I have completely loved seminary and the wonderful things that I have learned, but I'm ready to move on from being a student. Motherhood is more my style :) Ok, I promise to try to have more interesting stories in the future. For now its just poop, spit up, and peeing in the bath tub! Owen is getting much bigger though, so I'll be sure to have an update next week after his 2 month appointment.. CRAZY!

Giving In..

So I have officially decided to give in to the whole blogging thing. I used to think it was just for weirdos, but some of my greatest friends are doing it, so clearly its become quite respectable! I also need some sort of outlet for all of my Owen adventures, and this seems like the appropriate venue. Friends and family who haven't caught on to the life of facebook can also use this blog to stay updated on Owen. We'll see if I actually stay consistent with updating, or if this is the one and only blog I ever write...

It is still completely crazy to me that I'm married to the man of my dreams and our 6 week old son is sleeping next to me. Well, he's mumbling, which means that I will probably have to pick him up and begin typing with one hand soon. I'm actually getting pretty good at it... I love this life that the Lord has blessed me with, and I'm excited to share all of our adventures with our new sweet baby. Praise God for His providence, and grace, and righteousness. It's pretty incredible that God became flesh and did what the law was powerless to do.

So life goes on with Me, Nathan, Owen and Titus here in Louisville. We're looking at 2 more classes for me to finish my MA and 3 more semester for Nathan to finish his MDIV. We love our church and our wonderful friends. Our time in Louisville has truly been a blessing so far! Ok, enough summary. Hopefully I'll have more interesting blogs in the future, but theyll probably just be about Owen spitting up on me or pooping all over the nursery. Those are the kind of stories I enjoy these days, and hopefully the rest of the blogging world will too.