my son has been doing some pretty cute stuff recently... and we happened to capture it on video. i have only uploaded one so far, so check back later for the other 2. in this first one, i think brian has ethan confused w/ a cat...
ahh, this time 2 years ago, we were strolling the streets of charleston, hand in hand as husband and wife... with not a care in the world except what we should order for our breakfast that would be delivered to our room the next morning. :) we actually stopped in amelia island for the first two nights..after first going to chick-fil-a and walmart (ha--we laughed pretty hard about that!). we stayed at the most wonderful b&b, the elizabeth pointe lodge. our room overlooked the atlantic ocean... and it was more than beautiful. then we headed on to charleston, where we stayed downtown right by the water at the harbourview inn. we took an airplane ride over downtown charleston, which was quite an adventure! we also planned on going on this huge sailboat while we were there, but we were quickly reminded that hurricane season is not limited to our neck of the woods... we visited the biggest oak tree we've ever seen and loved exploring downtown. we visited the market (where they sell those crazy expensive baskets!) and took the tourist carriage ride, too... so much fun. we could've stayed a lot longer. enjoy all the pictures.... 
i love this picture of us entering our home
for the first time as husband and wife...
here we go to amelia island!
this is our bed & breakfast on amelia island.
our room was the very middle 3 windows on the 2nd floor.
our quaint little room
our view overlooking the atlantic...
the candles in the window are now in our bedroom,
and the smell always reminds me of our honeymoon!
the beautiful porch downstairs
see? not a care in the world. :)
we got caught!
now on to charleston...
the harbourview inn...
our room was to the left of that really bright part on the wall.
the brick in our room dates way back to sometime important...
they turned down our bed & left chocolates on our pillows every night. :)
the little airplane we rode
a lighthouse off the coast of charleston
we loved exploring the historic neighborhoods
more historic downtown
isn't this a huge tree?
you can see how tiny we are compared to it
these baskets in the market are famous... and crazy expensive!
i asked about the price of one, and the lady said, "three fifty"...
at first, i thought she meant $3.50, but it was $350!!
one more kiss.....
today is the 2nd anniversary of the day that brian and said "i do"... it was a perfect day and a perfect beginning of a life together....for two imperfect people depending on a perfect God for true happiness and joy. i sometimes still get giggly at the fact that we're married (i think i exclaimed "we're married!" at least 500 times on our honeymoon)... i'm thankful for the countless ways in which God is teaching us and blessing us on a daily basis. i love my husband, and i can't wait to celebrate our anniversary for years and years to come!!! i could go on and on, but i thought you'd all rather see some pictures from our wedding day.
august 28, 2004
that day i became a part of brian's fun and crazy family! :)
the ceremony seemed to go by so quickly...
i especially loved this part :)
our wedding party
my favorite part...the cake!
i loved seeing the ring on my husband's finger!
off to happily ever after!
has it really been almost 2 weeks since i posted anything? gosh, i didn't think my days were THAT busy, but i guess they are. last week, brian was in st. louis for work, so i was kinda in a funk all week anyway. i don't do well when he's gone. i don't sleep well (pregnant or not), and my mom comes over to stay every night after work to help out with ethan. he really is ready for new entertainment by 5pm! :) (thank you mom!!) we are so blessed to have so much family here to help out with ethan. i am sure God would get me through it if we lived away from family, but i appreciate His grace in planting us close to home.
i have a lot of pictures to post, but i don't know how much i'll get done tonite. it's been a busy weekend for our family. we all went to see brian's grandparents and aunts & uncle yesterday... jeff & kristie introduced karina to the crazy family, and ethan got to show off his walking. :) i will hopefully post those soon.
my dr's appt this past week went well... i'm measuring just as i should be, though i expect to get the "you're measuring big" comments beginning next month. :) caroline is definitely growing... i am still feeling good, but sleeping and bending down are getting harder to accomplish. i'm including my latest pregnancy picture--28 weeks--though it's not too great. the reason i don't like it is because i look bigger than i did in my last one (DUH!!)... i said that to brian, and he just looked at me with that "whatever i say is going to get me into trouble, so i'm not going to say anything" look.... all of that to say, i'm growing, caroline's growing, all is well. just counting down till november 14th. i can't believe that's only about 11 weeks away!
as most of you know, i had a c-section with ethan due to the fact that he did not drop and my labor was not progressing after 33 hours of natural labor.... well, my doctor has been very encouraging (since my 2-week post-delivery appointment) about the possibility of being able to deliver my future babies by vbac (vaginal birth after caesarean). i didn't know that would even be an option, but the more i read about it, the more i see that the success rate is rather high for it. there are "risks", and some have the opinion that it is more dangerous to attempt a vbac than to have a repeat c-section... i don't really agree with that, but that's another post for another time. i am hopeful that caroline's birth will be less eventful than ethan's. this has been a very different feeling pregnancy to me (she's sitting so much lower, kicking so much more....) that i'm hoping it will be a very different labor. i'm just mentioning this because i would appreciate your prayers in several ways:
1. prayer for peace over the next 11 weeks- i can analyze and research this to death, but it doesn't make the possibility of a successful vbac for ME any higher. this is yet another way that God is reminding me that HE is in control and that HE will ordain how caroline will come into this world. i seem to always need a lesson in the whole control thing...
2. prayer that i will look to His Word for guidance in this issue-instead of googling "vbac" at night, i need to be searching Scripture for verses to remind me of God's faithfulness and His sovereignty in my life.
3. prayer for discernment and wisdom if/when we need to "decide" c-section vs. vbac- my dr. has said that we'll "play things by ear" and see how things look as we get closer to my due date.
4. prayer for a safe delivery-when the day comes for caroline to enter this world, of course we will just want her healthy- no matter how she gets here.
thanks for your prayers about our baby girl! we can't wait to share her with all of you.
alllright, so i guess i need to put some recent pictures of ethan on here. :) he'd better get used to sharing the spotlight-- his place in the spotlight only gets smaller from here! :)
ethan has been doing some pretty funny things lately. he loves phones, but he's not allowed to play with our house phone or our cell phones. he doesn't give up trying, though!! anytime he sees a phone, hears it ring, or knows you have one, he puts his whole arm up to his head like he's on the phone... and sometimes (as in this case), he does both hands. (it's cute, ethan, but you still can't have the phone!)
he has also learned the concept "hot", initially from us blowing on his food and telling him it's hot... now you just say the word "hot" and he blows (it's more like "fffffffffff").. and once he knows something is hot (stove, candle, a car on a summer day), he blows without you having to say the word. :) he also likes to imitate fans... and he does this by making the same "ffffffffff" sound, and he waves his hands about quite wildly... so the spastic hand waving has also carried over to his "hot" sound since they're the same sound.... in these pictures, he found the candle i had burning last night. in the 2nd picture, you can see him blowing and waving his hands with excitement.... (i'm such a sucker for babies in overalls!)
now that ethan is walking, we have allowed him more freedom in our house (like we had much of a choice--haha). he learned the boundary of staying in the living room to play, and now he is allowed to come into the kitchen with me or walk down the hallway to our room if we're going there... so as you can imagine, he is LOVING this new freedom, and he especially loves being in the kitchen... whether i'm in there or not! (we are working on him coming back to the living room once i'm no longer in the kitchen... so pray for my patience and consistency there!) anyway, i was making dinner for jeff & kristie last night, and ethan would have been right under foot except for the fact that he found new toys to play with... groceries that had not yet been put away! horray for parmesean cheese and canned veggies! ethan was thoroughly entertained by these and other foods for a good 30 minutes. it was a great break for me-- i may just have to put a bag of cans on the floor whenever i need to get some kitchen work done. ha. :)
as much as ethan is into EVERYTHING right now, we are enjoying him so much. it's so exciting to see his mind work and figure things out... and to just see evidence of God growing his little brain on a daily basis. his vocabulary is starting to explode-- he saw his toothbrush in the bathroom last night, and he pointed to his teeth and tried to say "teeth"- it was more like "tttt". the other day, i asked if he was hungry, and he immediately did the sign for "eat" and tried to say it. i was pretty amazed that he associated hungry with "eat"-- well, he does have a pregnant mommy in the house. :) haha. he is pretty much doing everything he's supposed to, but it is just such a blessing to watch my own child grow. i have worked with and been around so many kids-- some developing on schedule, some far behind the norm... and just to see how he is learning so much from everyday conversations and interactions with me (though i do tend to get into speech therapy mode pretty automatically!!) and brian and others... it's pretty fun. :) so just humor me over the next several months as i blog about words he says that every other 13-18 month old can also say.... just let me enjoy it. :) i'll leave you with one final picture for tonite. this was taken last night at jeff & kristie's as ethan was, yep, exploring... the stairs! i left that adventure for daddy to supervise!! 
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