Needing An Update

Well it has been a long while since I have updated my blog so I added new pictures of the kids. I know I haven't posted much since John was born but things have been so so busy. Jada is loving school and doing great. She is reading now which just amazes me. JoHannah is Mommy's little helper and she is so good at it. She really is my funny kid. She has me laughing all the time. You wouldn't believe some of the things this girl comes up with. John is now 6 months old and as cute as can be. He is usually a very happy baby and very easy going. Since Christmas we have had sickness sweep through our house, my husband was first and then both girls, and then me and little John was last. Thankfully I think we are at the tail end of it. The Lord has had great mercy.

It's Been A While

Just a few pictures from the last couple months! Life is busy these days! God Bless All!

John Robert

John Robert Schoolcraft

July 23, 2010

8lbs 2ozs

21 1/2 in.

God has truly blessed us, thanks for all your prayers.

Today is the Day!

Well we are going in this afternoon to meet our new little addition, please keep us in your prayers!!

Getting Close

Well it looks like we have about a week left until we welcome our little boy into the world. I am getting really anxious I have been having trouble sleeping because for one I am just physically uncomfortable but I also have been having trouble shutting off my mind. One good thing is that I have had some quiet time with the Lord which is always nice. We have a really busy month ahead of us little John should be making his appearance by the 30th of July and then Miss. Jada starts kindergarten on August 11th. JoHannah is really excited to be a big sister, tonight she was having trouble sleeping and she said "Mommy I need to ask you something before I go to sleep" she says " When is baby John coming out of your belly?" She is just too cute for words sometimes! Well I will close for now, as always keep us in your prayers and hopefully I will have some good pics to post soon!

This and That

Well things have been just a little crazy the past few weeks. We had the ceiling redone in the sanctuary of our building and then the brethren pitched in and painted the whole room. It was fun to be with the brethren and see everyone working together. The day after we got the sanctuary finished Jada got sick and became very dehydrated and her sugar dropped really low and it took a couple days to get her back to normal. Praise God for his mercies on my little girl. During all of this both of the girls finished the preschool year out and Jada is ready now to start kindergarten in August. They just grow way to fast. The girls are really excited about having a baby brother JoHannah is especially happy that she is going to be a BIG sister. She says she is going to help take care of the baby when he comes. I do ask that you keep Jada in your prayers she seems to have had a set back with her stomach flu and has been sick today this time she is running a fever but it doesn't seem to be as bad as the last time. I am so thankful for that. I say that one of the hardest things about being a Mommy is not being able to just take away their sicknesses and boo boo's. I hope that you all are well and I enjoy reading the posts on all the blogs I just don't always comment. God Bless!

Thoughts

Well things around here have been pretty quiet lately. I have just been taking it one day at a time waiting for the arrival of our little boy. The girls seem to get more excited as the days pass. We are planning to go in for a c-section on July 29th. That is if I make it to 39 weeks. I only made it to 38weeks with the girls because of complications with my blood pressure. Preschool is almost out for the year for the girls. Jada will be starting kindergarten in the fall. I am really not sure that I am ready to let her go, I will be leaning on the Lord to help me through that time. It is so hard to believe that she is growing up so fast. JoHannah gets cuter everyday. She is my little spunky one. She has me laughing all the time with some of the things that she comes up with. I am truly blessed with 2 beautiful children and 1 to come. I have the greatest husband that a woman could ask for. All of these things are undeserved blessings from God for sure. I still have trials from time to time and I look forward to Heaven some day soon but I am very thankful for the joy that God allows us while we are waiting for HIM to send HIS son for us.

Pregnancy

OK so I am almost 22 weeks pregnant and I am getting very excited about the arrival of our new little one. When we were wanting to have a 3rd child I said that if I got pregnant again I would try my very best to enjoy the pregnancy. I do love that fact that I am pregnant and that I have started feeling the baby move (that is one of my favorite parts of pregnancy) however I am not one of those people who says that when they are pregnant they feel great. This time has been totally different than when I was pregnant with the girls. I only has morning sickness in the morning for about 3 weeks with both of them but this time I was sick all afternoon and into the evening from the very beginning even before I knew I was expecting. When that sickness started getting better I got a horrible cold and when that got better I started having pains in my lower abdomen and the tops of my legs when I would walk. I have tried not to complain but that can be hard sometimes. The pain has gotten a whole lot better and I am starting to feel better but I have been strongly warned by my older sisters that I need to take it easy. At times I have felt as though Satan has been trying to steal my joy about having another baby. With the Lords help I am not going to let that happen. I truly look forward to holding our new little baby boy!

100th Post

I logged on to blogger and seen that I had 99 posts so I thought I would make it and even 100. We are still really excited to find out that we are having a boy and just Praise God for His blessings. Today was my nieces 14th birthday which makes me realize how fast time goes by. She is growing up way too fast. This is a busy weekend. We had cake and ice cream for my niece tonight at my house and then tomorrow I am going to have brethren from Kentucky staying the night and then after church we are having a little dinner. I am very excited about it all. I am feeling pretty tired these day I think this pregnancy has been the hardest on me. One of the sisters here says that boys really take it out of their mommy. I am just thankful for the energy that the Lord has given me today.

We Are Having A......

We went for our ultrasound this morning and we found out that we are having a boy! We feel very blessed! Praise God!

What Makes You Happy?

True happiness has really been on my mind lately. I was thinking the other day about a time in our life when we had some money problems and how it seemed like if we had money and we were spending money we were happy but when the money ran out it really upset everything. I feel like we are on the other side of this trial now and have done alot of growing. Don't get me wrong we are not perfect and the want to spend can creep in every so often but with the Lords help we can over come. Yesterday the preaching really made me think. What makes me happy? Is it my worldly possessions? My House? My Car? My Clothes? Money? I really hope that these things do not define me. I know that I have a lot of work to do in this area. Sometimes I find myself wanting more or wishing things were different when really I should be thankful for what I have. My goal is to learn to be content with what the Lord has given me.

The scripture that was read yesterday was: Philippians 4:6-9. I am thinking of printing verse 8 and hanging it up in a place where I can read it everyday.

Virginia Beach 2

Well we had a really good trip to Virginia Beach it was very peaceful and I think we all enjoyed ourselves. We had plans to go to Washington DC on our way home but we looked at the weather and decided that we should head home so when Johnny got done with his final meeting we got in the car and drove 14 hours straight thru. We sent word home that we needed prayer to try and make the trip so quick with 2 little ones and a pregnant woman. The Lord truly blessed us and we made it home with no trouble. When we got home though I was totally wore out. We had to get groceries the next morning and that took all of my energy. When we got home from the store I went to bed and slept the rest of the day. My husband was so good about my need of rest. He unpacked the suit cases, separated the laundry and started washing it. He also took care of the kids and cooked 2 meals that day. He is a wonderful husband. There are a few pictures of our trip above. I am not the worlds greatest photographer but I think they show some of what we were able to see.

Virginia Beach 1

Here we are in Virginia Beach. Johnny was in a meeting and we went out looking for shells. It is cold and gloomy here but we are trying to make the best of it. Thanks for all your prayers we had a safe trip with no problems at all. We are heading home Thursday and will be taking it slow with maybe a few detours. I will post more pictures soon.

Another Week

Well things are pretty good here lately. I am finally past the sickness in the pregnancy which I am very thankful for. Now I just have a hard time finding things to eat that sound good to me. I had the same problem when I was pregnant with both girls. This is going to be a very busy week for me because we are leaving next Sunday after church to go to Virginia Beach and I have a ton to do before we leave. Really just the usual laundry, packing, and all the other normal stuff. I am really looking forward to the trip I just dread 13 hour drive. Well hopefully next week I will post some pictures from the beach. God Bless and have a good week!! O yes if it comes to your mind please say a prayer that we would have good weather for the trip. I know it will be cool I would just like to be able to take the girls to the beach and let them see God's creation.

Kentucky

Well we took a very last minute trip to Kentucky this weekend to spend some time with the brethren there and we had a great time. We were able to hear some beautiful singing and have some beautiful fellowship with the brethren there. I am so thankful we were able to go.

Random Thoughts

I am gonna try really hard to start blogging atleast once a week even if I don't really have anything to say. Things have been pretty quiet around here since the holidays which I am very thankful for. I went to my first official appointment for this pregnancy and got to see the baby's heartbeat in and ultrasound. So far everything looks good. God has truly blessed us. Lately I have been thinking about being content with what God has given me. I really want to be content and not always want more or something different. We heard some teachings on this lately and I have been trying to keep it in mind. The weather here has been so cold I hear that it has been that way everywhere. In the next few days they are saying it is going to warm up to around 40 degrees which makes me very happy. I am so tired of cold snowy weather. The first week of February Lord willing we are going to be going on a trip with Johnny for work to Virginia Beach. I am so thankful that we are able to go with him and he doesn't have to go alone. Sis. Sondra is going too to keep me company while Johnny is working. A few months ago Johnny had to go to Montana in a plane and he had never been on a plane and it was really hard on him. He got sick and didn't like flying at all so when his boss told him he was going to have to take another trip he asked if he could take us with him and drive and they were fine with that. God really worked it our for him. Well enough rambling on with all these random thoughts. I hope you all are well and look forward to reading your blogs.

Happy New Year!!

It has been a while since I have blogged I have been trying to keep up with all the blogs but I don't always comment. Facebook seems to be taking the place of the blog for many of us but I still love the blogs and how it has allowed us sisters to get to know each other. Things have been pretty quiet here lately. We had a really nice Christmas and now awaiting the New Year. Sickness seems to be hitting the brethren here pretty hard as I am sure it is everywhere. My girls have really been passed by by the sickness except a sniffle here and there and I thank God for that. JoHannah seems to be having a problem with here eyes lately they look pretty bad today almost like pink eye. Other than that they are growing like weeds and while I am thankful for that I get a little sad that Jada just turned 5 in December. I find myself wondering where the time has gone?? She will be starting kindergarten around the time we are expecting the next little one. This child will be very blessed with 2 great big sisters. They both say that they want a girl but Daddy really really wants a boy. I have been praying that if it is ok with the Lord that he will allow us a son this time but a healthy baby is enough for me. Well I will end for now and I hope you all have a safe and blessed New Year.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and may God bless you all!!!!

Expecting....

Well as I posted before I recently joined Weight Watchers and have really been doing good with it. I weighed in for the last time last night and have lost 20lbs. The reason why it will be my last weigh in for a while is because last week we found out that we are expecting baby number 3. It seems like everytime I go on a diet I end up pregnant. We are so so excited we really thought that we wouldn't have any more but the Lord saw fit to allow me to get pregnant. I totally want the prayers of my brehtren the first trimester always makes me nervous but the Lord is with me so I am sure that I will make it through.

My Grandma

I was sitting with my girls watching a cartoon called Little Bear and it was an episode where Little Bear was at his grandparents house playing with his Grandfather Bear. It made me think of my Grandma. I am so thankful for the years that I had with her. She passed away when I was 21 years old. She was never a wealthy woman and didn't bye us alot and that was fine. She gave us what was more important than material things she gave us her time. Grandma's door was always open. She sat at the kitchen table all the time and when we would go visit her which was often that is where we spent most of our time except for in the warm weather and then we were out in the yard. Grandma was really my only grandparent she was my Mom's Mom. My Grandparents on my Dad's side passed when I was young. Grandma loved playing games with us we would spend hours at the table playing cards or Yahtzee she loved that game. She taught me to cook and always raved over my cooking if I made something. We worked in the garden and she let me help her can. My Grandma was a good woman I knew that she had faults but that never stopped my love for her and I truly miss her. I could talk to her about anything she always had an ear to listen. She shared my joys and sorrows. I had lost my first pregnancy before she passed and I wasn't sure that I would be able to have children. She loved kids and I really wish that she would have been able to see my girls. I am so thankful that God allowed me such a great Grandmother.