1. NOVEMBER: Bonnie turned 2 on November 27th. She is obsessed with Dora and Boots so I made her a Boots birthday cake. It turned out so much better than her first year's cake. However, somehow when I went to put the pictures of her birthday event onto the computer, I lost all of her precious 2 year old party pictures. I was so upset but I took another picture of the Boots cake after we'd cut into it. Here's the photo:
2. DECEMBER: The Eve of Christmas Eve, the doctor put Bonnie in the hospital for 24 hours b/c her temperature was 104.4 when we got to the office. She was lethargic and would not eat or drink anything. They catherized her and did the IV and it was hard on both of us of course. They thought it was possibly a bad kidney infection or something but all the tests came back okay. Christmas Eve morning, Dr. Freeman came in and listened to her and said she had early pneumonia. We got to go home but she was pitiful for Christmas. I'm just glad we caught it in time and she got better. Here's a photo of her Christmas picture before she was sick and one in the hospital:
3. JANUARY: Hmmm.........John turned 29 on Jan. 25 and I turned 27 on Jan. 28. I'm sure something else interesting happened, but I can't remember what.
4. FEBRUARY: 20 week ultrasound....everything looks good so far, but we remained patient and stuck with our plan of not finding out the sex of the baby. I still think it's a boy though. We moved in the house FINALLY and spent our first night there on Friday night the 29th. It was so nice to live just the 3 1/2 of us again after 7 months of living with John's family. I directed the children's play "POWER" at church this same weekend and planned and hosted John-Parker's (my sister's baby's) entire 1st birthday party also this same weekend. (She gets overwhelmed too easily and was just not gonna have him a party at all, so I took over). I almost had a nervous breakdown that weekend b/c I took on so much but it was all a lot of fun! Here are some pictures of John-Parker at his party. He's a cutie pie! Here's some pictures of him and the cake I made him:
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5. MARCH: We've just been moving in/unpacking boxes/organizing stuff from the move and I'll just say that moving while being in a nesting stage of pregnancy can be a dangerous combination. John has sold his first house. He began the foundation on 2 houses on our street at the time our house was being finally completed and he got a contract on one of them. I am so proud of him and I hope the building business does well for him. He's learned a lot from doing our house and I think he's really enjoying the business. Maybe the other houses will sell as well also. Bonnie got her first real hair cut a couple of weeks ago. John wouldn't let me cut her hair, but I just finally had it with her mullet and Susan Puryear cut it anyways into a cute little bob. John got over it. It will grow better this way I have assured him. Bonnie enjoyed the Easter Bunny this year, but she ran a fever all day Easter and has tonsilitis at the moment. We like to get sick on and around holidays for some reason.
Well, that's the 'jist' of it all. I am feeling good this pregnancy with the exception of some acid reflux, but all is going well. I am feeling really blessed with all the opportunities God is placing in our lives right now. We've never lived in a neighborhood together before and it will be interesting to see how God can work through us in getting to know the families around us. John's gaining more contacts with the business and I just sense the vast number of opportunities we will have to show Jesus in our everyday interactions with new people. I'm scared but excited at all the things that are coming our way. I can't wait to meet my new little baby. I can't wait to know whether I'll need pink or blue things and whether or not he/she will look like me this time. FAT CHANCE! I'm enjoying being at home with Bonnie and seeing her grow up before my eyes. I just love that little girl so much that I miss her when we have to go to sleep at night. Great, now I'm all hormonal pregnant emotional. I'd better stop before she wakes up from her nap seeing me cry.
I'll be writing more often. I look forward to reading about everybody else's lives again. I feel so close to all of you when I read about your inner thoughts and just what's going on with all of you. Love you all!
