A look back

I just wanted to take some time to reflect on this past year. So much has happened. December I found that I was pregnant but not with Sadie. I had lost one before her. Then right after that I took another pregnancy test a about a month later and it was positive. Yeah, we found out for sure in January that we were pregnant with Sadie. February Caleb turned the big 2! Wow, I have a toddler! March I got to go snowboarding and I was pregnant with Sadie. That was fun. Although sometimes I felt a little off balance. May we found out that it was a little girl that was inside me. Caleb knew all along. He kept telling me when we would be home that it was a sisor in there. I thought it was cute but would just blow it off. Then when we went for the ultrasound he was going around the room saying "it's a baby sisor in there" and sure enough the doctor confirmed it for us. July we went to the Heil reunion. That was eventful. September we welcomed baby Sadie Rae into the world and that was one of the most exciting times in my life. She was beautiful and still is of course! Prettiest princess. And then that seems to be it. There are tons of memories that we made this year and this post would take forever if I sat here and listed all of them but they are locked away in my memory. I am so thankful for the joys that I have had this year and I am also thankful for the sorrows. It helps me to appreciate life and God being in my life to experience the pain. If everything was peachy then well that just wouldn't be reality. I love my little family and I am so thankful for both of my beautiful kids. Caleb is the most handsomest prince in the world and Sadie Rae rules the castle! I know God has an awesome year for us in 2009. I am excited and ready to take on the challenge of what He has in store!

Wow, so much time has past. If you don't blog like everyday or everyother than you lose track of everything. But I sure don't have time for that anymore. It seems now that I have two little ones and the holidays I have been super busy. I haven't had a moment to think. Sunday I came down with Strep after Josh just recently got over it. Hopefully, both of the kids will not get it. That would just stink for Christmas. Thankfully, I got meds in time and maybe since I am still breastfeeding Sadie will get some antibiotics too in her system to fight off anything. Well, Thanksgiving was fun. It was good seeing the family. We missed Dustyn and Jill. It was very good to see Lindsey and Brian back from Africa safe and sound and then off again. And Meme suprised me with Sadie's dedication dress that was made from my wedding gown. Meme did such a wonderful job making it. She looked absolutely gorgeous in it. I am so glad that I did that with my gown. I had no clue what to do with it but I was tired of moving it all around so I thought how sweet it would be for Sadie to have a piece of my dress to treasure. I love it so much!
Next, we had Christmas with my family a little early. They came down on the 13th and stayed until 22nd. We had fun. We took them to Bass pro Shop and saw Santa there with Caleb. We all told Caleb that he had to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas and he whispered it to him before they could even take the picture. All the while Sadie was busy chewing her reindeer antler that was on her bib. It was cute. Speaking of Santa, Caleb told me today "Mama, I need to go talk to Santa". I said why and he told me "Because I need the Dinosaur moobie". That means movie. Anyways, he figured that Santa listened to him the first time with the gifts my parents gave him that for sure if he told him about the movie he wanted he would get it. So cute. I love this age with Santa. Anyways, I am so glad that my parents came here for Christmas. I wish I had more time with them or I wish I could go up there to see all my family. I miss everyone and I miss Jersey. We also got to do Sadie's dedication. My parents were here and Mike and Danielle were able to come too. I was so happy that both sets of grandparents were there. The bummer thing that happened though was that at lunch I started to run a fever and immediately got strep. Monday, my parents had to leave but before they left we all went to take me to the doctors. I was running a 102 fever with nasty stuff in the back of my throat. I am feeling a whole bunch better but my throat still hurts a bunch. I am glad I caught it now in time for Christmas.
Well, I am sorry that I have been away from blog world but life has been very busy. It is not easy finding time to just relax. By the time I find it I just want to go to bed! Life in the ministry always keeps you going. I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas if I don't blog before then.

Little Miss Sadie Rae in her Sunday dress

Sadie Rae singing and an old video of Caleb saying his prayers

alot of catching up and Sadie Rae is 2 Months old now!

And that she is my sweet baby girl!

So precious

He loves his music just like his daddy

Bubba playing the drum

She eats really well!

Sadie Rae in her scrubs on Halloween 08

Momma and Sadie Rae at the youth fall retreat

loving on the animals at the petting zoo

Waiting to ride the horse

Caleb as a cowboy on his horse on Halloween 08

Caleb riding the pony at our fall festival


Life has been pretty busy for us lately. My computer was taken down because of the renovations that we are doing to the house. So it is temporarily back up but who knows what is going to happen next! Things are looking good though around here. I must say my man knows how to make things look good! He is quite the fixer upper. Miss Sadie is growing alot. I can't believe she is already 2 months old. We are still nursing. But I don't have any of her stats though cause we haven't gone for her 2 month check up yet. I will have to write that later. I do know she is getting big! She is already smiling and cooing at me whenever I talk to her and sing to her. The other day I was singing Silent Night to her and she was really trying to sing back to me. She was holding out her notes. So adorable.
So that is life at its best for now. We are getting ready for the holidays and are very excited to see my family and Josh's family.