My sister wrote me this poem today!

I REMEMBER WHEN MY LIL' SIS WAS BORN,
YOUR BLONDE HAIR, YOUR BLUE EYES THE OUTFIT YOU WORE,
I SAT ON THE COUCH AND HELD YOU SO TIGHT,
STARING IN YOUR EYES THAT WERE SO BRIGHT,
YOUR TINY LIL' FINGERS, YOUR CUTE BUTTON NOSE,
I LOVED YOU SO MUCH FROM YOUR HEAD TO YOUR TOES!
HOW PROUD AS YOUR SISTER TO HAVE HAD YOU WITH ME,
TOGETHER THROUGH CHILDHOOD, GROWING WITH ME!

GOING THROUGH SCHOOL, COMPLETING EACH YEAR,
PURSUEING YOUR DREAMS, AND FIGHTING YOUR FEARS.
GRADUATING HIGHSCHOOL AND THEN COLLEGE TOO
YOU MADE ME SO PROUD, THAT YOU'VE FOLLOWED TRHOUGH.
YOU THEN WALKED THE ISLE, TO GET MARRIED THAT DAY,
NO WORDS CAN EXPLAIN, I HAD NOTHING TO SAY.
BUT HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU LOOKED, WHEN YOU WALKED OVER MY WAY.
WHEN YOU WALKED TRHOUGH THOSE DOORS, TO MEET YOUR BEST FRIEND,
I KNEW YOU'D BE HAPPY, TO THE VERY END!

WHEN YOU CALLED ME TO SAY MY NEPHEW WAS BORN,
YOU MADE ME SO PROUD AGAIN AND AGAIN!
WHEN I SEE YOUR OWN FAMILY, BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE,
REMEMBERING BACK WHEN YOU WERE ALL MINE!

AND NOW SADIE RAE IS COMING YOUR WAY
A BUNDLE OF JOY, GOD'S PRINCESS TODAY!

WITH LOTS OF LOVE A HEAD TO GIVE, A BIRTHDAY WISH FOR YOU
TO HAVE, TO HOLD, AND ALL LIFE THROUGH,
THEY'RE YOURS AND JOSH'S TOO!


"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICIA"

Update

I had a drs appointment yesterday. She checked me and said that I was now at a 2 and 50% effaced. So we are moving right along. I am still scheduled to be induced Friday morning at 5:30 on the 19th of September. Yuck! 5:30 just sounds way too early for all of that to happen. Seriously, I don't know how I am going to sleep the night before. I probably won't. My mom is coming in from Jersey on the 14th so I am honestly hoping that we will have a spur of the moment run to the hospital instead of waiting to the 19th. Mike, Danielle, and Lacey are going to be coming on the 18th too. It is going to be fun with everyone here. I just need to pop the kid out and then we can all play with her! Sounds easy enough. I really do hope that this delievery is as easy as having Caleb. There are times when it hurt but it was nothing like those dramatic shows on tv. I kept watching all those shows before I had him thinking oh my what did I get myself into but then when it came time for my turn it was nothing like that. Anyways, I am going to get something to eat! Ha. Speaking of eating, I lost 2lbs!

Have I mentioned...

that I love our church very much? It has been a year and a day since we moved here to San Antonio again and I absolutely love this church. The people are awesome, the worship is awesome, the Pastor is awesome, the location is awesome, etc. Everything about this church is just amazing. I am so grateful that God opened this opportunity for us to come and be youth pastors here. Yeah, it's hard sometimes not being around family but this church has so many people in it that feel like family that it makes up for the distance between our family. I am so blessed and so thankful that Caleb and the new princess are surrounded by people with such love.

Last box!

I am in my last box for the ticker!!! Yeah, she is almost here. I can't wait to meet her sweet little face. I can tell that she is getting so big because I am getting so big! Ha. This has been the most weight that I have ever gained. I haven't ate tons more but I guess with the second one around your body just does things a little differently. I don't know. I do mind all the weight gain, but if it is to keep her healthy than I know I can work at getting it off too. Anyways, I go for a check up this week, so I can't wait for that. I am sure I am dialated more! I have been having quite a few nice contractions lately. It is so not a nice feeling when you are singing up on stage on the worship team and you feel one of these start to come on. Yesterday was my last day to sing until after I have the baby and of course she wanted to be known too. I was singing my heart out and then all of a sudden I started feeling this lovely stabbing pain you know where and boy did that hurt. Not only did I have to continue singing and put a smile on but then she decided to start moving around while the pain was happening like she wanted to poke through! Oh, not cute at all. In my mind, all that I can think is that I have black paints on and if my water breaks it won't show that much and I will just walk off the stage when all the lights go down for the video announcements after we are done with our songs. It is so hard to worship God when you have thoughts running through your head about all these other things. But through it all I did worship Him and I got through it, both services!

Baby Rae's Shower!!!

Cute little shoes

Motion Glider

Little Bouncer

Baby bath bucket
So cute!!! Our friend made that for us. It had a bunch of stuff for the bath inside of it.

Truly blessed! A bunch of my friends went in together and bought the double stroller that I had registered for. I love all my friends here. God is just so awesome.

Nursing wrap material that my friend Nina made for me along with everything else.

In this picture you can see the diaper bag in the back and then burp clothes and then in front of that is a changing pad that rolls out. So cute! Made it all by herself. Crazy!

That is the cute diaper bag!

My friend Nicole made me this blanket. Two other ladies also stitched blankets for me. I didn't have good pictures though, but they are beautiful.

The Princess Cake!

Tons of presents that little Caleb kept saying "Momma, it's your birthday!" So cute.

My sweet Caleb and one of his favorite friends Leslie. She is the sweetest little girl. I love her.

Me! I didn't realize how big I am starting to get until I looked through all the pictures in my camera today! Oh my word, we are going to do some serious nursing and working out.

That was all the fun stuff inside the bucket.

I feel so overwhelmed and blessed by this shower. I truly wanted to break out in tears of joy cause of the fact that God has brought us to such an awesome place! I love it here. I have amazing people around me all the time and I feel like we are all one big family. I can't wait for everyone to meet this little girl. I am so thankful that both Caleb and her will be able to be raised around such awesome real people in Christ! I am soooooo sleepy so I am going to go to bed now. It has been a long day but an awesome one! Goodnight.