Thank you

Thank you all for your comments/emails to my previous post. Your words lifted me up and inspired me.

I am thankful for you sharing your experiences and most of all, thank you for your friendship.

We are now back into our routine and back to living our life, which is a darn good life!

Especially through hard times, it makes me pause and appreciate the many blessings God has given us and with that, 

I am so thankful; so so thankful.

Lemons to Lemonade

This post is different from my normal postings. This post, I've questioned about even writing. But this post is real life and though most of my posts are upbeat, rosey, and fun, life sometimes throws you curve balls and you have to handle them the best way you can. 

Justin and I had another miscarriage this week. 

Yes, it sucks! Yes, it was painful! But, yes, we can move on.

The reason why I write this blog is to document ("khronicle") our lives at each significant, and sometimes that means painful, moment, so that Charlotte can look back onto this one day and learn about the love we have for her and for our family. 

As we all know, a baby is an idea before it's anything. And that idea is very powerful. 

Do I really want an infant right now? Do I really want to be sleep deprived? And do I really want to wake up at all hours of the night for feedings? Probably NOT, but what I DO WANT is a sibling for Charlotte! And she wants one really bad! She often talks about "my brother and my sister." Sometimes her brother "Connor" lives in Canada, and mostly she can't remember her sister's name, but that idea is in her head too. 

What I can promise you sweet Charlotte, is that your daddy and me aren't giving up hope. We truly believe that God will bless us one day with another child, a sibling for you. In this life, we think we have  our own plans, but they are never our own. And though I question why God would have me go through this yet again, I have faith that He has something better planned for us. In the meantime, we are going to continue loving you more and more each day and thank God that He made us a wonderful family of 3. And, maybe by the time we have another child, you'll be the age to babysit.... 

And I know you'll just LOVE that! 

Celebrating 40 Years!

May 7, 2011 was a very special day. It was my parents' 40th wedding anniversary.

I wanted it to be a day that was extra special for them -- to acknowledge that 40 years together is an amazing accomplishment. It is a testament to commitment and a gift to their kids!

Thank you mom & dad for loving each other and Jason and I so much.

We love you too.

Dinner at Fearing's. We had to have the best restaurant! 

The staff and Dean Fearing were so gracious to us. Dean even signed the night's menu for my parents to take home and keep. Something that I'm planning on framing for them.

Tea Time

The English have their tea time, this is ours.....

Fiesta!

Last month we went down to San Antonio to visit family and to experience our 1st Fiesta. 

It was quite an event! 

Though we only saw a few days of it, we had no idea that Fiesta consists of 11 days of parties with over 100 events!

Also, we felt like we got the royal treatment, because on our first night we went to a great cascarone party at Steve and Randall's and then the next two days Gram and Pater got us tickets to the Battle of Flowers and Flambeau parades. It is good to know people that are in the know.

Charlotte napped each day and then partied until nearly midnight each night.

We had a blast!

First night -- Cascarone Party.

Second Day -- Battle of the Flowers Parade (Charlotte took this picture)

Third Day -- on the way to the Pooch Parade. Charlotte really loved tossing doggy biscuits to all the pooches. (There were doggy treats all over the road.)