Doctors Appointment Yesterday

So I went yesterday for my 31 week appointment and the BIG ultrasound. I almost cried when I first got there because the lady that made my appointment two weeks ago at my last appointment, didn't enter my appointment in correctly and it was showing that I didn't have an appointment yesterday. Luckily they were able to get me in anyway.

Turns out baby Eli is a big boy! He's already measuring over 4lbs and has a head full of hair! We could see it on the ultrasound :) Dr says Eli is between the 65th percentile and 70th. My belly and ultrasound said that I am measuring at 32 weeks but dr is not changing the due date because he feels like Eli will come on his own time anyway. That's okay with me. He said I only have to take two more 7p shots so I'm thrilled with that!

They did see something on my ultrasound and compared with some pain I've been having, they are sending me to have a gall bladder ultrasound next Wednesday. Dr says it's a possibility that I will have my gall bladder taken out right after having Eli. We'll see. My appointment is at 8 am Wednesday morning and I'm not allowed to eat for 8 hours before the appointment!!! Crazy, telling a pregnant woman that she can't eat! The night before I am not allowed to have anything fried or greasy. Should be interesting... :)

Anyway, overall it was a pretty positive appointment. Cervix is closed and looks great, even with a big boy!!!!! Elijah kept sticking his tongue out at us during the ultrasound...OH! and he has TURNED!!!!! YAY! He's head down, butt up but had one foot stuck in his mouth :) I thought yesterday that he was doing some crazy acrobatics...turns out I was right!!! Well just thought I'd share my lovely day yesterday!

Not My Baby Anymore

So I realized the other day that my sweet boogers will not be my baby anymore once Eli comes. So sad! I have enjoyed literally every stage that he has gone through, even the trantrums and talking back! :) Seth is so not a cuddler and God knew that I needed a little man to cuddle with. Caleb has been that for me. He will sit on the couch with me for hours, just hugging me. If I am sick, he is so sympathetic and loving. He'll come to me at random times through out the day just to tell me that he loves me. His new nickname for me is "your highness". :) It cracks me up! He has everyone, and I mean EVERYONE wrapped around his finger. People at church go out of their way to bring him gifts. One of his favorite gifts is sugar free gum! One lady in our church left church Sunday just to run to the gas station to get gum for him! No wonder Pastor's kids turn out the way they do!!!! ha ha! Seth and I think of vacations for just he and I and then during planning, we start talking about how Caleb would love to do this or that. We then realize that we're not going anywhere without him...we would miss his reactions too much. We're already planning our next Disney vacation!!! After having my sweet baby, I truly understand God's love for us. I would lay down my life in a heartbeat for that blonde haired, blue eyed boy. He is one of the most loving boys in the entire world and I know one day he'll make some woman completely happy.

Fire Proof

Sunday night we had a movie night at the church. We showed the movie Fire Proof. If you haven't seen the movie, you definitely need to. I had heard several things about it...one being how much of a low budget movie it was. That didn't even cross my mind as I watched the movie unfold. Instead I was focused on the storyline and how every married couple or couple thinking about getting married, should be watching this movie.

Seth and I have been married for almost eight years (June 16, 2001). I married a minister so I assumed everything would always be perfect with our marriage. One thing I learned pretty early on is that ministers and their families struggle just like the average person. I am so independent and have always been. I prided myself on that fact. I can support our family myself if the need be and I have pushed myself further and further in school to prove it. I earned my bachelor degree in one year, my master's in one and my specialist in one and a half years, all by the age of 27. (Okay technically I finished my course work for my specialist at 27 but I didn't turn everything in until after I had turned 28 :) ) I probably would have finished them at an earlier age if I hadn't of gotten pregnant at 23 after three years of marriage. SURPRISE!!! :)

Seth was so focused on ministry and I was so focused on my academic career that we hardly spent time together and the time that we did spend together was focused on ministry. We were just two people who got to live together and sleep together without sinning! :) Only just in the past couple of years have I realized that we need to be a family and not two individuals living under the same roof. Even the best marriages struggle and unless we are unified, we'll never withstand temptations.

I've come to realize just how important my man is to me. What a good husband I have, what an awesome father. I know I am extremely lucky and I had NOTHING to do with it! I look back on our eight years together as man and wife and I see how much we have grown. I now understand what people mean when they say, "I love this person more today than I did the day we got married." When I look at my sweet baby Caleb, I fall more in love with Seth because he gave me that beautiful baby. I love the fact that he can take care of Caleb just as well as I can. I know that Caleb is learning how to be a father, from his fathers example and that in turn teaches him about God the Father. I love that for some stupid reason, I really think he thinks I am Mrs. America. :) and you should see me when I wake up in the morning! Scary....

Most of all though, I love that my man first has a relationship with God. It is evident in everything that he does. I know that he can demonstrate love to Caleb and I because of the love and relationship with God that he nurtures on a daily basis. I am learning that the dishes and laundry can wait if it means more time spent together as a family. I am learning to show love and encouragement instead of negativity. I used to think that if I nagged enough or showed displeasure, Seth would get the idea and things would miraculously change. I still find myself falling back into those patterns especially when I am stressed but I am trying to love by example and not by pure expectation. I know that I will never be the perfect spouse and I know that we have MANY trials ahead of us but I am confident that as long as we continue to put God first (and by God, I mean GOD and not ministry) and as long as we continue to work at our marriage, God will lead me and guide me.

New Resolve

I have decided that I am actually going to try to update this blog regularly now :) Today there is nothing exciting going on...just hanging out during my planning period. I am planned up for the end of the school year because I am worried I won't make it to the end of the school year.....so I have literally nothing to do right now. I've packed up most of my school stuff already, just need to box some books. I have so many books! The Kinneer family definitely loves books.

Tomorrow is my big ultrasound appointment!!!! So excited! I'm hoping they are going to tell me that I am farther along than they originally thought...pray!!! I'm so ready to have this little booger. I'm starting to swell in my hands and feet but other than that, for once I am actually able to enjoy this pregnancy! I haven't posted maternity pictures so here are some...

I found out a couple of weeks ago that I am having a church shower. I'm so excited! Wasn't planning on getting a shower since I am having another little boy. I cleaned out all of Caleb's things from the basement and finally washed all of his little clothes that I had kept. I ended up with two huge tupperware boxes full. I can't believe I kept that much! Eli really won't need any new clothes! He does need a car seat, stroller and some other big things.

well the bell is about to ring, I will post some more in a second when my kiddos are working on researching for their research papers!!!!

Nursery Pictures

I know it's been awhile since I last blogged...okay almost a year... so I decided to update this. In September of 2008 we found out we are expecting baby number two :) After over two years of trying and making adoption plans, God answered our prayer and allowed me to get pregnant. We were taking Caleb to Disney for fall break and I had a horrible sinus infection. I decided to go to the walk-in clinic and while there found out not only did I have a sinus infection but I also had a baby in the belly! It has been not the best of pregnancies but it has so been worth it. In November we found out we are having another boy!! Elijah James Kinneer. Just last week we found out that my original due date of May 21st may be wrong and instead I might be due May 7th or earlier!!! (either that or he is just a big boy!) I go next week (March 18th) for a big ultrasound where they will measure he and I and figure out his gestational age! I sure hope I am farther along than they originally thought! I'm so ready!! :)

Well, I have definitely been nesting so I thought I would include some pictures of his nursery so far. I am almost completely finished!