I Feel Like Me Again!

The last few days have been great! My 2nd trimester began on Sunday and I can definitely tell a difference. Even though I came down with a cold this weekend, on Sunday I still felt like I had more energy than I have had in a long time! Another blessing is that I haven't been as nauseous or famished as I have been either. I can think about and plan dinner now with out gagging or getting sick and tonight I made dinner for the first time since the end of June! Brad has been so great to me these past few months, not that he isn't always great, but he's been even better than normal! I am a very blessed woman! He has been such a servant, going to the grocery store countless times, cleaning the bathrooms, doing laundry, making my lunch, doing dishes, the list just goes on and on. It felt so good tonight to be able to fix dinner for him instead of the other way around. We even got to go out for mexican, his favorite, on Monday night and I could tell he was so happy. Now that I'm feeling better it's my goal to serve him the way he has served me!

More Beach Pictures

Brad and Leah playing a rousing game of our new favorite game Cornhole (aka Baggo).

Just for the record, I beat Brad for the first time ever while we were there!

Leah and Brecken

The Emory men playing Bocce on the beach

The Emory ladies reading and enjoying the sun

Our spread on the beach

A Week at the Beach

Brad and Paw on the beach

Last week we went to Sullivan's Island with all the Emorys and we had a great time! We usually go to the beach each year with Brad's parents and sister, Leah, but every few years we go with Brad's uncles and their families too. All together there were 16 of us in a great house right on the beach.

We spent most of our time out on the beach reading and swimming out in the ocean. I'm not a huge ocean fan so I was glad to see that the tide had formed a large pond not too far inland from the ocean. It was a perfect spot to float around on my noodle and relax without the threat of a wave knocking me over at any minute. Brad's sister, Leah who lives in Mt. Pleasant (just 10 minutes from our house) came by most days with the kids she nannies for Brecken and Luke. It was fun to see her and watch her with the boys.

It rained Wednesday, but the ladies used it as an opportunity to go shopping in downtown Charleston. While we were there we also picked up some Toll House Pie from Kaminsky's a great dessert bar that we love. The only dissapointment was that they didn't have any peanut butter pie that day...as Brad said "BOO!"

Hello Conviction!

So I went to my accountability group toinght and that's where it happened...the conviction that is. My friend Kristan was telling us about her sister who is pregnant and has been so sick she hasn't been able to keep anything down in two weeks. She even went to the hospital where they gave her an IV and told her basically they could do nothing else. To top it all off she has lost 10 pounds...YIKES! As soon as I heard this I immediately began praising the Lord! This was some great perspective for me that was much needed. Even when I am feeling my worst I have been so blessed in my pregnancy so far and I need to focus on that instead of how "bad" things are for me. Praise the Lord I am gaining weight and am able to keep almost everything down. I have alot to be thankful for!

Sick of the Nausea!

Yes, I know I have been trying my best to keep my complaining to a minimum, but please just grant me this one entry! I am currently frustrated and feel like I just need to get it out and I'll feel better. I think I have hit the proverbial "wall" because I had a great weekend in that I was hardly nauseous at all. I guess I got my hopes up that things were beginning to ease up so then this afternoon/evening when it hit again the frustration multiplied! Okay, here it goes... I am tired that the mere thought of the dreaded topic "dinner" makes me gag! I'm tired of fearing my trips to the grocery store because the sight of most of the food there makes me sick to my stomach! These days I go in, get my staples, usually Triscuits, apples, cheese, granola bars, apple juice, & cereal, and get out as fast as possible. I'm tired of being attacked by the various smells that come at me when I quickly open the refrigerator. I have been praying that I feel better next week when we are at the beach with Brad's family. I just want to feel like a normal human being again, and soon!