Brown Eyed Mama

Long week...

2012-01-21T03:55:00.001-08:00

As I said in my last post, I would blog about our dr apt and update. Well, Monday's apt didn't go so well. The dr wasn't able to find the baby. Very scary!! He was a to see the yolk sak but nothing else. I knew something wasn't right after he said to get dressed and come into his office. Thankfully Chris was with me because I immediately started freaking out. The dr said he wanted me to do blood work to check my hgc levels. I asked him if he thought that I was loosing the baby and he said that he wouldn't even come to that conclusion yet. He thought that maybe I wasn't as far along as I should be. Which he is correct. We know that date of conception, but they still count it from the first day of your last cycle. So frustrating!! So I had to do blood work on Monday and wednesday. I'm pretty sure my fear of needles is gone. I was stuck so many times with Luke and now twice already with this baby. I went Monday after my apt. The lady probably thought I was crazy because I just say there sobbing while she drew my blood. I went home and just felt like a zombie. Chris came home to be with me and help with the kids. I took a long nap because I was worn out. I went back Wednesday to do the blood work again. This time no tears. I asked the lady when my dr would get the results and she said not till Friday. I got upset because the dr told me I could call Thursday morning for the results. I went ahead and called Katie, dr powers nurse, and left her a message. She called me back a little later and gave me my results from Monday's draw. 14,800!!!! I knew that was good as soon as she told me!!! Praise God!!!! She said they fear a miscarriage when you're in the 100s or less. She was very happy with the results and said to call her back Thursday morning with Wednesday's results. 23,000!!!! Woohoo!!!!! Our God is awesome!!! Such a huge relief to hear!! Our sweet baby is okay. I go back Monday for another ultrasound. I'm praying that we will be able to see more this time.
So what a long week!! The whole time I just kept praying and praying that God would keep the baby safe. I felt very comforted by Him all week. There is no way I would have been able to keep it together without my God. He's just the greatest!!!

Going to the Dr today!

2012-01-16T03:39:00.001-08:00

Today we get to see the baby! I'm so excited! I've been so anxious and excited the last couple of days. I just want to see him or her. I'm not a fan of the process, but once I see the baby, it's like nothing is going on! Chris gets to go with me this time. He didn't go with me for Anekah because we didn't think that they were going to do anything. He went with me for Luke, but had to leave because it took forever to call me back. :( So I'm excited for Chris too! I'll post later today the pictures and updates of my ever growing gut.

Albrektson..party of FIVE!

2012-01-10T04:25:00.001-08:00

Yup, you read that right. We are expecting another little Albrektson in 2012! Sometime in September to be exact. This was not a planned pregnancy, but we are very excited! Luke just turned 1 on December 21st. We weren't going to try for another baby until he was around 2 1/2 or 3. But obviously the Big Man upstairs had other plans for us. He's pretty awesome like that!! This time around, I plan to keep the ol' blogaroo up to date with all things pregnancy. I didn't do this with the other two, but am going to give it a solid try this time around. My plan is to update every 2 weeks with a picture of my ever growing gut and a little survey. I found a blog on Pinterest that I love. She does the same thing. It's really cute. Really easy. I can do it right?! So far all my adoring fans{that is all 3 of my adoring fans,hehe}, I give you...a survey!

How far along are? 5 weeks, 3 days according to the first day of my last cycle.
Total weight gain/loss: not sure yet. I go to the midwife on the 18th and we will start the dreaded weight tracking then. :(
Maternity clothes: not yet, but I have a feeling I will be wearing them early this time around. which is ok with me! I love my maternity clothes!
Stretch marks: ugh not yet. but don't worry, they will make their hideous appearance in due time.
Sleep: what sleep?! i go to bed early, only to wake up at midnight! that's getting old, quick!
Best moment this week: every time anekah tells me how excited she is that i have another baby in my tummy.
Have you told family & friends? close friends and family so far. going viral once this post is finished!!
Miss anything? sleeping through the night and an occasional glass of wine.
Movement: nada
Food cravings: chicken anything and apple juice
Anything make you queasy or sick? changing luke's diaper and not eating in time
Have you started to show yet? not yet, but probably will early this time
Gender prediction: girl! i can only think of girl names and look at girl clothes and nursery ideas
Labor signs: no
Belly button in or out? in and will probably remain in if this is anything like my other pregnancies
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or moody most of the time: i would like to say even steven on this, but of you asked chris he would probably say more on the moody side
Looking forward to: the first dr apt and the first {dreaded internal} ultrasound

Well there you have it! I will do another one next Wednesday after our apt and hopefully have a picture of the wee babe to show as well! If I could ask one favor, could you all be praying for this pregnancy? I had a rough one with Luke and don't want to go through that again. Pray for a healthy baby, healthy mommy, and healthy pregnancy. Thank you so much! I'm excited to share this wonderful journey with you all!
Ash

Ps) yikes!! i look like i'm showing already. can I blame it on my baggy shirt?! :)

Well checks

2011-11-03T14:10:00.001-07:00

Today we took the kids for their well checks. (seriously, sometimes it is so weird that I have 2 kids) It went..well. Thank the Lord Chris went with me. Anekah was a mess. Mainly because she was afraid she would get a shot. Luke was just his crazy self. Plus kinda fussy because of his little cold. =( The doc said they are both doing great! That’s always so comforting to hear. Here are there stats..

Anekah: 38lbs and 42in tall

Luke: 19lbs 12ozs and 31in tall

Both are in the 90% for height. Yeah, they are giants. They will probably both be taller than me in a couple years.

Luke had to get 1 shot and Anekah 0. She was very happy about that but left the room screaming anyway. She wanted to stand next to Luke when he got his shot but I told her she had to stay back a bit and that must have translated into i’m going to take all your toys and burn them. Geez, the girl went balistic!! Chris took her outside and the nurse did the shot. Luke did great. He started to cry but as soon as he started he stopped. They also had to take blood from his little finger. He did great! I remember being little and having my finger pricked. Lets just say the memories are pretty rough. And people wonder why I hate needles so much?!

All in all it was a good apt. Gosh I love these kids! (yup still weird saying kid(s)!)

Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-26T18:56:00.001-07:00

Pumpkin Patch 2011

2011-10-25T23:37:00.001-07:00

This past weekend the fam and I went to the patch of pumpkins. We had a great time! Anekah loved walking around trying to find the right pumpkin for all of 5 minutes. The patch we went to had a train ride. As soon as she figured out she could ride it, “the search for the bestest pumpkin was o.v.e.r”. We quickly found our pumpkin the headed for the train. Anekah loved it! She rode by herself while Chris held Luke in his lap. I opted out so I could take pictures. And here are said pictures. Enjoy!

Anekah on her train.

Daddy and his little dude.

The cutest pumpkins in the patch!!

Love this kid!

My almost 4 year old. Yeah..I'm pretty much in denial.

Daddy and his wee pumpkins.

One blessed mama!

Tomorrow is 6 years

2011-09-16T07:46:00.001-07:00

6 years..really?! There are some days when it feels like we just got married. And then there are the occasional days when it feels like we’ve been married FOOOR.EV.VERRR! So we are going out to eat tomorrow night at Blackfinn. I’m really excited! I love to try new restraunts {when we can afford it}. The menu online looks delish. I’m excited to try…

Herb Rubbed Campfire Steak

16 oz. ribeye, dry herb rubbed, garlic mashed potatoes, maple glazed carrots

I’m hoping I will be able to get my choice of different sides because they are some really yummy ones that sound good.

The dessert menu looks to.die.for. I’m hoping to try the

BlackFinn Hot Chocolate

fallen chocolate and peanut butter soufflé served warm, vanilla ice cream, homemade whipped cream

Or maybe go to Cheesecake Factory for dessert. =) We shall see! I’ll post all about it tomorrow and the suprise for Chris. =)=)

s.m.o.m.m.. Update

2011-09-13T20:34:00.001-07:00

So I guess I can share what was on my mind. I haven’t been feeling well for several weeks now. I wasn’t sure what it was to be honest. I thought maybe it was my ppd {blog post on this soon} or maybe I was coming down with something. But all of a sudden I started feeling…dun Dun DUNNNN…PREGNANT! I instantly started freaking out. I thought how can we do this? Do we have enough money? Where are we going to put this kid? <my poor body being pregnant, again> Chris was cool as a cucumber let me tell you. So I started to feel a little at ease about it. Prayer changed me. I kept praying for peace. I knew that if I was pregnant, that God wanted me to be. That His timing is p.e.r.f.e.c.t. So I started taking tests and they were negative. I called my dr and made an apt to be seen. Another urine test, negative. So she wanted me to do blood work. blek. I hate needles. I just got the results back earlier today. Negative. My heart started pounding when I answered the phone and was still going crazy when we hung up. I felt like half let down half relieved. It was a weird feeling. So where do we go from here? I’m not sure. I still don’t know why I am feeling this way.

So.Much.On.My.Mind..

2011-09-07T03:42:00.001-07:00

Last night sleep was non-existent. :( I could not fall asleep due to my mind playing tricks on me. There is a lot going on right now and possibly some big changes for my family. I don’t want to go into details just yet because things are still up in the air. I’m just praying for peace and understanding right now, and for God to comfort me so I can find rest in Him. Don’t worry my bloggy friends, as soon as I can share I will.

Non-wordless Wednesday!

2011-08-31T07:58:00.001-07:00

Okay, so I am starting to blog…again…for like the 3rd time. I’ve been pondering the decision to “start” again for some time now. And last night at midnight I decided that yes I need too. The world {erin} really wants to read about my life. And since the world {erin} follows me and is interested in my beautiful life, here goes.

I plan on doing a Wordless Wednesday every week. But obvi this isn’t wordless. I’m working on getting a weekly blog schedule going so that it will make it easier for me to do this. I get distracted really easy so it’s best that I have a schedule to follow so that I can keep up with this. So just a little update on the fam before I really do Wordless Wednesday.

{Kiddos and Pooch}

Anekah is huge and so freaking adorable. She is turning 4 in November and I just can’t believe it. She is supposed to be a little baby still. She just started dance lessons and is loving every minute of it. I have to hide her dance clothes so she doesn’t wear them on a daily basis. She is cute…and she knows it.

Luke is just AMAZEBALLS! Seriously, I love having a little boy. Especially since he is a mama’s boy. And that’s okay, for now. He loves his big sister and Mickey Mouse. Whenever dada walks into the room he smiles BIG! He of course said dada as his first word. Seriously..what is with my kids saying dada first?!? Ugh. He is 8 months old and trying to crawl. I’m not pushing it because once they start moving they never stop. He’s such a joy!

Dixie May is not the same pup. She has hip dysplasia and it sucks. Just.Plain.Sucks. She had her first surgery in the beginning of the summer and that was fun. {insert sarcasm} She is scheduled for her next surgery in the next couple of weeks. I am praying that once she heals from this one we will have our crazy, hyper, tail waggin’ pud back. We miss it.

{The Hubs and Me}

We are great! We’ll be celebrating 6 years of marriage in a couple weeks. 6 years wow!! Seems just like yesterday I was walking down the aisle to my very own Pauly D. haha. Just look at pictures of how he used to do his hair. You’ll understand the Pauly D reference. He is working hard so that I can be a sahm. We miss him when he travels for work, but we know that the Lord has blessed us with this job so that I can do what I am called to do.

Eat your heart out…here comes the pictures! =)

Aren’t they freaKing adorable?!? I think so…

Ash

Disney 2010

2010-09-15T14:17:00.001-07:00

We took a little trip down to ol’ Disney World the first weekend of September. It was Anekah’s first time going and she had a blast. It was so. stinkin. hot. Never again will I go in the summer or pregnant. Not a good time to go. We also went to Sea World, but it was so hot there that we only stayed for a little bit. (what a waste of money) Here’s photos from our scorcher of a trip.

Arriving at DW! I still got goose bumps after all these years.

I took this shot of her after we drove through the sign. She asked Daddy to turn around and do it again. :) Silly girl!

Mickey towel on our bed.

Standing in front of the Mickey statue at our resort.

The night before. She was so excited to wear her Minnie jammies at DW.

She was all ready to go.

Meeting Pluto!

She wants to live there.

Getting her “ears”! I was more excited then she was. I remember having/getting mine when I was little. I might have teared up a bit. No biggie!

The smile tells it all! She was a happy kid.

Pooh looks up to no good here. And she knew it. She wouldn’t get any closer to them then that.

Waiting for the parade to begin. She was exhausted at this point. This is a rare picture of her smiling. Because I remember her yelling and screaming about wanting to go to sleep.

Just got back to our room. She was flat.worn.out. ((and so was mama))

After her bath, she fell asleep with her puppy and Disney pen. Sweet girl.

Sweaty girl at Sea World. It was miserable. I’m sweating just thinking about it.

Shamu doing his thang.

Breast Implants

2010-08-24T16:44:00.001-07:00

Recently I have been getting a TON of spam mail asking if I want breast implants. Seriously?? Yahoo you are MEAN! And for the record, YAHOO, I am pregnant right now and my boobs have never looked better. Thank you very much. And thank you hormones. :)

It’s a BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-08-04T11:52:00.001-07:00

I get to have me a wittle boy! I’m so excited! We were able to get the money shot right away. Baby Luke was more than willing to cooperate with the ultrasound tech. We got lots of great pics, but I am having a hard time uploading them. :( So we have to wait for the hubster to get home so he can help a wifey out! I have been all smiles since we found out. People probably thought I looked nuts driving down the road just smiling away. Hopefully I will get the pic situation figured out and get them up for all to see. He really is a cutie, even though he looks like an alien. But he’s my cute and handsome alien! hehe

PS) thanks to Erin for watching Anekah last minute for me! I love you girl and thanks for always being there for me.

Tomorrow is the BIG day!

2010-08-03T07:03:00.001-07:00

Finally!!!!!! Tomorrow we find out if the baby is a boy or a girl! I am so excited and nervous at the same time. So look for my post tomorrow and you shall know! :)

So yeah..I’m still alive if you were wondering.

2010-07-28T13:52:00.001-07:00

Wow, my last post was in November of last year for Anekah’s birthday. A lot has happened since then so let me get straight to it.

Anekah is going to be a big sister! Most people know this already. In fact, I am 18 weeks now! FINALLY! This has been a rough pregnancy from the start. I have been very sick and had a ER visit as well. But now everything is great, I am feeling much better, and the baby is movin’ and a groovin’! I had all intentions of taking pictures of my belly each month, but yeah, that didn’t happen. Up until now I felt like I just looked kinda chubby instead of “with child”. So I didn’t want to take any pics. I now however look like I am “with child” and am LOVING it!! We find out next Wednesday if the baby is a boy or girl. I’m very excited and anxious! This will be a new experience for us because we didn’t find out what Anekah was until the moment she finally decided to leave my uterus. Everyone keeps asking me if I prefer a boy or girl. I always say that having one of each would be nice, but if we have another girl I am a-okay with that. I love having a girl, adding another one to the casa sounds great! We just want a healthy baby, healthy mommy, and fast, easy labor. So in 7 days we will know if we will be bringing home a Luke Douglas or a Jolene (middle name TBD). Jolene is still not 100% choice yet. We both like it but we could change our minds. But Luke seems to be the boy name we both like and love. So next week I will make a post of what the baby will be.

No onto our sweet Anekah…

She is 2 1/2 years old. That pretty much sums it up right there. We are in the midst of potty training. It’s not going as well as I had hoped, but she will get it eventually. She is VERY excited to be a big sister. Every time I say something about the baby she always says that her baby in her tummy is doing the same thing. She thinks she is “with child” just like her mommy. :) It’s really very sweet. She likes to look at baby stuff with me online. She talks up a storm now. You can finally understand what she is telling you. She has a temper, doesn’t like to clean up, and likes to stay up late. She’s a very sweet little girl and we are so blessed to have her. She loves to sing. Her favorite song to see is “Jesus Loves Me”. She made up her own way of singing it and the name of it. She calls it “ Jesus Loves Me This I Know”. We love hearing her sing it! She cracks us up. She likes to say the blessing at dinner sometimes. Her prayer always goes like this… “Jesus loves me this I know…food…amen.”. Is that not the cutest thing!

As for Chris and myself, we are doing great. Chris just started a new job. He works literally right around the corner. It takes him about 7-10 minutes to get to and from work. He comes home almost everyday for lunch which we love so much! Anekah likes to eat lunch with her Daddy. We are in the process of fixing up our house. We like to do house renovations whenever I am pregnant. With Anekah, we redid our entire kitchen. I mean redid! Like sledge hammers to the countertops and cabinets. We love our kitchen so now we need to get the rest of our house up-to-date. We are doing all new doors, new flooring in the living room, hallway, guest room/possible nursery, and master bedroom. Painting every single wall besides Anekah’s room. We can’t wait! We are trying to get it all done before Sept 1st because we have family coming from Kentucky to stay with us!! So excited about that!! So a lot going on in the Albrektson household that’s for sure.

Well, I will leave you with a pic of my sweet angel pie and maybe a pic of myself and Chris. Hope you enjoyed my post. Hopefully I will continue keeping it updated!

Oh and a shout out to my girl Erin for designing my beautiful blog!!! Love you friend!!!

Our sweet angel with attitude! :)

Me and the hubsters at a friends wedding right before I got pregnant.

In Honor of my 2 Year Old!

2009-11-26T04:18:00.001-08:00

Two years ago today my life changed again!! Today marks the day that my Anekah Dean was born. It was a very long labor but worth every minute of it. Anekah FINALLY came into this world at 9:05am on November 26, 2007. She weighed in a 8lb 60z and was 20 inches long. She was an ooey and gooey baby that’s for sure. Her nose was smushed because she was stuck in my birth canal for a looooong time. I like to refer to her as having a collapsed nostril. :) Here are some pictures of my labor, first moments together, and the last two years. I hope you enjoy them!

So, today is Thanksgiving as well as her birthday. I am thankful for my wonderful Savior for blessing us with the opportunity to have children. I am thankful for my sweet husband for helping me make her. :0) Anekah, I love you so much and you are a wonderful daughter!!! Thank you for helping Mommy laugh when I am sad. Smile when I am sick. Dance when I am tired. Thank you for being YOU!!!

NEW MOON!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-19T15:48:00.001-08:00

AHHHHH I’m so excited!! I’m getting ready to leave to go and see New Moon!! Sarah and I are having a mommy’s night out. We both need it and deserve it.

Little post, I know. I’ll be updating in a few days about what's been going on lately.

Ash

In loving memory of Charlee

2009-10-20T07:32:00.001-07:00

On Sunday night, a friend of mine from high school passed away due to a car accident. She was only 25 years old. She was full of life and love, was always the life of the party. I regret that I haven’t been close to her in years and I regret that. I can’t even imagine how her family is feeling.

Please keep her family and friends in your prayers. They need it. Thanks

Ash

Feelings…

2009-10-07T06:57:00.001-07:00

How can people be so rude and know what to say to someone that really hits hard? I just don’t get it. I know that I am not perfect, and never will be. But I do know that there are some things that you should never say to someone. Especially when it’s something so personal to you that you want so badly to happen.

Today is going to be a real crappy day. I hate days like this…

Smells like fall spirit!

2009-09-30T05:45:00.001-07:00

FINALLY!!!! COOL WEATHER IS HERE!!!! I’m so excited (as you can tell). When I went outside this morning at 5:25 to get Anna, I was actually shivering, and it was awesome! I love it when it cools down. I’m not a big fan of living in Florida so whenever the temp goes down, I’m a happy camper. Although I have lived in FL my whole life, I’m not meant to be here forever. I’m a cold-weather-kinda-girl and am PROUD of it. Chris hates cold weather. So trying to convince him to move to somewhere that actually has seasons is really hard. I’m not giving up on the idea of moving to a state that has a winter (ex Kentucky) some day. :)

So today is going to be a fun day! Mandi, Brady, and Andrew are coming over in a bit to hang out with us. We are going to hang out on my patio and drink some hot tea and watch the kiddo’s play. Then Anekah and I are heading for Payless to FINALLY purchase some shoes for the girl. She only has 1 pair of shoes because her feet are chunky and finding shoes to fit her is difficult. But Payless is having their BOGO sale going on now and I’m going to take advantage of the savings. Then it will be grocery shopping time, again! :( Hopefully I can get out of there WITHOUT buying everything not on my list.

So anyways, hope to have a great day with my girl and get a lot done!

Why are old people so stubborn!

2009-09-26T19:39:00.001-07:00

My dad is sick, and he won’t go to the doctor. Why are old people so stubborn? He has severe asthma and whenever he gets the slightest cold it goes straight to his lungs. It just really makes me worry because he is home all alone at night with no one there to take care of him if he can’t breathe. It just makes me nervous.

Just needed to vent…

Is it bed time yet?

2009-09-20T17:23:00.001-07:00

Today has been a very interesting day. I have been EXTREMELY tired. I seriously have been on the couch almost all day. I did clean the house this morning, and as soon as I finished, I sat my butt down. I did cook 2 meals, so don’t think that I have been slacking in the wife/mommy department. I made 2 very yummy meals actually. For breakfast I made scrambled eggs, turkey sausage, and whole wheat toast with grape jelly. For lunch I grilled ( with Chris’ help of course ) pork chops, made broccoli with cheese, and alfredo. So I have done quite a bit of stuff so I can justify sitting on the couch all day as being alright in my book. So hopefully I will get a great night sleep and start to feel like myself more tomorrow. I have to have more energy tomorrow if I expect to chase 2 toddlers around all day. :) So, is it bed time yet??? Yes, I think it is….. PTL!!!!

Ash

Baby Day

2009-09-18T06:25:00.001-07:00

My friends Dustin and Angela are having their first baby today! I am very excited for them! Becoming a Mommy changed my life, and I love it when my friends get to have that experience as well! So, congrats to them! I’m praying for Angela to have a quick labor and delivery! Here’s a little “blast from our past” for your enjoyment. It’s hard to believe that this was all of our 1 year anniversary’s and now look at all of us. We are all having children!!

Ash

4 Down, and 94 to Go…well let’s hope

2009-09-17T07:21:00.001-07:00

Today is my 4th year wedding anniversary! I can’t believe it has been that long. It has been a wild ride that’s for sure. We have accomplished a lot so far. And I know that there is so much more out there for us to do still. Here are some pics from that wonderful, scorching hot day! :)

Our bling ! Chris helping me blow cake out of my NOSE!

Right after we said I DO! Chris, me, and Sarah Jo

Waiting in line to start being introduced! What to do while waiting?? SMOOCHIE SMOOCHIE!!! hehe :)

It was such a wonderful day, although it was really hot! Just being there with all my family and friends was great. There was a few moments that I like to block from my memory, but since I am nice, I will share, ONLY this one time…

1. Our HORRIBLE dj who referred to himself as DJ Pirate singing “Save a Horse Ride a Cowgirl” to me in front of my pastor was humiliating to say the least!

2. My flowers showing up not the way I had ordered them.

3. My dress being dropped on my face and getting make up on the train. I wasn’t mad at all actually! I just like to bring it up because my MOH Blythe got so upset and I was having to calm her down. It was a funny moment honestly!! And my veil was SOOOO long you couldn’t even see the make up and when we busseled my dress, still couldn’t see it. So everything worked out fine.

That’s all that I can think of so there you go! :)

To wrap this all up, all I have to say is… Chris, I love you so much. We have been through a lot in just 4 years, but I wouldn’t trade any of it for the world. You are such a wonderful husband and father, and I thank God everyday for putting you in my life. I look forward to another 94 years of wedded bliss!! I love you baby cakes!!

ps) DO NOT BUY ME A SWIFTER!!! Or any other appliance either. Although 4 years modern gifts are appliances, linen, silk, nylon, and blue topaz, DOES NOT MEAN to buy me yet another household appliance. haha Love ya!

Mommy and Anekah photo shoot

2009-09-15T13:25:00.001-07:00

Anekah and I went to Portrait Innovations today to get some updated pictures for Chris. He was just saying the other day that he wanted some updated pictures of us. So… I did what he asked. Hopefully he won’t be mad about the whole buying them part. Our anniversary is this Thursday, Sept. 17th, and I figured this would be a great gift for him. Here are some of the pics. Hope you enjoy ‘em…

I’ll update on Thursday with a post about our anniversary!

Ash

The Start of Something New

2009-09-11T13:51:00.001-07:00

I’m sure you were thinking that I was going to give some awesome news. But if you think that deleting my last blog and making a new one is awesome, well then here ya go!! I got tired of trying to figure out how to change my background and only making it worse when I thought I was fixing it. So I decided to delete Adventure’s of the Albrektson’s and create Ashley’s Adventures. This blog won’t strictly be just about me. I’m sure it will mostly be about Anekah, my beautiful daughter, and Chris, my handsome husband then about me at all. So, I'll just update ya’ll about family stuff so that I can take a few days and make another AWESOME post! :)

We’ll start with Anekah first….. She is getting so big! Makes me so sad to think that she will be 2 years old in 2 months. I can’t believe that she is already this old. I remember the first time I saw her sweet face. It was a long, hard labor. All I wanted was to see my baby’s face and to know if I was having a boy or a girl. Once I realized we would have an Anekah Dean and not an Carrson Douglas I started to freak out because I had NO PINK!!! Everything was either yellow or green because we didn’t want to find out the sex. I got so upset and told my mom and husband to go to the store and buy all the pink they could get. Needless to say, they did not do as I asked, but I have made up for not having anything pink by only dressing Anekah in pink, daily!! Every once in a while she will wear something other than pink. But at night, it’s pink, I assure you!! I love being her mommy. Even though some days are really hard to get through since she has entered her TERRIBLE TWO’S!! And when I say terrible, I MEAN terrible! I like to say that “she has the mouth from the south”! She doesn’t say many words yet, but I know that she is telling me off in her deep, raspy, jibber jabber voice of hers. 9 times out of 10, I have to turn my head when I am disciplining her to laugh because she cracks me up when she is in trouble. Her bottom lip sticks out so far and she lowers her head and stares right at me and starts this puppy whining sound. It’s too cute! She’s too cute!! I love her with every ounce that’s in me and thank my Father daily for blessing me with the opportunity to be her mother.

I can’t mention Anekah without mentioning my hubster, Chris. Yes, you read it right, it says hubster!! :) Chris and I will be celebrating our 4th year of wedded bliss next Thursday. It’s so hard to believe that we have been married for 4 years already!! We’ve done a lot in those 4 short years. We’ve lived in two apartments, bought a dog (our adorable Dixie May Albrektson), bought a house, bought three vehicles, and had a kid!! To me, that’s a lot of stuff in 4 years. I’ll admit that it hasn’t been easy being married, but we made the decision that we would ALWAYS stay married no matter what. We both come from broken homes, and we know what that does to children and we don’t want to do that to our children. Chris is a wonderful husband and father. He works VERY hard to make it possible for me to stay home and raise Anekah and our future babies. I’m so blessed to be able to call him MY husband! I don’t tell him enough how lucky I am, I’m working on that. But I am, really!!

So, I think I will leave this post now. I think that I have given a TON of info for my many readers (i don’t think i have any actually ::sad face::) .

Ash