Tagged!!!

I have been tagged! Mrs. Katy Hollands tagged me and Im up for a topic to finally blog about. (Thanks I was brain dead) :D

First the rules:

1.) You must post these rules

 2.) Each person must post eleven things about them on their blog.

 3.) Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post and create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.

Ok well here goes: 11 Things about me!

1. I was born and raised in the beautiful state of Montana! A few facts about Montana, the state bird is the Meadowlark, the state flower is the Bitterroot, the state tree is the Ponderosa Pine, the state animal is the Grizzly Bear, and the state moto is "Oro y Plata" Spanish for Gold and Silver. I was born in the town of Missoula Montana, at the Community Medical Center. I get to be blessed to have my baby in the same hospital that my mother had me. My favorite thing about living in Montana is the beauty I get to experience everyday. I am completely surrounded 360 degrees by beautiful Rocky Mountains, and not a mile away the serene Clark Fork River.

2.I have a massive addiction to Rock Candy, Supernatural, Skylanders, Fruit of anykind, any candy of the gummy form, and driving around sight seeing. Is addiction a good word to use....probably.

3. I married my Best Friend Andrew Lee Mitzel on May 21, 2011 in Frenchtown Montana. We met at Davis Bible college in Johnson City New York.  He was born in Amherst New York. He grew up in Warsaw, moving than to Alexander where his family still lives now. He grew up being a dairy farm boy before he graduated highschool. When he hit the age of college he attended Genesee Community College for Mechanical Engineering. After successfully completing a year of college he changed schools to attend Davis Bible College  majoring in Theology. My story isnt as interesting, but I grew up in Frenchtown Montana, where I attended Frenchtown Elementary, Junior High, and Highschool to graduate in May of 2008. When I graduated I jumped right into college attending the University of Montana College of Technology for a degree in Computer Sciences, after seeing that wasnt what I thought, I switched majors to a Nursing degree. In July of '08 I was hospitalized for a major infection of my kidneys. After suffering from MASSIVE dehydration, I went through 4 nurses trying to get an IV in my arm the last one was the head nurse of the ER. the other 3 each tried themselves 3 times to get an IV. I had had enough. Due to this incident i realzied a week into nursing that it wasnt for me either. I finally found my calling in Floral Designing. I decided that since i was in need of massive time away from Montana I chose to attend Davis Bible College in New York. Both my husband and I were on the College soccer team, both of us having the same number 3. We started dating in October of '09. We were Engaged on my parents anniversary of November 23, 2010 at our "Going Away Party" when we moved from New York to Montana making a cross country drive. Finally we end on May 21, 2011 were we were married at the Frenchtown Community Church.

4. Im a full blooded proud Green eyed GERMAN!!!! My family fluently speaks the German language, I on the other hand speak non fluent "wish is spoke" German. lol. I grew up learning things here and there in German that still stick with me today. My Mother, Father, and I still shoot phrases back and forth everynow and than.

5. For my 21st birthday Andrew got me the greatest present I ever recieved. I got my Baby gurl Breezi Bree. She is a Boarder Collie mutt. I wish i knew anything else she was mixed with. The boarder collie is just soooo obvious lol. Andrew seems to think she has some sort of Spanial in her. I though Blue Healer. In the end who knows. She has been my best furrry friend. She sleeps at my side, she sits at my side, and she is constantly stuck to me. Her favorite thing to do is to lay her head on my tummy and feel my baby move against her. She is sooo sweet and so energetic but at the same time she is very protective of her family. I love her very much. This picture is from the Day i brought her home. We adopted her from the Great Falls Animal Shelter where her owner dropped her off the day before and just left her. We know she wasn't treated well, She had an issue with men for a time period when we first got her, but thanks to Andrew working with her she grew out of that. She is almost 3 years old. Hard to believe I have almost had her a year.

6. My husband and I are going to be the proud parents of a bouncing baby boy before the 20th of March. We feel so blessed that God has laid him in our life. We have decided to name our little bundle of joy, Jeshual Sorren Mitzel. My husband came up with the name Jeshual as a combination of his 3 favorite men from the Bible; Jesus, Joshua and Samual. Sorren means "Stern" in Danish. So to combine the two names you have "A Stern Man of God"  Mitzel :D We have what we can set up due to our living situations. We have his car-seat in the car, his clothes in his new dresser, a crib in the house, high chair ready to be used lol someday i guess. We are excited and anxious for out little mans arrival and we have decided he cant come soon enough... literally we are now being told we will be holding him by the end of the month.

7. I love the Spring time. Its my favorite time of the year. I love smelling the grass after a fresh rain. and watching the trees turn from bare to Bloomed in only a few months. Spring times means gardening starts. I love being able to tend to plants. Not always do I have a green thumb but most of the time I can get something to pop up out of the ground. I started the love of gardening with Flowers. I love to grow them, but like I said I have a semi-black thumb. I design them...after they have been cut :) I started with Dahlias. Thanks to a women I used to skate with she got me into the Montana Dahlia Society, and than into the National Dahlia society. I even went on to become a certified Dahlia Judge for official flower shows. I love flowers, they are my Career. I want to get into Wedding Designing, but you got to get into a shop first. And around here the economy has little room for Floral Designers.

8.Thanks to my mom I am a rather good Crocheter, and an ok Knitter. I love to crochet. I am currently working on a baby cocoon, and a blanket (For Mommie) since everyone else is making one for the baby. Being able to make things by myself brings me a lot of satisfaction. My only problem is now with him being so close I'm not sure I can finish either of my projects before he gets here.

9.I am a proud member of Lambda Tau Upsilon Christian Sorority. I joined the sorority in Spring of 2010. I was given the honorable name of Adelphi Sincere Heart. My verse is Hebrews  10:22 "let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water." As an Adelphi (greek for sister) I am committed to helping others experience God's love, to nurture their spiritual development, to enable them to discover their spiritual gifts as well as use them, and to equip them for effective ministry in every day life. Love Truth and Unity.

10.I have a strange connection to the RPG world.....I admit...I am a World of Warcraft nerd. I know I know its not a great game but hey, it keeps a pregnant chick occupied. My favorite character is my level 81 Priest, Aliceya. There isn't much I can say about it lol unless you know about it its hard to explain so Im going to leave this one at this ><

11. Ok the last and final, I LOVE CRANBERRY JUICE!!!! When I was hospitalized for my kidney infection, I had to drink it like crazy. I hated it for the longest time until one day I woke up and suddenly I loved it. Now im obsessed with anything Cranberry. My favorite thing from Sonic is their Cranberry Slushies, I love frozen whole Cranberries with sugar, my favorite thing about Thanksgiving dinner is the Cranberry sauce, Ahhhh all this cranberry talk is making me CRAVE THEM :D!!!!

Phew ok now that I finally finished this, Here are the question Mrs. Katy gave me.

1. Do you like salty or sweet better?

I am a sweet lover to the core!!!! lol I admited in my 11 about me that I have a horrible addiction to candy. Anything sweet and sugary is my yuuuuummmmmyyyy. Its funny that this is one of my questions because as I am sitting here typing this blog I am eating a giant jar of Jelly Bellies with my amazing Husband. (I dont do black licorice....yuck)

2. What are three words you would use to describe yourself?

 

Energetic, Outgoing, and Strange!!! Just to name a few!!! 

3.What is the neatest things that ever happened to you in your life?

The neatest thing that happened to me was when I had the privileged of going to Colorado Springs Colorado for a National skating competition, The State Games of America. I competed in a few events but I placed no higher than 11th. I qualified for this competition by placing first, second, or third, in my Freestyle skating events at the State Games of Montana. When I went to Colorado I competed against other skaters from around the United States representing their states. NOT GOING TO LIE. I miss the world of Figure Skating. It was my life, my talent, and my sport.

4. What is your favorite Bible verse? Why.

My favorite bible verse other than my Adelphi verse, would have to be Matthew 17:20, "He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." I would have to say that this verse is my favorite because I have always been a small person. It wasn't until i was 16 that I hit 5ft and It was the greatest thing of my life. But when I discovered this verse it proved to me that no matter how small something is, It can have the biggest effect.

5. Would you rather read a good book or watch a movie to relax?

Hmmm.... This one is tough. When I find a good book I could sit down and read it for hours. And when I need to relax a good movie is always a good choice. For instance my husband and I are sitting here relaxing with our comupters and a bunch of DVR Supernaturals. lol

6. What is your favorite color?

Hands down the Easiest question. My favorite Color is YELLOW!!!!! My wedding colors were Yellow and White with Green accents. Most of my sons clothes that I have picked out have been yellow I noticed. I love the smell of lemons, Yellow hahaha and my favorite pair of socks are fuzzy yellow ones i have had for 3 years.

7. Who is the person who inspires you the most?

 Wow this is a tough one. A lot of people inspire me for a lot of different reasons. For instance, Tyra Banks inspires me because she pushes girls to be better than the image the World wants them to be. I used to watch Americas Next Top Model pretty religiously, and she stood for the girls who had curves, the girls who were different. Beauty is deeper than a perfect image that someone created on Photoshop. My Brother Robbie Staiger(Picture on the right) inspires me because he made the hard choices in life to make something of himself. He is the closest of all my siblings. The only one I talk to. We share the same birthday and same personalities lol. Time and time he could have taken the easy way but he didn't. He made the hardest choices of his life because he knew it was what was best, even if they hurt more than anything.

8.What is one thing about you that people don't usually know?

I am a semi nerd....Ok so I'm a full fledge nerd!!!!!!! I love to play Skylanders and Alice in Wonderland on the WII. I love to play Spyro and Kingdom Hearts on the Nintendo SD. and I LOVE to play World of Warcraft on the PC. hehehehehehe This is way to nerdy when I look at it and see how many games i actually play on a consecutive basis.

9.Would you rather be hot or cold?

Cold lol. Well not in a heartfelt way. When I get warm I feel icky. Especially being pregnate I get to warm and I'm sick throwing up ><. I grew up born and raised in Montana.....That says Moutains and Glaciers to me. Most of the year here is below 70degrees. We may have 2 months thats we get above that.

10. What is your favorite type of food?

I LOVE PASTA!!!!!!!!!!! Any type of pasta, you name it, I will eat it. Anything from Mac N Cheese, to Alfredo. I love Fruit as well. I don't think I have had a type of fruit that I didn't like. In the picture my adoring at the time Fiance took me out to our engagement dinner at my favorite restaurant Olive Garden. MMMMMMMMM I had soo much Chicken Alfredo and House Salad and Bread sticks. I need to have one here in Missoula. Our closest one to us here in Montana is in Billings Montana. This picture was taken at the Olive Garden in Vestal New York.

11. What is your favorite classic old movie?

I would have to say my favorite classic movie would have to be Alice in Wonderland...does that count as classic? I grew up on the Disney classics. The adventure and wonder and mystery of Alice in Wonderland always captivated me. I was never a girl for school, but to drift away to my own little world was MAGIC!!!!

Those were great questions now here are the ones I have come up with.

1. Do you Dye, or are you your Natural?

2. What is your dream Vacation?

3. Whats your favorite season, and Why?

4. Are you a techy or an old fashion? (not to be taken inappropriately)

5. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

6. Would you rather Work or go to School, Why?

7. If you were a Jelly Belly...What flavor would you be?

8. What do you do in your spare time?

9. Where is your "retirement" home?

10. What is your Favorite flower?

11. What story from the Bible influences your walk most?

Lets see I dont really have anyone on my blog so I guess i will Tag

Adelphi Tracee - http://tlcoleman73.blogspot.com/

Katy Hollands - http://fromthelittlewhitehouse.blogspot.com/

You are the only people I have following me so :D Well, I started this blog around 1pm and it is now 10pm and I am finishing it. Hope you have fun with these questions. I look forward to reading what you have to say about yourself. Happy Blogging :D

Feeling... Pregnant.

No one ever said that being pregnant was going to be easy...but no one ever told me it was going to be this trying. Throughout the last 8 months I have seen myself through more than I ever though I would. Body changes, mood changes, eating changes, its all so overwhelming sometimes. To top it off I have this 4lb Creature inside me. Thats right I said Creature lol Mommy loves him but sitting in bed watching him move is like something from a sci-fi movie :D Well I spend alot of time in the shower recovering from the morning  Hyperemesis bought, and in that time I get the chance to really see God at work in my pregnancy. 

Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a severe form of morning sickness with "unrelenting, excessive pregnancy-related nausea and/or vomiting that prevents adequate intake of food and fluids lasting throughout the complete pregnancy.

Yeah, That has been my life for the last 8 months, consisting of 6 hospital visits 5 of which were for the sickness. Labor and Delivery LOVES me already haha. 

My last visit to Labor and Delivery was probably my longest and my most trying. Let me explain to you what happened.

The day started out like any other. Wake up with a sick feeling and run to the shower. The problem with my "Morning Cure" is if it doesn't work soon enough...I run out of hot water. That was my issue on this particular morning. I would get in the shower, sit in the hot water until well it went away, get out, throw up for a bit, and pray the water had warmed up enough for me to maybe feel better this time. The feel better never came. So around 2pm my amazing husband Andrew finally said enough was enough and it was time to once again make the 20 minute(when speeding) drive to the hospital. I went in to labor and delivery for the first time on my own two feet without my head in a bucket for the 6th time. As I walked back to the room they were putting me in I realized that everytime I had been there the only thing I had seen from the main desk to the rooms...was the floor and yeah it looked very familiar. I got into my room and went about the routine, getting in the gown, putting on the band and than hooking up the monitors. The only thing different about this time was there was no need for an IV (YAY). 5 o'clock came around and I had just about had enough of the hospital. Than the contractions started....O MY WORD DID THE CONTRACTIONS START. My nurse at the time Tracy was thinking that I was going to be able to go home. Until i hit the floor in pain. After checking my cervic they saw that i was 3.5 cm dialated. I couldnt take it. I requested out of the fling of time to sit in a shower not sure if i was even going to be able to have access to one. To my blessed amazement they agreed to let me sit in the shower and fight out my pains. BEST IDEA EVER!!! Great thing was I never ran out of hot water :D Some blood tests were drawn while I was in the shower and after returning to my room around 6:45ish they checked my cervics again and this time i was 4cm, and 80% thinned. They made me sit there in the hospital room for another 2 hours to wait and see if i was going to dialate anymore. To my amazement what happened again...but more contractions.....so to the shower again I returned. This time it was only a brief shower as I started to feel alot better. Mind you during this whole stay they are shuving water down my throat at a rapid rate. After getting back to my room again they checked me for the 3rd time. I was still stuck at 4cm. and having less and less contractions. I sat with my baby on the monitor for another 20 min before the nurse came back and decided that they were comfortable enough sending me home knowing i wont go into labor YET. 

What about Baby you ask? During this whole ordeal my child is a NON STOP MOVING LITTLE MACHINE. The nurses were amazed at how active he was with me feeling like I did. They had done an ultrasound on him the day before and found out that he was 33weeks weighing 4lbs 10 oz. and looking GREAT!!!!

With all this said. They have decided that I maybe have about 3 weeks till my baby might decide he wasnts to enter the real world, but my due date isnt until the 20th of March. I know I will have him in my arms sooner than that due to how unhealthy I am with the sickness. But all in all I thank God that Jeshual has been able to withstand this whole ordeal and come out on top like the little fighter I know he is.

Long time no chat!

So I feel like it has been a while since I have posted on here so I figured I should go ahead and say my Hello! With 2 months remaining my family is busy at work preparing for little mans arrival. Tomorrow I go into Community Hospital (Where I will be having my baby) to take a Glucose test to see if I have gestational diabeteas or not. Hmmm Im not a sugar addict I swear ><. Tomorrow is like a sweets addicts Drug Test! The test is I go in and drink a horrible tasting EXTREMELY SWEET liquid and wait an hour while it sends both me and my child into a wild sugar rush! Meanwhile I will finally be able to register at the hospital so I will be able to turn in my paperwork tomorrow. After an hour has past I will go back to the lab where they will draw my blood (YUCK >< not looking forward to that) and see what my blood sugar level is at. So all in all Im heading into the hospital to take a test...i being a sweets freak possibly will fail :/ As long as me and my son are healthy not alot is going to bother me :D I Thank God that he is as healthy as he is we are both growing at the PERFECT rate according to our OBGYN Dr. McCoy. Thanks for reading and I will attempt to keep this up during the next two months but now I am sleepy and my baby is beating me up... so turing out all the light might get him to calm down. Unfortunentally that means the computer as well. Good Night and again Thanks for reading :D

Moms....hmmmm

So I was thinking today about all the things I have been hearing going on in our schools systems lately and how our youth is acting. I than realized that when I was that age that is exactly how I wanted to act :P. I remember that when I was growing up my mom was real protective when it came to the places I went and the people I was with. At the time it annoyed the living daylights out of me, but here is the real kicker... Thats exactly how I feel about my son. Now I see why my mom was like she was. Have you ever heard that as women you grow up to be exactly like your mom? Ya well in my case thats true. All the obnoxious and annoying things my mom did as I was growing up I find myself starting to equip myself with as I prepare these next 3 months. I have no idea what kind of a mom I am going to be. I have no idea what kind of a child my son will be. But the one thing I do know is that I will love my son no matter what just as the Lord has loved me no matter what I have done. I will always welcome him with open arms just as the Father does for me. I will never push him away because of a choice he has made. I will try my hardest to raise him in the love and patience the Lord gives us. In that I hope someday I can look at my son and see the Heavenly Spirit radiate through him. I cant wait for that someday :D

Baby Doctor

I am so thankful that my new family is in the hands of a great man. Dr. McCoy has treated me and my baby better than I thought was possible. You can see the care in his eyes when he walks in the room, or the gentle ness of his voice as he talks to you. He has this uncanny way of making the bad sound just a little less bad.

Today was one of those routine check ups every 4 weeks. To top off today we were late for the first time! After getting in there I had a new nerse that I hadnt had before, no biggy she was pretty cool. First came the regular checks. I have great bloodpressure, went downs since last visit. I weigh 119.7lbs, and still look like nothing lol. Next came one of my favorite parts the Sonagram. After distinguishing my heartbeat from his we foiund it to be at a healthy 138bpm :D!!!! Next came the part i thought was going to be easy, the urine sameple. NOPE he sat on my bladder and made me feel like i could pee the Nile river. I get in there and do little to nothing....FAIL! After a short wait Dr. McCoy finally comes in and checks to see how hings are with me mentally and emotionally. After establishing im doing very well he measured my tummy to find that I am 25cms!!! Hey Im pretty proud of that. With that info marked our visit came to a close. I made another appointment for 4 weeks than and Ultrasound 2 weeks later!!!! January should be a good month im excited. Plus it means im one month closer to his being here!!!!!

Growing Family...

Well as of an unofficial 20 week Ultrasounds we find out that our little Creature is a bouncing baby BOY!!!!!

After a few nights of internet searching and no success we finally agreed on the most beautiful name my ears will ever hear, Jeshual Sorren Mitzel.

My husband and I had a deal...you know the one. Girl I get to pick the name, Boy its his. So boy it is and what a name my husband concocted. Let me break it down for you. 

Jeshual is a combination of my husbands 3 favorite men of the Bible. Jesus, a man of virtue and perfection. a perfect image of what every man should strive to be. Joshua, he was an honest and brave man who risked his life to scout out the promise land for the people of God, later he went to lead the nation of Israel, so he was a leader to boot. Samuel, was wise and God-fearing. He was a prophet of God and sought the Lord in every decision he made.

Sorren, comes from the Scandinavian language meaning Stern, Strong, or Proud.

Put them together from the mind of my husband and you have a Stern Man of God Mitzel. 

only 3 months left......I cant wait!!!!

Even I get Flowers!

I know this blog is called A Flower for Moms, and I am not yet a mom, but over these past 6 months I have learned more about Motherhood than I ever dreamed was possible. 

Come March of 2012 my husband and I are having our first child, a Son, Jeshual Sorren!!! With so much planning to do I find it hard to actually stop and think about what is happening inside me. Within the protection of my tummy a human life is forming and growing at a rapid rate. I cant say that all together I "forget" I'm pregnant, my highly active son makes sure of that. I haven't had the funny cravings, and I haven't had the most normal pregnancy experience. Overall this has been a life changing experience at the least. I know have instincts and thoughts I never would have thought or had. Over the course of the next three months and into the coming years I want to share with you my experiences in being a mother and the Flowers they bring me daily!