"Super Mom"

Ok... Well, its been a tish bit since i last wrote. I guess I'm due for a new post. 

    

The thing on my mind lately is the idea of being the "Ultimate Super Mom"! This springs from the fact that over half of my facebook are moms who have either (A) Had children for a while (B) Pregnate ladies or (C) making up the majority like me, are the ladies who have recently become New Moms. My whole morning consists of my Facebook serfing and all i read about is, being the perfect mom, or I hope I can be the perfect mom, or she sounds like the perfect mom I wanna be her. 

In reality, What is the ULTIMATE SUPER MOM?

Ok. To answer our question lets turn to scripture shall we?

I believe going in cronilogical order we find ourselve starting with,

 EVE-The original mother.

In my opinion Eve is one of the more extraordinary mothers of the bible. Think about if for one second, when you think about the person you need to be as a mother, who is the first person you think about? If you had a good upbringing with plenty of love, compassion and yes, discipline, than you look up to your OWN mother.  If you were not so fortunate to have the love that you deserved than you think of that person that most symbolized a  mother in your life, weather it be another family member, the mom of your best friend, or even the pastors wife, all these women have one thing in commen with you and me, They had others before them to lean from their mistakes. Eve was the mother of all mothers, the Original Mother. She had no one before her that she could look up to and take wisdom from their mistakes. But all in all dispite the eating of the fruit she is what we think to be the perfect image of an Ultimate Super Mom. She raised 2 boys (mind you one is a handful) Cain and Able (down the road Seth and sever other un-named children came to.) When they were sick, when they were puking and teething, she had no one to steer her in the right direction. She had what we all need as mothers, The humblness to seek out the help of God. Now with being the first mom came the first heartache too. Unfortunentally all she could do was still no quite enough when jealousy took one of her beloved away. She was the first mother to have to bury her child. She was the first woman to experience true heartache at the loss of one of the biggest parts of you there will ever be.

Sarah-The oldest mother.

When you hear the name Sarah, a flicker of hope is what comes to mind. Sara gives those mom who want to start this family idea later in the game, the ultimate courage. As we get older our bodies change, well once your old enough you hit a massive change and things just arent as easy as they once were, take childbearing for instance. Stamina is a great tool to have while bringing life into this world, but as you age stamina becomes more and more scarce, but this wasnt the problem for Sarah. Like some women her womb just wasnt ready for housing a child yet. So in her impatients Sarah turns to her handmaiden to become her "Stand in incubator", ignoring Gods word. But God told Abraham that it would be Sarah who would be the mother of the chosen baby.Overhearing this Sarah laughs and was punished by God for doing so. but in the end Sarah shows us that with enough determination, and the proper will of God, that even the Oldest woman can bear a child if God commands it so.

Bathsheba-The mother of the Peaceful

The problem with Bathsheba was just as her name suggests. She was seen by King David taking a bath. Upon this sight David demanded that he have Bathsheba as his own, well knowing perfectly well she belonged to another. Disregarding this he took Bathsheba to his bedroom quarters anyway. Well as nine months suggests a son was born out of their affair. In an attempt to fix his mistake, David sends word to the General of his army to have Bathshebas husband put onto the front lines....alone. David got his wish and her husband was killed, leaving Bathsheba widowed and with Davids child. The story goes on to tell of Nathans accusations against David for what he has done, and than to David's repentance. But we never hear about how this whole ordeal affects Bathsheba. What we can take from Bathsheba's motherhood is Hope. She gives women hope that, regardless of the circumstances surrounding your pregancy and the birth of  your child, God can redeem any situation. As we know Bathsheba goes on to give birth to Solomon who, despite the situation surrounding his birth, became know as the most peaceful ruler who's God-given wisdom is legendary.

Jachebed- Mother of Sacrifice

If I could be the producer of the next big Lifetime for Women movie, I would tell the story of Jachebed, Mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. You have to give some credit to the sneakyness of her and her midwives who in an act of disobedience, allowed Moses to be born. When confronted as to why they were not killing the boy babies as commanded they made up a story about how the Hebrew women were, shall we say too "vigorous" and were having babies before they could get to them. With this lie, baby Moses was born. This is why I call Jachebed the Mother of Sacrifice. She took her son, her baby boy, and gave him up to the mercy of God and the river. She is forced by her heart and the knowledge that if found he would be killed, to send him down the Nile river, filled with many dangers, in a basket made from reeds. When he has floated down a ways he is found by the Pharaohs daughter, who against everything she is told takes on the roll of Moses's biological mom. Jachebed shows us that the determination and ingenuity of a desperate and loving mother can result in surprising circumstances.

Finally and who can forget we have,

Mary-Mother of the great I Am

Wanna see the first Pregnancy test at work, read the story of Mary, wanna talk about EPT's or (early pregnancy tests) Mary's was E.A.R.L.Y, and accurate!!!! Angelic visitation definitely says 2 lines to me. But the chosen girl had some obsticles she needed to avoid. For one...she was NOT MARRIED...and in her time unwed pregnacy was looked at a little different. You could be stoned, left in the desert to starve, or be thrown in a hole if found to be unwed and with child. But she was to be the mother of the divine Figt of heaven, but as all mothers know a precious gift such as this comes with lots and lots of work attached. She still had to change the Son of God's diapers, sooth him as he was teething, teach him to crawl than walk, and clean up the scratches he got when he fell down. She cooked his meals and washed his clothes, and did everything any other mother does for their children. But its interesting the places that we see Mother Mary in the Bible. for example, in the temple sending out her Lost Child signal. Im sure that if my child tried to use the excuse i was doing my fathers work i would have grounded him for YEARS. But I think my favorite time we see Mary is at the wedding festival, exausted with her 30yr old son because he wouldnt do that THING with the water ;) When Jesus acts like he is refusing to come through Mary goes around him and tells the servants to get ready to do something for him,and Jesus does the miracle lol :D. And last we see Mary at the Crucifixion. His Disciples scattered, and followers went into hiding, but His Mother stayed when the rest of the world walked away. Mary is such a rich tapesty of real motherhood woven with Lots of Excitement, knitted with years of work, and sown together by one moment of Intense Pain.

In the end all these moms had two things in common, the worked day after day until the day they died to be Psalm 31 women, Some succeeded, others paved the learning experience for those of us who would have tumbled down the cliff along time ago, AND THEY MADE MISTAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT EVEN THE MOTHER OF GOD WAS PERFECT!!!!!!!!!! Remember that next time you feel like you are falling short of being "THE ULTIMATE SUPER MOM". You are the Ultimate mom you can be....Only if this is what you strive to be.

Part 2...Adventures in the NICU

You never know true heartbreak till you have to leave your child in the hands of strangers. Till you have to willingly give them up despite everything you feel. This was our case when Jeshual was born. My 4lb wonder was as healthy as could be,but he was way to little.

After he was born we were able to spend a little bit of time with him before they took him. During this time it was just Andrew, Jesh and I in our little tiny delivery room, #6 of Community Labor and Delivery :D. During this time I was filled with so many emotions i felt like any second i would go into massive OVERLOAD. Thanks to God, tears of mixed emotions were all that happened.

How could it be? How could my little boy be so small, so healthy, and yet so helpless? How could I be so helpless? With tear filled eyes I handed my 4pound treasure to the nurses and watched them walk away. Ouch! It was hard to understand and conceive that where he was going, he needed to be even though in my head the only place he needed to be was in the arms of his loving Mother and Father.

Andrew and I sat in the delivery room for another hour after they took Jeshual...this hour seemed to go on forever. When we went into the Hospital,  my expected delivery time was going to be later on in the night so when I had my son at 4:12pm a room was not yet prepared for me. When they finally had a room ready for us it was already dark out. After a couple visitors, I couldn't handle it ANYMORE, I NEEDED to see my son. So when I was cleaned up and the nurses were done with me, I rushed off to the NICU.

I entered a very warm room with several machines in it. A nurse finally took me to the machine that housed my little boy. He looked nothing like he did when I first held him. Now he was attached to so many tubes and wires he looked so artificial. I was so scared, so confused, I wanted nothing more than to rip the wires off and run away with him. But in the back of my mind I heard HIS still small voice saying "Trust me, I have him in my hands" Calming down a bit I was able to finally hold my child, wires and all, and cry tears of joy because I knew everything was going to be alright.

The next two or three days went by all mushed together. Andrew and I would go down to the NICU every 2 hours to feed our little guy, and wait anxiously for midnight to roll around and see the weight results. I was crushed when the first two days went by with minimal weight gain, and than suddenly NO weight was gained at all. I started fearing the worst that we were going to be here until his projected due date....a whole month away. I couldnt handle it. I couldnt sleep, couldnt eat, couldnt really function, I felt like my whole world and everything I had worked so hard to create and keep alive, was just....failing. I spent the majority of my time when I wasnt in the NICU in my room on the 3rd floor. Man was I exhausted. Several times I would doze off in the NICU with Jeshual on my chest.

         Being a Medicade patient entiled me to 2 nights in the Labor and Delivery rooms as a natural birth.THankfully the staff at the hospial saw our dedication in being the only parents who would consistantly come down to the NICU every 2 hours, and pushed to get us a room there on the campus of the Hospital. Another good pushing point was the 45 min drive we would have to make to get from our home in Frenchtown to the Hospital in MIssoula. We were given a room called "Mothers Rooming" on the 3rd floor (surgery recovery) for the remainder of our stay, until we could take our precious angel home. Home....I missed it sooo much. I felt trapped in the Hospital, so I spent alot of time in my car talking to a variety of people on the phone. Of course unlike my first two days I was able to come and go as I pleased, and with all the breast milk I had stored up i really didnt need to be there every 2hrs, but I didnt want to miss any chance where my son was awake and I could hold him in my arms.

Finally on day 5 he started to show good signs of weight gain. Not alot, but enough. So they decided to allow him to room in with us. With this news they moved us from the 3rd floor back down to the Labor and Delivery unit where they could keep a close monitoring eye on him. So close that they installed a tracker on him that if he left, or came to close to the barrier...or had no pulse, it would send an emergency warning throughout the hospital security system. Well there went my running away idea, I could take it off but it would register no pulse and send a freak out. so I dealt with it. For 2 days we were able to finally spend Alone time with Jeshual. This ment no nurses 24/7 no cords no machines, just him, and us. Wow what a reliefe, he was slowly gaining weight, and slowly preparing for the world outside the hospital.

The next 2 days went by without a problem as a matter of fact as each day went bye we grew closer and closer to taking him home. The Monday after he was born the 27th was our Baby Shower at the Frenchtown Community Church. We had so desperatly been hoping that Jeshual would be able to attend it with us but instead he was in the NICU for 2 hours while we were away. I hated having to leave him at the hospital, I hadnt left the campus since I got there....I felt like I was abandoning him

At the Shower we saw alot of our friends and were able to share pictures with them. We played games, chatted and comforted each other as the next two hours went by. Finally it was time to return back to the NICU where I would find my handsom little Monkey waiting anxiously for our return...well not really, but i was anxious for our return. We went back to our room and called for our nurse who than brought us our baby boy. This would be our last night in the Hospial before we would emerge a family of 3.
That evening Danielle came in and told us it was time to lean Bathtime so for the first time my son got a Full Body Bath....Naked and all lol. (he had his head washed the first day he was born). We were not to pleased with this. During his bath time his Umbilical cord fell off...Yay!!

That next morning we were woken up by the Morning NICU nurse named Danielle, She told us "Todays the Day" and finally we were able to go home. The last remaining task was for the Nurses staff to do a Carseat test on him. We brought out seat into the NICU where he would have to sit in it for an hour on both a heart and oxygen monitor. So for an hour we sat in our room and packed all our stuff together. After about an hour and 15 min the Danielle returned with a concerned look on her face and explained to us that during the test Jeshuals oxygen levels dropped dangerously low. This ment he could never travel in that carseat. An overwhelming flood of destruction washed over me and I collapesed on the bed. She appologized and said unless we can find a smaller carseat, we would be unable to go home until he could sit in the one we had and pass.I was not determeined to stay there another night. So I went out at 9 o'clock in the morning on Tuesday the 28th and went on my desperte search for a carseat that my son could use to go Home. First I tried Shopko...and failed they had nothing for a baby less than 5 lbs. This was my same problem at both of our MIssoula Wal'Marts, JCPenny's, Sears, and Herbergers. I was able to find one at Target but to my dismay it was sold out. Wow, yet another crushed moment. 

I sat in my car for what seemed like eternity and just wept and called out to God so scared that It would be forever before we could take Jeshual to his home. In the back of my mind I knew I had one last hope and that was to try Kmart. So back accross town I drove. Past the hospital, and the disappointing Shopko. I walked into Kmart where their baby section is all the way on the side of the store. I prayed the entire walk from the door to the first isle of the Infants.

It might as well have been glowing a bright white, the first carseat I layed my eyes on said "For infantes 4LBS TO 22LBS" and they had a few in stock. Looking like I had just found the lost Treasure of Davy Jones, I hurried to the checkout desk and paid $75 for my new carseat (the one at Target would have cost me $160) Thank You LORD!!!! I hurried back to the Hospital with my new find...correction my new Life Line.  I dont think I stopped moving until I was standing, panting in my hospital room. Andrew and I did a quick look over of the carseat and both aggreed this was it, This would get us out of here. Hand in hand we walked to the NICU where they still had Jeshual sleeping in his crib-thing. I showed them the seat and retold the story of my search. Without hesitation the looked it over and buckled him in it. They said this time he would need to remain in the seat without problems for an hour and a half...and this was our last try before it would possibly become a whole new waiting game. The time passed fairly slowly seeing as we had nothing to do now that we had already packed up our room earlier that morning. It was mid-afternoon now, around 4 O'clock. When again i looked up at the clocked it was 12 after 4. Happy 1 week  Birthday Jeshual. When 4:30 came around the nurse came into our room wheeling our beautiful baby boy and carrying our Sucessful carseat. HOME HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once home I finally was able to let the exhaustion overcome me and Im almost possitive I slept the rest of the day and the whole night, but Andrew refused to tell me how long I was out. I fell asleep on our bed that was COVERED with baby gifts from the day before...I didnt care, I made a small little whole and curled up. within seconds I was GONE.

Look for more stories in the days to come....

April 12, 2012...My 22nd Birthday

I know I said my next post would be a continue of my last post, but being its my birthday today I figured I would do a birthday post.

I was born 22 years ago at 10:15pm. I was 7lbs 10ozs. In an adorable coincidence I was born at the same hospital I had the privileged of having my son at. :D

This is the first birthday I have been able to have at home in 2 years. 

I spent the first in NY while I was attending bible college. My now husband, at the time boyfriend, took me to a nice quite lunch at the Broadway Cafe on the campus. He got me a cute yellow shirt, that I wore whenever possible :), and a blue Snuggie, I had let it slip that I had wanted one for sometime. 

The second was my 21st. Ahhh lol such an interesting night. I was living in Great Falls Montana, working for Kranz Florists. I had amazing co-workers... even though I had a donkey for a boss...ah-hem... My manager, Jenica Yokum now the Godmother of my son, told me that even though we all had to work the next day we NEEDED to celebrate. So Jenica, my husband Andrew, our delivery driver Ryan, and I went out to 3 bars in one night. Mind you I'm not a drinker...well I'm not one to hold alcohol well. The next day we all had to be at work between 7am and 10am, by than we were all at work. The next few hours were well...lets just say I regretted the nigh before hahahah. I have never had such a hard time designing, or tolerating people in my life.

This birthday was my first birthday as a Wife and a Mother. Today I saw the true meaning of the word blessing. My son had a rather cranky morning which kinda set a dark tone to the day. Yesterday morning I got a perm that well... didn't turn out like I wanted. So this morning I went into a slight breakdown. Luckily I had my first blessing this morning. My husband was there to help me tame the unruly napped hair. Now I love it!!!! My second blessing came when I was able to see my son smile for the first time. Unfortunentally I couldn't get a pic it was over to soon :( My last blessing came in the form of my Parents. They took Jeshual for a couple hours so we could go to a planned dinner by Andrew. He took me to my new favorite place, BUFFALO WILD WINGS!!!!! Yumm!!!! 

Overall I had an amazing day, No matter how rough it started. The events of the rest of the day made everything totally worth it!!!! 

Probably my favorite moment of the day. Andrew, Jeshual, and I were waiting in the parking lot of my mothers work for her to get off so we could leave monkey with her. For some reason he was just Extremely unhappy. Didn't want a bottle, didn't need a diaper change, wasn't too warm, wasn't too cold, and than didn't want daddy. All he needed was Mommy. He laid in my arms and fussed at first until i reached to hold his Suckie in his mouth and he grabbed my hand. My Son Hugged Me For The First Time!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you liked my blog please take the time to read some other blogs by some of my close friends. You will always find something encouraging and uplifting in all of their blogs.

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

Dan Case Jr. - http://changingoneweekatatime.blogspot.com/

Sianna Rose - http://confessionsofarmywife.blogspot.com/

Abigail Case - http://mexicobound10.blogspot.com/

Angel Moore - http://sourgonnabeamom.blogspot.com/

O an Thanks for all your Birthday wishes. They were another giant blessing and day brightener for me today!

Oh Ya...The Birth!!!

Wow, almost 2 months have gone by since the birth of my little angel Jeshual Sorren Mitzel. I now realize that I have been slacking in my blogging which is weird because I have been complaining about having nothing to do...reality I have tons I can do. Well lets share the story.

Jeshual was born at the Community Medical Center in Missoula Montana on February 21, 2012. He weighed a whopping  4lbs 5ozs at birth and was 17inches long. He was 4 weeks exactly early. I started to develop Toxemia (or Preclampsia) with the High blood pressure of 160/100 they decided that it was time for the little one to come out. I walked into Community at 7:30am on the 21st. By 8:45 they had started the IV and started the induction of my labor. The next few hours were SOOOO SLOW!!!! At noon Dr. Craig McCoy (My OBGYN from week 14) came in and broke my water. After a bit I started to feel contractions. I had an amazing visit from my Pastor, my Parents, and some very close friends (  ;) You know who you are!). 

At about 2:45pm the contractions became more than I could deal with. I called for my nurse who than called for my anesthesiologist. My Fears were about to become a reality.....I was getting a giant needle in my back!!! After a few injections of the local anesthetic and fighting contractions the gentleman performing the epidural realized that it was when I was contracting that I couldn't feel the poking on my back. With this new found information he waited for my next contraction and fiddled around behind me pretending to work ;) because when the next contraction came, I told him it was there he said ok i will wait and with a few pokes to my back he treated the cathader into my back. I finally stopped contracting and told him it was ok for him to proceed with his work. Andrew (My Husband) looked at me and told me "Its ok, its all over". The gentleman than took to bandaging everything up.

Random mommy Point....Had to stop to put a Suckie in twice now :D I have been working on this up to here for 30 min lol... I love my Son <3 Taking a baby break. Be back in 5 :) 

Ok a bottle was needed and so was a change of pukey clothes. Now its time to blog one handed.

Where was I....O ya, So after some time and a few doses I was feeling Good. My nurse came in around 3:30pm and checked my dilation. In less than an hour I had dilated from 3cm to a full 10!! So my nurse sent for McCoy and the delivery team. At 3:50 I started pushing. Without a sound and without difficulty my son Jeshual Sorren Mitzel was born at 4:12pm. (Ironically my birthday is 4/12/90) He came out with a cough and a cry,the most beautiful sound I have ever heard in my life!!!. My husband got to cut the umbilical cord, and he was whisked into my arms!!! 

Jeshual was born at 4 pounds 5 ounces and 17 inches long. After a bit of quality time with him and some measurements taken. He was taken from us and rushed to the NICU due to his little stature. With sad/joyous hearts we walked to the room we would inhabit for 2 days....just the 2 of us, my husband and I. The rest of the story to come in my next post....look for "Adventures in the NICU".

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