The Murphy's

love

2011-10-09T11:49:00.000-05:00

It has been a CRAZY week! Probably the craziest of my life! I have laughed and cried harder than ever. My heart has felt full and loved and then empty and broken.

Last Tuesday Fletcher woke up and was very fussy. He seemed like he couldn't get comfy and my Mommy instincts kicked in. I took his temp and it was 100.3. The pediatritian told us that 100.4 was a fever in a baby...so I called her office to see what if anything we sould do. She told us to take him to the emergency room. She told us that we would probably be staying a few days so I should pack a bag. I hung up the phone and my heart broke. I just held my baby and cried. Jonathon ran home from work and helped me pack. We rushed up the the hospital and the tests began. They drew blood, put a cathater in him for a urine sample, took a chest xray, swabbed him for a flu test and an rsv test. It was hard to watch. The Lord provided an Awesome ER doctor. All of his tests came back clear so they gave him a round of antibiotics in an IV and sent us home (8 hours later).

We got home and Fletcher seemed back to normal. He was eating and sleeping and back to his normal self. So we hung out the next few days and he was fine. He never got a fever again or got fussy. I thought everything was great!

Friday morning we had a followup appointment with his pediatritian. She said she looked over his tests and there was a bacterial infection in his blood but that the round of antibiotics probably got rid of it. She was upset thar the ER doctor didn't do a spinal tap on Fletcher (I was not upset at all bc I was a little scared of it). SHe said that he looked good and was going to give him some antibiotics for him to take for a week just to be sure. So we left her office and thought everything was great.

We went to lunch and went back home to take a nap. I noticed that I had a missed call so I checked my voicemail and it was the doctors office. They wanted me to call them back immediately. So I called and talked to the doctor. She said that she was uneasy about letting us go home and she really wanted Fletcher to have a spinal tap. She said that we needed to go back to the ER to get a spinal tap and that we would be staying for a week so Fletch could get antibiotics in an IV. I started crying on the phone with her. I was upset and confused and scared! I didn't understand why we needed to go back to the hospital. Fletcher was fine and back to normal.

I called my parents and told them what was going on...and they were in the car in about 15 minutes. I called my sister and she said she would come up for the week to help. I just sat and cried. It felt like God was just giving me a big hug and telling me that it was going to be ok. I have the BEST family. They are so loving and supportive. So after a few minutes of crying, we packed up everything I would need for the next week and headed back to the ER. And the tests began...again. This time they had to do a spinal tap.

They had to move us to the PICU in Monroe. I cried. I didn't want to be so far away from Molly and Jonathon. When we got to Monroe, they did more tests...and another spinal tap. All of his tests came back clear, but we still had to stay the week to make sure the infection was gone.

It was a loooong week in the hospital. It was hard being there at night by myself...especially for the 4am feedings! It was hard being away from Molly. It was hard not being able to leave the room. It was lonely. But the Lord provided! He gave me the BEST nurses. My sister came up every day to hang out with me. Jonathon came up every night to bring me supper. And Jonathon's mom came up one day to sit with Fletcher so Jonathon and I could go out to eat.

This was probably one of the hardest and lonliest times of my life, but it was also a time when I felt most loved!

New addition

2011-09-22T14:31:00.001-05:00

Fletcher is now a week old! He is such a sweet baby! Everything has been going great with him so far. I had a pretty easy delivery too.

I was having contractions for about a week and they were strong but not consistent. There were a few times that I was ready to head to the hospital but then my contractions slacked off.

I went to my doctors appointment last Wednesday and he checked me. I was 2 cm dilated and very thinned out. He told me that if I wanted to, he would put me in to be induced that night. Before that day, I would have told you that i was totally against being induced. But I was ready to have a baby!

I left his office and did some last minute shopping. I was excited and nervous and freaking out a little! I called my parents and they were on the road within a few minutes.

Jonathon, my mom, and I headed to the hospital at midnight. I walked into the delivery room and met my nurse. Turns out she was my mom's college buddy. So they chit chatted all night while I was on the pitocin. I did get a few little naps here and there. My doctor came in at 9am and broke my water. Then I got the best epidural ever! My entire family and Jonathon's family and several of my friends came to hang out (wouldn't recommend this). At about 2:30 I was feeling some pressure and the nurse came and checked me. I was fully dilated and ready to push!

The nurse got me all ready to start pushing and called the doctor. I pushed one time before he got there and the nurse said she could see the baby's head and that he had a lot of hair! The doctor came in and sat down and delivered the baby. It was so much quicker than with Molly. I pushed 3 or 4 times and we had our baby! He was perfect! 7 pounds 4 ounces and 20 inches long.

Having another baby was sooo cool for me. Everything happened so much faster and my body healed faster too! And I had the best doctor and the best nurses. If Jonathon and I were millionaires, I would love to have 4 or 5 kids!

Fletcher has been the best little baby! It's been more difficult with molly who wants to climb on mommy and poke her little brother in the head. But it's so much fun having 2 babies! I love our growing family!!!

justa waiting!

2011-09-07T10:45:00.000-05:00

I am 38 weeks pregnant....Molly was born at 38 weeks...therefore I am ready to have Fletcher sooon if not today! :) My body hurts, the nursery is ready (sorry I havent taken any pics), the hospital bags are packed, the baby clothes are washed and in the drawers, the carseat is in the trunk, all of my work is done, the house is spotless....now just waiting. It's SOO hard to be patient! Part of me thinks that since I have everything so ready, Fletcher is going to come late.

Molly is ready to meet her little brother (She calls him Pletcher or Pletch). It's really cute! She's been practicing with her baby dolls. She feeds them bottles and tucks them in bed at night and says night night prayers with them. We've told her that we're going to go to the doctor and get baby Fletcher soon, so every morning she says, "Mommy are you going to the doctor today to get Fletcher?"

I'm ready to see what he's going to look like. I'm ready to hold a tiny baby. I'm ready to love and kiss and squeeze him tight! I'm ready to be home with our big family!

Swimming with Molly

2011-08-13T12:52:00.001-05:00

Since we'll be having a new addition to our family in the next month, I've been spending as much time with Molly as I can.

This morning we took a trip to Hobby Lobby. They were having some great sales...dangerous! We bought about 8 canvases (they were 30% off) and a bunch of paint. Jonathon and I are going to decorate molly and fletcher's rooms. Can't wait to get started!

After molly and I ate lunch at Dowlings, we came home. Molly decided that she wanted to swim. We have a tiny inflatable pool from last summer, and she loved it!

Now it's nap time. I love our mommy/ daughter days together!

things you don't say to a pregnant woman...

2011-08-02T13:35:00.000-05:00

Last time I was pregnant, I didn't experience this as much. But now that I'm pregnant again, I've come into contact with a few people that have no filters. I know they're not being mean or rude, they just don't think before they say these things. Here are the top few things that I've heard:

1. "Wow, are you sure you're not having twins." (Coworker)
2. "Man, you sure look like you're about to pop." (Different Coworker)
3. "Aren't you so cute and lumpy." (An old lady who teaches one of our children's Sunday School classes)
4."Well you sure have blossomed." (Church member)
5. *This is probably my favorite. I was talking to that same Sunday School teacher about moving into our new house and she said: "Keri, please don't make Jonathon carry you over the threshold. "

Fun times! It really didn't make me mad, I just laughed. Bc really, what can you say to them. But if you ever have the urge to say one of these things to a pregnant woman, please don't. :)

Ima Blog Slacker!

2011-07-26T16:37:00.000-05:00

I don't know WHERE July went! But it's been a ridiculously crazy month for the Murphy's! So here are the updates:

We are officially in our new house! And no, it's not the house that I posted a picture of in the previous post. Loooong story short: The other house had some serious foundation problems and a long list of other big issues. So we found another house. Here it is:

We absolutely LOVE our new house. It's a lot bigger than our last house, which is good since we're about to have a new little Murphy running around!

We moved in on a Thursday, which went very smoothly thanks to our awesome friends and family! But moving when you're 30 weeks pregnant is not so much fun. It's just frustrating bc you can't move things where you want them to go.

3 days after we moved in, I left for camp for a week. Also an interesting thing to do when you're 30 weeks pregnant! We took 15 kids from our church to Children's camp. It was AWESOME!!! One of our kids asked Jesus into his heart, which made the week even more awesome! I don't miss sleeping in a dorm though!

SOOO now that July is almost over, the countdown begins. I am officially 32 weeks pregnant. Molly came a little bit early (at 38 weeks) so I'm going to make sure I'm ready for Fletcher to come. If he decides to come when his sister did, that is in 6 short weeks!!! Whew! Hopefully August will be nice and relaxing....just me getting ready for Fletcher to come in September. I found the cutest little boy bedding at Target (online) and it should be delivered today....so hopefully his nursery will be ready soon!

That's all for now.

pregnant women should not buy/sell houses!

2011-05-26T14:28:00.000-05:00

Talk about STRESS!!!

So we put in a offer on a GREAT house and they accepted! Whoo Hoo! We are having the inspection next week and then it's mostly just waiting on the bank to finalize everything. Here's a pic:

It's going to be a great hosues for us! It's in a really good neighborhood. It has 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. Ready to move in!

So that process is going great but the sale of our house is getting kind of stressful. We signed the contract on Friday. And yesterday (Wednesday) they did their home inspection. Now technically we had a 5 day inspection period (which is what they wanted) and they did not give us their written requests on the house by the 5th day which was yesterday. So legally we don't have to fix any of their requests. But this morning the agent emailed with some concerns (not an official request). But the problem with all of the concerns is that most of them were concerns when the buyers owned the house the 1st time. The buyers lived in our house about 5 years ago and want to buy it back. One of the concerns is the roof. They think that the shingles need to come down about 2 more feet to cover the siding. They want us to replace the entire roof to fix it. Well they were the ones that put the new roof on 5 years ago, seems like they would have extended the shingles then.

And they did the inspection yesterday afternoon. Jonathon was off of work so he checked everything out before he left the house. Well when I got home from work last night, the air conditioning wasn't working. It was working when Jonathon left (about 15 minuted before the inspector came). And it is still currently not working. And the fun part is that nobody will take resposibility for it. The realtor won't help, the inspector doesn't seem to know what to do. So we slept in a warm house last night and probably will again tonight until we get it figured out.

And I thought moving day would be the most stressful part!

selling the house!!!

2011-05-23T12:50:00.000-05:00

So it is official! We are under contract and are selling our house. Our closing date is June 28th, just 10 days after VBS and the weekend of the Peach Festival.

So now the fun begins: time to find a new house. We've probably looked at 10+ houses in the past week and a half and are going to see a few more tomorrow. We found one that we really like online and are going to see it tomorrow. It's in a great neighborhood and it has 4 bedrooms which is perfect for our growing family. So hopefully we'll find The One soon so we won't be homeless in a month!

In other news: Molly has been regularly tee teeing in her big girl potty! I am so proud of her! My baby girl is growing up so fast. And she has also officially started the Terrible Two's! Say a prayer for us because she's becoming very independent and hard-headed (pretty sure she got that from her Daddy)!

All is well with baby #2! He is definitely going to be a soccer player.

Random Wednesday!

2011-05-11T12:18:00.000-05:00

Today started out pretty normal. I woke up WAY early bc I couldn't sleep, which is very typical these days. I feel like I have a lot more energy lately, I just need to channel that energy into something productive.

So I was sitting at work, sending out some postcards when Jonathon called me. Nothing too strange bc it was almost lunch time and he usually calls to find out what I'm craving for lunch. He tells me that he has some crazy news. I automatically assume that it's work related but it's totally not.

He tells me that the realtor that sold us our house called him this morning and an old owner would like to buy our house. She didn't give any $$ numbers but she did say that we would be making a profit. So then my brain went into overdrive! We have been thinking about moving a LOT lately!

When we bought our house, we got the IRS First Time Buyers Tax Credit, which was $8,000. That definitely came in handy when buying furniture and appliances for the house. But there was a condition with the credit: you must live in the house for 3 years or you have to pay it all back. So that was the stinker! We have now lived in our house for 2 years and only have a year left, so we just figured that we would tough it out. But now, it might just be possible to find a bigger better house in Ruston!

We do LOVE our house but it has 1 downfall: it's in Dubach, which is about a 15 minute drive to Ruston. It's not horrible but it does get very OLD!!! I can't just run home and grab something and I can't go home for lunch. And not to mention that I fill up on gas about every 5-6 days.

So random Wednesday it is! There might be a possible move in our future! SOO ready!!!

crazy night!

2011-04-21T22:07:00.000-05:00

I have had such a CRAZY night so far!

It started off pretty normal...we went to eat with some friends of ours. We went to Rabbs and it was SOO yummy! Our friends came back to our house and we were just hanging out. Well Becca who was hanging out with us is 38 weeks pregnant. She went to the doctor today and they scheduled to induce her next Tuesday.

So the boys went outside to light something on fire while Becca and I chilled on the couch. We started talking about labor and baby stuff and she asked me about contractions. She told me that she had been having them all night and they were getting closer together. Soo I got out my laptop and we started logging her contractions. We did this for 2 hours and they went from 8 minutes to 6. CRAZY!!! It brought back all of the excitement of waiting for Molly to come.

She and her husband just left to go get their hospital stuff ready! I am so excited right now! We might be going up to the hospital later tonight!!!

18 weeks!

2011-04-18T22:44:00.000-05:00

i am 18 weeks pregnant! my clothes are fitting a little tighter these days. Most of my shirts are too small bc apparantly the second time around, ur "ladies" grow a LOT faster! I'm not ready for my maternity pants yet, but I don't think it will be too much longer before we will be reacquainted!

In other pregnancy related things: I feel like I am eating like a college student. Foods I crave: ramen noodles, totinos pizzas, and capri suns.

I feel like this pregnancy is flying by! Or maybe I have been so crazy busy with work and life that I havent had too much time to think about it!

I'm sooo excited about having a little boy! We've been trying to come up with a name...and it's really cute when Molly tries to say them.

big day!

2011-04-15T22:41:00.000-05:00

today was a super awesome day! we had an ultrasound at the doctor and found out the gender of little murphy #2!

it's a.......BOY!!!

and we couldn't be happier! jonathon has not stopped grinning!

now to figure out what we will name the lil fella! pics to come soon!

going to the doctor

2011-04-14T22:07:00.000-05:00

Tomorrow is the big day! We will hopefully find out if we are having a little girl or boy. And I am stinkin excited!

So I also realize that it has been a while since I have posted. It has been a CRAZY last few weeks! We took our 5th and 6th graders to a retreat a Pine Cove a few weekends ago. It was awesome!

I am also gearing up full gear for VBS this year. I am in charge this year and it takes a LOT of prayer and planning. Anybody want to teach?

We have slowly been trying to potty train Molly. She has successfully tooted on the potty twice but that is all for now. And thats ok bc it's a process.

dear pregnancy

2011-03-14T01:40:00.000-05:00

dear pregnancy,

it is 1:37 in the morning and i hafta be awake at 5:00am. i am getting on an airplane tomorrow to go to a big conference in san diego. please let me sleep. ok thanks!

-keri

doctor visit!

2011-03-04T14:19:00.000-06:00

We went to the doctor yesterday for an ultrasound. It was sooo awesome! We didn't get any 4D pics with Molly so it's really cool to see. Here are a few pics:

I just LOVE looking at my baby! Dr. Smith looked to see whether it was a boy or girl...but he said it was still too early to tell. I thought I saw some little boy parts but it all kinda looks the same at this stage.

I've been feeling pretty good...havent thrown up since the Habachi place. I just can't sleep at night. I think my body is getting into a routine of waking up at 4:00am every night and I'm not happy about it!!! And the crazy dreams are still here! I won't go into detail but believe me, they are crazy!!!

I think I might make it Facebook official this weekend. I've called my Grandma; I just need to call 1 more aunt.

lyrics

2011-02-25T16:54:00.000-06:00

So I was sitting at my desk with my Pandora playing. It was on a random radio station. I have a habit of liking songs that have a really catchy melody without even knowing the lytics. So I decided to google a few song lyrics. Shocking...and I'm not talking about cuss words or sexual inuindo. I'm talking about people who truely lost and searching for something. Here are a few lyrics I saw:

"Just prayed to a god that I don't believe in."

"I believe in nothing; not in sin and not in God."

And these are popular songs on the radio!That's just crazy to me!

Jonathon and I have been praying a lot lately about where God is calling us. Right now I have an incredibly job as a children's minister at an amazing church. But we have always felt led to missions. So we're praying that in maybe the next 5 years God would prepare us to go somewhere. I don't know if it's overseas or here in North America...bc just listening to those lyrics today made me realize just how many people here are lost and searching for the truth. I makes me truely feel blessed that I have a job where I have the opportunity to share Jesus with our children every week!

not so hot!

2011-02-22T13:33:00.000-06:00

Today I have set a record for throwing up. Yucky!!!

It started this morning. I ate a bagel and was fine. I was hungry a little later on the way to work so I poured a bowl of lucky charms to take with me. I got to the end of the street, took a bite of cereal, and knew it was over. I put the car in park, opened the door, poured out the cereal on the street, and then up came my bagel in my cereal bowl. I thought I was done...wrong!!!

I got to work and felt much better. I took the elevator up to the 3rd floor and felt a little jolt in my tummy. I walked in our staff meeting long enough to set my stuff down and went straight to the bathroom. I think I threw up the other half of my bagel. So I felt a lot better and sat through staff meeting.

So we went to lunch as a staff. I stepped out of the car at Ronin Habachi (one of my fav's) and felt it coming. So I headed straight to the bathroom. I have never experienced throwing up my mouth before...until today. I held it in until the bathroom and then I threw up some bagel remnents. Then I ate my habachi meal.

That's it so far. But 3 times in a morning is definitely a record for me!!!

PS..sorry if this is really gross!!!

love the spring!

2011-02-21T15:21:00.000-06:00

So yesterday was a GORGEOUS Sunday afternoon! We came home from church, put Molly down for a nap, and went straight outside. We walked around the yard and started listing our Spring projects. It's a pretty good list but at the top of the list: Deck or patio!

We're still not sure which to do. We have a huge backyard but need a nice space to grill and eat outside. We just can't decide which to put in. A deck would be more upfront labor (for Jonathon) but pretty low maintenance. A patio would be pretty easy to do but with a patio comes more flower beds. Hmmm. So what did we do....went to Lowe's! Don't tell my parents but I have grown to LOVE Lowe's. We were forced to go as children for what felt like hours and hours of torture. But it's totally different when you have your own house and lots of projects.

Jonathon and I are both off this Thursday so there will be some serious yard work going on! Will post pics of final product!

awesome valentines day!!!

2011-02-15T16:22:00.000-06:00

I had the best Valentines Day ever yesterday! It started by Molly Belle waking me up with a big kiss..which makes any day great!!! I met Jonathon for lunch at Fox's Pizza and it was delicious! I had to go to work for a few hours after work but I did get a little shopping in.

So Jonathon really wanted these avacado green loafer shoes...which I made it my mission to find. Well I did not find the shoes anywhere...I even looked online! No such luck! So on my way to work Monday after lunch (One of the perks of being part time), I stopped at a men's clothing shop downtown. They did not have the green avacado shoes, but they were having a BIG sale on Sperry Top Sider shoes which are Jonathon's favorite. So I bought him not one, but two pair of shoes.

After work, I went to Super 1 to get super supplies. I made lasagna and it was the best I've ever made! I also got an apple pie and some ice cream...also delicious!!!

We had a great evening! Jonathon's brother came over and we all watched Valentines Day. Good movie!

And to top it off, Jonathon got me a massage and pedicure from Amberly's for V-Day! He's the BEST!!!

crazy dreaming!

2011-02-09T11:48:00.000-06:00

I have the weirdest pregnancy dreams!!! I remember having them with Molly...but they have been extra crazy lately. They're much more vivid than regular dreams. Here are the 3 craziest of the week:

1. I dreamed that I was at Brett Favre's house. I was just hanging out with him and his family. And his kids were being held captive in the basement by Brett's crazy mother. I promise I didn't make this up! Real dream!

2. A few nights ago I dreamed that I went to work in just my panties.

3. Last night I dreamed that I went to my grandpa's house and he had fallen out of his chair and couldn't get up. I couldn't find my keys so I had to go back to my house and get them. So I got the keys and went to help Grandpa. I helped him up off the floor and he couldn't remember what happened. This is extra crazy bc my grandpa died about 10 years ago.

That's all I have for now. I'll update if they get crazier!

feeling really pregnant sometimes!

2011-02-07T13:11:00.000-06:00

It's been a queasy kind of week. I haven't lost my breakfast in a little while, but that yucky feeling seems to linger in my tummy! Pretzels and crackers help a little, but I'm ready for that second trimester with no queasiness!!!

Last Wednesday, I dressed Molly in her Big Sister shirt for church. And it was a hit! She is going to be such a good big sister! She started kissing my belly and saying baby while pointing to my tummy. She really is the cutest baby!!!

Just to brag a little more on Molly: She has started telling me when she's about to go poopoo. We havent officially started potty training, but I don't think it will be too much longer! Can't wait!

Going to the doctor this Thursday!!! SOOOO Excited!!! Hopefully he'll do an ultrasound so we can see our little jellybean!

and so it begins...

2011-02-01T21:15:00.000-06:00

Well I thought I was doing good this pregnancy, but this morning was another story! I woke up and had a yucky feeling. I knew what was coming but was hoping that I could eat a bagel really quick and it would settle my tummy. WRONG!!! Shortly after finishing my bagel, it came back up to see me. Sad day!!!

But on the up-side, I told everyone at work today about baby and they were SUPER excited! I'm glad I work at such an awesome church!

Countdown: I go to the doctor in 9 days!!! Whoo Hoo!!! Ready to see the little jellybean!

p.s. today was such a productive day at work. I registered our kids for camp in july, ordered my vbs kit, planned our 5th/6th grade misison trip, and finished planning our 1st Friday event! WHOOPIE!!!

the 4:8 Principle

2011-01-26T13:25:00.000-06:00

Need a great book to read? I HIGHLY recommend this book. It's called The 4:8 Principle by Tommy Newberry and we're reading it together as a staff at work. Life-changing stuff!!!

To sum up the book:
The book teaches you how to discipline your mind and think on things from above.
It's based on Philippians 4:8 which says, "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

Some of my favorite quotes:

"Virtually any meaningful goal is within reach when you become mentally disciplined."

"Whether you choose to count your blessings or choose to complain, it's helpful to understand that you have a choice."

"Negative thinking corrupts your brain and triggers harmful mental states such as anxiety, moodiness, depression, and irritability. If a thought brings about worry, fear, or fatigue, it is not from God."

"Your spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical health depends on your becoming a perpetual forgiveness machine."

I really could add 20 more of my favorite quotes from the book...it's full of highlighted and underlined pages. But it's a great book that really changes your outlook and helps you focus on the joy in your life!

things your mom didn't tell you about pregnancy...

2011-01-23T15:52:00.000-06:00

So if you would have asked me a month ago about my pregnancy with Molly, I would have told you that it was great and easy! It's amazing how quickly you forget about all the pregnancy symptoms! So I've decided to tell all about the ones that have already come back:

1. sleep...or lack there of!
Not only do I wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, sometimes I just wake up...wide awake. I just lay there until I eventually fall back asleep, which makes me sleep really hard, so I am grumpy the next morning!

2. heartburn!
It doesn't matter what I eat, my chest soon starts burning. Luckily I can take meds for it! But it is crazy when I eat a sandwich and 5 mins later, I reach for the tums!

3. I just want to poop!
Constipation...enough said! I'd never been constipated before in my life until I was pregnant with Molly.

4. did I just pee?
Yep, it happens alot when you're pregnant! When you cough, sneeze, or sometimes you have a sudden urge and feel the gush before you make it to the bathroom.

5. gas mask!
I do feel bad for Jonathon sometimes...I have the WORST gas of my life! Can't help it! :)

That's all for now. There are plenty more symptoms but these are the only ones that come to mind at the moment. Going to the doctor in 2 weeks! Can't wait to see little jellybean!

oh my dear elm street bakery

2011-01-19T11:00:00.000-06:00

Last Thursday Jonathon and I took a random road trip to El Dorado, Arkansas. We've never been and it's only about 30 minutes from our house. We went downtown and ate at a cute little bistro called the Black Cat Cafe (Which had very good food). We also did a little bit of shopping. But best of all, we stopped at the Elm Street Bakery for some afternoon coffee. Well because of the little jellybean inside my tummy, the smell of coffee makes me nauseous so I opted for some hot chocolate. And might I add that it was the BEST hot chocolate I've ever tasted! It came in a huge mug and had whipped cream on top. It was also sprinkled with a bit of cinnamon. Divine! Now I crave this hot chocolate all day long. And the home-made swiss-miss just doesn't compare! Maybe another quick trip to El Dorado is necessary!

ready to tell the world!!!

2011-01-17T14:30:00.000-06:00

Well it is official! We are bringing another little Murphy into the world! And I am SOO excited!!!! Baby #2 (Who I have been referring to as Rufus) should be here mid September. And baby will be exactly 2 years and a month younger than Molly! Couldn't be more perfect!

We've told all of our immediate family and some friends. Tomorrow I'm going to tell some work friends. Not quite ready to make it facebook official...maybe in another few weeks.

It's kinda scary how easily we made a baby this time! Jonathon and I decided to start "trying" so I stopped taking my birth control in December. And a week later, we made a baby! I never expected to get pregnant this fast!

But I knew that I was pregnant! It was WAY to early to take a pregnancy test, but I started having pregnancy symptoms. I kept waking up in the middle of the night, I had really bad heartburn, and I had to go to the bathroom all the time! So I printed off a coupon and went and bought a pregnancy test (all they had was a 3 pack). And I counted out 6 days before my missed period, which was what the test said to do. And I waited until that day. It was a Thursday that I was off of work, so I woke up bright and early and took the test...it was negative! I was really sad...but I still felt like I was pregnant. So the next morning, I took another test...negative again! I started to get kinda depressed about it.

Well a few days later, we woke up to a Snowy Sunday. Most of the churches in town were closed, but we still had services. So we went to church. My tummy started growling during the service and I had just eaten, so I knew something was up. When we got home from church, I went to the bathroom and took the last test in the box....and almost immediately the test was positive!!! I was stoked! I ran to tell Jonathon but he was outside. So I told Molly. But when I told Jonathon, he was SOO Excited!

So long story short...we're pregnant again and couldn't be happier!!!

quick movie review!

2011-01-13T20:13:00.000-06:00

I've been watching quite a few movies this week. Some have been great...and some have been not so great! Here are my thoughts:

Twilight: Movies 1-3
Good movies! Not very true to vampire characteristics (I took a Brit Lit class at Tech and we studied vampires in great detail). But for a teenage romance drama, they are pretty good!

Dinner For Schmucks
It's playing on my tv as we speak, and I've tuned out. I thought it would be funny...wrong! I really like Steve Carrell but he let me down in this movie. One of those movies where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong.

p.s. I am a fan of Red Box! Love it!

o the memories!

2011-01-06T13:22:00.000-06:00

So we finally put up the Christmas decor today which led us to a little bit of spring cleaning. I came upon my wedding dress and of course I had to put it on and prance around the house! It brought back so many amazing memories of one of the best days of my life!!!

Ready to make some new amazing memories in 2011!

bring it on 2011!

2011-01-01T17:11:00.000-06:00

I have 2 goals for 2011:

1. fit into my favorite jeans from freshman year in college. They are sitting at the top of my closet and yes one day my booty will fit into them again! Today is day 1of my couch to 5K program. And March 19 I'm doing a 5K in Longview, TX with Jonathon, his sister, and her husband. Pretty excited!

2. Bring another little Murphy into the world! Been working on that the past few weeks! : )

Ready for whatever this year may bring!

dangerous thinking!

2010-12-10T22:22:00.002-06:00

I think I have the fever...baby fever that is!

It seems like everybody I know is working on a little one! I've always wanted my kids to be close in age...like 2 years apart. And this week...exactly 2 years ago is when we "made" Molly.

So we're not "trying" at the moment...but I don't think it will be too much longer! :)

Part time mom

2010-11-17T09:06:00.002-06:00

One of the best things about my new job is that I work part-time. Really it's a full time job, but I don't have to be in the office quite as much. I'm off Mondays and Fridays, which is VERY nice! There are 2 amazing benefits of the new job:

1. More time with my Molly! We have days where we just play all day! Sometimes we go to the park and sometimes we run errands around town. But I absolutely LOVE these days!

2. New and fun tv shows! I've been working full time since the day I graduated from Tech, and now I get to watch fun shows on tv. In the mornings I like to watch A Baby Story and I think I cry every episode! It makes me want to have another baby SOO bad. But babies are expensive! I know we'll probably think about having another one in the next year. But I also like to watch the Tyra show, Dr. Oz, and The Doctors. All very interesting shows!

I'm going to attempt to blog on the days that I'm off of work. We shall see how this goes!

crazy day!

2010-11-11T15:32:00.003-06:00

Today started out really good. I went to work then to a morning precepts bible study. We took a lil break and I checked my phone. I had 3 missed calls from the daycare and a voicemail asking me to call them asap.

Apparently Molly's class was outside playing and Molly decided to pick some wild mushrooms and eat them. Her teachers got most of it out of her mouth but they werent sure if she swallowed any.

Called the doctor, they told us to give her some epikak to make her throw up and to watch for crazy symptoms. And there are NO stores in ruston that sell epikak...so we gave her a bunch of juice. No crazy symptoms so we shall see!

bad blogger, new job

2010-11-01T12:56:00.004-05:00

I have not been very good at remembering to blog! But a LOT has changed since my last post.

I now have a new career. I went from accounts payable at the church to the children's minister. It was a looong process but I absolutely LOVE my new job! We have amazing kids and families at our church and I get to love on them alot! Here's how it all went down:

About a year ago, we had some changes in our church. Our children's minister became the preschool minister, which left the children's position open. There was a church business meeting to let everybody know about the changes, and as I sat through the meeting I felt a little tug at my heart. I had never even thought about childrens ministry as a career. But I just went on with my life and didn't think about it again for a few months.

We had an interim children's minister who was great! She was kind and always on top of her ministry. I got to work alongside her on Wednesday nights with the kids. She was content with only being the interim and didn't want the position full time. But she mentioned several times that I would be great at the position. So I began praying about it seriously. I didn't tell anyone bc I really wasn't sure if I was the right fit for the job. After about a week of praying, I told Jonathon about it and he was SOO excited...which was very encouraging! So we both prayed about it for a few more weeks. I then went to our education minister about it. We had a conversation about it, but I don't think he knew that I was serious about it. So I kept praying. He didn't really mention it again, so I thought that this was God telling me no. And I was ok with that.

A few months later, I saw a position online for a human resourse assistant at the hospital. It looked very cool and I was very qualified for the job. I interviewed for the position and it went very well! The next day, I talked about it with a coworker and friend. It really bothered him that I was possibly leaving, so the next day we talked about it again. He asked me if I had ever thought about the children's position. I told him that I had prayed about it, but wasn't sure if it was where God was leading me. He asked if he could give my name to the search committee.

I was torn! Bc the hospital job was a great long-term career with great benefits, but my heart was telling me to pursue the children's ministry job. I woke up in the middle of the night one night and had the strongest tug on my heart, I really believe that it was God talking to me. And right then, I knew which direction I was suppose to head in. So the next morning, I emailed the human resourse lady who had interviewed me and asked her to take my name out of consideration bc I really needed to pursue another direction. One of the craziest and hardest leaps of faith I've ever had to take!!! And this was all before I even met with the search committee!

But God was faithful and everything fell into place! I met with the committee several times and in the end they unanimously decided that I was the right person for the job. And on September 19th the church voted unanimously for me to be the children's minister!

It's been such an incredible journey for me, but I have such a great husband and family that supported and encouraged me along the way. I love my new job! It is a part-time position so that means I get more time with my Molly Belle! I could not have imagined that this is where God would lead me, but it is SUCH a cool job!

So long story short, God is faithful especially when we step out in faith!

New Mommy

2010-04-09T13:58:00.002-05:00

Ok so I officially have a new mommy pet peeve:

We were at an Easter Egg hunt the other day and Jonathon's dad thought it was so cute to stick his finger in Molly's mouth. EWWW!!! That is GROSS and NASTY!!! I don't even stick my fingers in her mouth...unless she was choking or something...but I would not stick my finger in someone else's baby's mouth!!!

Ok just wanted to say that.

Easter Fun!!!

2010-04-05T14:48:00.003-05:00

We had the BEST Easter!

Saturday we had an Easter Egg Hunt at Jonathon's parents house. And since Molly can't walk yet-Me, Jonathon, and his siblings got to hunt the eggs. They have a HUGE backyard with a pond and Jonathon's Dad decided to REALLY hide the eggs. Good times!!! And the Easter Bunny came Sunday morning and brought Molly all kinds of goodies.

Molly is 7 1/2 months and is getting to be more fun every day! She loves to roll everywhere. She's learning to crawl. Right now she gets up on her knees and pulls her body with her arms. We went to a friend's house last week and as I was sitting on the floor with Molly, she decided to climb up and get in her carseat. She's growing up WAY too fast!!!

I think one of the most challenging things for me is how her eating habbits change all the time. It seems like she's always hungry. We've started feeding her baby food. She loves all her vegetables and applesauce. We tried bananas and she liked them, but shortly thereafter we had squirty banana poop. So we might try those again a little later.

This weekend is going to be landscape weekend. We really havent done anything to the outside of our house since we moved in (almost a year ago). So I've been watching a lot of HGTV and driving around neighborhoods to get ideas. I'll try to take pics of the before and after.

That's about it for now! :)

March

2010-03-15T10:37:00.003-05:00

Wow It's been WAY too long since I've blogged. Not much has changed. Little Molly is growing soooo fast!!! She rolls ALL over the floor...usually from one end of the room to the other. And she's starting to scoot...won't be long until she's crawling! Yesterday was such a GORGEOUS day outside so we took Molly strolling around Dubach and took some realy cute pics.

This one's my favorite:

I plan on taking lots more pics soon, especially since the weather's so nice!

Little Miss Molly

2009-10-06T15:04:00.002-05:00

So I really LOVE being a mommy!!! I'm back at work...no fun there. I miss just hanging out with my baby all day!!! But we found a really great place to take her to. We love her teacher and know that she's being taken care of.

Molly is sleeping through the night!!!! We can't believe it but are soooo thankful! She's done it for a few nights in a row so we're hoping that it's permanent. We feed her at 9, put her to bed about 10:30 and she sleeps until 6:00 (which is when we wake up for work). It's pretty amazing!

I can't believe my little angel is growing up so fast. She's just started smiling which melts my heart!

It's Jonathon and my 2nd anniversary today. Whoo Hoo!!! It feels like we've been married forever! Can't wait for tonight. Jonathon planned a sweet dinner date.

Scariest night of my life

2009-09-21T17:01:00.003-05:00

So I'm finally able to put into words what happened last Wednesday night. Here goes:

Jonathon went to bed a lil early while I was finishing feeding Molly. She was almost asleep when I heard the most horrific sound coming from our bedroom. My heart stopped! I sat Molly down in her bouncy seat and ran into the room. Jonathon was on the bed convulsing and having a seizure. I ran to him and tried to see if he was ok. He was breathing but not responsive. He's type 1 diabetic (he takes shots everyday to keep his glucose levels stable) so I knew that his sugar was too low. He has a special shot to use if he's passed out or having seizures but I couldn't find it. So I ran into the kitchen to grab a coke to try and bring up his sugar. When I got back into the room, Jonathon had fallen off the bed and gashed his forehead. He was still convulsing on the floor. Normally you're not supposed to give someone having seizures food or drink, but I knew he needed sugar. So I just started pouring coke down his throat. His eyes were rolled back into his head and he wasn't responding to anything I said to him. I ran and grabbed my phone to call 911. The dispatcher asked me what his glucose level was and I tried to check it but his level was too low to register. He told me the ambulance was on the way. I just kept trying to get Jonathon to drink Coke. He eventually stopped convulsing but was still pretty out of it. He would nod that he knew who I was, but he still couldn't talk or answer any other questions.

I called our friend who lives 2 houses down. He came over and kept me sane until the ambulance got there. Eventually the ambulance came and the guys checked out Jonathon. They decided that he didn't need stitches on his head. They also wanted to sit with him for a little while to make sure he was getting better. Jonathon gradually starting knowing who we were and where he was. He was still loopy. The paramedics said he was gonna be ok and left.

Jonathon didn't remember anything that happened. He was just really sleepy. So he slept in my lap and I stayed up all night and watched him sleep.

I'm still a lil freaked out and I get jumpy when I hear loud or random noises. But I'm glad he's ok. We went to his endocrinologist (diabetes doctor) and he said Jonathon was ok he just needed to be extra careful with his sugar levels at night.

Pretty much the scariest night of my life. I'm just glad that I was there and knew what to do to bring his sugar levels back up. And now I know what to do if this ever happens again. And somehow Molly slept through the whole thing. Definitely a God thing!!!

Life with Molly

2009-09-03T14:05:00.002-05:00

So I definitely LOVE being a Mommy. I just didn't think that I could possibly love her sooo much! I don't want to ever put her down. She's such a good baby!

We're still working on breast feeding...she just gets fussy when I try to nurse her. The 1st few days she would cry for 30 mins to an hour before she would settle down and eat. Now she's doing a lot better. If she gets fussy at all, it's only for a few minutes. Other than that, she's doing GREAT!!! And I really like nursing...I weighed myself this past weekend and exactly a week after I gave birth, I'd lost 20 pounds!!! Whoo Hoo!!! And I only gained about 25 pounds the whole pregnancy. Not a bad deal!

That's all I have for now...time to feed baby! :)

Molly is here!!!

2009-08-28T20:35:00.005-05:00

I know I'm a little late blogging, but our precious baby girl is here. She arrived at 3:04 Sunday morning. She was 6 pounds 6 ounces and 18 1/2 inches long and Perfect!!!

I'll attempt to remember all the details of my labor...it's a long story:

Saturday I woke up at 3:20 am having contractions. They were pretty strong and about 5 minutes apart. I waited about an hour before I woke up Jonathon (I wanted to make sure that it was for real). He jumped up and we started getting things together. We already had the hospital bag packed but we grabbed a bunch more things that we might need. We got to the hospital at about 5:00 am and I was 2 centimeters dilated. They wanted to keep me and watch me for a while to see how I was progressing. A few hours later, I was still at 2 centimeters so they told me I could go home.

I left the hospital at 9:00 am and ran home to change. I had a baby shower at 10:00 that morning. So I went to the shower (I was only about 10 minutes late) and had contractions throughout the shower. My mom and sister came up from Alexandria for the shower..which was nice. I needed my mommy! After the shower, I was still feeling contractions but they weren't as often. We ate lunch at El Jarrito and went shopping around town just to keep moving. We went to my house and decided to put the final touches on the nursery. So my mom washed, sorted, opened all the baby stuff while I sat in the chair still having contractions. She made a Walmart run to get stuff that I didn't know I needed. She's the best! Meanwhile, Jonathon is kinda going crazy doing stuff around the house to keep himself busy. We knew that baby was coming soon.

My contractions were getting stronger and closer together so we decided to go back to the hospital. So me, Jonathon, Cayce (jonathon's brother), Kayli (my lil sister), and my parents headed to the hospital. We got there about 8:45 pm. The checked me and I was 3 cm dilated.

I sat in the hospital room for about an hour. They checked me again and I was about 4 cm dilated. I felt my water breaking so we called the nurse. They decided to move me into a delivery room bc baby was for sure coming soon. They moved me into the room and I started having KILLER contractions!!! And about an hour later, they came in to check me again and I was 7 cm dilated. So they called in the epidural man bc it would take him about 45 minutes to get there. So I layed in bed and soldiered through the contractions. Then my hero came in the room and gave me the epidural. He actually couldn't get the catheter in my back, so he called in his buddy doctor who got the job done. I was feeling good after that. About 30 minutes later, doctor came in and told me I was fully dilated and it was time to start pushing. Got the drugs just in time!!!

I started pushing at about 2:10 am. My doctor was out of town that weekend so the on-call doctor delivered me. He was really great!!! I only pushed 5 or 6 times and she came out screaming with her fists clinched. She was beautiful! She came at 3:04 Sunday morning. My parents and Cayce and Kayli came in to see her and hold her for a lil bit and they went home and crashed. Jonathon and I actually got about 3 good hours of sleep after that. I woke up feeling good. My back was a bit sore from all the shots but other than that I felt good. I guess I got lucky. I jumped up at 9:00 and took a shower and started texting everybody.

Now we're just adjusting to life with a newborn. I didn't know that my hormones would be crazy and I would cry all the time. I think I cried for an hour when my mommy left me...she had to get back to work. And I just randomly bust out into tears. But we're getting a little bit of sleep at night. Molly's such a good baby. We've had a lil trouble breast feeding but she's gotten the hang of it now.

That's all I've got for now.

Nothing much going on

2009-08-05T15:22:00.003-05:00

Well nothing new or exciting has happened since my last post. Still big and preggers. Still getting ready for baby. We did put the crib together...so if Molly decides to come early, she'll have a place to sleep. I should be going to see my doctor tomorrow...but he's out of town. Sooo I'll be going next week.

It was a sad moment for me today...I had to stop wearing my wedding ring. It won't fit on my big pregger finger anymore. Sad day!!! At least I made it this far.

Less than a month to go!!! Can't wait!!!

hmm it's getting closer...

2009-07-30T12:25:00.002-05:00

Went to the doctor today and the nurse said, "I just want you to realize that since you're 35 weeks, you can go into labor at any time now." Just a little bit freaky to think about. But it got me thinking...I have a LOT to do before baby can come!!! Just a few things on my list:

1. Finish sewing curtains for nursery
2. Put crib together (Yah I know we should have done that a LONG time ago)
3. Pack hospital bag (Just in case)
4. Start getting stuff together at work for when I'm not there :) YAY!!!
5. I'm sure there are 50 other things that I can put on this list...but I'm gonna stop here bc I don't want to stress myself out!!!

all is well with baby Murphy!!!

2009-07-28T14:05:00.004-05:00

Everything's going great with baby and me! I'm feeling fine...just tired all the time. We're almost finished with the nursery...I know we're starting a lil late. Will post pictures as soon as I take them! Just over 5 weeks left...CRAZINESS!!! Where did the time go?

Went to the doctor last week and Molly was 5 pounds...so she's growing fine. Go back to doctor this week..I think it's gonna be a quick in-and-out visit. Hopefully's everything's growing and doing like it should. Can't wait to get another ultrasound pic!!!

We are in our new house!!!

2009-06-02T16:32:00.002-05:00

Well we boxed up all of our belongings and moved this past weekend. We had plenty of help..which is good bc I felt pretty helpless being big and preggers!!! And now we have a great big house with boxes everywhere. We've been slowly unpacking. Jonathon mowed the grass for the 1st time yesterday and we washed our 1st load of clothes. We havent had any crazy house suprises yet...which is nice!!! The satellite guy will come out this week...yes we can't get cable bc we now live out in the boonies. All is well.

I go to the doctor next week. Baby's been kicking all day long. Love it!!! I'll post some house pictures when I get everything out of boxes!!!

WAY too long

2009-05-21T13:00:00.006-05:00

SO I'm not a very good blogger. I actually forgot that I had a blog. I'm gonna try to be more diligent in my blogging.

Baby update: It's a girl!!! She's doing GREAT! I went to the doctor last week and everything's good. She's been kicking like crazy lately. It's the coolest feeling!

Life update: We bought a house!!! And we close next Thursday. I've been anxiously waiting to get in there and paint and make it pretty. It's a great old house with wood floors and big windows, but it's been updated (which is nice)! I think the coolest most grown-up thing we've bought for the house is a big dining table and a china cabinet. Can't wait to move all of our stuff in!!!

That's about all that's going on right now.

Doctor's Visit

2009-02-12T15:15:00.003-06:00

Went to see the doctor this morning. He said everything is looking GREAT!!! I'm right at 11 weeks. ANDDDDD he did an ultrasound. We got to see baby Murphy and the heart beating really fast. Due date is September 3rd and at my April visit we'll get to find out whether it's a lil boy or girl!

We're really excited about our little jellybean! And it still doesn't feel like there's something in there. Jonathon is ecstatic!!! We've already made a list of things we need to do before baby gets here. I know we have a loooong way to go but it's so much fun to think about!!!