Thankful!

Today I'm thankful for all of the energy I've been blessed with! It has truly improved, and I'm not sure if I've felt this energetic since before all my problems I had last fall!

This past weekend even though I could sleep in, I got up and went garage saling (found some deals, yay!) on Saturday, and on Sunday I was even up at 6:30am. So weird! Maybe I will turn into a morning person after all??
Saturday after garage saling, I came home and didn't stop until after supper. We both cleaned and organized SO much stuff around the house. I was sore the next day we did so much! What a great feeling that was...

Sunday, I woke up and thought it'd be great to go on a walk before church. When I asked Daniel if he wanted to go with me at 7am, he looked at me and said "Are you my wife?" Haha... I'm certainly not the person I have been the past several months! To answer your question, he did get up and go on a walk with me... He loves to see me full of energy. :) I love the feeling, it is sooo wonderful.

Not having something like energy, and then getting it back has made me so thankful and grateful for it. I'm thankful for a husband who has been incredibly patient with me for months(or almost a year...). He told me he feels like he has his wife back now. So thankful for the motivation I've had lately and how I've been able to keep up with stuff around the house.

Now for the cooking to improve would be wonderful....

It's A.....

So.... just to get to the point of this post.... We found out what we're having today!!

IT'S A BOY! 

We love our little boy already. Last time I had an ultrasound, he looked like a little blob. Now, his hands and feet were moving around and kicking me. Yes, I have felt him move inside me. I love it. Especially when I'm in bed laying completely still and he's just moving around like crazy. He is now 16.5 weeks old! We found out a bit earlier than most. :)

I'm so glad we found out... the baby is no longer an "it" but is now a HE. And as far as the name, you're going to have to wait on that. But yes, we have one picked out. Daniel loves it and so do I. DONE. We're not even going to keep looking and make our options more complicated.

So yes, I know I've fallen off of the blogging world. The past few months have been full of tiredness, nausea, and being crazy busy at work. But GOOD news!
1) Tax season is over... and my really busy season should be done by the end of April. But this month has been a little stressful at work.
2) I have energy back! Praise the Lord! The first time I really realized it was when the other day I couldn't stop moving. I was running around the house getting stuff done all day. Daniel even noticed...I haven't done something like that in a while! Ahhh, and I can finally stay up past 8:30. Although an 8:30 bedtime a couple times a week is still wonderful.
3)The nausea is decreasing! I have been feeling pretty good, although if I do feel gross sometime during the day, it's probably in the evenings. The evenings don't agree with me. So once I get home from work, I really don't feel like cooking. So the cooking could improve a bit... Also some foods still absolutely gross me out. Anything coconut or almond or BBQ sauce.... GAG. The smell, the taste, it doesn't matter. I WILL gross out.
4) I'm almost to week 17!!

Anyway, enough about my pregnancy symptoms. :) Life is still busy. Especially Daniel...with school and work. When we both have a night at home, we absolutely love it. I can't wait until I'm home with the baby and I'm home when he is and we don't have opposite schedules. Yes, that answers a question you may be wondering. I'm not planning on working when this little boy is born! I plan to work up until he's born and then I'm done at Gorenz. I'm thankful for the experience I've received there, but I don't think I will miss working full-time! I'm ready to be a full-time stay at home mom! A dream come true in my book!

I will try my best to keep you updated, but I have been doing extremely bad with taking pictures lately of the events and places we go. And I probably won't be posting pictures of my belly every couple of weeks....just because I'm not one to do that. No thank you. But yes, I will tell you, I am looking pregnant and have a little bump.

I think this weather has helped with my energy levels.... it's SO lovely outside!! Happy Spring!!