Once again, Abby has inspired me to write and let you all know how things are going :) I have this habit of getting online, reading everyone else's blog and then never writing my own entry!
I am back home after being out of town and having two baby showers!! I was worn out. It has taken me a few days to recover. I have realized that being in a car for 3 hours just isn't possible anymore. I drove home from Scottsboro and had a baby shower all in one day. Needless to say my poor feet and hands were sooo swollen! I did get a lot of fun gifts at the showers though. I loved opening up each gift and seeing how sweet little girl things can be! Sadie has enough clothes to last her forever I think! And I still have two more showers to go!!
Yesterday I experienced my first real Braxton Hicks contractions. Man, those things were painful! I am glad that I have read as much as I have because I would have thought that they were the real thing. But they never got "worse" but in the end got better, so I knew it was just false. I kept thinking, if I am having a hard time with these, how in the world will I deal with "real" labor pains!! Oh my....
I am now 35 weeks pregnant and wonder how in the world can she grow anymore. She is kicking me like crazy and I am having a hard time getting comfortable. And of course the ever growing fear that I am waddling as I walk :) It is crazy to me to think that she could come at anytime over the course of the next 5 weeks....wow, that is scary!! I am so ready to see her little face but yet at the same time, I am enjoying this time of just me and Clark :)
Please be praying for me as well, my poor emotions seem to be getting the best of me lately. I seem to cry all the time and when I mean cry, it isn't just a tear that trickles down the cheek. I always feel better after I do cry, but yet I feel so bad for Clark having to deal with me. I know that my hormones are out of whack, it's just so hard to feel "in control" when you can't even control the tears that fall down from your face!!!
Well, this is pretty random, but I did want to update you all and let you know what is going on around here....my week consists of writing thank you notes, going grocery shopping and taking naps! Not too bad eh??? :)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
So, I had great plans to write you all and let you know how last week went and now the time has gotten away from me again and I am headed to Scottsboro!! This is my LAST out of town trip until Sadie comes...the whole month of May I will be at home, I don't know what I will do with myself!! :) Probably sleep as much as possible! I will try to write in the next few days, I just didn't want to leave you all hanging thinking that I was still on that jet plane!!!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Leavin on a jet plane....
Clark and I are headed out of town to a conference in Virginia that will let us know when we are headed overseas!! Please be lifting us up as there will be a lot of information shared with us and also a lot of interviews. Also be praying that I can keep up my strength, my energy has been on the low side... I will let you know how things go when we get back....so until then...have a great week!! :)
Sunday, April 6, 2008
100 things about me...
I was tagged by Laura Beth Moore to write 100 things about myself, so I thought I would try and take the challenge.... :) Happy Reading!!
1. I was born in Greenville South Carolina on Sep. 20, 1978
2. I have 3 brothers, Ryan (28) Blake (27) Scott (25)
3. I moved to Scottsboro when I was 5 years old.
4. My parents divorced when I was 12 years old.
5. My dad moved to Douglas (between Guntersville and Albertville)
6. We stayed living in the same house.
7. My dad remarried to a woman who already had a daughter, Kayla (19)
8. They had a son, Sean(14) when I was 15 years old.
9. I had two best friends growing up, Jamie and Jodie
10. I still stay in contact with them today!
11. I had a great youth group at Calvary, we had lots of fun growing up!
12. I starting baby sitting when I was 12 years old.
13. Several of them are married now and some with children.
14. I feel old
15. When I was a senior in high school, I decided to go to Judson College
16. A good friend of mine at the time, Vanessa decided to go with me
17. I had no idea how my life would be changed by going to Judson
18. Vanessa became my bosom friend and we are still very close today
19. Vanessa and I still talk everyday or every other day!
20. I had a great college experience, but was probably more of a social butterfly than studious!
21. We had tide slides and climb roofs
22. We even had a fish funeral!
23. My favorite sport while at Judson was field hockey, who knew that I loved it!
24. I had appendicitis when I was in the 5th grade (sorry it's out of order!)
25. My first boyfriend was in the 10th grade
26. Okay, back to college...I made some of my best friends while in college
27. This weekend we had a reunion weekend at Judson, it was lots of fun!
28. I caught up with people that I haven't seen in such a long time....
29. While in college, I changed my major my senior year from education to religion
30. Therefore, I had to stay an extra semester and finished in 4 1/2 years!
31. My sophomore year, I went overseas 3 times on mission trips
32. I went to Costa Rica, Wales and Nicaragua
33. It was because of this that God gave me a heart for the nations
34. I loved Wales so much, one of the most beautiful countries ever!
35. I learned not to be such a picky eater that summer in Wales
36. I taught children how to play basketball (don't laugh!)
37. And, I dressed up like a clown everyday (I hate clowns!)
38. The summer before my last semester at Judson, I lived in Massachusetts and worked at a church
39. I lived in the cranberry capitol of the world: Carver MA
40. My senior year, I went to China for the first time.
41. My luggage was lost and I wore the same clothes for 10 days!
42. I lost 10 pounds while I was there because of the food
43. I ate fried catapillars, baby bird, turtle soup. scorpions, among other things....
44. I knew after that trip that I was supposed to go back to China for 2 years
45. I graduated from college in June 2001 and applied to go overseas at that point
46. I moved to China and lived in a city that I had never been to before and didn't even speak Chinese at all!
47. I was a middle school teacher
48. My first class was a group of 7th graders
49 45 boys and 5 girls in the class!
50. No one spoke English and I didn't speak Chinese!
51. I lived in this city for 2 1/2 years
52. I learned to eat many new things, including snails, yummy!!!
53. My friend, Kasey and I moved to a new city to live for 2 more years
54. This time, we studied Chinese
55. We took 20 hours of classes a week
56. I learned to read, write, speak, listen and even took a composition class!
55. I could write many stories in Chinese, even the story of the prodigal son!
56. I broke a bone in my foot while living in China.
57. I wore a cast on my foot for 8 weeks
58. I had no pain meds!
59. After 8 weeks, the cast came off
60. The hospital staff had a hard time taking it off and even used a hammer to get it off!
61. It wasn't healed, so I ended up having to walk with a cane for a while.
62. It was hard...after 2 years, it finally healed!
63. I went out to the village to visit a student and had 8 treasure soup
64. 8 treasure soup is all the inside "treasures' of a chicken: large and small intestines, kidney, liver, congealed blood etc...
65. While overseas, I visited the country of Cambodia twice
66. I LOVE Hong Kong, one of my favorite places in the world!!!
67. I also got to visit Thailand 5 times
68. I have ridden an elephant twice
69. I have been to the desert in China
70. I rode a camel
71. I have climbed the Great Wall twice
72. I traveled to India for a month
73. I have seen the Taj Majhal
74. I LOVE Indian food
75. I have ridden a train in India, a very scary thing! :)
76. I have worn traditional Indian dress
77. I have traveled to Hawaii
78. I think it was just as beautiful as the pictures that I have seen.
79. I have hiked one of the largest gorges in China (I think maybe the world, I can't remember!)
80. I have used a squatty potty more times than I can count!
81. I had a cat while living in China
82. I came home in March 2006
83. I got engaged on April 23, 2006
84. I prayed that God would give me a love story that would glorify Him!
85. He did
86. I married Clark Forman on September 9, 2006
87. My husband works for Young Life where we work with students
88. We live in his hometown which was much bigger than mine
89. I had to "relearn" to drive a car again after not driving for 4 1/2 years!
90. There was a lot of traffic
91. We have been married for a year and a half
92. We found out after being married a year that we were pregnant!
93. I was nervous and excited all in one!
94. We found out in January that we are having a little girl!
95. Her name is Sadie Katherine Forman
96. Hopefully she will be here before June 3rd or somewhere very close!
97. It has been amazing to feel her move in my tummy!!
98. When Sadie is 6 months old, Clark and I are headed back to China
99. We are very excited and nervous to pack everything up and take a baby with us
100. Last but not least: I am amazed at how God has blessed our family and can't wait to see what the next part of our journey holds!!!
I am going to tag: Aubrey Freeman, Mandy McMichael, Abby Tucker, Marie Miller
I hope you all have had fun reading, if you have made it to the end!! :)
1. I was born in Greenville South Carolina on Sep. 20, 1978
2. I have 3 brothers, Ryan (28) Blake (27) Scott (25)
3. I moved to Scottsboro when I was 5 years old.
4. My parents divorced when I was 12 years old.
5. My dad moved to Douglas (between Guntersville and Albertville)
6. We stayed living in the same house.
7. My dad remarried to a woman who already had a daughter, Kayla (19)
8. They had a son, Sean(14) when I was 15 years old.
9. I had two best friends growing up, Jamie and Jodie
10. I still stay in contact with them today!
11. I had a great youth group at Calvary, we had lots of fun growing up!
12. I starting baby sitting when I was 12 years old.
13. Several of them are married now and some with children.
14. I feel old
15. When I was a senior in high school, I decided to go to Judson College
16. A good friend of mine at the time, Vanessa decided to go with me
17. I had no idea how my life would be changed by going to Judson
18. Vanessa became my bosom friend and we are still very close today
19. Vanessa and I still talk everyday or every other day!
20. I had a great college experience, but was probably more of a social butterfly than studious!
21. We had tide slides and climb roofs
22. We even had a fish funeral!
23. My favorite sport while at Judson was field hockey, who knew that I loved it!
24. I had appendicitis when I was in the 5th grade (sorry it's out of order!)
25. My first boyfriend was in the 10th grade
26. Okay, back to college...I made some of my best friends while in college
27. This weekend we had a reunion weekend at Judson, it was lots of fun!
28. I caught up with people that I haven't seen in such a long time....
29. While in college, I changed my major my senior year from education to religion
30. Therefore, I had to stay an extra semester and finished in 4 1/2 years!
31. My sophomore year, I went overseas 3 times on mission trips
32. I went to Costa Rica, Wales and Nicaragua
33. It was because of this that God gave me a heart for the nations
34. I loved Wales so much, one of the most beautiful countries ever!
35. I learned not to be such a picky eater that summer in Wales
36. I taught children how to play basketball (don't laugh!)
37. And, I dressed up like a clown everyday (I hate clowns!)
38. The summer before my last semester at Judson, I lived in Massachusetts and worked at a church
39. I lived in the cranberry capitol of the world: Carver MA
40. My senior year, I went to China for the first time.
41. My luggage was lost and I wore the same clothes for 10 days!
42. I lost 10 pounds while I was there because of the food
43. I ate fried catapillars, baby bird, turtle soup. scorpions, among other things....
44. I knew after that trip that I was supposed to go back to China for 2 years
45. I graduated from college in June 2001 and applied to go overseas at that point
46. I moved to China and lived in a city that I had never been to before and didn't even speak Chinese at all!
47. I was a middle school teacher
48. My first class was a group of 7th graders
49 45 boys and 5 girls in the class!
50. No one spoke English and I didn't speak Chinese!
51. I lived in this city for 2 1/2 years
52. I learned to eat many new things, including snails, yummy!!!
53. My friend, Kasey and I moved to a new city to live for 2 more years
54. This time, we studied Chinese
55. We took 20 hours of classes a week
56. I learned to read, write, speak, listen and even took a composition class!
55. I could write many stories in Chinese, even the story of the prodigal son!
56. I broke a bone in my foot while living in China.
57. I wore a cast on my foot for 8 weeks
58. I had no pain meds!
59. After 8 weeks, the cast came off
60. The hospital staff had a hard time taking it off and even used a hammer to get it off!
61. It wasn't healed, so I ended up having to walk with a cane for a while.
62. It was hard...after 2 years, it finally healed!
63. I went out to the village to visit a student and had 8 treasure soup
64. 8 treasure soup is all the inside "treasures' of a chicken: large and small intestines, kidney, liver, congealed blood etc...
65. While overseas, I visited the country of Cambodia twice
66. I LOVE Hong Kong, one of my favorite places in the world!!!
67. I also got to visit Thailand 5 times
68. I have ridden an elephant twice
69. I have been to the desert in China
70. I rode a camel
71. I have climbed the Great Wall twice
72. I traveled to India for a month
73. I have seen the Taj Majhal
74. I LOVE Indian food
75. I have ridden a train in India, a very scary thing! :)
76. I have worn traditional Indian dress
77. I have traveled to Hawaii
78. I think it was just as beautiful as the pictures that I have seen.
79. I have hiked one of the largest gorges in China (I think maybe the world, I can't remember!)
80. I have used a squatty potty more times than I can count!
81. I had a cat while living in China
82. I came home in March 2006
83. I got engaged on April 23, 2006
84. I prayed that God would give me a love story that would glorify Him!
85. He did
86. I married Clark Forman on September 9, 2006
87. My husband works for Young Life where we work with students
88. We live in his hometown which was much bigger than mine
89. I had to "relearn" to drive a car again after not driving for 4 1/2 years!
90. There was a lot of traffic
91. We have been married for a year and a half
92. We found out after being married a year that we were pregnant!
93. I was nervous and excited all in one!
94. We found out in January that we are having a little girl!
95. Her name is Sadie Katherine Forman
96. Hopefully she will be here before June 3rd or somewhere very close!
97. It has been amazing to feel her move in my tummy!!
98. When Sadie is 6 months old, Clark and I are headed back to China
99. We are very excited and nervous to pack everything up and take a baby with us
100. Last but not least: I am amazed at how God has blessed our family and can't wait to see what the next part of our journey holds!!!
I am going to tag: Aubrey Freeman, Mandy McMichael, Abby Tucker, Marie Miller
I hope you all have had fun reading, if you have made it to the end!! :)
Friday, April 4, 2008
4-d Ultrasound!
So, yesterday, Clark and I went to get our 4-d ultrasound....it was the most amazing thing!! Sadie did so well and she was quite active...sticking her tongue out, putting her fist into her mouth and she even gave us a smile. I couldn't help but cry because it made it seem all the more real! I have posted pictures on my facebook site and will post them here later. I just don't have time to do it right now.... :)
I am off to Judson for J-Day....for those of you who don't know, J-Day is like a homecoming weekend where I will get to see lots of old friends....fun times!!
And Laura Beth, I saw that you tagged me and I promise to do my 100 things about me in the next few days, I have already been thinking of what to write!!!
Well, I am off....talk to you all soon!! :)
I am off to Judson for J-Day....for those of you who don't know, J-Day is like a homecoming weekend where I will get to see lots of old friends....fun times!!
And Laura Beth, I saw that you tagged me and I promise to do my 100 things about me in the next few days, I have already been thinking of what to write!!!
Well, I am off....talk to you all soon!! :)
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Sit with me for a while and let's catch up....
Yesterday, I had to go in for a 3 hour test to see if I have gestational diabetes. It was not fun at all!! I hate being stuck with a needle so the thought of being stuck 4 times was just a bit too much for me!! I got through it though by thinking this is a piece of cake compared to labor! :) Isn't it funny how your tolerance of pain changes knowing or having already had a child!! It makes me laugh! :) The nurse told me that the sugar water I was drinking would for sure make my stomach feel bad and if I threw up I would have to reschedule the test for a later date. That did not make me happy. By the 2nd time they took my blood, I thought I was about to throw it all up. I kept thinking, no way, I have already been stuck twice, I a half way there!! I went out to my car and just relaxed a bit and thankfully the feeling went away. I made it through the test, completely exhausted when I got home. I had no idea that something like that could take it out of me! They told me that I should have the results in 2 days, so I will make sure to let you all know if I am going to be without sugar my last 2 months of pregnancy, oh how I hope not!!!!
In other news, I am going to get a 4-D ultrasound on Thursday morning. I am super excited to see how my little girl is developing and changing, I will be sure to post pictures so you all can see too!
Last night, Clark was speaking at Young Life and the whole time he was speaking, Sadie was moving in my stomach, it was the neatest thing to see how she recognized her Daddy's voice. I love it!!!
Today is Clark's Birthday!! I LOVE birthdays so much and had high hopes to make it so special for him. But he has to work and we have child birth class tonight. I hate it when we have to adults!! But on another note, I am very thankful for him and wouldn't trade him for anything in this world. It has been neat to see how God has brought us together and our love for each other grows more and more each day! I love you sweetie and Happy Birthday!!!
A friend of mine recently blogged that when writing her entries she feels like it is like having her friends join her at the kitchen table as she shares her most recent events in her life....so friends, thanks for joining me at the table today!!
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