Starting all over again!

I am so sorry that it has been so long that I have updated my post. I feel like now is a good time to start again and update you on what is new in our life.

First of all we purchased our fist home together. We bought a old Victorian home that was built we were told in 1900. (I am going to research some time and find an exact date)It has all the original thick dark brown wood work and all the cool character. I really love this house. It will not be our "forever" house because there is not enough living space for too many people but for now it is perfect and I love it.



There were a few things that we had to do right away, like a new roof, but for the most part it is all stuff that we can do eventually and save money up for.

Secondly, both Joel and I made the decision to get baptized at our new church. I feel so blessed to be able to watch Joel change and become such a strong believer. The growth he has made has been tremendous and I am so proud of him.

Finally we are trying for a baby. It always seems so easy for all those young teenagers to have babies, but we are finding out the baby making can be tricky. And that we will not get pregnant until God wants us to be. We have both been tested and have found that Joel is fine and we do not have to worry about him but of course I have a problem and so not ovulate. So this month I started on a Clomid regimen, luckily it only has to be taken for 5 days because I feel like a monster on it. Thank the Lord for a understanding husband that just shakes his head and walks away! In May my ultrasound showed that I had one follicle on my left ovary and it was very small and my progesterone level was only a .58. In June I have four Follicles two on each side that are about three times the size of the last one and my progesterone level was a 6.7! So if we did not get pregnant this month she is not going to increase the the amount of Clomid I take. Which is something I did not want to happen anyway so I am so thankful.

Hopefully we have gotten pregnant and soon I will be able to keep everyone posted on how the baby is doing! But don't expect any belly shots because it ain't happening!

Our Honeymoon

Here are a few pictures of our honeymoon. We went to Frankenmuth for 4 days. We had a lot more pictures however somehow they were erased from my camera. So on the last day we went around and tried to recreate the pictures we had taken.


The Front of the Inn.


This was our room . I loved the tub!


My hunky husband on our balchoney


Me and my rose. What a beautiful bride I was this morning! YIKES!




We did go on a horse and buggy ride just not his one. Our horse was black but like I said we lost those pictures.

These are just a few shots I thought were pretty:








This was the last picture taken right before we left.

Can I please tell you how much I love being married. It is funny because I know it has only been 11 days but we are having a lot of fun. I feel much more relaxed now that I am not planning a wedding and I feel like we can just enjoy each other. I love beign a MRS!

Ode, to a Cuncussion

My head is in a fog,
I keep forgetting what I was going to say,
I fear I might throw up,
what an awful day!

My brain is floating high,
My body is not in sink,
My timing is all off,
I was going to say that..... I think!

My emotions are all crazy,
I cry at a drop of a hat,
one minuet I am happy,
The next I am crying because I am fat!

This pounding head is hurting,
My speech is all slurred,
I want to just go to sleep,
HELP I cannot see the road, everything is blurred!

I can't wait till this is over,
I am tired of feeling sick,
I am tired of sounding stupid,
and acting like a............DORK!!

House Update

OH MY! we had our house inspection today (or atleast what we could) and we discovered thereis major leaking inthe plumbing under the house. so much so that thye coudl not even check the well and septic system because there was not enough water pressure to fill them. we sat and talked about it for a while and decided that if we felt like we just had to have this house we woudl spend the money on the plumbing and many other issues that need to be fixed however we do tno feel that it is really worth it.

As it stands now we are going to back and square one and will be looking at other houses.

Wish us luck!

A Tricky Time

I know I have written in a while however there has been a lot going on... let me update you....

Sickness: I went to the Doctor and had blood drawn because I was so tired all the time. They found out that my blood pressure is very high and that my white blood cell counts were up, so they put me on antibiotics. and after that I went and got more blood drawn and they were still elevated so... they said to wait and come back in so again a week later (after already feeling like a human pin cushion) I got them redrawn and they were very high again so they knew there was an infection some where but they did not know where. In the mean time she put me on a water pill and potassium to help my blood pressure. Now those of you that know my family know that we have weak bladders as it is (Shawna is the worst) but let me tell you I have never in my life peed as much as I am now! So anyway they took a chest X-ray and did a urine culture and come to find out I have a extreme urinary and bladder infection. which I had no signs of except for a sore back. So now I am taking 4 pills every morning but I can feel my energy picking up and wanting to actually do things instead of just wanting to go lay down every night after I get home. I have to go back 2 weeks after I finish the antibiotics and give more blood to keep if that took care of the problem.

House: OK so here is what is happening with our new home. We had to put 1000.00 down as earnet money (I think that is what it is called) but we were told we would be getting it back, So we did not have that much saved so we took it out of our wedding fund. I figured that since we would be getting it back in early October that would be fine. Well now the mortgage company tells us that we did not qualify for the 100.00 dollars down program so that 1000 that we gave we will not be getting back but instead it will be used toward the closing costs!!!! WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE 1000.00 SHORT FOR THE WEDDING! So please pray that we can squeeze the money out some where. It is not like we are a couple that spends a lot of money. We are I think very financially responsible we have no credit cards and we are trying to keep it that way until we get our loans paid off. But now I do not know what the heck we are going to do. Prayer would be VERY helpful!

Wedding: So I took an early afternoon on Monday and I hit the jackpot. I love meijer in DeWitt. I found my shoes, the bridesmaid earrings and the present for Sophia. I have everything done for my girls now if we were as lucky for the men. we ordered our cake and it was so good we had a hard time picking. we decided to go with Cherry chunk, Pumpkin and vanilla (for those unadventurous people)

So that is where every thing stands! Sorry it took so long to get a post up but I hope you understand why now.

NEW house

so it is offical I am a new home owner! We have the cutiest little 1,477 square foot home on Taft road. I am so excited to be back in st. johns! I cannot wait, it just feels better to be closer and in familar place where not everyone knows who you are and everyones business is their own. And my mom is most excited because my children will be going to East Olive.

We will be closing in the begining of october and moving in then! I know.... crazy I will be going on my last month of wedding planning and moving all at once. but it is so owrth it I am so excited!

I will be calling everyone after we set a weeknd to have a pinting party! I know evrone LOVES to paint!

THE REALITY!

Do you see this!? Only three months until the big day! I have so many mixed emotions about this I am not sure what to do! I am so scared that I am not going to be able to get everything done. I am so excited to have the huge party and tons of fun. I am SUPER excited to spend the rest of my life with the greatest man alive. and Last but no least I feel so blessed to be finally at this point in my life.

MAN TIME FLIES!