Needing prayers

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving went well. We drove to Texas to spend the holiday with J's family. That part of our trip was great. We were able to spend a full week with Ryan and Brooke and four days with the rest of the family. I have been extremely blessed to marry into a wonderful family. These past few days have been proof of that. I told Justin early last week that I was pregnant. We told his family on Thanksgiving day. We have been praying so hard for God to bless us with a child, and it had finally happened. Thursday night I lost the baby. I was about 6-8 weeks pregnant. We are asking for prayers for strength, patience, and guidance from God. This is not something we understand, or ever will understand, and we must accept that. We know God does not give us more than we can handle, but this is by far the biggest challenge we have encountered.

Quiet day at home

Tuesday I took the day off and stayed home. I caught up on my shows, cleaned the kitchen, living room, bedroom, etc. Aside from an 8:30 conference call I was able to stay away from work. As the holidays are approaching I am really trying to keep my focus on church, family, friends, and not on work. It seems like all the crazies are coming out at work....everyone gets crazy this time of year! When I am at work I am dealing with billing disputes, training new designers, constant financial reports, blah blah blah. While I love my job, nothing makes me happier than just being home with J. Absolutely nothing. When J got home from work we went to Olive Garden to celebrate him making his quota already for the entire quarter! I am so proud of him! He works so hard and is so dedicated, I really admire him for it.

Car update

J and I managed to get both of us to work on timr using only my car. Most mornings I drove him to work and then drove back to Cordova for my work. Luckily my work hours are very flexible (and my boss lives in Houston, also a convenience) so it wasn't bad at all. It was nice driving to work together, made me kind of wish we did it every morning. J thinks I'm crazy. :) $2300 later, we have his car back as good as new. We're thinking about trading it in sometime this year and just getting him a car with good gas mileage and a warranty. He does so much driving for work. We'll see. Atleast we both have good jobs and good incomes, so unexpected car expenses don't turn our life upside down. (It just turned on it's side for a week!) :) God is good and always takes care of us!

My birthday weekend!

Last weekend was my birthday, and J had planned an entire weekend trip for my birthday. We left the house Friday afternoon with J's car loaded up. He gave me three envelopes with clues as to where we were going (Birmingham and Atlanta), what we were doing (Georgia Aquarium, IKEA, shopping), and where we were staying (Victorian B&B in Birmingham). About 30 minutes down the road J's car started making weird noises, long story short - his entire clutch blew. Not exactly a very encouraging start to our weekend. Two hours later after a tow truck, friend to take us home, loaded up my car, we were back on the road to Birmingham. I questioned if we should still be going but J was adamant this wouldn't ruin our weekend. He's the best. We stayed at a Victorian B&B in downtown Birmingham. It was amazing! Our room looked like it was about 150 years old. It was beautiful! Saturday we woke up and J gave me me mom's package for my birthday. It was a finished cross stitch she started when we lived in San Donato, (about 14 years ago!), and this My Doll, an Italian doll. Of course the card made me cry because I wish they could be here, but they'll be back soon. We drove to Atlanta, met up with Charlie and Rachel Nix, and went to the Aquarium, IKEA, Anthropology, etc. J also gave me a Blackberry Pearl! I love it! That night we ate at Red Lobster ( my meal was free!) and stayed at Charlie and Rachel's house. They even made me a rice crispy treat birthday cake! :) We went to church Sunday morning and drove home. It was nice to come home early in the day and be able to bum around the house, something we don't have time to do very often. Car aside, it was a wonderful weekend and I am so grateful for J and his surprise ability. He really made it special.