Summertime....

As I said in an earlier post summertime is so much fun but very hectic. Here are a few pictures of what Macie has been up to this summer. Macie loves hanging out with her buddy Cameron that lives a few houses down from us. They are only a few weeks apart in age so they love doing the same things pretty much. She loves getting ice cream from the ice cream truck even though its crazy how much they charge for a popsicle:) Macie's new favorite routine is to sit out on the porch every evening and if she ate all her dinner she gets to enjoy a popsicle and then we catch fireflys:) She also has been helping me get stuff together for her Cinderella birthday party here in a few weeks. In our down time one of our favorite things to do together as girls is to curl up on the couch and watch the movie Cinderella which is definitely both of our favorites.

Our Big girl.....

Each day I'm amazed at how much our little Macie is growing up. It has really hit us hard lately signing her up for school, soccer, vbs and getting stuff organized for her 4th birthday party. I know it may sound so cliche' but is teems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital and we thought the lack of sleep and feedings every 3 hours would last a lifetime:) I am so blessed to be Macie's mommy and love seeing her grow into such a beautiful little girl with so much insight on life. She loves Jesus and that makes us so happy and hearing the same little prayer every meal and at bedtime just makes us realize regardless of the ups and downs we have in life we know that at least we are doing something right because our daughter loves the Lord. Here are pictures we had taken last week for her 4 year pictures:)

Great visit with Crystal....

I have been really late on updating this think i know and I apologize, july has been a crazy month as I'm sure most of you all can relate. Summertime is awesome all the fun things we get to do and the places we get to go but its so crazy hectic sometimes. A few weeks ago my good friend Crystal and her son Wyatt came to Ohio for a visit which is definitely one of the highlights of my summer thus far. We were sad Phillip couldnt come too but are very thankful for the awesome time we were able to spend with Crystal and Wyatt. One of the most amazing moments during our whole visit for me was when one afternoon after church Crystal and Wyatt came to our house for a few hours to play and hang out. It was the neatest feeling just lounging around talking and catching up on life while both of our little ones played together. I remember back 3 years ago when Macie was just a baby and Wyatt wasnt born yet and how neat it is now that Phillip and Crystal have a son and our kids can play together:) It just shows how quickly life changes. Of course we went shopping too while she was here and Karen her mom was able to come also which was a blast. I miss them so much already and look forward to their next visit around Christmas time I'm sure....much love sent to SC!!!!!!!!!!

Praying....

Letting go and letting God....

Well we wanted to update everyone since its been three weeks since the iui procedure. We found out last week the procedure wasnt successful so we arent having another baby right now. After much prayer we have decided to move on and stop any further fertility treatments. We believe if its the Lord's plan for us to have another baby it will happen. The stress of infertility is crazy and its been 20 months now since we began this whole battle and we are ready to let go of this burden for awhile. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted by just giving up our control and focus on getting pregnant every month we can focus on other things and just live life not worrying all the time about dr. appts, medication, ultrasounds and much more. God's plans are far better than ours and we will just let go and let God write the next pages of our lives, who knows where it might take us.