I said Good Things Were Coming...

Did you see this yesterday?

As of yesterday, I am 9w5d! (I can't believe I just typed that!) Mr. K and I are completely over the moon, most of the time it does not even seem real! We told our parents on Christmas Eve with a little onezie and a framed ultrasound picture. And to my surprise it went better than I could have ever hoped for! My mom was calling some of her closest friends before Mr.K's Dad even figured out what it meant!

But along with all of the excitement there is also a lot of fear, if I wake up and don't feel sick I start panicking and I worry about every little tingle and pain! Every time I talk to Dr. R he is encouraging and makes sure that I know it is ok and normal for me to be worried. I am beginning to think that this is just part of why I have always liked Dr. R.

And if you are reading this and still struggling after a loss, please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. I know how hard it is to log on every day and see tons of new post about subsequent pregnancies and all the stuff that you want and just wanting to scream and run away...I have been there and I can tell you it is NOT fun at all, but remember I am thinking of you and wanting the best for you!!!

Wordless Wednesday...

I will tell you all about it...tomorrow!

Very Merry Christmas

Although it is incredibly late!
I know...I am so behind it is not even funny! But we had a wonderful 2010, although Mr. K fell and broke his leg(I will tell you more later)! Even more wonderful things are coming in 2011...

And the winner is....

Number 11 is Butterflymom from On KK's Butterfly Wings

Congratulations!! Send me an email at ka_hall @ att(dot)net and I will get the Willow Tree Angel in the mail to you ASAP!

Thanks to everyone that entered, I'm really looking forward to getting to reading all of your blogs and getting to know you! Don't forget to keep checking in with Tina to see what's next!!

25 Days of Giveaways!

Please accept my apologies...I set this up to post around 3:00 am, but apparently I did something wrong and it did not auto post like I had planed! And do not worry, I will leave the giveaway open until 5:00 pm CST on Sunday, December 12th to make sure everyone has time to enter!

Welcome to the Second year of 25 Days of Giveaways! I am so glad that Tina put this together again this year, I have been looking forward to it almost all year!

I had planed on making an ornament to giveaway again this year, but time just got a way from me...AGAIN! But the other night while shopping I saw this little angel and I knew she would be perfect.

The title of this piece is; a tree, a prayer - May you find strength, beauty and peace each day. That is what all of you do for me, you help me find strength, by reading my ridiculous ramblings, beauty, by sharing all the wonderful things going on around you and peace by letting me know that I am not alone! There is just something beautiful about the tree carved at the bottom of her skirt, it makes me smile and and I hope that she will help one of you find strength, beauty and peace each day too.

So to win all you need to do is leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner using random.org sometime this evening!

Good Luck to you all and make sure to check out the Katy's blog at In Hannah's Honor to see what she is giving away today!

Same Thing Different Year...

I can not believe we put up our Christmas Tree today! The past few weeks have just flown by. I have been on Thanksgiving break for over a week and am dreading go back to work in the morning, and my only saving grace is that there are just three more weeks until the Christmas Holidays.

As I am sitting in the office at the computer, the laptop is broken (another reason I haven't been posting), I can see the family across the street putting up there Christmas Lights and it makes me smile the little girls have been directing the Dad at what to do for over an hour now and the little brother has just joined in, they melt my heart...

I can not even think about another year coming to a close in just a few short weeks, I miss My Girls dearly and it always seems to be harder at the holidays. This week has been the worst. I have a dear friend from work that have grown very fond of and we tend to hang out a lot, she has four children...who are wonderful. But every time she would ask me to come over this week or to go do something I would decline. I feel horrid about it. But I just couldn't bring my self to do it, and for the life of me I can not think why. This friend is one of the most understanding people I have ever met but I find my self almost dreading going to work tomorrow because I am certain I have hurt her, by not getting together with her this week. Why am I so silly sometimes! I really enjoy having her as a friend and I hope I haven't ruined it!

Well I hear the timer for dinner beeping....I need to get going. More new post to come very VERY soon! I promise!!!

My My Time Flies!!!

I can not believe that yesterday was Thanksgiving! Christmas is just around the corner and before I know it 2011 will be in full swing.

For weeks now I have felt like I was behind, and the truth is I am. Work has been a whirl wind as of late, and there is never enough time for me to get everything done.

Which is why we haven't even taken our Christmas Pictures yet! And normally our Christmas cards go in the mail tomorrow! But not to worry...we are taking our pictures bright and early tomorrow morning, barring any more rain! And then first thing on Monday I will get to work ordering our cards from Shutterfly! I have been ordering A LOT of prints from them in the past few months and I even made a really cool calendar for a friend's Mom in a snap!

The only problem I know that I am going to have with our holiday cards is deciding on just ONE design, they have over 800...How could anyone just pick one!! If you haven't already checked out the AMAZING Holiday Card Designs they have, you should!!! These are a few of the ones I'm thinking about...I really want something fun and bright!

And they don't just have flat cards...they have some BEAUTIFUL Folded cards!!!But what I am most hoping for is that we get several great pictures tomorrow of both Mr. K & I and Maggie so we can do a multi picture card because I LOVE these! See I told you...how do you pick just one! Now I'm so excited I can't wait to see what it looks like and so I can share it with all of you!

Are you a blogger? You can get 50 FREE Christmas Cards from Shutterfly!

Have a wonderful weekend, and I a hoping everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!

If you want to see any of the cards above just click on the images to go to Shutterfly's site for that card! Happy Photo Shopping!!!