So today is going alright...but I'm feeling kinda crummy!  It started with me waking up late(grr...forgot to turn my alarm on).  Then I get up and I have a headache.  I'm thinking...this day needs to start getting better real fast!   Anyway, got Hayden to my mom's house(she watches him on Fridays) and then got to work.   Along with my headache I have gotten my monthly visit with brought cramps with it.  So overall I have to say I feel pretty cruddy.  We found out that my husband didn't get the job he had applied for...which is such a bummer.  On Wednesday night my Mother-In-Law had to go to the ER for some awful back spasms.  Wow...I just realized how depressing this post is!  Oh to some better news!

So first of all, my Uncle got a call to go do some testing for a job he applied for!  I will keep praying his test goes well so that he gets an interview and eventually a job he really wants!  I know that things like this are in God's hands...but throwing a couple requests via prayer sure doesn't hurt! I am excited for the first step in this process for him!

I know God has a plan for us all(including where he wants my husband working)so I try to just give things to God...but it's also just part of my nature to worry about things.  I want my husband to find a decent paying job that he doesn't dread going to every single day.  I know God will put him where he wants him...but it would be nice to get a break soon. 

Speaking of God, tonight is our Woman's Retreat out at the Janda Retreat Center near Anamosa.  I am very excited to hang out with the ladies from Church.  I am bringing Hayden with me this time.  While he is still a baby I am trying to take him where I can.  I know once he's a toddler I won't be able to just bring him along to these sorts of things...so I try to have fun taking him places now, when it's a little bit easier. I am really looking forward to this.  The fellowship with the ladies will be just what I need after this long day.  It will also be a good chance for me to get in some extra prayer time.  I can use as much of that as I can.

Going to these sorts of events makes me so thankful that Dewy introduced me to his church in 2007.  He brought me to his church the first time we started Dating in 2007.  I LOVED it the moment I walked in.  http://www.firstopenbible.com/

There was something very different about this church.  I felt God's presence when I walked in.  I joined the choir about 6 months later...by that time Dewy and I were not dating...but I still loved him.  Of course, eventually, Dewy came around and realized that he loved me too(how is that for the power of prayer!)

Even when Dewy and I were not dating, I loved the church.  I loved the people, the atmosphere, everything.  I knew I had found my place at the church.  I have learned so much about God since I have been there, and I am at the point where knowing more about Him is something I feel I want to seek out.  When I went to high school(Catholic) I took religion classes, but I didn't really take the time to learn about the Bible.  I feel like I wasted time I had to study the Bible because I wasn't interested then.

I feel like I have changed a lot since then when I comes to religion...well, when it comes to most things I guess!

My break is over and kiddos are about to get here! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

~Theresa

Continuing on with my life...

Yesterday I never got to finish telling about my crazy past few years!  Well my husband and I got married in May 2009 and got to know each other in all kinds of new ways once we finally lived together.  It was a little rough some days.  Living with someone 24/7 shows you a whole new side of things!  We had some pretty bad fights and we had some pretty great days too.  In December 2009 we went to Disney with his dad, his step mom, his younger brother and sister.  I had never been to Disney(not only happiest place on earth...possibly the cleanest as well!) We had a blast!  We didn't have a honeymoon...so this was kind of our big trip!  When we arrived in Chicago on the way home we got snowed in for the night...thank goodness we bought the insurance policy for the vacation! It was a nice relaxing trip!
One month later, I found out I was pregnant! 
Most of my pregnancy was great.  I had two little problems.  I had a lot of pain where I had my appendix removed when I was a kid.  The doctor said my scar was stretching out...that hurt a lot! Second small problem...I swelled up like a blimp!  My poor feet...I didn't know if they would ever go back to their original shape!  I was feeling uncomfortable at my job(Teacher) even though we had just begun the school year...I was ready to have that baby out of my belly and into my arms!
Then on a lovely Wednesday in September we had our baby boy!  I had to have a C-Section due to him being breech.  They tried moving him...but he was stuck in their pretty good.  I thought that the kid must weigh like 12 lbs. at the least with as much weight as I had gained!  60lbs! He came out a perfect 7lbs 14oz.  I almost cried thinking I would never lose that weight again! ***Side Note***in July 2007 I had gastric bypass surgery and had finally lost about 85lbs...only to gain back 60lbs when I got pregnant!
So...I had my beautiful, perfect, little boy...along with a bunch of extra weight hanging on my body.  The doctor said..."Don't worry, it's mostly water weight, wait for the swelling to go down."  Well speaking as a girl that has always had issues with her weight, I thought for sure she was crazy and that weight would never go away again!  About a week later I was back to the weight I was before Hayden(our baby) was born. The problem was that due to my indulgence while I was pregnant I feared that I had re-stretched out my stomach to the previous size before my surgery.  While I have no way to really figure that out...the next couple months showed me that this was probably true. 
Well...it's about 7 months later and I feel my fears were confirmed!  I gain about 10lbs since Hayden was born!  This is quite a hit when you have been used to slowly loosing weight over the past few years. I felt I needed to try something else. On April 11th I joined Weight Watchers.  It's quite the new system from what it was back in the day when I tried it! 
So here I am.  New Mom, New Wife with my New Life!  I am working on weight loss...balancing new motherhood and attempting to be a good wife and keeping up with my teaching career!  I will also begin the new membership class at our church on Sunday.  I want to be more involved with our church.  I belong to the choir...but becoming an actual member will mean a lot to me!
Well...more to come soon! Maybe I'll actually make it to present day soon!