We are Young

It has become a holiday tradition to have our God-daughters and their mom and dad over for Christmas Dinner. We haven't been as involved in their lives as we would have liked over this past year, but we would never miss a Christmas without seeing these girls and spoiling them rotten! Mike and I love watching them grow as they turn into beautiful ladies. 

We are Young.: One Day at a Time : Grieving... it is sometimes described as a "roller coaster" but there are no words to describe the roller coaster that I am on.  ...

It continues to blow my mind how quick my pregnancy is going by.  Today was my 26 week ultrasound, Mike and I could not believe how big baby is growing, he is 2.1 pounds.  We got to see him with the hiccups and I could actually see him kick as I felt it on the inside, a very neat feeling! We could watch him all day long as he moved about on the monitor.  We are so thrilled that so far everything is looking good and moving right along!

 The nesting stage is settling in and Little Mr. Young's Crib bedding has been ordered! After searching far and wide for the perfect set with no luck I decided to go with a custom order from  modifiedtot . I fell in love with the fabrics above and will be incorporating the prints below from  The Educated Owl  for a preppy modern golf nursery (FYI, Jacob was just an example name) More to come...

Heather and I found this little 'gem' at Parsons during our Black Friday shopping.  The amount of Duck Dynasty merch available is seriously out of control but this is the icing on the cake! Don't get me wrong, I love the show and the family, and I applaud them and their marketing team.  I would defiantly have my son sporting this bib (except for the $30.00 price tag was a little bit of a turn off)

Big day on the calendar this year! 24 Weeks Pregnant, Thanksgiving Buffet at Chateau Elan, Mom's 60th Birthday and Hanukkah! Can this be a more eventful day? Well, in our case yes.... We found Dixie chewing on a very old and very expired piece of Nicorette gum. Where did she get it you might ask? why, in a old purse in the bottom of our closet of course!  We immediately called the ER Vet who forwarded us to animal poison control.  We were instructed to induce vomiting by giving Hydrogen Peroxide. It worked immediatly however no gum was seen in the vomit.  We were then told to take her to the ER vet for blood work to check for a toxic sweetener "xylatol" thankfully puppy's blood came back normal and we were sent home.  It was a big scare for us...Never a dull moment! I've also started to feel Mr. Young's movements more frequently this week, I can breathe a little easier when I know he's moving.

November 18th marked the one year Angel-versary for our daughter, Madison.  To honor our angel we invited family and friends to our home for dinner and to release lanterns.  I was overwhelmed with emotion as we watched our lantern drift up into the heavens, it was a beautiful tribute.  Guests received candles to take home to light through the night, it was so heart warming to know that the candles were lit in our family and friends homes to remember Madison and to keep her spirit alive.