What a year it was!!!

Sorry to just now be posting about our anniversary trip- but once we got back home it seems like we hit the ground running and haven't stopped since!!! We had a pretty awesome trip if you ask me!!! We started off by making our way south and stopped in Waco at the Dr. Pepper Museum. David's late Grandfather (his Mothers Father) did some advertisement artwork for Dr. Pepper years back, and they have some of the artwork he did up in the museum on display, how cool is that?? Here are some pictures of the artwork and one of David and I behind an old delivery truck!

Our next stop was to the Natural Bridge Caverns. It has been forever since we have been to them and wanted to take another trip down-under...was pretty amazing if you ask me...except for the fact that it had a humidity level of 99%!!! This did WONDERS to my hair! LOL

We finally got into our hotel in San Antonio around 5pm that Friday evening, after the GPS took us thru the "hood" LOL- The next morning we were off to Sea World!!! Man how things have changed since David and I have been there....But we still had a blast!!!

That evening after we got back from Sea World, we went down to the river walk for dinner and a stroll.....here are a few pictures...

The next morning we were back on the road again, heading down to South Padre Island!!!! Oh what fun we had!! Dinners out on the water, deep sea fishing, laying out by the pool and the ocean with our books.....just complete relaxation!!!

I have to say, nothing is more amazing then going out to the beach in the morning and listening to the waves crash and reading your devotional while seeing an amazing sunrise over the water.....

This was our 1st anniversary trip (taken a month early due to me starting school) We have a special connection with the beach, we were engaged on the beach in Cozumel Mexico, then we were married on the beach in Playa Del Carmen Mexico- so we would like to take our anniversary trips to the beach every year (if we can). Throughout our first year of marriage David and I have had huge ups and even bigger downs when it came to our quest down the IUI road to become parents. But, our faith in each other and our faith in our Lord has gotten so much stronger thru all of this!! That is the true power of our Lord at work!! Here is our anniversary picture we want to continue to do this every year on our anniversary....thought it was a pretty cool idea I got from pinterest!!

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This one I put together on my phone....starting with our first date picture, to our professional engagement photo, to our wedding picture, to our 1 year photo!! :-) quite proud of myself!

As for other news, I'm in school now (just finished day 3) and still trying to get the hang of everything while feeling like an idiot most days....but I know I will get the hang of it soon! Until next time!! God Bless

A mutating what??

Just want to start this blog off by saying just how humbled I am in front of our Lord for all the blessings he keeps to give us. Last Friday as I was having lunch with a good high school friend, I noticed I had a voice mail.It was from my normal OBGYN's office Dr. Howell- the last of the test results had come back in and they had some slight abnormalities with them, they would not tell me over the phone what they were, but when I called them back they got me squeezed in for an appointment yesterday (Monday) because he wanted to talk to me face to face about the results. Needless to say I was a lil anxious and was ready to just hear what they had to say- but I knew that this was all in God's hands and whatever it is, He would see us thru it! I'm going to give you all the medical explanation of the blood work- then explain it the way it was explained to me LOL- We went in yesterday and he explained to me that the MTHFR test they had done came back with a mutation on one of the 2 parts there are- this has to do with my body's ability to absorb and break down of the folic acid,and as you know is very crucial to the fetus. The way they treat this is to give a medication that is called (I think) folate- this drug will help with the absorption of the folic acid so that the fetus gets what it is needing. He also told me that in the Antithrombin antigen as well as the Protein C Antigen, my levels were elevated- these are blood clotting detecting test. The way they treat them is by giving me blood thinners, for probably the entire pregnancy, instead of just my 1st trimester. I'm so thankful for our Lord for answered prayers, for the answers we were searching for!! As well as an affirmation that we were already heading in the right direction, in going to have the blood thinners given. Just now we know that it will more than likely be longer than expected- but that is OK by me!!! I will do anything they tell me, to be able to meet our healthy and happy lil baby!! On another note- Please keep my Mom, Grandmother, Uncle Ted, Aunt Sandy, Cousins Teddy and Corey in your prayers- we lost my Aunt Pam on Saturday. She is loved and missed by many! Until next time! God Bless!!