Our Honeymoon Slideshow
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Our Wedding
Husband and Wife
Ceremony decor
Reception decor
Canopy
Our Board
Centerpiece and Favors
Makeup
Girls helping me
Me and Dad coming down the aisle
Hubby looking at me come down the aisle
Mom and Dad and me before going up to the altar
Ryan taking me up to the altar
Under Wedding canopy
You may now kiss the bride
Lighting of candle
Pronounced husband and wife
Kiss after ceremony
Wedding Party and Families
Reception Entrance
First Dance
Intimate moment during first dance
Our reception canopy
Rings
Picture with some guests
Soul Food
Shoe Game
Toss of Bouquet and Garter Winners
Our Car: The Bentley
Leaving for Honeymoon
The Plan: My Expectations/ Ideas of Who I Am and Will Be as a Homemaker
There are three categories.
Wife
Mother
Entrepreneur
As a wife: Helpmeet, Confidant, Lover, Godly/Edifying, Accountability Partner, Best friend, Prayer partner
As a mother: Caretaker, Teacher, Godly example, Homemaker, Student/Learner, Flexible
Entrepreneur: Inventory, Motivation, Plan, Goals, Knowledge, Organized, Research, Residual Income, Steady Growth, Persistence, Risk Taker, Advancement Opportunity
I want to run a business from home that would allow me the flexibility to be at home and be a mother and teacher to my children, a supportive wife to my husband spiritually, physically and socially. Me and hubby want to home school our children so it is important that lots of time can be dedicated to their schooling and learning process.
WHO I AM
Social Interests: God, Husband, Women groups, Homemaker support groups, Spiritual studies, Mentoring young women, Etiquette (social, spiritual, roles, modesty), Challenging discussions, Group games (monopoly, charades, Scrabble, etc), Speaking/Leading, Singing, Couple outings, Family outings.
I enjoy the company of women and people, I would like to intellectually dig deeper with women of various age groups in distinguished and casual settings. This could keep me stimulated socially while nurturing my children's needs and husband's direction.
Wife
Mother
Entrepreneur
As a wife: Helpmeet, Confidant, Lover, Godly/Edifying, Accountability Partner, Best friend, Prayer partner
As a mother: Caretaker, Teacher, Godly example, Homemaker, Student/Learner, Flexible
Entrepreneur: Inventory, Motivation, Plan, Goals, Knowledge, Organized, Research, Residual Income, Steady Growth, Persistence, Risk Taker, Advancement Opportunity
I want to run a business from home that would allow me the flexibility to be at home and be a mother and teacher to my children, a supportive wife to my husband spiritually, physically and socially. Me and hubby want to home school our children so it is important that lots of time can be dedicated to their schooling and learning process.
WHO I AM
-I want to maintain self identity
Social Interests: God, Husband, Women groups, Homemaker support groups, Spiritual studies, Mentoring young women, Etiquette (social, spiritual, roles, modesty), Challenging discussions, Group games (monopoly, charades, Scrabble, etc), Speaking/Leading, Singing, Couple outings, Family outings.
I enjoy the company of women and people, I would like to intellectually dig deeper with women of various age groups in distinguished and casual settings. This could keep me stimulated socially while nurturing my children's needs and husband's direction.
I feel by writing these things out my blog will have a direction and through time I can see if I'm lining up with the expectations of marraige and motherhood as a homemaker, how exciting!
Million Dollar Cost: Marraige and Motherhood
I am a recent newlywed as of May 2009 and will be a new mother within the coming months of March or April.
The cost of staying at home for a mother has an estimated million dollar price tag! Even that doesn't change my mind about the importance of investing in my family. I want the life for my family that I didn't have, not to say I'm not grateful for my life's experiences I am! I love my mother and father and brother, I know the sacrifices they made for us and with all my heart I thank God for there commitment to us and our family! It's just have you guys ever just sat back and thought about all the ways to show love in ways that maybe you didn't experience, but longed for. For example, my husband and I call each other "baby" now in my household that wasn't necessarily what my mother called my dad, but it was something I wanted! Me and my husband constantly communicate our love to each other daily, three simple words "I love you" can become the most difficult statement if not said often. There are so many things that I want to do with my husband, Justice and future family that are all right now entries on various sheets of paper somewhere. But day by day I'm living them out, for every desire I want to match it with an experience. With every experience I am patiently and humbly awaiting the outcome, the fruits of my labor. Until then, a million in exchange, uh let me think about it, NOT!
Thank you Lord for answering my prayer and hearts desire! As I seek to serve you in ministering to my husband, child, and future family I pray that I can walk according to your will in obedience to the life that you have called me to live and glorify you always.
The Official First Day of My Diary
Today is Sunday, February 28, 2010 and I am on bedrest! No work, no church, just bed. I've been bedridden for about a week now. Now at about 35 weeks and 3 days pregnant I have to be careful because about two Friday's ago little Justice (my soon to be baby girl) was on her way out ya'll, not naturally though. I had a scheduled doctor's appointment for an ultrasound, the plan was to verify that she was in actuality a girl for my upcoming baby shower. Well in the process the doctor's found her at 4 lbs 4 oz at 34 weeks, surrounded by a Grade 3 placenta. There are 3 grades, and supposedly the placenta that surrounds her is expected around a pregnancy that is full term, i.e. 40 weeks. I was sent directly to labor and delivery to take a stress test to determine a reason for her lack in weight gain. Come to find out I WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS! I didn't even know it! I eventually stayed at the hospital for about 8 hours, honey that was NOT in the plan, with a doctor's appointment at 9am, my plan was to be home by noon. Well come to find out for some of the contractions her heart rate would slow, eventually they let me go however because it wasn't happening EVERY time I had a contraction. Thank God! The next scheduled appointment was for that Sunday, just two days later. I got there Sunday and the doctor's didn't see the level of activity that they would have wanted to see, because of that they wanted to monitor me throughout the night, I HAD TO STAY! Throughout this whole ordeal if at any point they felt the baby was in a stressful environment they were contemplating a C-SECTION. My My My! All I wanted was an ultrasound! I took two types of stress tests on Monday and was released... AGAIN, and have successfully passed yet another test on this past Thursday. Now I am scheduled to see my doctor twice a week for continual stress tests until little Justice gets here! So bed rest it is. As soon as my friends found out all that went on they went on friend baby duty, one best friend got her a car seat, one best best friend went to Walmart and had a field day and another started to plan my baby shower! I'm excited, this Saturday is the baby shower, hopefully it turns out successful. So a note to baby Justice Grace, baby girl I need for you to stay put for at least a week in there! Momma has some plans for you this weekend! lol
God is so good!
I love my life! =]
