A good God + Anniversary announcement

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So it's been over a month now since I have been able to blog, did you miss me?  I can't believe how out of the loop I have been lately--No Twitter, hardly any Facebook, and no blogging...it really makes a girl feel disconnected!  Fortunately my absence has not been without good reason!  We shall get to that in a moment, but I must first address other amazingness in my world: today marks my five year anniversary to Andy Reale!


I can't believe it has already been five whole years, but even more amazing is that the Lord has only allowed our love to grow and our relationship to gain new depths during this time.  As cliche as it is, I can honestly say I love him more today than I did all those years ago.  Andy, you are an amazing and wonderful husband!  I have so much fun with you and I'm so proud of who you are.  I am completely in love and adore who we are together as a married unit...that's why I'm even more excited about transforming this "married unit" into a family-we have so much love to share, and I cannot wait to welcome our little one into our lives.  


In case you haven't caught on completely by now, yes, what I'm getting at is that I'm pregnant!  I'm officially 14 weeks at the moment, and the baby is healthy and things look good this time around, something I am completely thankful for.  I have been warmly welcomed into this pregnancy with loads of nausea and an aversion to brushing my teeth (not because I like to be funky, simply because I am sure to puke because of that darn tooth brush). I won't lie-getting sick is the worst-but I can say that I found myself thanking God each and every time I was clinging to that porcelain throne, knowing that I was sick for the very best reason of all. Its been a while since I have shared or talked about our miscarriage in October, and I thought that I would be a nervous wreck all through my next attempt at pregnancy (I did have a few days of anxiousness at the beginning), but early on we got some good prayer from close friends and family, and I could literally feel the Lord's peace settle in over me.  Since then I have been confident in the Lord's plan with this tiny life inside me and trusting him over it all.  I feel so blessed to have this experience and look forward to the days and months to come as we prepare for this baby.  I have so much more to share, but I'll save that for another day.


Fortunately the nausea seems to finally be tapering off, so hopefully that means I will be able to get back to regular posts and all things social media sometime soon (and hopefully some day I'll tackle making a replacement banner for this blog, maybe June??)  Anyway, I have very much missed my little blog-world and all you dear friends. 


Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!