Fridays ...

It's 3 pm on Friday afternoon and I've been finished with my work since about 11:30 this morning. Needless to say, I'm resorting to blogging in an effort to pass the time today. On the work note ... if I haven't mentioned this lately I really do love my job. I love the church, the people I work for, the things I get to do .... the list really goes on. My creative portfolio has grown tremendously over the last year and I love graphic design even more than before.

We are SO close to moving into our new buildings we can hardly stand it. We have three new buildings opening up in a couple of weeks. A middle school building, a high school building and an Administrative building. These buildings are nothing short of amazing, seriously. We got to take a tour on Sunday to see the latest work and they are so close! The student buildings are incredible and in the high school girls bathroom is an amazing black vintage chandelier (very trendy right now). I love it! Our administrative offices are fantastic, very modern and lots of natural light.

I had a major pregnancy growth spurt yesterday. My lower back was hurting all afternoon so I ended up working from home during the afternoon so I could put my feet up and sit back. Around dinner time I started having pretty severe pain around my lower abdomen for about two full minutes. It felt like someone was talking my skin and pulling it in opposite directions. I know that my ligaments and everything else are moving and stretching, I just had no idea I would feel a growth spurt all at once like that. All of this pregnancy stuff is nothing short of a miracle.

Although we pray we never have to go through it again, Ethan and I are so thankful for the insight and spiritual growth God granted us through a miscarriage. I love that God often uses trials to strengthen us and to allow us to advance his kingdom through our struggles. I worried that when we did get pregnant again, I would stress and worry so much about the baby and it's health, etc. However, it's been quite the opposite. During the first pregnancy I was working out, worrying about everything I ate and just worrying in general. This time, I've realized how little control we have over this miracle going on inside of me. There really isn't a whole lot of things we can do to control it. Yes, we can take our prenatal vitamins, eat healthy and exercise ... but really it's not up to me in the end.

Although it's often uncomfortable and throws your whole body off it's norm ... it's really one of the coolest things in the world. 

Tonight we are meeting some friends at the Salt Lick for a birthday dinner. We haven't been since we've lived here but it's a local favorite. Texas BBQ is so good, but it usually ends in eating way to much meat so we don't often go out for BBQ. When we do we hit Rudy's and we've been told the Salt Lick is even better than Rudy's so I'm sure we're in for a treat.

Tomorrow I have a photography "field trip" downtown with the class I'm taking with Carrie on Monday nights. It should be fun, but it's robbing me of precious sleep-in time on a Saturday morning. 

The weather has been wonderful this week, mid to upper 80's and we are so ready for summer! I spent 30 minutes out on our porch napping in the warm sun yesterday. It was perfect.