Munchkin Land Designs- My Blog

Head over to Jenn's blog at Munchkin Land Designs to check out a post highlighting my blog!! While your there flip through her gallery and check out her amazing talent!!

I can't get the button she sent me on my page through my iPad but here is the link to her sight:

http://blog.munchkinland-designs.com/

She's amazing and I hope y'all enjoy my little interview/ Q&A post she wrote!

Totally Random

In order to be a better blogger I thought of a fun little blog that helps me not be 'so boring'

5 things you may not know about me:

1) I am addicted to shoes, especially wedges--I have more than I can count and find myself looking at them every time were at a store with shoes....

2) I have scoliosis, it's not to severe at the moment-Thank God! But it sure gives me trouble every now and then...

3) DEATHLY afraid of spiders, bees, wasps, snakes, any creepy crawly creature!!!

4) I have to have stability in my life--kudos to those who move alot due to there spouses job--I could def move one or two times but def not several over the years.

5) I'm a reality show junkie- Big Brother, Gulianna and Bill, Bachelor/Bachelorette, Almost any cooking show.... Love these shows!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to the greatest man I have ever met!

My sweet husband turns '27' TODAY! 

He will never know just how much I am thankful for him and for the many things he does for us!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY! 

I love you to the moon and back!

((P.S. It's also my sweet sister in laws birthday as well ---Happy Birthday Beth! Hope your day is very special and amazing!!)

My boring life...

I am a horrible blogger...enough said!

I sit down to write about our boring life then I think 'no one will want to read about that'...

We got a hammock the other day, that was the highlight of my weekend---but surely no one will want to read about that, haha!

Or I could blog about our upcoming Jimmy Buffet concert that is next week...

I feel like at this point in time our life is a little on the boring side...and I just don't want to bore any of y'all--I find myself staring at the computer forever wanting to write about our weekend, or our week and there really isn't much to write about...

Oh how I'd love to write about something interesting...

Please tell me I am not the only one who feels this way at times...

hopefully soon I can blog about something that will make up for all of my boring post :)

Reflections

It's been about a year since our last (and very first IVF)--you would think I would eventually quit thinking about it--but truth be known I think of it often.

How much pain and discomfort my body went through, yet how wonderful the whole experience felt...how when our  'babies' where placed back in me how exhilarating that felt knowing that 2 little babies that Zach and I created were waiting to attach and grow...

Watching my pregnancy tests get darker and darker day by day knowing 'this is finally it'...seeing the word 'pregnant' without the 'not' and how amazing that day felt!! Seeing how my husband cared for me and my 'belly' at the time, not wanting to hurt anything.

The the awful day when my tests went to negative and my beta came back a 4....

As I type this I look up at our bulletin board in our office to look up at our ultrasound of 'our babies'...friends and family often tell us to throw them away as they only bring us 'down'....but truth is they don't bring us down, they make us happy knowing what we had, even if it was short lived.

One day (and hopefully/prayerfully) soon I will be able to tell you a child is on it's way, whether it's pregnancy natural, IVF, or adoption...God has a plan for us and we plan to follow it!

Sometimes God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers...and maybe our last IVF was meant to be a learning lesson for Zach and I...and stepping stone in the right path. We learned alot about ourselves and our relationship and just how strong we are.

Sometimes it's nice just to sit back and reflect on all that God has taken you through--the good, bad and ugly.



Kudos to my man!

My husband--he is such a hard worker, a loving and caring husband, and my very best friend! He works hard for our family and for our dreams! He recently has received a promotion, and I am beyond proud of his hard work and accomplishments!

Zach is the type of guy who will put everyone before him, he has such a powerful care for his customers and his friends...he goes above and beyond the call of duty to help anyone out...

I am beyond thankful and blessed to call this man my husband! 

Congrats honey! You deserve this!

Pete & My Pepa

I received alot of questions about my grandfather and his dog Pete--most wanted to know if he was in The Little Rascals--that answer is no. Although he was friends with the cast, Buckwheat was one of his closest friends...he always told me they would eat pickles together :)

My grandfather, better know to me as 'Pepa' and to others as Ted Lucenay grew up in California--my great grandfather, Harry Lucenay was the owner of Pete (and Pete's dad Pal). Pete first got his break in show business in the 1920s when he took over Pal's, his dads , place in the Buster Brown silent movies. The Buster Brown director, Hal Roach, went on to direct Pete in the Our Gang comedies. Infamous for the ring around his left eye and his funny antics, Pete quickly stole the show.

 Pete died in 1946, when my Pepa was 18. My grandfather joined the Army and after his discharge, settled in the Waco area in the 1950s when he married my grandmother, MaPerk. 

Before my grandfather passed away it was normal for him to be bombarded with requests for pictures and information about his beloved animal. Museums have contacted him, and the Waco-McLennan County Library also wanted information for a display--there is a local channel on TV that they would air my grandfather on with him talking about Pete--Zach never got to meet my Pepa, but shortly after he passed away I could hear his voice in the other room, as I walked in Zach was watching his show...it was so emotional and so surreal to see my grandfather, healthy-happy-and talking about his beloved Pete...it was also really neat that Zach got to see him as well :)

Although my grandpa was used to the attention, Pete was more than a celebrity to him. He was a best friend.

"He was a gentle, playful and warm dog," Pepa said. "He would sleep at the foot of my bed. He was just the regular family dog. I really miss him." ...."He was always recognized,"... "Everybody loved him."

The black ring around Pete's left eye was not the work of a makeup artist. The natural skin coloration was such an oddity that it became certified by Ripley's Believe It or Not.

I remember asking my Pepa several times about Pete, I would curl up in his lap and just listen to the story over and over...