What a weekend!!!

Well, we had a very eventful weekend. On Thursday, our niece, Danslen Jane Connell, made her entrance into the world. She is absolutely perfect in every way. I have pictures I will post later...when I can find my camera cord. :-/ For now, I will have to steal a pic off my SIL's blog. Hope you don't mind Danica. :-)

As you can see, I have two of the most beautiful nieces anyone could ever ask for.

Then, Thursday night Daniley came home to spend the night with us, and boy did we have fun. I might add that this was a very successful sleep over. YAY!!!

When we got home we had so many fun things we wanted to do. I had planned to dye Easter eggs, make Easter cupcakes, let her get a bubble bath - one of her favorite things to do, etc. Well, by the time we got home it was around 5:00pm. I knew we wouldn't have time to do everything, so we scratched cupcakes from the list. After we ate supper we headed to the bath tub. I always let her fill it up pretty high, and then she is allowed to do as much splashing around as she wants. You are always supposed to be able to get away with stuff at your Aunt Brooke and Unc's house that you can't do at home. :-) By the time I was able to pry her out of the tub, she looked like a prune.

We then headed to the kitchen to get the eggs ready. I let her help with every step of the process. She filled up the boiler with water and insisted on using the sprayer. Needless to say, The side of the fridge go a few good washings that night. LOL!! The we dropped the eggs into the boiler and put them on the stove. Then it came time to dye them. I think she would have dyed them all pink if I would have let her. She did very well for a two-and-a-half year old. I think she dropped five eggs (out of 24) and spilled one bowl of dye. In the end we all had a ton of fun, which is really all that matters. :-)

On Easter, the family met back up at Danica's to ooh and aww over the new baby, Danslen. Oh yeah, we also ate a delicious lunch and let Daniley hunt her Easter eggs. We all had so much fun.

After that, Danson and I went to my Meemaw's house and ate dessert with my side of the family. There are now two precious little babies, Brayden and Colton - and one on the way, mine. There is never a dull moment around there now.

BIG, BIG NEWS!!!

On Monday morning Danson, Mom and I went to the doctor to find out what the baby is. Danson and I just knew that it was a boy. We have only talked about a boy, only thought of boy names, only looked at boy nurseries, etc. Well, we should have been thinking girl because....... It's a Girl!!! Even though we both wanted a boy, we are still very excited that Bentley will be making her debut around September 21, 2011!!

More pictures will be added when I find my camera cord. :-)

Update

Okay, I know that I have not posted in a long time and I am very sorry. Here is an up date on what is going on around the Thornburg house. The thing that occupies most of our attention is this pregnancy. Shocking, I know! I am 18 weeks pregnant. Here is a picture of my belly I took last night:

HaHaHa!! Just joking! I'm not showing a pregnant belly, just a fat one so far!! We find out the sex of the baby next Monday (4/25) so we are really excited about that. Danson is so set on it being a boy. I'm afraid he might have to seek out counseling if they tell us it is a girl.

I have not been sick a single time! My sister-in-law says it is so unfair. LOL! The only complaint about pregnancy so far is I have headaches almost daily.

The only complaint Danson has is that I am very lazy and don't cook enough. :-0

So far I would say this pregnancy has been a breeze. I am very blessed. I think that since God shocked me with this pregnancy two months after being married, He thought, "The least I could do is make it easy on her." Or at least that's how I like to see it.

Other than the pregnancy we still have the same routine. We are getting very excited for our niece, Danslen Jane Connell, to make her arrival any day.

We are also counting down the days until our nephew, Brayden Thomas Hutton, celebrates his first birthday.

 I am a little sad that they grow up so fast, but I am very thankful that I am around to see them all the time and watch them grow up with my very own eyes instead of through pictures.

 Oh no, I'm crying... that is one thing that I do a lot now that I'm pregnant.

Not Goodbye, See you later...

Well, this weekend is going to be a pretty sad one for the Thornburg family that lives on Ola Drive. Danson, Danny, Debbie and I are going over to MS to take two very special horses to their new home. Giblet and Will have been around for a long time. Will is over 25 and Giblet is around 20... I think. Giblet has been Danson's one and only horse since he was about 14. However, Giblet is getting to the point that he really shouldn't be rode. So, Debbie's family is willing to adopt Will and Giblet and give them a very comfortable life over in MS. I know that they will be taken care of and they will be fine since they will have each other. Giblet and Will are BFFs. It is going to be hard to leave them there, but we can go back and see them whenever we want.



Love and Laundry

Last night I was reminded of why I fell in love with Danson so many years ago (it will be six years in September)! As you all know, Danson and I got the stomach bug several weeks ago. Since then, it seems like no matter how hard I try I just can't get caught up. The main chore that I have neglected has been laundry. I HATE laundry. It is a never ending process... and please don't remind me about how much more there is going to be when the baby gets here. I completely realize this. It had gotten so bad around our house that we didn't even have any clean towels in the closet! So last night I decided that I was going to start putting up the clean laundry. I hauled FIVE baskets full of laundry out of the laundry room to the living room. Danson was sitting on the couch watching tv. I had said earlier in the night that I HAD to start putting up some laundry and that I didn't know if I was ever going to get caught up on it. I got one basket of towels folded and put up and when I came back into the living room there was Danson folding and hanging up clothes. Now, this means a lot to me especially since I didn't even ask him to help me. As we stood there for over an hour putting up laundry, I couldn't help but think about how lucky I am to have a husband who is WILLING to help me out with this kind of stuff. Sometimes it is the smallest gesture that sends the loudest message. I love you Danson and I am so thankful for you.

Oh Baby

Meet Baby Thornburg! The Doctor said that every thing looks great! I think it favors Me more than Danson. LOL! ;-)

Ready or Not!

Well, Danson and I have some big news to announce. We are soon to be a family of three! First, let me say that this was not planned. We had planned on enjoying life as a family of two for a couple more years, but I guess God had other plans for us. I have realized over the past month that as much as I like to think I am in control, I’m not. I think this was His way of waking me up and bringing me back to complete reliance on Him and on faith. I will tell you the story of how all this happened. Let me start from the beginning.

My MIL(mother-in-law) was telling me about a teacher friend that she works with that got pregnant while on the pill. My first question was HOW?? She then told me that she was taking some antibiotics and that’s all they could think of that could have caused her medicine to be ineffective. I said, “What are you talking about?” She told me again and I ACTED like I just didn’t understand what she said at first. What she didn’t realize was that I was freaking out inside because I had just gotten off of antibiotics for walking pneumonia. I left as fast as I could and went home and pulled up Google. Every thing I pulled up had my antibiotic on the list as possibly being ineffective. I tried to calm my nerves because I was still days away from missing my period. I finally gave in and bought a home pregnancy test. I took it that night and it was positive. I busted into tears and went to Danson. He told me that he could hardly see that line and that I probably wasn’t pregnant. He told me just to wait and see if my period comes. Well, as much as I wanted too I just couldn’t. I left that night to go to my mom’s house and instead went to CVS and bought 2 more tests that were digital. I came home took this first one and it said…..PREGNANT. I didn’t tell him about that one. I woke up the next morning and took another one… pregnant again. I came home on my lunch break that same day and took the final one…pregnant. I called my sister in tears and said, “I think I’m pregnant.” She asked if I had taken a test and I told her I had taken three. She said, “Well, you’re probably pregnant then.” Thanks for the reassurance!! When Danson came home a few minutes later I told him that I had taken a total of four tests that were all positive and that I was pretty sure I was pregnant. I had to leave to go back to work right after that. I walked out the door and when I got to my car I realized that my keys were still in the house. When I walked through the door Danson was sitting on the couch with tears rolling down his cheeks. Needless to say, those were the first of many tears that we both cried.

We are both very excited about this now. It took some time to realize that big changes are coming soon whether we like it or not. I am due September 21, 2011. It’s a little sad/humorous that we will spend our first wedding anniversary with a baby!!  The good thing about this is that this baby will be growing up with some great cousins all close in age. He/She will only be six months younger than Danslen. He/She will also be 16 months younger than Brayden which is the age difference between Bethany and me. I know that this is God’s plan for us and once this baby gets here we will never think twice about our lives and the way things have turned out.

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them."

                                Psalm 139:13-16

What a weekend!!

This past weekend was anything BUT uneventful. The weekend started out great. Saturday Mom, Bethany, Brayden and I went to P.F. Chang's for lunch. I love it! We had a lot of fun eating and socializing and entertaining Brayden. The funniest part of the whole meal was when the waiter brought out the tray and set it beside Brayden. When he turned around to get stuff off of it Brayden casually reached up and grabbed his butt. You should have seen how fast he whirled around. His cheeks turned three shades of red when he realized it was a nine month baby who had just made a pass at him. We were laughing so hard. Needless to say, he avoided Brayden at all cost after that. After lunch, we went by and visited with Meemaw and Pawpaw. They love when we come to visit... well, when we have Brayden with us. :-) Then on Saturday night Mom, Bethany, Brayden, Danson and I all hung out at our house and had "homemade pizza night" which is Danson's favorite type of family get together. During this fun night Brayden threw up his whole bottle. I'm talking squirting out his nose throw up.
Skip to Sunday morning around 1am. Danson gets out of bed to go to the bathroom. When he came back I asked what was going on. He told me he was sick at his stomach. UH OH!!! Now, for a little back ground info, about three weeks ago Danson's sister JoAynn was thinking about coming to spend the night with us because Kevin had the stomach virus and didn't want to catch it. Danson has never had the stomach virus. He didn't know WHAT the big deal was. I told him that when he gets the s.v.(which he will eventually) he was going to eat those words and then have no choice but to throw them up!! By Sunday morning at around 7am Danson was in one bathroom and I was in the other. This bug lasted for over 24 hours. At one point Danson looked at me and said, "I think I would rather be dead." It didn't take long for Mr. Macho man to break under the torture of the dreaded stomach virus. Hopefully next weekend will be much better.