6 week postpartum checkup

Today, I went in for my 6 week postpartum checkup and physical. Everything went well and I got Mirena again. The funny thing is, it's been almost exactly a year since I got it out to start trying for another baby. I reread my blog post about my 6 week postpartum checkup with Julianna (from April 2010) and I said that we wouldn't be trying for baby number 2 until she was at least 2. Well, we started trying when Julianna was 18 months, suffered a loss, but were given another little miracle less than 2 months after the miscarriage. It's amazing how plans change. God has a plan for us and we've definitely been learning that throughout the past few years. I'm so thankful for my 2 little girls. We're not sure if we'll have a third child. We'll see how the next couple of years go... right now, we've got our hands full!

goodbye, birds... hello, grilled chicken

During Memorial Day weekend, we discovered a bird nest in our grill. It was a nest of baby Wren eggs. Tiny little eggs, tiny little mommy bird. She took great care of her nest and her baby birds when they hatched. We watched them as eggs, newborn birds, and much bigger baby birds this weekend. Yesterday, as we were letting the dogs in. Josh spotted one of the baby birds trying to fly under our deck. It was stubbling, unsteady, and nervous. Reminded me of little Julianna trying to walk. Not sure if the baby bird ever made it into the air last night but it was so cute watching it try to get there. Our little nest has been another reminder of God's love and another one of those reminders that He's there, smiling over us. The miracle of life from baby birds to baby boys and girls, is just amazing.

How Great Thou Art

good news!

Josh got some good news today. I can't share too much about it right now (via blog--you can ask us though) but just know that God's listening to your prayers. Keep sending them up to Him!

Today, I have started my packing for this weekend. This will be Julianna's first overnight trip. We are going to South Carolina to visit Josh's dad. I'm sure abuelo will be excited to see little JuJu! I just know that I'm going to forget something...