You're Gonna Miss This

CAN YOU RELATE?

Five years later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater
Dog's barkin', phone's ringin'
One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'
She keeps apologizin'
He says they don't bother me
I've got 2 babies of my own
One's 36, one's 23
Huh, it's hard to believe

But you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this
You're gonna miss this
Yeah, you're gonna miss this

Somedays I wish for nothing more than the day to be over and to be in my comfortable bed. Sometimes I wish away these next few years of little sleep, no money and small houses. Most days I wish a didn't have dishes to do, mounds of laundry to fold, baskets of shirts to iron, bathrooms to clean and toys to be picked up. I wish I didn't have so spend a fortune on gas, groceries and other wonderful necessities. Sometimes I want to worry about no one else but myself....but this week I found myself feeling grateful for all these terribly wonderful things. I realized that these mean that :

- I have child who keep me going (one who reminds me that she is there by her small but very clear kicks and jabs to the stomach)
- No money gives me time to learn and to grow with my wonderful husband.
- Having a small house doesn't allow us to be very far away from each other and by doing so gives us the opportunity to become closer to each other.
- Dishes mean we have food on our plates.
- Laundry means we have clothes on our back.
- Shirts to iron means that I have a husband who likes to dress very well and who has someplace to go every week that allows him to dress in his Sunday best.
- Bathrooms to clean mean that we have a place to prepare for our day and keep our bodies clean.
- Toys to be picked up...well, as often as I do this...I realized this means that I have a daughter who has quite the imagination and makes our house a home by these small (sometimes very large) messes.
- I will gladly spend a fortune on gas because we have been blessed with a reliable vehicle that has treated us very well.
- And last but not least, I am grateful I have others to worry about because it would be very boring if I just had to worry about myself.

I get so caught up sometimes on the negatives that I forget that most of the time..those negatives are only our positives in disguise. We are blessed beyond belief and I wish I could have the ability to see past our trials and see the blessings that are hiding right behind them. I love the many messes in my house and the people who help make them. They are my world and I can't imagine life without them.

A couple of nights ago I was laying with Hannah in bed and I was tickling her back and telling her stories and talking about her baby sister and all of the sudden I felt our baby girl squirm and I am pretty sure she was just getting comfortable for the night. I couldn't help but feel completely overwhelmed by the love that I felt for these two little girls. I can't believe that I am a mother. When Hannah calls me "momma" it just absolutely melts my heart. When our baby girl rolls around in my tummy I just try to imagine loving her more than I already do, and I haven't even met her yet. That is just crazy.

I have come to realize that I don't want time to fly by. I enjoy Hannah being small, and I enjoy our baby girl being safe and snug. I don't even want to think about when they are teenagers. This world scares me and I don't know if I will let them leave the house...EVER!!! I also have to say I have a wonderful husband. I was thinking about him the other day (don't get the wrong idea, I think about him often) and I realized how much fun we have together. He makes me laugh and makes me feel beautiful. He is everything I could have asked for and more. As excited as I am for eternity together...I am currently enjoying the present and loving our life right now. As scary as it to think about money and Shiloh's business, I know I am forgetting to realize how great the simplicity of our life really is.

Well, as you can see, I had a lot to say today but my mind and heart are so full and I have been feeling so so SO blessed lately. So to my husband, two beautiful girls, and our Angel....Thankyou for making life worth living and making me want to enjoy every second of it with you because as the Lyrics say... I'M GONNA MISS THIS! I LOVE YOU!

Just For Fun

Shiloh and I needed a weekend away from Pocatello and so we decided to go spend it in Salt Lake. It was my birthday weekend and so we spent the whole time looking for clothes for me...not just any clothes though...maternity clothes. Although I didn't really succeed, I did find a cute pair of pants and a swimsuit. We went to the malls and out to eat a couple of times. The last day we were there (sunday) we decided to go to Temple Square and walk around. It had been raining the whole weekend so when Sunday ended up being sunny I was so excited. We got lots of good pictures of the flowers and of our cute girl. I know it may not seem like much but we really don't go many places ALONE without friends or family so it was a ton of fun to go with just the three of us. There are some pictures of our trip on this slideshow...and also some of just Hannah and I being weird. That seems to happen a lot. Next post....BABY PICTURES and update.

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Finally Updating

I am actually updating my blog...I didn't think this would happen ever again. I have been such a horrible blogger. Well, since I am so far behind, I wanted to start out with the latest big adventure of the Armstrong household...our Cancun Trip. It was so much fun and every time I look at those pictures, it makes me want to go back. I was about 11 weeks pregnant on this trip and morning sickness and bloating was getting the best of me, but I made it and it was so much fun. Hannah had such a good time. She LOVED the water and talked about the pool and the ocean for months afterward. I am glad she is old enough to enjoy these vacations and remember them too. Shiloh and I enjoyed being away from home and the stress of life. It was a very much needed vacation. Since there were so many pictures to choose from, I decided to just do a slideshow because I could only narrow it down to 100 pictures from the 500 we took. I hope you enjoy.

Next pictures to come are of our more recent small trips and just some fun things. We also have some fun pictures of our growing little baby but they will be in the
next post.

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Our Deepest Fear

Shiloh and I watched Coach Carter about a month ago and I forgot how much I love that movie. During the movie Coach Carter keeps asking one of his players what his deepest fear is and in the very end he finally tells him. (This isn't the exact same as what they say in he movie, this is the real quote.)

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so
that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other
people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others."

^^ Marianne Williamson

I love this because it explains what my life feels like sometimes. We have had a fair share of trials this past year with jobs and just life in general. It is hard being at a stand still when school is over and you expect life to all the sudden begin but it doesn't work out quite like you had hoped. We had also been trying for a baby for a little over a year and I know that is nothing to some couples but we didn't have a hard time getting pregnant with our first two so I didn't expect any complications with getting pregnant again. It just through us for a loop a little bit. Anyways, lately we have been realizing the blessings of everything that has happened, or better yet, everything that has not happened. We have seen that things are working out in the right time and the right place. As much as I would have loved Shiloh to have found a job right after he graduated, he is finally starting his own little business up, and that is exciting and scary at the same time. But had he gotten a job he wouldn't have entertained this idea and we both feel really really good about it so I think it was just another blessing in disguise. Also after over a year we just got pregnant at the perfect time. Heavenly Father knows what he is doing, I just forget to have faith in his plan sometimes and I forget to have faith in myself. You know, the funny thing is, when we got pregnant I couldn't help but wonder why I got pregnant when so many deserving and special women haven't been able to. Why was I the one, surely I didn't deserve this as much as they did. This is the reason I love the quote so much. We do deserve this, Heavenly Father knows the desires of my heart and knows what is best for us. I am curious to see how this next year goes with a new baby and a new company. Needless to say, we have been blessed and we are very grateful.

A Week in Paradise

Well we had a BLAST last week in Cancun. The weather was beautiful and it couldn't have been more perfect. We were really sad to have to come home but I am just glad we had a week to relax. Hannah REALLY loved the beach and the pools. She keeps asking us is we can go back there. I wish we could go back too. It is really nice to be back in the states for a few reasons, free and clean (cleaner) bathrooms, good water, and a nice bed. Anyways, we had so much fun and can't wait to go back. Hopefully next year.

In other news...maybe you noticed my newest addition to the blog...we are so excited and happy to say that we are expecting baby #3. It has been a long year and we are ready for this new little baby to join our family. Hannah is finally getting excited and is starting to understand a little better. She actually went around Mexico telling people that her mommy has a baby in her tummy. I thought it was pretty cute. We just pray that everything goes well. We had a ultrasound done two weeks ago and our little was very active already and everything looked really good. I was so nervous that we wouldn't see anything in there but for all the sickness that I have had, there better be a baby in there... and there was. Well anyways, we are excited and very ready for this new adventure. Life is good!!!!

By the way...picture of our trip will be coming soon.

Saturday Fun!

Whats better than making a fort with a two year old on Saturday morning. It was such a beautiful morning and really warm so we decided we needed to be outside. Hannah had a really fun time, we actually put the laptop out there so she could watch her movies and she stayed out there for a good two hours. She loved it, and I really loved it too until I became the slave instead of the play mate. I guess that is what moms are for right.

I may complain about where I live,but just look at the view I get everyday. The mountains look so pretty lately, and this little girl doesn't look to bad herself.

Blowing her mommy kisses



The finished product. It amazes me that such a simple tent can make her day.

The Princess relaxing in her castle.

This is Hannah's new smile...really cheesy but way too cute! I love this girl.

Trying to do the cheesy Hannah smile


What a great day so far.

Winter

Well, I am officially REALLY bad at blogging. I get so far behind I don't even want to try to catch up, so that results in my serious lack of blogging. I haven't posted anything about Christmas or anything since, so I though I would at least post some pictures. We had a great Christmas, definitely a snow filled Christmas break. We went up to Island Park for a week and it was really really relaxing. I love that Hannah is old enough to enjoy the snow and snowmobiles. She looked cute in all her snow clothes and with her goggles and helmet on.

Just a little update, since the middle of December I started working again part time at the same Law firm I worked at before Hannah was born, only this time I am a receptionist. I really got lucky, the job offer came right when we needed it. It was definitely a blessing. It took some getting used to but I work with really great people and I actually enjoy it quite a bit. Shiloh is starting up a new business hopefully this week. He is trying to tie up some loose ends and he should be up and running this week...HOPEFULLY. He is going to be selling a software the provides a way for businesses to get organized and keep track of everything that is happening in the company. I can't really explain it like Shiloh can. He is really excited about it. He has a company name and everything...Armstrong Corporate Compliance Systems, LLC. Cool huh! We are excited and nervous to see how things will work out, but I hope that they do well and knowing Shiloh...they will. We have been blessed tremendously this past month and it is crazy to take a step back and see how much the Lord has blessed us. Hannah is getting big and cute but she is a handful. She loves to be a big girl and sometimes it drives me nuts but I love her and she is the sweetest, most lovable little girl. Anyways, enough babbling...here are some pictures of the last few months. I needed to get these done because in less than two weeks we are going to Cancun, Mexico and I really want to be able to come back and blog strictly about that. I AM SOOOOO EXCITED. Well...Enjoy!

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