Amazing Blessing

I was on the phone with my mom this morning and she asked me a very interesting question "did Scott tell you about what the church decided to do?" I replied " Not that I am aware of". My mom then continued to inform me that the board at our church (the that I have gone to since the beginning of its time) decided that they were going to set up an account with Asbury Seminary to help with tuition and books! I can't even express the gratitude that I feel. I would have never expected my church home to do something like this for us! I am so overwhelmed that I don't really know how to respond. My church has always been there for me and my family in so many ways and they have made it obvious that they will continue to do so. God has blessed Scott, me and our family beyond what I could have ever imagined, what an AWESOME God we serve!

Thank you Emmanuel Free Methodist Church for all that you have done for Scott and I! We love and miss you all. There are not enough words that would ever express my gratitude for the financial support through this new and exciting time in our lives. You will always have a special place in my heart and Emmanuel will always be home to us!

God Bless,
Katie & Scott

I can't believe it...

I can't believe that Scott will be here for good in two days! This last week has been one of the harder ones by far. Just knowing that we had made it this far and we only had a short time of being apart left.

So many things have been happening in my life this past week, non of which were good. I have really felt Satan attacking my spirit in so many ways I have become so exhausted. I was going to write earlier and ask for prayer to help me get through this last week. I am just thankful that God has provided me with what I feel I needed to most...sleep. Landon has been sleeping through the night again (he has been teething like crazy) for the last week or two which has really helped my sanity! Now as I sit on my couch with tons to do and no motivation to get it done, I am hoping that God will provide me with the energy and motivation to I get everything done. I really don't want Scott to come home to a disaster of a house, I know that when it comes down to it he really wouldn't care but it is important to me I guess.

Well I feel like I'm just rambling so I guess that is all for now...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Aw the holidays it is truly my favorite time of year! I love everything about it to be honest, the time with family, decorating the house, cuddling with my boys under a warm blanket with a good book or movie! As I read on Facebook there are so many people that really don't like this time of year and I really don't understand what is there it to like. I mean I can understand not liking the commercialism of it all but I have decided to look past all that and look only at what it is really about. It should only be about two things one is family and the other thing, the most important is about celebrating the birth of Jesus, the Son of God! Now don't get me wrong it is my son's first christmas and we are getting him one or two things (seriously only one or two things), but I really want him growing up knowing what it is really about and not growing up thinking it is about getting. God has blessed me and my family with so much this year and I don't mean providing us with our wants but blessing us by providing what we need and teaching us (especially me) how to be content with what we have.

I love how our tree turned out...it has mostly handmade ornaments
that were handed down from my grandma or that I made growing up!!

This was an ornament that used to hang on my Grandma's tree
I miss her!!

I have been doing a lot of thinking and reflecting as the year is almost over, it has been a crazy one. It has also been the best and hardest year! As I was reading some of my older posts I came across one that I wrote around the first of the year, it had a list of some personal goals. I thought I might copy that list again into this post as a reminder to myself just how far I have come this year.

http://simplylifetogether.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-year-has-begun.html

...Like I said earlier I am not one for normally one for New Year Resolutions but I felt that it would be a good thing if I set some goals for myself. I am always wanting to better myself as a wife, as a person, and I'm sure I wont be the perfect mom either! I have been thinking about this a lot recently for some reason and I'm not really sure why. Well any way here it goes:

1. Build my portfolio
2. Spend more time with Scott
✔3. Not be as nonchalant about things in life, i.e. research/plan things that affect my families life in a big way
✔4. Build my website
✔5. Cook more
✔6. Make time for myself and time with God
7. Learn to sew
✔8. Get certified in Final Cut Pro
✔9. Get certified in Motion

I think that is all for now! Lets see what I actually get done this year.

Time flies when...

Things have been so crazy I haven't had a moment to sit do and blog. Not a whole lot is different since I've written last. Landon was really sick for about a week (his first ear infection) and that was miserable, his fever was so high it was scary! Let's see...Oh I also went to Cali for the first time in my life. It was so much fun I met so many new and amazing people. It was a crazy time to be there it felt like being on some sort of roller coaster ride, (it was definitely history in the making while I was there) we had the announcement of the iPhone 4S and when the launch dates where for so many exciting an amazing things! The next day we received the sad news of Steve Jobs dying, the mood in Cali changed instantly.

Things have been hard the last couple of months as I am still trying to get the "single mom" thing down! This is THE HARDEST thing I have ever had to do in my life!!! I don't know how so many men and women do it. I feel like I am finally getting some sort of a system down to help me manage working full-time, staying on top of the house work and spending time with my amazing boy Landon. It will be a challenge however, I am going to start getting up two hours early for work so that I can do thing that need to get done like spending time in God's word, folding laundry, and other chores. The. When I get home at night I will be able to focus on Landon and relaxing before I go to bed. My only issue with that is the fact that I'm not a morning person, so I'm hoping I am able to stick with this even after Scott moves here.


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A whole new experience

This has been an extremely long week! I have been home COMPLETELY alone all week. My mom came to visit again, which was great! She brought my nephew as well. He had a blast with his cousin's and his cousin's had a blast with him! I love having my mom here, it is was so nice not coming home to an empty home.

When my mom left she not only took my nephew home but she decided to take Landon back to Wisconsin with her to visit his daddy. The first couple of nights were so hard, I wasn't able to sleep. I don't think I slept for a couple of days but I knew that we both needed it. Well getting to the point I decided to post some photos of our new home!!

Living Room

Kitchen

Living Room/Kitchen

Landon's Room

Landon's Room

Master Bedroom 

Late night thoughts

I am beginning view life differently as I continue my journey as a young wife and mother. There are so many things that eat at my heart and soul and knowing what to do or how to handle certain situations is becoming harder and harder! A long time ago I said in one of my postings that I struggled with knowing what to write/talk about. I felt I was a private person, I still am to an extent. I have always really struggled with showing and conveying how I am feeling and what is really going on in my heart (only the people that I am closest to get to see that). This is where I am at a crossroad I feel free to talk about all the good things and maybe some scary things about my life but non of the bad or the hardships that I go through. How much should I share? I'm not saying that things will change as far as what I am posting but I guess what I am saying is that although things look good from what is being said there are times where I struggle with internal battles. To be honest I'm not quiet sure why I am even typing this, I am not looking for sympathy or wanting people to fish for information. I guess i don't really know where I am going with this. I also hope that people don't get me wrong I really do love my life, my son, my job, where I am living, even the train that run behind my house about every 15 minutes and seems to get louder and louder...everything! This will probably be the last time I can post anything for a little while I don't really have Internet and my mom and nephew are coming in s couple days to spend not quite a week with me. I am s excited to see them!! Anyway Landon and I are doing great here in Wilmore Ky. Although Landon struggles at night with being in a new place I'm sure he will be back to sleeping all night again soon (at least I hope he will) !


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Total breakdown!!!

This has been a week that I will never forget!! So we have made to Kentucky and it has been a roller coaster I haven't even had time to post any updates.

We found a place! This is very exciting. We move in a couple of weeks when Scott and my dad can bring my/our stuff down. It is a cute little duplex right by the seminary! It is a little of our budget but it was the first and only place that I considered to be livable (I'm not exaggerating I couldn't believe the places that we had looked at). I am just glad that we found something while Scott was still here!

So my little baby boy hadn't been feeling well all week. So I called the pediatrician to see if we should take him in. So what started out being just poopy issues turned into him not being able to keep anything down not even pedialyte! He didn't keep anything (formula) for not quite 24 hours, so Scott and I decided to take him to the ER when he stopped keeping pedialyte down. He had been screaming for hours by now and not even attempting to take a bottle. When we got to the ER the weighed him and he had lost a pound so they rush him/us back to a room and start taking blood, urine, and getting him on an IV. I have NEVER heard my baby scream like that it took every thing that was in my not to have a meltdown right there in the room. Once they got him going on the IV and some meds for his tummy I left to have my meltdown. We had no idea what was going on, all I knew was that we are in the hospital, have to work tomorrow and Scott is going home tomorrow and by now I have had no sleep in about 24 hours and only one cup of coffee (all of this alone would be enough to send anyone over the edge). To make a long story short we went home several hours later cleaned out Rite Aide of pedialyte and had a very sick baby for several more days!

Today was the first day he has been keeping his formula down and acting like himself (playing and being happy)! Praise God it was just a virus and that He has given me the energy with the lack of sleep that I have had (Saturday or Sunday night I was lucky if I was able to sleep for an hour at a time). I am so happy to see my baby smile and have fun again!!


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Moving on

There has been so much going on in my families life I don't know even know where to start.

We are currently on our way to Kentucky for the second time in the last couple weeks. We were there a couple weeks ago to check out the school that Scott is wanting to go to, visit family and check out the apple store that I was planning n transferring to when it came time for us to make the move down there. When I stopped in to see the apple store I met with one of the managers and she set up a meeting the next day with the store lead. I went into this meeting thinking it was just going to be a conversation about my intentions to come to their store, well it turned into an interview and he asked me how fast could I get down there (they only had one spot open for my current position). I told them that I didn't know it would depend on my current store and some other details that I had to get worked out. So to make a long story short I had a phone interview with the market lead the next week and not even a week later I'm am moving down there!!

Everything that has been going on in my families life has just made it even more clear that this is where God wants us!! I mean what are the chances of there being only one position open, I get an interview, and get the job all while I'm on vacation? Oh and even better I get to keep my same pay, whack in a miracle considering how much cheaper it is to live in Lexington versus Madison!!!

Normally I don't do this on my blog but I/my family are going to need prayer for several things:
1. We will be separated until about January. Scott has to stay in wisconsin because of school.
2. Because we will be separated I will be a single mom working full time. I have a lot of family in Wilmore that will be able to help me but it won't be the same
3. It is going to be hard for Scott to be away from his little boy!!
4. That we find a place to live this week while Scott is here with me!!


Thank you for your prayers I will try to keep this up to date the best that I can!!



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The diary of a working mama

It is becoming harder and harder to get in the morning and go to work! Yesterday my husband text me and said that our little boy rolled over for the first time! I was so excited to hear this but extremely sad that I missed such a milestone at the same time! That day I decided that I have to they and find a job that wouldn't take me away for so long in a day (I am gone about 12 hours in a work day with my commute). Although I love my job and that has made it so much easier to go back to work and except the fact that I have no choice but to work! I was talking to a good friend of mine (his last day was this week) and I asked him why he was leaving and he said that he needed more time with his kids because he had missed too much. I don't want to be saying the same thing about my life in the years to come, I want to be able to be there to see my sons milestones, I just have to figure out a way to do so!

Time Flies

Wow I can't believe it has been a month already!! Time has been going by so fast, and Landon is getting so big! Last Saturday we had a shower for him so that all our family and friends could come and see him. It was fantastic to see everyone!

He was exhausted after the party! 

This was the cake that Clarissa made for his monster theme shower! 

The first couple of weeks have been amazing and difficult at the same time. Landon was about two weeks old and I got Mastitis, that was not fun! It really affected my milk supply and that has been extremely frustrating! I was a bit of an emotional mess because I had to put Landon on formula. Whats even more frustrating than not being able to breastfeed, is that fact that everyone has been acting like someone died when tell them I've had to switch to formula, they always respond with "Aw I'm so sorry". It was hard enough to convince myself that formula isn't bad for Landon and not feel guilty about the whole situation that it makes me feel bad every time I talk to people about it. I guess I shouldn't say every time I talk about it, it's only when I talk to people that have never struggled with something like this.

It is so amazing to see how big he is getting already! I can't believe I am a mom! Well there is tons to do so I better get going!

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Finally

So I am finally able to blog after my little Landon has arrived. This new mamma has been very busy!

I went into labor in the middle of the night on Wed. the 16th. So we head to the hospital. We had several scary complications but God was good and everything turned out fine! Our little one is perfect, and praise God he does not have Down's Syndrome!

So because many people have been asking about Landon's birth and how it went I thought I would just post it so that any one can read it.

We went into the hospital at about 3:30-4 am. At the time we didn't know if we were going to be staying, the nurse needed to check me in an hour to see if/how much I was progressing. She checked me right away to see how far along I was (about 2cm). When she came in to check to see how I was doing I had dilated  to about 3cm, by then my doctor was going to be coming in within the next hour so they decided to keep me there. So she wanted to check in another hour at that check I had gone from 3cm to 6! Things started moving very quickly! I got my epidural and I thought I was working, I could feel my contractions but was able to talk through them. As things progressed even more I was in more and more pain and very uncomfortable. It was determined that my epidural was not working. They had to redo it. The second time around worked great, I felt nothing from the waist down. I was finally able to get some much needed rest. As my contractions started getting stronger my little Landon's heart rate was dropping, they weren't to worried because as soon as my contraction would end it would come back up. To be on the safe side they had my stay laying on my side and I had to be put on oxygen. When it came time to start pushing they started to worry a little bit more, Landon's heart rate stopped coming back up after my contractions, so I was given the option of having a c-section or having them use the forceps. I opted for the the forceps, and man did they have to PULL him out, the nurses had to hold me on the bed my doctor was pulling so hard. After about 45 min. of pushing our little Landon was here and perfect!

Landon James Ehle was born on March 16th, 2011 7lbs. and 20 in. long! Thank God he was not any larger!

What is sleep?

I hate not being able to sleep. Especially after having a complete meltdown last night (most likely due to lack of sleep and working like crazy both at work and around the house)! So I have decided to blog and read. Well I guess I shouldn't say blog, what I really mean is update my blog creatively, I am planning and working on completely redesigning it. I am really excited! I really miss being creative, I haven't designed anything in so long that I thought this would be a good way to get the ball rolling again. So let me know what you think (once I get it done) I am always wanting to improve, so any suggestions are encouraged!!

Almost There

With baby Landon ready to come any day now, my nesting is in full swing! I am loving it and hating it all at the same time. I have never had the ambition to purge the unwanted/unneeded stuff in my life and organize what I do need. Things are looking great around here and I am hoping that this pregnancy characteristic sticks with me long after Landon is here. I feel that there is still tons to do but with getting closer everyday I am getting more and more uncomfortable and sore, so I am trying not to push it especially after working all day. I have certainly reached the point that I just want him here, I am getting really anxious, and excited about it, which I never thought would happen. It is such a weird feeling for me to be excited about being a mom mainly because I have always been terrified of not only the responsibility of raising another human being but just terrified in general! I have put all my trust in God that I will raise my son to be a good person that loves Him just as much as I do!!

A New year has begun!

A new year has started and I am so excited to see what will happen this year!

On my anniversary (Jan. 1st.) my husband took me out for a nice dinner. We started talking about things that we enjoyed and things that we wanted to work on in our relationship.

Now I must say that I'm normally not one for New Years Resolutions but I thought I might start this year with setting some personal goals.

So anyway one of the things that me and my husband discussed was making more time for each other. We get so busy an so wrapped up in work, family, and just life that we don't have any time to focus on us and growing in our relationship.

Like I said earlier I am not one for normally one for New Year Resolutions but I felt that it would be a good thing if I set some goals for myself. I am always wanting to better myself as a wife, as a person, and I'm sure I wont be the perfect mom either! I have been thinking about this a lot recently for some reason and I'm not really sure why. Well any way here it goes:

1. Build my portfolio
2. Spend more time with Scott
3. Not be as nonchalant about things in life, i.e. research/plan things that affect my families life in a big way
4. Build my website
5. Cook more
6. Make time for myself and time with God
7. Learn to sew
8. Get certified in Final Cut Pro
9. Get certified in Motion

I think that is all for now! Lets see what I actually get done this year.