And now we are Three

Analise 1 day old

For four months I have had the pleasure of being the Mother of a beautiful baby girl, Analise Traecey Nelson. She was born August 13, 2011 8 lbs. 7 oz. 21 and 1/2 in.

 I never thought that I would love being a mother as much as I do. Sure, there are a lot of sacrifices that you make.. If your a mom you know what I mean. And I only have one right now! But knowing that a little life is fully depended on you to take care of them is more then enough motivation to be the best mommy I can be.

2 weeks old

I must say it has been hard not having my Mom around to see her would be first granddaughter, but I am blessed with a wonderful and loving husband, a beautiful baby, and lots of loving friends and family. God is so wonderful the way He provides exactly what you need when you need it. And I must say He gave me way more then I ever imagined He would. And yet the blessings still come... In this world today where there is so much sin, filth, and wickedness I want to strive to bring up my children to see that God is bigger then all of that. I want to teach them of how much He loves them and what He did for them.

My prayer is that all of my children will get saved at a young age and go on to live for and serve God with their lives.

That's funny when Christians say 'live for and serve God'.. If you're living for God then you ARE serving Him. We (I) Get so caught up with OUR lives and what we are doing that we forget WHO we are doing and living for. Even if you are involved in your church-teaching, cleaning, nursery, soul winning, preaching.... Whatever it may we get so caught up in it.. Ugh, have to get up early for bus, Have to spend time preparing my message for Sunday school, have to deal with a bunch of crazy kids for a couple hours, have to clean the messy church.... Whatever it may be. We are here to serve God in whatever way He wants us to serve Him. If we were to look at how much time we actually spend serving God and how much time we spend complaining about the few things we do do for Him, I'm guessing the complaining would be equal to if not more then the serving.

Lord help me to be what You want me to be so that my children will be what You want them to be.

Matthew 16:26
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

And now our family has grown to three.
We pray daily to become the parents we ought to be.
So one day our precious child we were so graciously given,
Can one day accept God's gift of salvation and be fully forgiven.
We know it won't be an easy task,
But we hope and pray to instill in her standards and a love for God that will last.

Aaahhh something is moving in my tummy! Lol

Well, my little Analise Traecey is definately alive and well in my uterus. I have my own personal basketball that I carry around with me conveniently on my stomach. How to explain feeling a little baby move around in you?... At first it was just a little flutter, a beautiful feeling of knowing she was really there. Then it was swimming around (she has her own indoor pool.. Already spoiling her). And now its gradually become more kicking and major movement so i can see and feel it on the outside. I love every kick and movement ! How someone could have a baby in them and want to kill it I cannot understand. I love her more and more every time I feel her and think of her. Now I am 30 weeks... 30 weeks! I can't believe it! August 20 or so I Will finally get to hold my precious baby in mine arms. I can't wait!

Mommyhood...

Today I went to the Doctor for a pre-natal visit. It was so exciting to hear my babies heart and to have the doctor tell me my baby sounds healthy and strong. I haven't met my little bundle yet but I already love him/her more then words can tell. How anyone can say that my baby or any baby Isnt a REAL baby till some point is ABSOLUTLY crazy. From the moment my baby was conceived He/she was exactly that... A sweet, precious baby.. A gift from GOD. And now I am preparing myself to be the best mother I can possibly be. Yes, preparing physically and thinking about what kind of a mother I'll be.. But most of all of the many ways I want to introduce my baby to the things of God. From a young age I want to always read him/her the bible, sing them good christian songs, and tell them how much God loves them. I will never pressure my child to pray a prayer to get saved.. I want my little child, whenver the time comes, to come to that decision because of God's conviction, not mine. My little girls will dress modestly and I will teach them to be young ladies for God. My little boys will learn to be gentlemen and be Boys! Not some sissy little boy. I look forward to them playing in dirt and being boys through and through.. I want my children ttill the appropriate age to think that anyone of t he opposite sex has cooties. It's crazy these little children having all these crushes and nonsense.. It's not meant to be that way that young! They aren't capable of understanding all of that nor should they. All in all I'm excited about becoming a mother and  having the opportunity to raise my children for God. The best thing is that I have a loving husband who is a wonderful leader in our home and who will be an awesome daddy! I want our marriege to  be strong and based on God and  his word . God is the center and when we draw closer to hi m He brings US closer together because of it.

A Lot Has Happened

The love of my life, Mark.

Well, all in the time span of 10 months my live completly changed. In april I started courting my now husband, my mother died, I had surgery for the first time, and my family moved from a house we had lived in for 14 years of my life. Then in july the man in my life Asked me to marry him. And that day was topped when i actually married him on October 8th, 2010. And now in march 2011 I am 3 months pregnant! CRAZY! I never thought that all of these things would happen to me in such a short time.. But now that it's all happened I wouldn't change it. If the baby is a boy we will name him Elisha james, and if the baby's a girl her name will be Annalise Traecey. Traecey was my mother's name. I really wanted her first name to be Traecey but I can't imagine calling out that name to my little girl all the time. It would remind me of my mom to much.

The First picture of My little baby.