The saga continues!

Life has been so crazy this past week! Last week was the first week back with kids and I am already counting down the days to summer! Is that terrible of me?!?! On top of that, I am staying up entirely too late watching the Olympics. I have told the parents of my students that I will be much better teacher once they are over and I can get some much needed sleep!

So back to the whole reason you all are here.....to find out what happens next in my fun-filled summer. So, the last day of the beach was fun and I did not want to go back home. We ended up hanging out all day, shopping at the new peir park, eating longhorn, and cleaning. We left that night after dinner in the pouring rain. Of course it rained the entire way home!

The next day it was back to work for PJ after being on a vacation from work (per the doctor's orders). He had serious cabin fever and I was glad to get him out of the house!!! During that week I started thinking about what my sweet niece had said to me that weekend (if you are unsure as to what I am talking about you have some catching up to do in my last 2 posts). I thought to myself "Hum, maybe I should take a pregnancy tests just to make sure that she was wrong". So, before PJ got home from work I took one (it was one of those cheap Wal-Mart ones) and the stupid thing did not even work. It is supposed to give you a plus sign and then a negative sign in the 2nd box. Well the first box worked but not the second one. So, I threw the thing in the trash! The next day, PJ got home from work and ran to Home Depot (his favorite store) and I could not stop thinking about taking another pregnancy tests. Since the first one had not relieved my fears I felt I needed to take another! So, off I went to the potty to try again...all the while thinking that I am just wasting my time and money. I went ahead and did it and much to my surprise it was positive!!!!!!!!!!!! I stood there shaking and immediately ran to the trash can to retrieve the tests from yesterday and saw that it too was positive. I could not believe my eyes. I called PJ and ask him very calmly to stop by Target and pick up a Pregnancy test but not a cheap one one that actually says PREGNANT or NOT PREGNANT!!! He runs out of Home Depot leaving his cart and everything in it in the middle of the store and rushes home. He wants me to hurry up and take the tests but I had just peed 30 minutes before that so he proceeds to pace our in living room, making me a nervous wreck!!! Finally the time comes for me to take the 3rd tests and it confirms that I was pregnant! I was in shock! We had not been trying at all and I didn't feel ready! I needed more time to plan!!!!!!!

Unfortunatly, I did not have health insurance so I was freaking out. Thank the good Lord above that it just happened to be open enrollment at PJ's work so I was able to jump right on his! I made an appoinment with the doctor's office for two weeks later.

During this time of excitement my brother and sister-in-law welcomed a new baby boy into their family. My nephew Andrew William was born July 1. When he was born his lungs were not fully developed so he spent the first week in the ICU. The first few days were very touch and go. Andrew was not responding to the treatments and was needing more and more oxygen. He was such a fighter and pulled through! It was a very emotional time for our family but the prayers were answered. Here are a few pictures of the sweet family.

Wll, Deanna, Tyler, Jon Thomas, and Andrew.

Here are the boys and with my dad meeting their baby brother.

Now, when the time came for my doctor's appoinment I was starting to get use to the idea of having a baby. Not that we didn't want kids, I want a big family, it was just not the right time. We had just moved into our new house and bought a new car and I wanted to wait another year or so! Guess the Lord laughed at my plans! So I went to my appoinment and they confirmed everything! Great News! Then they ask me when my last period was...huh I have no idea I do not keep up with that annoying thing. I started thinking about it and I honestly could not remember my last one! So we made another appoinment for two weeks later for an ultrasound. The sad part is that I had a miscarriage at the end of July and I truly was quite upset. I didn't think that I would be that upset....but I was. I had a hard week just dealing with the emotions but I never once questioned why this happened. Please understand that this was very difficult for me to share with all of you reading my blog but somehow I thought it would be theraputic for me. My husband was amazing throughout all of this and it made us much stronger! I know when we are ready that everything will fall into place as it always does. I just want to say thank you to my close sweet friends for all of their support and phone calls and to my family for allowing me to grieve the only way I know how. I know most of you felt shut out during that time but I felt your love and support.

Well, that sums up my month of July in a few paragraphs! Crazy and emotional! Next time on Happening with the Henthorne's....our trip to South Carolina and a precious girl gone too soon. See you next time!