Trying A New Thing

So ... blogging just wouldn't be 'me' if I didn't have multiple ones going on at one time! For those of you who just happen to read my stuff(and I'm beyond honored that you do) you know that I am an advocate for helping people overcome anxiety and depression through the Truth of Jesus Christ and discovering identity through Him as well which explains my www.poynterjourney.wordpress.com site. Wordpress helps me reach a network of LOTS of people who blog through Wordpress as well. Then there is www.healedwholenew.com, the official ministry website that I lead everyone to that's more "official" but pretty much has the same info as my Wordpress. Outside of stomping anxiety and depression back to hell, I have a life that I live with a pretty awesome family and some pretty awesome friends. My day to day delights and struggles with them keep me grounded. With that said, I wanted to have a space to just write about my 'norm'. Even if folks don't care to read it I can always look back and review it as a journal type thing at the least. So here's my first go at it. Life lately- I'm sitting here 19 weeks, 4 days pregnant. We find out the gender of our baby in 4 days. This is a very exciting and challenging season but our family moves by faith with each step that we take. 19 weeks, 4 days pregnant: This second pregnancy is breath taking. Not that my first one wasn't great but it was the first. Nothing replaces your first anything, really, even if it's not great. This pregnancy is very similar to my pregnancy with Trinity. I stopped feeling nauseous at 10 weeks (with Trin it was 12 weeks) and my nausea never really wiped me out completely. It made me feel yuck and I was tired but it never really completely stopped me. I'm zooming right through the second trimester and I feel fantastic just as I did with Trinity. I'm all social-butterfly like right now! I know that seems to cease as you travel through the third trimester but I'm loving it right now. Gender of our baby: This Thursday at 9:20am we find out the gender of our new addition. I am so stoked. With Trinity, we found out and immediately told the world. With this one we are taking Trinity with us since this will be something she'll remember forever and then that evening we are doing a gender reveal party with all the family. Saturday we are having a gender reveal party with our closest friends. The news will go public Saturday evening. We'll see how this goes. It will be challenging for me. I'm great with other people's secrets but have a rough time with my own! haha! Exciting and Challenging Season: You know, everyone has a little bit of this mixed into their days. We have seen God work miracles on our behalf over and over again and yet as soon as a challenge steps in front of us we seem to retreat or feel defeated. The reality of baby #2's daycare and a kindergartener (Trin will start Kindergarten in August this year)who will need before school and after school care starts to get pretty darn expensive. We know it will work out but this is the planner in me wanting to prepare and make sure everything is perfect and in its place. Trusting God on the right moves. I'm excited to update you when those moves happen. I guess that's all I've got in words for now. Check out the pictures below for a few fun things captured with my phone this past weekend and these past weeks. Until next time - chao!

This is me at 18 and 19 weeks. Excuse the bathroom photos but it seems to be the best place I can get a full body shot these days.

The Newks "Q" and potato soup are so amazing to me right now! Just talking about it makes me want one. Newks is a restaurant in town that has this awesome chicken and white barbeque sandwich! *drool* It has been one of my major pregnancy cravings so far.

Tony and I spent our Saturday evening giving Trinity a "room makeover" while she was at her grandparent's house. I was too embarrassed to take a "before" picture with all of her mismatched furniture and random items hanging around so you're only getting the "after". I know, not much to compare to but trust me when I say the "before" was "TORRIBLE" as Trin would say (a mix between terrible and horrible). I'm so proud of my husband and myself for our hard work and dedication. There were a few times we wanted to throw that dresser out the window. The new items are: the dresser, the storage cube thingy, the curtain, and the lamp. Check out that awesome picture of a building my kiddo drew - she's amazing!