Half Way There on Thanksgiving!

Yesterday was Thanksgiving! It was a great day! We had my mom, her husband Steve, my brother Ben, his wife Brianna, and their son Nathan over! We had all the fixings and it was just in all a good day! It also marked the half way point in my pregnancy! I am grateful for the health of this baby. I am grateful it chose our family to join. I am grateful the Lord has blessed us after the trail of our faith. Sometimes we dont realize the blessings that we have. Sometimes it takes going through something horrific or awful to realize that we have is a miracle. The only thing that could have made the day better was to have Craigs family with us to. We did a Skype with them and got to see them all. It was hard to be away from them. I am so grateful for all that I have and for all that the Lord has blessed me with. I am grateful for the Temple and for the blessings my family has received from our choice to be married there. I am grateful for a husband who lived his life to be able to take me to the Temple. And for the wonderful Father he is to my children. I am grateful for all of my kids. They have all brought their own little spirit into my life. These are blessings I hold most dear. I am of course grateful for so much more. Thank you to all that have supported us and loved us through our good times and bad. Who have loved us unconditionally. We love you too!

18 Weeks and Counting!

We had our 18 week ultrasound today! Our baby is perfect and healthy! It was so active during the ultrasound! It was awesome to feel it and see is move! Now every time it moves I think of watching it. We were strong and didnt find out the sex of the baby so that is a surprise! We are comforted to know that our baby is healthy. It sounds weird but I could tell just by the ultrasound that the baby is already as in love with me as I am with it! We are very excited to welcome this adorable little spirit into our home!

Feeling the baby!

So I have been feeling the baby move around a lot. It first started on the 20th of October. This is the first time I felt the baby and I KNOW it was the baby. I am sure I felt flutters before then but this is the first time I didnt have a doubt. This is my favorite part of being pregnant. Feeling this life growing and moving inside of you. Makes it more real to me. But at the same time I think its pure magical! And a miracle. I am excited for this little flutter to become flow blown kicks! I am excited for others to be able to feel the baby move too! I am excited to share this experience with my kids and husband. They say the baby can hear me so I am trying to sing and talk to it a lot. The kids arent so keen on the idea but I am sure it just has to grow on them. We have our next doctors appointment on the 11th after our Ultrasound that same day. This is going to be a great day!

14 weeks and counting!

I am now 14 weeks pregnant as of yesterday! Its been exciting and challenging! But today marks the day I got to hear the heartbeat. Its funny how that small fast little thud can send you to tears. Your whole life changes in that minute that you are just listening. And to make it all that much better the baby moved so we could hear it better. The dr said it was about 160 and was impressed. This now puts my miscarriage rate to less then 1%. Unfortunately it never goes to 0 but we are down as low as we can get. It sunk in then that this is really happening. We are really going to have a baby! We are still stuck on not finding out the gender of the baby. I want it to be a surprise and I want people to be able to guess and have it be a fun game. I am thankful for all of those in my life who I get to share this miracle with. Thank you everyone for your love and support! My baby is doing great and that makes everything wonderful!

New addtion!

So the Reiher family is growing! I am currently 12 1/2 week pregnant! The dr says everything looks really good! The baby is active and the heart beat is very healthy! I am due April 12, 2012! We are very excited and grateful for this blessing! We are also excited that our baby will come just 6 months after Craigs brothers baby! They will be able to play together! We have however decided that we arent going to find out the sex of the baby until its born! Some may say we are crazy but I think it will add to the suspense when it comes time to have the baby! My due date is my father in law Jeff's birthday! So Happy Birthday Grandpa! It has been a rough road for us. With the two miscarriages we were wondering if we were even supposed to have more. But the Lord kept telling us to be patient and we will be rewarded. It has been a scary road with the pregnancy for the simple fact that we didnt want to get attached and have things not work out. But every time we had a test or ultrasound and everything came back good we got more and more excited! Now that we are passed the "danger zone" so to speak we are beyond excited! We are looking forward to all of the fun and challenging things this pregnancy will bring! I have been sick a lot but grateful for that because it means the baby is in there and is growing the way it should! I will be sick every day until delivery if it means I get to bring a healthy baby home. People will ask what I think the sex of the baby is..... I think its a girl..... Craig is guessing a boy.... So one is right! hahaha But Elliana wants a girl and Ethan wants a boy! But they both say they are happy to just have a baby in the family! :) I want to thank all of those that have supported me and my family and have been there for good news and bad in the last year! We love you all and are glad you are in our lives!

Strength

Sometimes we feel we are stronger then we really are. I have learned that it is okay to admit defeat. Its okay to ask for help and to admit we arent as strong as we thought. I know sometimes I have a hard time dealing with things in a way that is productive and end up doing things or saying saying things I wouldnt normally do. I thankful for those that realize that and forgive me before I have hurt them. And for those that have no idea I just hope will understand. I make a lot of mistakes and I try very hard not to. But I am grateful for my wonderful friends and family who totally understand! And for the Lord and for the atonement.

Preschool!

I have started my preschool for the 2011-2012 school year. Elliana was very excited to have some friends over while Ethan is at school! I have 3 girls! Ellianas favorite thing to do at school is the hand writing! She can almost write her name! I am very excited and proud of my little girl! She is getting more grown up every day! She loves to sing the songs and talk in circle time! I am very excited and proud of her eagerness to learn! She is going to blow them out of the water come Kindergarten! I love you Elliana!