Introducing Baby #2

Thanks to my sister-in-law for reminding me accidentally about this blog, I will eventually rekindle it...... though it's going to be a slow start-up-process~ it'll eventually echo my heart!

Introducing the bestest friends & brothers that there ever was and ever will be~

My two precious boys, whom I am so honoured & blessed to be the mother of.

Photo taken shortly after our littlest darling arrived in our world, Jan 2011

Birthday: 23 December 2010~ my little Christmas Angel!

A new year....... a new life.....

Well, here I am..... a year after my last blog. My little one has finally arrived... safe & sound.. perfect in every little way. I have just finished 'editing' my blog..... I'm learning, so cut me some slack with the imperfections! hah.

I will be posting more often now that I'm not in bed all day.. every day! Praise be to God.

Shortly I will introduce you to my new baby prince.... stay tuned!

Love,
MotherHearted

Discovering 'it's' Gender! ...and the value in a name

We went to my mid-term ultrasound 9 days ago... and our little one revealed to us that 'it' is.... a....

....BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..And that symbol of perfection, in this picture, is our unborn gift from above. Taken on Saturday 7th of August 2010, by our lovely CHRISTIAN sonographer, Tuesday (yep, that's her name!). Isn't he is just beautiful? It just makes it all worth it, doesn't it....

So there ya have it... we are going to be a little family of all boys!!

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We are overwhelmed with joy over the beautiful little ones that the Lord has given us. I knew in my heart that I was having a boy.. all my dreams confirmed it.. and although sometimes I would ask my husband "what makes you so sure we are having a girl?" (yes, he was convinced it was a girl!!), I just couldn't be convinced otherwise. Even when I shopped, I was always drawn to little boys clothes. I did wonder at times if it was just because I had a boy already, but then the same thing happened when I was pregnant with my firstborn.. even though at the beginning I was hoping for a girl! I guess a mother always knows (well, usually..).

We have shared the knowledge of our unborn baby's gender with friends & family (who were also nearly all "SURE" we were having a girl), and although there were some obviously disappointed faces, everyone is excited about the arrival of the newest member of our family. (Of course, there is a little part of me that is a little sad that I may never have a little girl now.. and I know my husband is sad that there won't be a little girl who is "just like her mommy/mummy".. but we are overjoyed with the knowledge that we have a little prince destined to arrive in time for Christmas!

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So now the fun part of choosing that perfect name. We believe that a name defines someone. It is their identity.. it represents them through what we know as life. We are also big on the meaning of names, as we believe it speaks over the life of its owner.

... more than likely, our little man will end up with 2 middle names, as our firstborn. We think it creates even more of an identity. For example, our firstborn was going to be "Charlotte Adara Grace" (meaning Petite & Feminine Beauty & Grace), had he been a girl... if we would've chosen just "Charlotte Grace", she (had he been a she), would've just been another one, as that name has been on the most popular list of 10 for a long time now.. and we have personally met several "Charlotte Grace"s. Thus our belief in the importance of a longer name! (besides.. mummy has 2 middle names too)... haha.. reminds me of one of my fav movies "The Importance of Being Earnest". Random thought!

I'm sure our new little man will end up with the perfect name..

..one that helps define who he is and will be! 

 

We want it to be strong.. yet unique. One that speaks GOOD things over his life.

With joy,

MotherHearted

21 weeks & 6 days

My little family is now complete...

I would LOVE to have a few children... but because my pregnancies are always so difficult and put my life at risk, I don't think having more is going to be an option after this one... I never thought I'd say this, as I come from a family of 10 children and always wanted 4 with the option of 5.. But... Our family is now complete. However, saying that, it still saddens me that my choice of having more children is not really a choice I have. My health doesn't reflect my desires.. and it would be so unfair on the child/ren that I already have. ~MotherHearted

So hard.. but so wonderful...

I love being pregnant and I missed it when I wasn't.

But why does it have to be so hard? I'm 20 weeks & 2 days.. and still so exhausted and nausea's. I've been hospitalised several times with hyperemesis and dehydration.. and ended up in a very dangerous situation because of it, that really put my life at risk. I just wish I was able to enjoy being pregnant more.. but instead, although I love feeling my little one move within my belly (etc), I constantly find myself wishing it was time to give birth so I would feel somewhat normal again. Rather than "I'm halfway.. yay!".. I feel like "I'm only halfway"... like every day just drags by and the clock purposely ticks very slowly to get to the end of each day.

~MotherHearted

Such a long tedious journey.....

I've been hospitalised 3 times in the last 4-5 weeks with Hyperemesis and severe dehydration that had me constantly fainting and unable to drink or eat anything for days, from the Pregnancy. It has been so difficult on all of us and I cant ever do this again... but it is so wonderful when I get to see the little one within my belly doing so well. Still only at the beginning though.. and praying for relief.. soon! I have felt so disheartened at times.. and often overwhelmed with a deep sense of fear of the things yet to come. How am I going to cope? How is my little boy going to cope? He is finding it so difficult to suddenly lose his mummy (as I can barely show him any attention.. im in bed the majority of the time and have just come out of hospital after another 5day stay).

I'm so over being so sick & tired. I keep counting down the days til it's over... but it's just ticking by a second at a time...

12wks and 5dys pregnant.
MotherHearted

Just the beginning...

This is my first post. I have been encouraged to start a blog for some time. I think it is now that time....

I am a 26, brown haired, green eyed girl. I am a wife & mother.. the two greatest things I could ever imagine to be. I love my little family with every breath of my being. They are my greatest joy.

I'm goofy at times, but am tenderhearted. I am learning to trust God in everything... I'm sure he considers me a slow learner.

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I have been married for 5 years on August the 22nd to a man whom I love dearly and consider my best friend. I am Australian.. my husband American. We live in Australia, yet still haven't found our 'home'. We don't quite know where we belong....

My husband & I have been through a long tedious journey, but life isn't supposed to be easy. In this journey, we have also begun to discover ourselves and who we are in Christ and each other. We have lost.. we have found.. we have broken.. we have mended.

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My beautiful son arrived in this world at 8.45pm on Monday, July 23rd, 2007 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia).
In future posts, I will talk further about the journey. He is my miracle boy.

I should've started this blog a week ago, when I was going to! Then I would've captured the news of the little one growing within my belly..... I found out on Thursday 15th of April. I am overwhelmed at the joy & fear that this has brought me. We have been trying for nearly 2 years to conceive.. and it finally happened.. in the one moment in time that we were trying NOT to conceive.

God is funny like that.

JOY - This beautiful unborn child has been entrusted to me to take care of and protect.. to nurture and grow.
FEAR - for the unknown.. of not being able to provide.. not having a home.

I have felt the pain of an early miscarriage. And I have had a pregnancy that doctor's didn't think would make it past even the first trimester.. that one resulting in the birth of my little man. I have a lot of cysts on my ovaries (told many different things, inc Polycystic ovaries and endometriosis) and found it very difficult to conceive.. but through God's grace I have another little one being formed in my womb (without intervention)! With all praise to God.

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We have recently had to move back into my mothers house because of financial reasons. If you knew my family, you'd understand why this isn't in the least-bit easy. It has been tough, but at least we have a roof over our head. I am grateful. But now that I am pregnant, I am trying desperately to find a way out of here with my husband, little boy and unborn blessing. My son was excited to be staying at "Nana's housth", but the novelty has worn off and now he keeps asking me to go to "our housth, mummy". I know he needs to be out of here.. as we all do.

So I'm praying for a lead into the right direction. Where are we to go? Stay in Brisbane? Move to Sunshine Coast? Victoria? Tasmania? ..America?? I don't know. We have no money and can barely put food on the table as it is.. but we need to get out of here. My husband works so hard and is not recognised for his efforts. It brings him down and deeply discourages him. Every man wants to be able to provide a comfortable life for his family. No man wants to feel like a failure. Where does our future lie? God what do you want from us? Where do you want us?? I am lost.. find me.

I cling to the verse: Psalm 31:1-3
"In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me."

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So here is the beginning of my blog... and the beginning of a new journey.. from a Mothers Heart.

~Motherhearted