Happy Birthday Eve!!

This past weekend we went on a short trip to Gatlinburg with my parents. It was so much fun and we were so glad to get away. We ate at lots of yummy places, like the Pancake Pantry. It is on of our favorites to go to.

We went to the mountains and had lots of snow ball fights! It was so much fun and people thought we were crazy I am sure!

Yesterday, for Valentines day, Matthew took me to work. Then he washed my car for me and picked me up. He told me to get ready when we got home. He said my mom was cooking dinner and we were going over there. It was such a nice surprise to see Steven, Ryan, Reba and Katie come over to celebrate! This is my last year in my twenties and I am a little sad. I don't know why, I never thought I could be so glad to be where I am at today. Even though Matthew and I are going through some struggles trying to have a baby, our relationship has gotten stronger each day and for that I am very thankful! Matthew got me a strawberry cake from Edgars. The top is from the fair this year...Monkey's Riding Dogs!! I loved it!!

I also got our quilt yesterday too! It is all the pieces of fabric people signed a little note to at our wedding. So, almost 5 years later...I finally got my quilt made!! I love it and it was a great surprise!!

I have started my Etsy site and have a couple of items on it. It's just table runners right now, but I've got more things in the works. I named it HopefulLove Boutique. Hopeful that one day we will have a child and we will love this precious miracle and we know that God loves us so much that he want everything to be according to His plan...Perfect!! The money we get for these will go toward helping pay for any infertility treatments our insurance is not going to cover. We know God will provide for us and we want to use these as a testimony of our faith.

It has been almost 2 years since we've started "trying" to have a baby. When I look back I wonder, how in the world did we make it this far?! But I know how...it's because we serve a great and mighty God!! We go to a new doctor on Monday and I am a little nervous. I don't know why, we've been doing fertility treatments for a year now so I am used to getting blood taken every month and hearing the good or bad news from the month before. I think I am nervous because I feel like we are starting over. Hopefully once we talk to the doctor and tell her our concerns I will feel much better. After our appointment we are leaving to go to Nashville. So it will be good to not have to deal with questions or anything for a couple of days. I don't mind talking about it anymore, it's just the first couple of days I don't want to talk about it. That may not make sense but it does to me. Matthew and I are spending every moment we can together as a couple because we know one day it will be hard to do that!

We have so many friends we are praying for and and family that is struggling with different issues right now. Its so hard to remember all of them so I am going to start a prayer gates page to where you can post things you want others to pray for and vice versa. But for now if you want to just write a comment on here or email me I would be happy to pray for whatever! We all need prayer every single day! Through the past couple of years we have had so many people praying for us and I know that is how we made it through, so I feel lead to be prayerful for others.