Miracles and Blessings

After being approved and on the adoption waiting list for about four months we have been blessed with a miracle! We are PREGNANT!! (I hate cliché’s but so far I have managed to be a “june bride” and get pregnant after being approved for adoption!)

The positive test was the same morning as my huge RMA exam, I hadn’t felt well for the two weeks leading up to the exam and just thought it was nerves and stress. When things didn’t get any better I kept having the thought that I was pregnant… so off to Walmart I went and came home with a three pack of tests. Yup, I used all three J just trying to be thorough.

We began with cautious optimism and made the OBGYN appt for a few weeks later (apparently there are a lot of pregnant ladies in the treasure valley this summer it was hard to get an appt). We prayed and prayed that our little miracle would have a heart beat and be healthy. The first ultrasound was such an amazing day! We saw a glorious heart beat and a little “gummy bear” that wiggled and moved! We were so relieved and still a little worried.

The weeks have ticked by and I have tried my best to enjoy being pregnant and remind myself on the days I don’t feel so great that I prayed for this J My diabetes hasn’t given me much trouble, I am so blessed with amazing technology and physicians who have been available to help trouble shoot some tricky things. There haven’t been any major complications or reasons to be concerned.

Each day that goes by we are getting a little more excited, but there is still that nasty “what if” and “maybe” monster lurking in the shadows… we are anxious for the next ultra sound appt to know that everything is going well and to see our little miracle baby!

Wish us luck and keep us in your prayers and until February, keep watching for more baby belly news from the Fullers!

Summer Fun!

Well, once again, time has slipped away and I haven’t posted a blog in FOREVER! (Sorry Grandpa!) So I thought I would give you a quick rundown of our summer so far… We haven’t had many crazy adventures but a few things of note, unfortunately there are fewer pictures than I had hoped to help tell the story- we will work on that for fall! J

June- I passed my aweful, dreaded, RMA exam in June! Finally! I was so worried about it because I have been out of school for so long and don’t really do all the “clinical” things on a daily basis. But, with a lot of prayer and some frantic studying I managed to pass with flying colors! So, I am officially done with school! YIPPEE!!

June also included our fourth wedding anniversary, its hard to believe that it has already been four years! I am so grateful for Aarons love for me and that we are a forever family! I love him more and more each day and look forward to the years to come!

July- We started July off with a bang and a Campbell family party to celebrate Grandpa and Grandma’s 60^th anniversary! We had so much fun together as a family- we sure missed the few people who couldn’t make it. According to Grandpa we are just shy of 80 family members! We had an excellent day in the park, went to church together, and had a fun picnic on the lawn at "Belly Acres" (that's what Grandpa named thier property)

 (three of the "great-grandsons" playing in a tub of ice at the park)

 (Aunt Ann and Brady at the BBQ making some yummy grilled corn!)

(Aaron and Lizzy-she has such a serious face in this picture)

 We were lucky to have my cousin’s wife Sarah and their daughter Lizzy as well as my other cousin Tyler and his wife Kate stay with us. It made for a few late night/early morning conversations and they were excellent company. It was fun to have miss Lizzy in the house and spend time playing with her. (Thanks Josh for sharing your girls J )

(the mountains near where we put in at Hells Canyon)

 August- We decided to celebrate our Anniversary a few months late and enjoy a weekend away. We headed out early Friday morning to Northern Idaho. We spent the weekend at a bed and breakfast between Whitebird and Grangeville. We enjoyed some sightseeing and a super fun jet boat tour of Hells Canyon! Neither of us have spent much time in N. Idaho so it was fun to explore and see the different sights.

 (Just starting our day on the water)

 (Hells Canyon Dam- because the water was lower we could get right up close!)

 (the B&B we stayed at, very rustic and fun!)

 (View of the Whitebird battlefield)

(The beautiful and majestic Sawtooths)

The next weekend we went camping in Stanley. We were tagging along with my mom and her friend Ami and her family. We shared our favorite campground with them, enjoyed the cool-ish mountain air, and a drive around Red Fish Lake (we were planning to stop and play at the lake but there wasn’t a single parking space to be found!). Jack came home from camp exhausted- he slept the entire drive home and the next two days! Poor puppy.

Well, I think that about catches up our summer! Whew! Hope everyone enjoyed their summer and wish us luck as Aaron goes back to school at CWI this fall!