We just finished with an amazing youth conference! The speakers were wonderful and the kids' repsonse to everything made all the hard work well worth it. One of my favorite things about the conference was that the speakers spoke to all age groups, not just "kids". We had Jr. Highers and High Schoolers but even the adult leaders got some really good stuff from the conference. The passion and hunger in these kids were so strong that every service was amazing.

I am at the end of week 9 and I am feeling great. I still get quesy every once in a while but for the most part I feel great and am eating again! I have lost 8 lbs but I don't think that will last long. I can eat meat now as long as I don't cook it- we have been eating out a lot! I still don't do dairy or most sweets. I am beginning to notice that my jeans are a little tighter in the waist. You can't see it but I can feel it. I know they say you show earlier on your 2nd and 3rd child, but I am still hoping to not really start showing until the 4th/5th month. Wtih Chloe it was almost the 6th month before you really saw anything so maybe this time it will be the 5th month!

If you ask Chloe if she wants a brother or sister, her answer hasn't changed from the beginning. She will tell you she is having a baby brother, a baby brother and a baby sister. She has even named them- Logan, Evan and Chloe 2. She is very adamant that the girl will be Chloe 2 and nothing else.

Things Here

Things have been going well in the Carpenter household. This week was my first week of real morning sickness. But it is nothing compared to last time! I get quesy a few times a day and throw up occasionally. I don't eat a lot at one time but I eat almost every hour. My list of things I don't eat right now keeps growing! I am now at NO: dairy, sweets, fruit, eggs, chicken, fish, spices. Poor Jeremy and Chloe have had to fend for themselves lately because there isn't a lot I am up to making. So, this weekend when I go grocery shopping it will be mostly things I can snack on and frozen dinners I can pop in the oven :) I am at 7 weeks and haven't gained any weight- actually I've lost 5 pounds! Don't worry- being pregnant is not my new weight loss plan.

Chloe has been trying to help more in the kitchen. She likes to stir batter for muffins and she especially likes beating eggs. Yesterday I was in my room "resting" and she decided to make me some eggs. She got out a pan and 2 dozen eggs (you see where this story is headed, right?). She had the pan on the floor and cracked about 8 eggs in it before I caught her. There were shells in the eggs, eggs on the floor- 2 eggs didn't even make it to the pan, just the floor- and Max standing there watching, tongue hanging out drooling into the eggs. The sight of it all made me want to puke and laugh all at the same time! I took the eggs away and got Chloe and the floor cleaned up when I found another pot on the stove with the rest of my 2 dozen eggs dropped in it. It was my big stew pot and the eggs were still whole. I think this was her first attempt and then she decided to try it on the floor so she could reach. About 4 of the eggs were still ok.

I am beginning to think that part of the reason I am so tired with this pregnancy is because I am also chasing after a 3 year old and her accomplice Max!

4th of July

Here is a picture of all of Jeremy's family. We spent the day in Port Orchard with everyone. The weather was beautiful- although there was a little rain. Everyone had a camera and took several pictures so we were getting pretty tired of pictures :)

Finally!!!! Feb 25, 2007

Most people already know this, but WE ARE PREGNANT!!!!!!! Of course this is exciting news but for us it is even more exciting than most people could know. July of 2005 Jeremy and I started trying to have another baby. That was almost one year ago. With Chloe it took us like one minute to get pregnant so we thought another one would be a snap. But after about the 3rd month it really started to get frustrating. I am not the most patient person when I really want something so several months became a challenge. By the 4th month I was getting discouraged but knew that we were young and healthy and eventually it would happen. Then all of a sudden everyone else started getting pregnant. Most of them weren't even trying. We had a small group of people that knew we were trying and they were praying and believing with us. I am so thankful for all of them! I will be honest- it was one of the hardest things I have ever overcome to be happy for someone else's new baby when we had been wanting our own so badly for so long. But we knew God was faithful and our turn would come. I had a couple of emotional outbursts where I would just cry all day long, wondering why it wasn't me. Don't get me wrong I am very happy for everyone that is pregnant or just had their babies (about 11 total!) but emotionally it was hard. I had to keep reminding myself to change my thinking and not feel sorry for myself or be bitter towards others. Finally I had made up my mind that if something didn't happen after July I was going to take matters into my own hands and start fertility treatments! Of course, we didn't really need them and I am sure God is laughing at how silly I was sometimes. I don't know why I would think my plans would be better than God's! So far, nothing has ever worked out for me when I try to do it on my own. But 3 weeks before the one year mark we found out we are having a baby!! Long ago we started praying that this pregnancy would be easier than Chloe. I threw up every 20 minutes for almost 4 months straight. I am not exaggerating, either. So far this time has been great. I have not really been sick. I am finding that I cannot eat cheese or anything sweet- fruit, juice, nothing! It makes me nauseous but I haven't been throwing up. My biggest surprise was coffee. I remember wanting to throw up at the thought of coffee last time. But yesterday was the first time that it didn't sound good. I actually quit cold turkey. A few weeks ago I just didn't feel like having it in the mornings and I never got withdrawl headaches! So everything is going great and we are all excited. We had been preparing Chloe for quite a while so when we told her she just said, "I know." I love our dinner time conversations as we all talk about the new baby and things we want to do and Chloe talks about the things she wants to help with. The only thing we are really working on with her is that she is convinced we are having 3! Our due date is Feb 25- another February baby!