The ABCs of 2012 {Recap}

We have had a jammed packed year full of exciting times, heart aches, great memories, birthdays, and you name it!  Here's a recap:

Abigail is what Markus has been calling baby #2 (repeat from when I was pregnant with Trevor)
Beach trip (Family vacation) Trevor's first beach experience.
Camry was rear-ended and was a total loss but Jenn and Trevor made it out ok.
Daddy is definitely Trevor's favorite thing to say.
Easter was by far the most fun to make cards for this year... Trevor is a photogenic kid.
Fishing continues to be one of Markus' favorite hobbies, and boy Jenn isn't complaining.
Girl is what Markus hopes baby #2 will be.
Hello is one of the cutest words Trevor says as he holds the phone up to his ear.
I have discovered that Mangrove snapper is the best fish I've ever eaten. Thanks to my hubby!
Jenn & Markus celebrated 7 years of marriage this summer.
Kangaroo seat is what Trevor sits in when Jenn takes him on bike rides...he's pretty cute.
Loss of a baby early this year discouraged Jenn from trying until September (when we got pregnant!)
Monkey see monkey do is the mode Trevor has been in this year.
Nose was the first body part Trevor learned to point to.
Office is currently relocating to master bedroom to make room for baby #2!
Perdido Key Beach was where we introduced Trevor to the ocean!
Quiet New Years Eve at home it will be, just me and my man.  Change from in years past.
Right handed or left handed?  Trevor shows favoritism to the left for a while. (Taking after daddy).
Sock monkeys were the theme for Trevor's first birthday!
Thirty years Jenn celebrated...
University tuition was almost a thing of the past... Graduation will now be Spring 2013!  We are so looking forward to that May Day ;)
Valentines Day was rough... Had to remake cards that I originally planned to say "baby #2". Next year will be more exciting... We'll find out what we are having!
Walks (Trevor) for the first time after letting go and never looked back @ 14 months!
Xylophone was a Christmas gift Mimi gave Trevor this year.
Yes we are so blessed!
Zoo is where Trevor spent his birthday this year and he LOVED the elephants.

It's been fun to look back on this 2012 year. It has certainly gotten interesting and more dramatic as the year is coming to a close. Here's to the New Year and the changes that await. It's gonna be a good one!

Christmas Sunday

We got our little man all dressed up for Christmas Sunday and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a picture. On the first try (and only try) we got the best picture! Merry Christmas!

Thanking God

I think there comes a time in life where one realizes after something almost traumatic could have happened that you are blessed.  Blessed by the ever watchful hand of God and the sweet tender mercies he provides to us to let us know we are loved, watched, and blessed. 

Yesterday, I received word that my SUV was ready for pick up from being repaired.  I got my dear sweet coworker to drop me off at the shop to pay and pick up my vehicle.  I didn't get many details on what was the problem or repaired by Markus, so I really wanted to talk to the mechanic.  He came out and told me what he repaired and told me that there was a fuel leak and what he did to fix it.  I had been smelling gasoline for weeks and knew something wasn't right.  He said the fuel leak was spewing out from the injectors.  My eyes got bigger.  He told me I was lucky.  I asked why?  He said if the gasoline would have touched the exhaust the truck would have gone up in flames.  He looked me straight in my eyes as he was telling me this horrifying "almost" news... I fought back my tears.  Thanked him profusely.  And was out the door.  Driving to my office I just couldn't stop thinking about it.  I started saying silent prayers to God.  Thanking him and thanking him some more.  I began to tear up... my baby was in the car with me... everywhere I went.  Everywhere.  Wiped my tears and walked inside.  My dear sweet coworker who dropped me off asked about the car.  I just started bawling.  I couldn't stop crying.  I realized how lucky I was.  She was the one who even planted the idea in my head that that could happen.  My head was obviously in the clouds.  And at the expense of my child and me and my now unborn child.  Oh dear!

I am so grateful for this lesson to bring me closer to how God watches over me and my family.  I cannot believe it sometimes.  How much of a protection He provides to us.  I just felt the need to share.  I was truly humbled as often times is how it happens for me to see something ever so important.  Thank you God for this tender mercy.