Well, the naming poll was quite interesting on what Baby Boy Sappington should be called. 3 out of 5 of the names on there were no longer in the running, but added to the list just to have variety. :) The votes were quite interesting! Cobi is a name I liked, but Jay has never cared for it. Shiloh and JPS V are nice names, but didn't make the cut either. Which brings us to the last 2 names: Eli James and Ian James. When people ask me what we're going to name him, I always have to shrug my shoulders and say, "I don't know what to name him!" How ironic is it that here I was hoping for a boy this go around, yet, I have no name for him! So, let me give you a little history behind the meaning of both names...
Eli is Hebrew in origin and is a form of Elijah which means "The Lord Is My God".
Eli is also a form of Elisha which means "God Is My Salvation".
Ian is Scottish in origin and is another name for John, which is Hebrew for "God Is Gracious".
We like the meaning of both names. Eli is cool because it's totally different sounding than Jadyn. Ian is cool, because he would be named in honor of my brother, John.
James is carrying on the family name on Jay's side. James, just so you know, is Hebrew for "Supplanter".
I have this feeling that we won't know exactly what to call him until we see him face to face. I think this is one of those times that when you meet him face to face, then the name just clicks. Maybe it'll click before he arrives....which would be nice, because I am so indecisive!
So, what do YOU think??? Ian or Eli??? :)
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
God is faithful
Well, one of my goals when I stay home is to be able to update this thing on a regular basis. :-D
Here goes another update:
Our floors are done and we are pretty pleased with how they turned out. We have been in the process of moving everything back in. It's a slow, but steady process. I've never been so thankful to have my fridge back in the house! LOL It's amazing how appreciative we can become of everyday basics when we don't have easy access to them. Our fridge was in the garage for about 3 weeks, so every time you needed something out of it (which is like 15 times a day!), you had to go to the garage to get it! At least, we were getting more excercise! God is good and we are thankful to have the floors done and be settling back in. We are also thankful to our good friends, The Chadwicks, who let us stay with them while our floors were being done. Thank you!!! You are a blessing!
Jadyn is now 16 months old and blossoming so much these days! She is now starting to say more words. She'll now say "Eeee, Eeee" while she signs the word "Eat". She'll sing, "B-I-B-L-E, Bible!" She's adorable and is a sponge soaking up so much these days! It's crazy to think she's going to be a big sister in just a few short months! She's used to having a playmate, though, which is great. She LOVES to be with her buddies: Andrew, Kenya, or Elisabeth!
Speaking of baby boy Sappington...I put up a fun little Survey to the left of the blog screen. Here's your chance to vote for which name you like! :-) We've actually already pretty decided on a name, but we'd thought we'd have a little fun and see what our 'fans' vote for. So cast your vote! Polls close on April 2nd!
The Sapps just got back from a quick vacation. We had a great trip to Connecticut and New York with our dear friends, the Chadwicks, for a few days over Spring Break. Check out my Picasa web album for pictures from our adventure. Jay and I just celebrated our 3rd Anniversary a couple of weeks ago too. It's hard to believe how fast time has flown for us! God is good and faithful. I am blessed with a godly, loving man.
I am down to 12 weeks left of school...12 weeks!!! Sweet!!! That means only 14 weeks til Baby Boy Sapp debuts around here too. I am looking forward to the last 14 weeks of this pregnancy, but am enjoying my time with just having Jadyn. I am also looking forward to being a stay-at-home mom. It'll be an adjustment in many areas of our lives, but it'll be a good one, no doubt. I am looking forward to the challenge and adventure of being at home.
On one last note, but a very important one....please be praying for our friends who just learned this week that they miscarried. This was their first pregnancy and they had been trying for quite some time. Our hearts are broken for them. Please pray for the Lord's comfort in their lives as they grieve this loss. (We love you guys).
Love,
The Sapps
Here goes another update:
Our floors are done and we are pretty pleased with how they turned out. We have been in the process of moving everything back in. It's a slow, but steady process. I've never been so thankful to have my fridge back in the house! LOL It's amazing how appreciative we can become of everyday basics when we don't have easy access to them. Our fridge was in the garage for about 3 weeks, so every time you needed something out of it (which is like 15 times a day!), you had to go to the garage to get it! At least, we were getting more excercise! God is good and we are thankful to have the floors done and be settling back in. We are also thankful to our good friends, The Chadwicks, who let us stay with them while our floors were being done. Thank you!!! You are a blessing!
Jadyn is now 16 months old and blossoming so much these days! She is now starting to say more words. She'll now say "Eeee, Eeee" while she signs the word "Eat". She'll sing, "B-I-B-L-E, Bible!" She's adorable and is a sponge soaking up so much these days! It's crazy to think she's going to be a big sister in just a few short months! She's used to having a playmate, though, which is great. She LOVES to be with her buddies: Andrew, Kenya, or Elisabeth!
Speaking of baby boy Sappington...I put up a fun little Survey to the left of the blog screen. Here's your chance to vote for which name you like! :-) We've actually already pretty decided on a name, but we'd thought we'd have a little fun and see what our 'fans' vote for. So cast your vote! Polls close on April 2nd!
The Sapps just got back from a quick vacation. We had a great trip to Connecticut and New York with our dear friends, the Chadwicks, for a few days over Spring Break. Check out my Picasa web album for pictures from our adventure. Jay and I just celebrated our 3rd Anniversary a couple of weeks ago too. It's hard to believe how fast time has flown for us! God is good and faithful. I am blessed with a godly, loving man.
I am down to 12 weeks left of school...12 weeks!!! Sweet!!! That means only 14 weeks til Baby Boy Sapp debuts around here too. I am looking forward to the last 14 weeks of this pregnancy, but am enjoying my time with just having Jadyn. I am also looking forward to being a stay-at-home mom. It'll be an adjustment in many areas of our lives, but it'll be a good one, no doubt. I am looking forward to the challenge and adventure of being at home.
On one last note, but a very important one....please be praying for our friends who just learned this week that they miscarried. This was their first pregnancy and they had been trying for quite some time. Our hearts are broken for them. Please pray for the Lord's comfort in their lives as they grieve this loss. (We love you guys).
Love,
The Sapps
Monday, March 2, 2009
Long time, no blog...
Life sure is busy these days! I am always checking others' blogs but have not found the time to update ours! In a nutshell, we are in the midst of home remodeling. We tore out the linoleum and csrpet and had the concrete stained last week. We are now the happy owners of stained concrete! That has been a big undertaking and we had to move EVERYTHING we own that touches the floor into the garage. We are truly thankful and appreciative to our dear friends, the Chadwicks, for opening their home to us while our floors were worked on. Staying at Hotel Chadwick has been a blessing to us. While the house is empty, we are taking advantage of that and are in the process of redoing ALL the baseboards in the house and painting. Jadyn's getting a new room so her little brother can move into her old room (since it's painted neutral). Jadyn's girly room should be done with painting by the end of this week so we can start moving her things in. :) We are also doing touch up painting around the house where needed. Oh, and the dust MESS that was left behind from having the top layer of concrete ground off!!! I'll be cleaning concrete dust off of things for MONTHS!!! Whew! But, praise the Lord that we can do all this and get it done. It should look really good when it's all finished.
I'm almost 6 months along in my pregnancy. Time is flying as life keeps us very busy. So, four months away from having a son to hold and 4 months away from being a stay-at-home mommy.
Prayer requests and praise reports:
Please pray for our dear friends, Curt and Mandy, who just learned of the miscarriage of their second child. Praise the Lord that He is in control and knows all things. Please pray for Mandy's body to heal quickly and the miscarriage process to be as painless as possible. Praise the Lord that He is the God of all comfort.
Praise the Lord for the pregnancy of our friends, The Murphy's! Kelly's in her first trimester and baby Murphy #1 is on it's way! Pray for a safe, healthy, and uncomplicated pregnancy for Kelly.
Please pray for our unborn baby boy that the pregnancy will continue to go smoothly and without complication. Pray that at the end of June we will be able to welcome a healthy baby boy into the world. It's our prayer that the Lord's will be done and Him be glorified. Everyday, Jay and I pray for a happy, healthy, whole, beautiful, and smart son. You know, when you look around you and you watch those closest to you go through the heartache of losing their child(ren), your heart breaks, and you realize what a true miracle life is and to be able to go full-term and deliver a healthy baby is an amazing miracle that God alone do. He is the giver and author of life. I thank the Lord for the opportunity to carry this second child and can only believe and trust in the Lord that all will continue to go smoothly for the rest of the pregnancy.
And I praise the Lord for each of you. You are invaluable and precious to me.
I love you all.
Good night.
I'm almost 6 months along in my pregnancy. Time is flying as life keeps us very busy. So, four months away from having a son to hold and 4 months away from being a stay-at-home mommy.
Prayer requests and praise reports:
Please pray for our dear friends, Curt and Mandy, who just learned of the miscarriage of their second child. Praise the Lord that He is in control and knows all things. Please pray for Mandy's body to heal quickly and the miscarriage process to be as painless as possible. Praise the Lord that He is the God of all comfort.
Praise the Lord for the pregnancy of our friends, The Murphy's! Kelly's in her first trimester and baby Murphy #1 is on it's way! Pray for a safe, healthy, and uncomplicated pregnancy for Kelly.
Please pray for our unborn baby boy that the pregnancy will continue to go smoothly and without complication. Pray that at the end of June we will be able to welcome a healthy baby boy into the world. It's our prayer that the Lord's will be done and Him be glorified. Everyday, Jay and I pray for a happy, healthy, whole, beautiful, and smart son. You know, when you look around you and you watch those closest to you go through the heartache of losing their child(ren), your heart breaks, and you realize what a true miracle life is and to be able to go full-term and deliver a healthy baby is an amazing miracle that God alone do. He is the giver and author of life. I thank the Lord for the opportunity to carry this second child and can only believe and trust in the Lord that all will continue to go smoothly for the rest of the pregnancy.
And I praise the Lord for each of you. You are invaluable and precious to me.
I love you all.
Good night.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Jadyn's baby brother...
We went for our sonogram on Friday morning. Baby is measuring at 19.5-20 weeks along... right on schedule! We were excited to find out if we were having a boy or girl. Looks like we are getting a BOY! :-D Jay and I suspected it, but were happy either way. The baby was very active during the sonogram and didn't want to sit still for long, so the sonographer said she's going to lean towards it being a boy, but to not be set on it, just in case. We are going to have another sono sometime down the road (around 32 weeks, I think...?), so hopefully we'll be more sure then. But this sonographer was the second person to say she was voting boy. A couple of weeks ago, the nurse did a quick sono for us and that was her vote too! Soooo, it looks like it's a boy, but we aren't going to settle in on that til we know for sure! We are still deciding on a name, but I am making a list. As soon as I get through the name book, I'll post a fun survey and see what you vote for! We already have the girl's name: Annika Mae. Atleast, that's what we are pretty certain we will name her if it turns out to be a her! LOL Here are some video clips of the sonogram...enjoy!
In this clip ~ no, you are not seeing 2 heads! The sonographer would freeze frame a picture of the top of the baby's head on one side of the screen, then try to get a 'better shot' on the other side of the screen. Pretty cool feature.
To view more sono clips, check out my Picasa Web Album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/shinnin1171
:)
Goodnight! May the Lord bless you as He has blessed us!
In this clip ~ no, you are not seeing 2 heads! The sonographer would freeze frame a picture of the top of the baby's head on one side of the screen, then try to get a 'better shot' on the other side of the screen. Pretty cool feature.
To view more sono clips, check out my Picasa Web Album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/shinnin1171
:)
Goodnight! May the Lord bless you as He has blessed us!
Monday, January 26, 2009
A Piece of Pigtail Pie's Life...and Our's
This is her "I'm cute" look...she's realized that when she does this, she gets an 'awwwww'! LOL She's developing quite the personality too. It's amazing the 'pickiness' she's developed in foods and in playtime. She would much rather be close to mommy and daddy than off across the room playing with her toys. Yet, she's full of giggles and smiles! She's starting to say words, like "dad-dy!" and 'wow'. She's also mastered the concept of saying please (in sign language) whenever she wants something...including your food! It never fails that we will feed her and set her down to play while we eat our dinner, and she wants what we are eating! Even though she has a full tummy, she seems to find more for whatever's on your plate. As cute as she is with her 'please, please, please' for what's on your plate, we are trying to teach her that once she's eaten, she's done and no more snacking. Then, she pulls out the "I'm cute" face (see above)! Boy, it's hard to not give into that face! :) She brings us much happiness, and we can only imagine the adventure it will bring when we add Baby #2 to the family.
Speaking of which, we go Wednesday for our official sonogram. We will find out officially if this baby is truly a boy or was he/she fooling us a couple of weeks ago on the sneak peek sonogram. :) Please pray that all goes well and Baby Sapp is a healthy, complete, happy baby. We are happy with boy or girl. We just want him/her to be healthy. God is good and we are so blessed with the family He has given us. I love feeling the movements of this little one growing inside of me. I can't wait until he/she's big enough so that Jay and others can feel those little kicks too! :) And, our search for the 'right' name for the baby continues. If it is a girl, we have her name picked already. But, if it's a boy....he is still nameless! We have a list going, short as it is, but a list nonetheless, and we continue to work our way through the baby boy name book. I am nearly half way through this pregnancy...already! Time has been slow, yet fast at the same time! Slow, in seems like it's taken awhile for me to feel much movement, but fast in that I'm already half way!!! My headaches and migraines have subsided tremendously in the past couple of weeks. It's been a rough first half of the pregnancy and it's a relief to finally be virtually headache free. I haven't had to take anything but tylenol maybe 3 times in the past two weeks...that's GREAT for me! God is good!
Life continues to be busy in the Sapp house. We are getting ready to very soon have our whole entire flooring replaced with stained concrete. That'll be taking place in the next 2-3 weeks probably. We've been getting bids and meet with our last contractor on Wednesday. Our dear buddies, Curt and Mandy have graciously allowed us to stay at the Chizzlewick hotel while our house is under construction. Speaking of them...they too are expecting baby #2! It's exciting to see what the Lord's unfolding in their lives. Looks like Baby Chizzlewick #2 will debut sometime in September! Yeah for babies! We have several other friends that are either pregnant, going through final adoption process, or working on 'expanding' their families as well. It's so neat to see God working in each of their lives and we are blessed to be a part of their lives.
Well, I was supposed to work on laundry and school work tonight...none of which I've done! Sigh...oh well. I should atleast make some kind of effort and go change the sheets on the bed. My dear hubby has helped tonight by putting away the laundry that's already been cleaned and stripping the desperately needed-to-be sheets from our bed. Did I mention what a wonderful man he is? He never complains for my lack of being able to keep a clean house, or of my preggo hormones and mood swings, or of the fact that I can never seem to get the laundry ALL OF THE WAY FINISHED! LOL He is a blessing and completes me. I love my husband and am blessed to be his wife. He truly is a gift from the Lord and one of the best things that have ever happened to me! I love you, Jay.
"I have found the one my heart loves."Song of Solomon 3:4
On a funny note...Sara (my twin sis) and I turned 31 a little over a week ago. Jay bought me a WII for my birthday (thank you, honey!). It was quite a blast having family and friends over that night and playing the Wii. This is what boxing looks like for a spectator...LOL! Enjoy as Sara demonstrates boxing. :-D
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Pregnancy update
We went to our 4 month check up yesterday. Baby's heartbeat sounded good and everything went well. We weren't scheduled for a sonogram, but nurse Janet was very gracious to let us try and take a sneak peek at what Baby Sapp is...boy or girl. The good sonogram cart was in use, so we had to use the 'dinosaur'. The picture below shows her pointing at a certain part of Baby. The angle of the sonogram in this pic would be if we were looking up at the baby who is in a sitting position. The video that follows under the picture is the actual footage we got from the sono. Tell us...what's your vote, boy or girl? :-) We won't know for sure until our REAL sonogram in 2 weeks, but we are atleast pretty sure which sibling Jadyn is getting!
And, here are a couple of pics of my pregnancy so far. I've been reluctant to take them this time around as my first pregnancy has left me more flabby than I started with! Nonetheless, here you go. Now, that my belly is actually starting to look preggo and not just chunky, I'll try to take more pics on a monthly basis.
12 weeks
And, here are a couple of pics of my pregnancy so far. I've been reluctant to take them this time around as my first pregnancy has left me more flabby than I started with! Nonetheless, here you go. Now, that my belly is actually starting to look preggo and not just chunky, I'll try to take more pics on a monthly basis.
12 weeks
Almost 17 weeks
Friday, January 2, 2009
Roadtrip to Phoenix
The Sapps set out for Phoeniz, AZ on Friday, the 26th for a week long stay, visiting family. We had a great time and really enjoyed seeing our loved ones. Jadyn did a really good job on the road. We traveled at night so she'd sleep most of the way. I posted pics of our trip on our Picasa web album. Go check it out @: http://picasaweb.google.com/shinnin1171. We rang in the New Year with our aunt Carol and uncle Jim. Jadyn even joined in a little bit of the dancing while we watched the ball drop in New York. Tried as I might, I was unable to stay up til midnight in Arizona, but I did make it til midnight, Texas time...barely! :)
We are back safe and sound and as ready as we'll be to return to work tomorrow. We took down the Christmas decorations today. It's hard to believe the year is now 2009. We look forward to what the Lord has in store for this year and our prayer is that we will be ready and always listening for His voice.
We love you guys! Enjoy the pics!
We are back safe and sound and as ready as we'll be to return to work tomorrow. We took down the Christmas decorations today. It's hard to believe the year is now 2009. We look forward to what the Lord has in store for this year and our prayer is that we will be ready and always listening for His voice.
We love you guys! Enjoy the pics!
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