Jonathan and Anne Marie’s Weblog

Any one have a remedy or Rx for baby fever???? Ok so I have to admit this… I have the worst baby fever I think that I have ever had.  I wanted to wait a few days to blog about this one…because I am so thankful for EVERYTHING Jonathan and I have.  I certainly do not want that misunderstood…but since my early childhood I have had a deep desire and love for children.  All I ever wanted were baby dolls…and the ones that looked like “real” babies would only do.  I started babysitting at the young age of 12 and I have just recently stopped babysitting…I think God is giving me a break in preparation for our own one day.  Like most girls dream of their wedding day (and of course I did) I have also had dreams just as big about the day we are blessed with children.  However within the last several months I have learned of a ton of pregnancies of some family and close friends.  2 of my science teachers at school are pregnant (and one is trying), 2 of my cousins are expecting (my cousin Holly, and Jonathan’s cousin Brandi), my good friend Katie, a neighbor of ours who lives across the street from our in laws (Kim) and whose husband works with me, another friend of mine who I worked with at Woolfson eye a couple years ago, and the list continues.  I have never had so many people around me having babies…I can’t help but dream even more about the day Jonathan and I will have a little one of our own.  I trust that God will bless us at the right time….but the waiting is so hard sometimes.  I struggle with thoughts of “well have we been married long enough”, “are we financially ready”,  “is this what I really want NOW”, or “am I just thinking these things because there are so many people close to me who are pregnant right now”.  All I know is that the desire never lessons.  My prayers have been for patience for a long time now.  God often reminds me of this phrase…While your waiting…pray.. pray for our marriage to strengthen each day, pray for Jonathan and his leadership and his father hood, pray for my role as a wife and as a mother when He does bless us with children.  I know by now I am rambling… but sometimes just writing about it makes it better.  Now on a another note…but kinda not…I absolutely love crafting.  I have recently discovered a website with some of the most adorable things baby.  www.etsy.com is awesome for buying and selling all things handmade and I found some booties and bibs that I will be making for ALL these people I know are pregnant.  Some great shops to visit while at the web site are Precious Patterns and Addyclairesboutique.  I have already made 4 pairs of booties that I will be posting pictures of tomorrow and I can’t wait to try the bib.  Until yesterday I had never touched a sewing machine, but my patient mother in law quickly showed me how and I got to work.  My 4th pair is the cutest by far…because most of the seams are straight etc.  I bought the patterns to make them for 3 dollars.  The pattern is an epattern meaning they sent it over email and I printed them out.  They came with complete and EASY instructions as well as patterns for 4 different sizes of booties…all for just 3 dollars.  Addyclairesboutique has pillow case dress patterns for as low at 3 dollars or you can buy a 1st time kit that comes with the pattern for the size dress you choose and a yard of fabric and ribbon you need to make your dress for only 6 dollars.  That will be my next project!!  I will post pictures when I get that one done.  Also in making my booties I decided that it would be cute to monogram the toes with the letter of the babies first initial…driving around D’ville I saw a new cute boutique called The Fancy Bee.  They do monograming and sell the cutest things.  They also buy from a ladie who makes the pillow case dresses and I was hoping she might like to buy my booties after I have perfected them…who knows, but I am going to start praying that some sort of ministry could come from them as well…maybe if I sell them one day I can give 10% of the profits to the pregnancy resource center or something of that nature…I also thought of having a little get together for some of my friends who have little little ones, provide the materials, and do a little devotional, have some hot chocolate and cookies or something (if anyone has any better ideas please feel free to share).  Well I gues that is it for now.  School starts tomorrow and it will be a very busy 3 weeks…but I know they will fly!  So some of you girls expecting..don’t be surprised if you get a little pair of handmade booties and bib…I am having way to much fun making them:)