Our Journey towards Parenting!

I've been meaning to post this, but kept putting it off. One year ago on November 3rd, our sweet Eden went back to heaven. In the past year we have laughed, we have cried and we have held on to the little memories we had while she was with us for that short time. Matt and I both got tattoos in her memory. Matt got one with a sleeping baby in the Lord's hands with cherry blossoms and her name on his inner forearm. I simply got her name with angel wings colored blue and pink since those are the colors for the pregnancy and infant loss awareness ribbon. There have been bad days and there have been good days. There are still times I cry over what would have been. To think that instead of being pregnant right now, we would have a 5 month old in the house. But it wasn't meant to be and we are so very excited to meet this new little person God blessed us with. The pain is still there, I think it always will be. It still stings whenever I think back on those few days when I

So if you haven't figured it out yet, we are expecting again! And just like with Jeremiah and Eden, I announced it early. There is a reason for my doing this, especially after loosing Eden. First off, let me share with you the story! We had been trying since January to get pregnant again. It took awhile after the miscarriage to get my cycles back. They were right on target January through April and then they just disappeared. I took test after test and all of them came up negative. I was a bit heartbroken to say the least and was preparing myself for another long ttc journey like we had with Jeremiah. My cycles finally came back in July and a few weeks later I felt some pretty bad ovulation pains. We did the deed and waited. And waited some more. On August 1st, I had to take a test to make sure I wasn't pregnant, if I was I wouldn't have been able to get my tattoo. The test was negative so I was let down once again but happy at the same time. A few days later I knew my pe

The last time I wrote was for our 8 year anniversary in June...crazy!!! Our summer has been so busy! It started out in June with our trip to Florida for Alex's graduation! We decided to leave 2 hours before Jeremiah's bedtime thinking he'd sleep the whole night through. Wrong! He had such a hard time staying asleep in his car seat, we pulled over at a gas station at 10pm to recline his seat back further. He slept alright and then woke up and started throwing up all over the place. He continued to throw up until we got to florida...I lost count at number 13...poor baby! We arrived in Florida the afternoon of June 4th and relaxed for a bit and then went to Tristan's middle school graduation! Tristan got all dressed up in a suit and just looked so handsome! It was like his life flashed before my eyes...what happened to the little 3.5 year old I met for the first time in 2004? Jeremiah started getting cranky before the ceremony even started. I had him in the stroller so I

It's so hard to believe that Matt and I have now been married for 8 years, been engaged for 9 years and been dating for 10 years! Wow!! We have had our ups, downs and all arounds! We started out living 475 miles apart. We met online as teenagers on a christian chat room, never knowing God was shaping our future right then and there! We kept in contact even when that chat room disappeared, when we both dated different people, and while I went through a horrible relationship that resulted in a broken engagement.  Shortly after breaking off the engagement, Matt and I started talking more and more. And well, on June 17th 2004, he asked me to be his girlfriend and drove to madison in july to meet me face to face for the first time. We spent the first 11 months of our relationship traveling back and forth...mostly me flying one weekend a month since my job was a little more flexible. In May of 2005, Matt got in with shopko in madison and was able to move here. May 16th, 2005 he aske

- The day last week when it was dead silent in the house in the morning. I was just enjoying the quiet before the noise. Jeremiah was peacefully sleeping. He woke up and said "Hey!" "Mom!". It made me smile and laugh, and when I went in his room he was smiling at me -Jeremiah being the first person I see in the morning -His big blue eyes -watching him explore new things -Taking him to the splash pad on memorial day...he had so much fun! -how much he loves his grandma, and vise versa -His face when he sees daddy in the morning and when he comes home from work -Jeremiah and Matt's strong bond -His kisses and hugs -his toddler walk -his toddler run -his belly laughs - How he reads to himself saying "reereereeree" over and over -How he says hot in a whisper -His love for all things furry

Wow, I didn't realize it had been since Feburary when I last posted...my bad! So I started watching Ardayne and Greysen in March. It has been crazy busy, some days I think that a few hours have gone by just to find out only 20 minutes have passed!! It started out kinda rough, which I expected. Jeremiah had a really hard time sharing me with two other kids. He wasn't too keen on having a newborn around and there were days when I would wonder if he would have treated Eden the same way. Now that a couple months have gone by, he is much better. He will ask to hold Greysen, hug him, and give him kisses...and then smack him in the face, ugh!! Anyway, Jeremiah is one active little boy! My mom wonders how I keep up with him everyday, and sometimes I wonder that too. He is always on the go, chasing the dog, riding his little motorcycle bike, throwing balls and pestering the cats. He LOVES being outside! Once it's warm enough I'm sure he will be out there all day long if I let

Life isn't always peachy keen in the Peterson household! The past 10-12 days all three of us have been down with a nasty cold. Jeremiah started sneezing and getting crabby first and I just knew he was getting sick. I was right, but I had no idea what we were in for. The next day, Matt came down with it and was super, super sick. And then I got it. Matt was even sick for valentines day, which really wasn't that bad because we didn't have plans anyway.  This cold has left all of us with runny noses (seriously, how can so much snot come from 3 people!!), horrible coughs, and just feeling yuck! I had been coughing so much that I would get daily migraines and my ribs were so sore!  Jeremiah was so irritable though, it was really tough. If he wasn't sleeping, he was whining. Usually watching Chris Tomlin worship videos on the tv will calm him down but even that didn't help. He wasn't eating or drinking either. He was just one miserable toddler. He finally started

I haven't written in a long time and I apologize! Time just gets away from you! The biggest news in our house is that Jeremiah is now a full time walker! He will still crawl if he wants to get somewhere quick, but 99% of the time, he's on his feet! This video was taken shortly after he was getting somewhat steady on his feet!  You can even hear him saying "cat, cat" as Sassy was wanting attention too. He was also in a goofy mood, hence the silly face! I still watch him walk around and am just amazed! How quickly they change! Just a year ago, he was a baby that would just lay there and maybe flip on his tummy. I can't imagine what the next year will hold! I'm not sure where Jeremiah is weight and height wise since I know he's changed since his one year check up. He has his next checkup in a couple weeks! He also has a mouth full of teeth. I think he has them all in that he is supposed to have at this point. Last time I counted, there were 15 in ther