The baby is a............

GIRL!!!!!!!!!


Marcus and I went into our ultra sound this past Wednesday the 23. My appointment was kinda nerve racking for me. Mostly because I was meeting my new doctor and I did not get along well with my old doctor. The first hour was basic family medical history because I was a transfer patient. Finally the nurse called downstairs to see if the ultra sound room was ready and the doctor was called out for a delivery. So, we had to wait an hour while another first time mom gave birth to her first child. I figured that was a good reason to postpone my appointment by an hour. 

Finally we get to our appointment. Baby was really healthy. I found out I have only gained 6 pounds so far and I was at 20 weeks and 3 days. Baby was in the 63rd percentile for weight weighing a total of 13oz and her legs measured in the 93rd percentile. I am guessing she is getting her height from her daddy. :) Her heart rate was 140. 

Finally the big moment came. IT'S A GIRL! Marcus said "I knew it all along" (which is true. he has thought that since Christmas.)

Finally we can say her name. We have had a name decided since before we were married. Lydia Elaine Price will be blessing us with her presence in about 20 weeksish.  She was wiggly and wouldn't hold still. Because of this we werent really able to get good shots of her face or a 3D shot. But thats okay. AT LEAST SHE IS HEALTHY!

So there are the most recent pictures of my beautiful little girl. :)

I have started some nursery decorating too. I made a cute decoration with her name.

Finished Product. :)

Well that is my latest update with everything. Maybe I will post some updated pictures of our place soon. If you really want to see you can always check out Facebook too.

Love always

Karin Marie

A New Chapter

A new chapter in our lives has begun. Marcus started teaching 5-12 instrumental music at Franklin Public Schools on March 1. He comes home with a smile every day. He loves his job! Especially due to past jobs where he was working with the kids because they were in trouble... now he is working with kids who actually behave. He kinda likes this. :)

Besides that we are still in the hustle and bustle of unpacking. I can't find a pen for anything! Well along with moving in and settling in our new home I am actually starting to feel I look pregnant and not just fat. Well, I still feel fat but at least I look pregnant as well.

This is me at 18 weeks. Yay for a baby bump finally!!

Also with starting this new chapter in our lives we did add a new addition to our family. While Marcus' graduation gift from me was a new 32" flat screen HD TV, mine was to be a puppy. After calling and figuring out that I did not want to spend $250 on a dog, we decided to try the Kearney Humane Society.  

There we met our new companion. 

Meet Charly.

Charly is a blue heeler mix who is a little over a year old. So, she is a dog, but still a puppy too. She is extremely timid. Scared of linoleum floors and the lead we have for her outside so she wouldn't have to be stuck in the house. Sometimes when we go to pet her she flinches like we are going to hit her. We are thinking that before the Kearney Humane Society that she was abused. But, when she learns that we are not coming to hit her she wags her tail, smiles, and jumps up and asks for loving. She is a very sweet dog. She gets along well with our cat, which is a great positive. Nanners tends to avoid Charly anyway, but at least Nanners puts up with her! Here are some more pictures of our ride home from Kearney.

She has one solid brown eye and her left eye is half brown half blue. you can kind of see it in this picture. 

Marcus and I are really excited to have her as a new addition to our family. :) Now I have some company while Marcus is at school and some motivation for exercise, because she is going to need to go on walks. WIN WIN!!!

Karin Marie

I can't believe I didn't do a post about this...

Okay, of ALL of the blessings in my life I ABSOLUTELY FAILED in mentioning my most biggest blessing of all ON OUR ANNIVERSARY!!! ugh. I. Am. Horrible.

Well, I guess one month and 9 days isn't TOO late to post something about our anniversary right?

Well, two years, one month, and 9 days ago I married THE MOST AMAZING MAN that any girl could ever ask for. Just so you know, I am not as pathetic as you think I am. We were married on December 20th, 2008, so it is REALLY EASY to keep track of how long we have been married. So judge me. :)

So, this past year of marriage has been interesting as you can tell from past blogs. We have lost two of our precious baby's but our third is on the way and the pregnancy is going so far so good. :D Yay for us both!

Marcus and I both walked at Graduation this year and had a graduation party with my family.

Marcus had a successful senior recital.

Marcus studied abroad in Queretaro, Mexico. It was a very long 6 weeks. But, because of this studying abroad he was able to complete is BA in Spanish.

Pyramid of the Sun

A statue of a Xoloitzcuintle which is a Aztec dog that was bred just to be a pet. Under the statue there is a real one sitting in the shade of the statue. 

To end Marcus' career at Wesleyan he student taught at Pius high school. He LOVED IT!!! He really misses teaching and is ready for his new adventure and his new school this March. 

Also this year I completed my senior recital. 

For Marcus' birthday I got him tickets to the Nebraska vs. Colorado game WHICH WE WON! There were fireworks at the end of the game. Of course I got us matching jerseys. :)

Even though we had many trails this year, we have also had many blessings. It seems in life that the challenges we face become the biggest blessings we will have. Our blessings our the challenges we face and conquer. :) 

I love you Marcus! I can't wait to spend all time and eternity with you!

Happy Anniversary Marcus! It has been an AMAZING two years. 

Love Always,

Karin Marie

So, relieved.

I have a feeling that every doctor appointment I have I am going to feel relieved that the baby is okay.
This week we had a slight scare. Turns out everything is alright. It was a reminder though how fragile pregnancy really is. Not like I didn't know that already.
Anyway, I got another ultrasound and MARCUS GOT TO BE THERE FOR IT!!! It was fun that Marcus got to actually see the baby.

The baby's heart rate was 151. For this picture I was 12 weeks and 3 days along. The baby moved A LOT! I actually got to see its cord, arms, and legs. But, it was hard to take a picture of all that because the baby kept moving.

Baby has been making me sicker than a dog too. I sure hope this sickness stuff goes away. I have been completely unproductive because of it. Even with medicine. Many bets from friends and family that it is a girl. I won't know until March or so.

Baby's head is on the left. :)

Thanks for all of your prayers! 

Karin

So many things!!!!!!!

So, Marcus had a job interview on Thursday for a Instrumental Music Instructor at Franklin Public Schools for grades 7-12.  Marcus and I were very much worried about this job. It's far away. I'll have to find a new doctor and hospital for the baby, we don't know anyone, it's out in the middle of no where, church no matter what direction is a 50 minute drive, we have to change cell phone carriers, etc... Marcus' biggest worry was that another job position, maybe a better one would come along and he wouldn't be able to take it. So we prayed. We prayed that if God wanted us out there, that he would make it obvious.

Well, I don't know how much more obvious it could have gotten! After the interview process and dinner with the rest of the candidates, we left and we were informed that we would know by 5pm that day what's going on. Whether it was a job offer or if it was going to take a few weeks to decide, they were going to let us know by 5. Well, on our drive home, around the York Exit, Marcus gets the phone call shortly before 5.  He was told it was a unanimous decision that was placed under 10 minutes. The students, parents, teachers, and administration ALL wanted him there. There were no doubts in their minds. I don't know about you, but that seems like a clear sign to me!

So, Marcus accepted the position and is now the new band instructor for Franklin Public Schools and I can't even describe how proud I am of him!  His contract starts March 1! So we will be moving shortly.

We were shown a house that was for sale but that was going to be taken off of the market in February.  It is quite quaint and cute!

We are planning on taming down the vines a little. But look at those cute red shutters! 

The very spacious upstairs and you can see there are three beds up there and still there is plenty of room to move. Through the french doors there is a 1/2 bathroom.

Kitchen. Only thing I wish it had is a dishwasher. 

This house used to belong to an old lady. Hence the decor you see in this picture and future pictures. This will probably be the baby's room. 

The other bedroom. This will probably be our room. Both bedrooms have these wood floors. 

Master Bath. On the right (not pictured) is a small vanity with a stool and drawers. I have a feeling I will be claiming that. I hope Marcus doesn't mind. :-P

The dining room. This room FILLS with sunlight. behind the windows and door is the screened in porch COMPLETE WITH WASHER AND DRYER. Am I excited? Yes, I am!

The Living Room complete with gas fireplace. 

The back of the house and back yard which is HUGE! The backyard is framed with shrubs. Also, WE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE DOGS! Watch out Marcus! We are SO  getting a puppy. :)

Also, I tried adding this before, but this is the most recent picture of our little peanut. The head is on the left.  I was 9 weeks and 5 days for the ultrasound. I am 12 weeks tomorrow. Here comes the second trimester!!!!!

We have so many blessings happening in our lives right now! Marcus getting a job which he is actually using his degree, we have a little blessing on the way, and a HUGE support system. We are nervous but more excited than anything. Thank you everyone for your support!

Love Always,

Karin Marie

BIG BLESSING!!!

Okay, as you all know from the past that my greatest talent IS NOT pregnancy. We lost our first child a little over a year ago and it was devestating. I tried so hard to stay positive throughout the entire thing. But, it was hard to deal with through out the entire year. Right before Marcus left for Mexico, I mentioned again that we lost another baby. Throughout these times my confidence on someday becoming a mother was dwendling into something that instead of a reality and future goal, but into just a fantasy.

Well, surprise surprise! At the end of November, I had a craving. I needed a pulled pork sanwich WITH hashbrowns (yes, hashbrowns) and I needed it now.

  Not gonna lie....looks kinda disgusting at this point in my life... BUT GOODNESS I WANT SOME GRAPES!!!

The craving was bad. You know the story of "Twas the night before Christmas?" and sugarplums were dancing in the childrens' heads? Well, this went something like that. Only it was hashbrowns and pulled pork sandwiches in my head. All. Night. Long. Drove me crazy!

Well anyway, because of this specific craving Marcus asked if I was preggers. I said "yeah right." Well, I took a pregnancy test and there ya have it.  A DARK PINK LINE. TWO OF THEM! I was knocked up. So, many doubts went through my head of this pregnancy actually making it. I went to the doc and they checked all of my levels. My progesterone was low (which is a cause of miscarriages btw) and they put me on a supplement to help.

 LADIES! IF YOU ARE PREGGERS GET YOUR PROGESTERONE CHECKED!

Anyway, I went into my ultrasound last Friday. My doctor checked everything out and the baby is healthy! Everything is developing like it should. As the doctor said. "It's a keeper!"

Baby is 5.4cm last I knew with a heart rate of 171. Baby is due August 7. 

I tried posting a picture of the Ultrasound and it wouldn't work for some reason. Please keep baby and I in your prayers. I still have concerns. Thank you!

No Sin is greater than another, but....

It is ten till midnight on a Saturday night and I find myself thinking and not able to really sleep knowing that if I don't study and write right now, I will loose what divine revelation I have right now.

Sin is everywhere. I was taught growing up that no sin is greater than another. That belief has slightly changed for me but not much. But, that will probably be the ongoing theme of this post.

What is on my mind is that very theme along with repentance. Actually trying to fix the sin. How did this whole thought process start so late at night? Well, I was on my Facebook reading and "Facebook stalking" other people. Yes. I have a problem. Anyway, I came across a discussion where someone mentioned how they hated how much profanity was used. One of the responses was that they needed to get over the profanity stuff because it will always be around. Which is true to an extent. They continue to say that no one should be pointing fingers or be looking down their nose at others for their sins unless they can look in a mirror, look themselves in the eye, and honestly say they don't sin. Are not all sins equal?

For some beliefs, yes, all sins are equal, and for other faiths no, not so much. For the purpose of this blog I will stick with the idea of "yes, all sins are equal." But, here is where the "but" part of my title comes in. Are all sins still equal when you KNOW you are sinning but you don't try to repent or fix the problem in the first place? I mean, isn't that true with any faith or religion? If you are let's say, lying, which I am sure that we are ALL guilty of, myself included, and you keep lying and lying, and you know its wrong but don't repent and just keep doing it, isn't that a worse sin than another person who lied once but repented of that sin? I know I am not God, and I am glad I am not going to be in his shoes when judgement day comes, but to me, it would seem a heck of a lot worse if someone was sinning and knew they were but kept doing it anyway, than someone who sinned once and repented.

Sin is defined very clearly in James, chapter 4. In verse 17 it states that "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin." I don't think that could be any more clearly stated. I mean if we know its wrong, but we do it anyway. That's sin! I am not anymore perfect than the next person. I honestly struggle with saying the Lord's name in vain and other things. I am a sinner. But, I do know that I work very hard to repent of those said sins.  I mean its like 1 John 1:8. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."

So, if we deceive ourselves, and truth cannot be with us, how is God suppose to show ourselves through us? I do know of a couple people who really want God to show through him/her to help out a girlfriend, boyfriend, a close friend, to see the light of God to show how wonderful he really is. Well, how is God's light going to show through if we keep repeating the same sin over and over willingly and not trying to repent of that sin when they know they are doing it in the first place? For example, profanity. If the guy or girl swears. Drops F***, S***,  D***, and many other four letter words out there all the time, and they make that language part of their every day vocabulary, how is the word of God and the Holy Spirit suppose to show themselves through that? The word of God cannot mix with that. It doesn't work. It seems to me that if they really want to show God through them to another person, they would have to repent of that sin. I am not saying they have to be perfect because no one is, but they at least have to try to repent of that sin. I looked up Repentance in my Bible Dictionary. This is what it said.

Repentance: The Greek word of which this is the translation denotes a change of mind, i.e. a fresh view  about God, about oneself, and about the world. Since we are born into condition or mortality, repentance comes to mean a turning of heart and will to God, and a renunciation of sin to which we are naturally inclined. Without this there can be NO PROGRESS in the things of the soul's salvation, for all accountable persons are stained by sin, and must be cleansed in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. Repentance is not optional for salvation; it is a commandment of God.

So, if we don't at least try to repent of those sins, like profanity, there will be no progress in the things of the soul's salvation. All accountable persons who are stained by sin, must be cleansed in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. I do understand that Jesus' atonement for our sins was amazing. I am so greatful for his atonement and what he did for us. He died for us and suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane so we could live with our Heavenly Father again. We are truly saved by Grace, BUT just because we are saved by grace does not mean we don't have to hold ourselves accountable for our sins. It is not just a free ride to live with our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ again. We have to repent of our sins. We have to try to live a Christ like life. No one is perfect and is going to have a perfect life, but we do have to at least try.  This includes our language, or judgements, thoughts, sexuality. Because, just like it says in Proverbs chapter 28, verse 13 states, "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." I can only imagine what would happen if for example I swore over and over. Dropped the F bomb and swore all the time. I know that what I am saying is wrong but I keep doing it anyway and I refuse to repent or I procrastinate the repentance process, I know Heavenly Father, like any father would be very upset.


I am a daughter of my Heavenly Father and everyone is a divine being and children of our loving Heavenly Father. Shouldn't we at least try to make him proud? Shouldn't we all be like children and try to learn from our mistakes and move on? We shouldn't  just let those mistakes keep happening over and over again. We shouldn't use foul language and hateful words to try to get our points across. Let's choose our words carefully so that the Holy Spirit can actually reside with us and be with us so that God can ACTUALLY show himself through us.

Jesus Christ did tell the woman "Repent, and sin no more."

I testify that I am a divine daughter of my Heavenly Father and that he loves me so much for I am his child. And I know that just like any child, or any of my future children, that He wants me to learn and grow from my mistakes. And I know it hurts him when he sees me make the same mistakes over and over again. I have a testimony of repentance and how much it has changed my language and views. I use to have a mouth full of profanity. I have repented and still am repenting because repentance is a life long process and sometimes I do slip. But, when I have my language in check, I find that I am a more pleasant person to be around and I can have the Holy Spirit with me.  I know that Jesus died on the cross for my sins, now I am just going to make sure I try to live the best life possible and repent of those sins. I say all of these things in the name if Jesus Christ. Amen.