Pampered Chef Catalog Show!

Hey everybody!!!  Guess what!!!  The NEW Pampered Chef catalog came out this month!!!  That means there are 27 NEW, AWESOME products I know you are going to love.  I am in the middle of a catalog show right now (*closing next Friday*).  If you are interested in anything, please let me know!!!  My e-mail for this is arindafanning.pamperedchef@google.com

Click on the LOGO below to VIEW the online catalog!

ALSO, if you think you'd like to earn from FREE products by holding a catalog show, LET ME KNOW!  There are AWESOME hosting specials every month.  You do not have to live in Riverside OR California for that matter!  I don't mind mailing you some catalogs to pass around.  It only takes a total order of $150 (before tax and shipping) to be counted as a show.  Everything ships to YOU the host, and you just pass out the goodies to everyone!

Baby Week at CVS!

It's Baby Week at CVS!  This week spend $25 in select baby products and get a free umbrella stroller!  Umbrella stroller is Cosco brand.

Little Movers/Snug n Dry - $20
Huggies Tub - 2/$5

I got a box of diapers and 2 tubs of wipes.  I had $17 ECB's to use, and used $3.50 off for diapers and $0.50 off for wipes.


I also got a freebie coupon in my e-mail for candy (up to $2) and got a $1 off cereal (when I scanned my CVS card).  Below is my loot...just over $6.

Prayer Requests

It has been an exciting, but rough week!  On Friday evening, another niece was born AND we found out we are having another GIRL!!!  We are so thrilled, especially Tim, who is just over the moon!  We're still trying to agree on names. :)

I had my Doctor's appointment yesterday afternoon that did not go at all as planned.  I have to redo the ultrasound because they could not see the baby's stomach.  Now, this could be due to the baby's position or something blocking the view.  Kinda freaked me out, but will pray and wait.  My second ultrasound is in 3 weeks.  The next think I found out was that I quite possibly have a kidney stone.  When I gave my urine sample at the Dr.'s office, it was pretty much pink.  Totally freaked me out.  The doctor said there is A LOT of blood in my urine.  I'm supposed to call if there is a lot of pain so they can do a stone treatment - which I am thankful I am not in!  I've been ordered to drink A LOT of water to help dilute things.  The doctors really don't want to do much if possibly since I'm pregnant.  CAT scan is a NO because of radiation, and ultrasounds are not the most reliable to detect the stone.  SO we pray and wait... 

Work has gone from crazy to INSANE. 

Please pray I will stay calm and not let the cares of this world make me unstable.  Pray for a GOOD ultrasound of Baby Princess in a few weeks.  Pray also with this issue with the kidney stone.

A Sneak Peek

As promised...Here are some pictures of our Baby Princess!!!

Top - Our little princess, holding her hands up above her chest, check out that beautiful spine!

Bottom - Close up of her head, you can see her ear, eye sockets, and jaw, as well as her cute little nose.

Top - Her opened palm, waving "Hi!"

Bottom - Legs/Thighs scrunched up to her body, and part of her hand.

Top - another of her skull, the tech. was trying to get her face, but she was really bashful and just wouldn't turn!

Bottom - It's a GIRL!!!

Enjoy!!!!!!!

Baby Princess

That's RIGHT!  We're having ANOTHER GIRL!!!

(Ultrasound pictures coming soon!)

 

Welcome Back

Made it through my first day back from Christmas break.  The day went by pretty fast, which was good.  Thankfully, I DID NOT get sick at work.  Mornings are still pretty rough.  Starbucks has these yummy artisan bread breakfast sandwiches that I LOVE.  I got quite a few Starbucks giftcards, so there's my breakfast fund!  There is a drive-thru Starbucks near us too, so it's handy for work.  And yes, to this day, I still do not drink coffee.  My order choices have now expanded from green tea frappacino to.....green tea latte (iced/hot), hot chocolate (although I didn't get one this winter because the baby didn't seem to like chocolate the first month and a half), passion iced-tea lemonade, and vanilla bean frappacino, oh, and the breakfast sandwiches of course (bacon being my fav. since the one by us doesn't have ham anymore).  I do like their so-called "perfect" oatmeal, that REALLY does seem to come out "perfect," but I just have a really hard time sacrificing for "Starbucks" oatmeal, when I can pay the same for a box of 6-8 pouches of instant oatmeal.  Well, this was my Monday!  How was yours?

 My order was paired with a VENTI Passion iced-tea lemonade....:)

Whatever gets me through my Monday!

 

Looking Back

2010 has certainly been a year of many, many lessons - some easy and some hard.  So much happened, and some much more is happening.  I will be the first to admit, that when trials hit, I typically pray them away.  Boy did this week's Bible study convict me.  Our Women's Study started up this week, and we are in 1 Peter.  Peter was writing to believe who were enduring far more severe trials than myself, and he reminded them that their trials would prove their faith genuine.  At first I wanted to call 2010, my year of trials.  The more I thought about it though, the more I realized, the life of a Christian is a series of trials.  If there weren't any trials, something is most certainly wrong.  So...my "resolution" this year is to be more accepting and welcoming of trials and what they bring.  

Here is a little recap of last year:

January - Tim turned 29.  We rang in the New Year with Natty, 2, and Nathan 5 mts.

February - I turned 27.  Don't really remember much else.  =P

March - We started looking for homes again, lots and lots of looking.

April - Still looking for homes, been putting in offers, but nothing accepted.

May - Finally an offer was accepted!  We entered the HORRIBLE escrow process (that I hear only happens in CA).

June - Closing date, came and gone.  Had to file for 1st and 2nd extension, and about ready to give the house up.  Our apartment complex graciously extended our stay fro 2 weeks, so we could figure out what to do.

July - Had to put in for a 3rd extension.  Packed everything up, moved in with Tim's parents for a couple weeks.  Nathan turned 1!

August - Started my 5th year of teaching, and really felt like the twilight zone, but thankful to have a job.  We moved INTO our home, and I returned to work 2 days after.  We pretty much threw everything into the garage.  But we are homeowners!!!  Towards the end of this month, we found out we were expecting a baby, but lost it at about 6-7 weeks.

September - Finally settling in a bit, and finally had Nathan's 1st birthday party in our new home.  It was a Nemo party and LOTS of fun!  Celebrated our 4th anniversary at The Melting Pot, very yummy, and highly recommended.  I believe this was also the month that Nathan sliced his wrist open, and I had to rush him to Urgent Care.  Of course, he didn't even cry once.  I sure almost did several times.

October - Had fun bringing the kids to Harvest's Annual Hallelujah Night.  Natty was a fairy, and Nathan was Rex from Toy Story.  This may also be the month that the stomach flu made its way through our entire family - started with Natty, ended with me.

November - Natty turned 3!  We threw her an Asian theme Kai lan party with noodles (Tim made himself) and dumplings, and all.  On Natty's actual birthday, I found out I was pregnant again.  We also hosted Thanksgiving this year.  It was a FULL HOUSE with my family and Tim's family over.  My wonderful sister in law and her boyfriend also helped us clean up some mess with the house.  The day after Natty's birthday party, we had big winds that had broken some huge branches off our tree in our front yard.  Imagine our surprise when we came home from church to find our front lawn covered with branches.

December - Tried to hold off telling everyone we were expecting, but the morning sickness has been VIOLENT this time around.  We celebrated Christmas in O.C (Christmas Eve), Riverside (ours in the morning and at Tim's parents late morning), and Corona (my parents for the evening).  It was quite eventful, and BOY!  Natty was REALLY into presents this year.  She got a Bible Story book this year, and keeps asking me to read from it - melts my heart.

Currently - I go back to work Monday (2 days).  Not really looking forward to it, but it's got to be done!  I've been so exhausted.  I've had 2 prenatal appointments, and the Dr. seems pleased with my progress.  I'll be 12 weeks along on Monday, and am due July 25.  Tim is teaching THREE classes this semester and has applied for a full time gig, so we've been praying for that and would appreciate your prayers too.  

What can I say, life is never boring in the Fanning Household, always something going on!!!  I know this is a pretty boring post without any pictures.  I've been so behind from being sick and tired, I just wanted to catch everyone up.  I promise pictures soon!