Here we go again...

So I last posted in 2011.. ugh craziness. I wish I would blog more... about anything. SO..... here is my attempt to at least blog once a week or at least once every two weeks. we will see how it goes!!! 

I'M BACK!!

Carrie

Levi Scott Kelley

March 11, 2011 at 812AM Levi entered the world as a healthy lil baby boy. He is precious and looks just like his big brother. It is amazing how much your heart can grow with each passing day and with new circumstances. Buddy and I are so in love with our boys.  They are wonderful. Being a family of four is completely different- FUN and BUSY BUSY!! We love it.

Surprises are the best Blessings!!

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

I absolutely love how God works in our lives! This verse has constantly been played over and over again in my head and my heart this season in my life.  And it is fun to look back and think about the different emotions I had when this verse was relayed in my mind.  I remember times of worry and stress that I had to be reminded that God has it all taken care of and now I remember this verse with a lil hint of a smile on my face and thinking yeah God I know you told me so! ha
So why in the world is this verse so dear to my heart right now- well it has been a stressful season in the Kelleys world and here is why...

Yes Yes! I know this is a blessing and it definitely is to Buddy and I! No baby is a mistake but they can be a surprise!! We were not ready to be pregnant with our second child.  I had been stressing and stressing trying to find a nursing job and felt like everywhere I turned it was a dead end. Then we find out we are preggers and worry and anxiety hit the fan! I kept searching for a job but then realized that I had to have a deadline as to when the job hunting would stop due to the progression of pregnancy.  And this verse just popped in my head one day and gave me a peace of mind! And of course He came through right when the deadline of getting a job was coming up.

So YAY!!! We are definitely excited and blessed to have baby Kelley#2 in our lives! We are secretly hoping and wishing for a girl but if a boy comes along that will be just as fine as well! We are so very thankful for the miracles God gives us everyday in our lives even when they are just surprises and not planned!!!  Because Surprises are the BEST blessings ever!!!

JD's Broken Month

Most of you already know through my facebook account that JD broke his femur at the beginning of May!! He was running through the play room, slipped on a coloring book and twisted his leg weird. They had to put him in a spica cast in order for his leg to heal. Needless to say it was one heck of a month. I am very proud of my baby though- he did way better than I expected. I mean honestly can you even begin to imagine a two year old all cooped up with no place to go. Thank God my child loves TV. But I tell you one thing, I definitely experienced the concept of when it rains it pours. All this happened the weekend before my last final for nursing school in which I had been procrastinating on studying cuz I thought ' I have all weekend to cram' NOT!!!! I drove back to MS Friday the 30th and got there early early May 1st! Spent the whole weekend taking care of my baby and poor husband who was upset about the whole accident! Went back to GA Sunday and took my test that Monday!! I will tell you I think I learned lots of life lessons in one weekend then I learned in the last whole year. It has been a very difficult month for us as a family. I think Bud and I were on the verge of killing each other as well as JD about to go stir crazy! Bud and I were able to go on our cruise that we had had scheduled before JD got hurt. Thanks to my awesome sis-in-law who took JD for that week!! Bud and I definitely needed a break from life and to celebrate him coming home from Iraq and me graduating Nursing school!!
JD got his cast off this past Saturday- the 29th!! He was scheduled to get it off June 3rd but we could NOT stand the stench any longer. The poor baby smelled so bad that neither Bud nor I could stand being around him. Had to go to the ER to remove it but HEY it is gone!! It was a horrible experience. JD screamed and screamed because the saw was so loud. Buddy was helping the doctor remove it with his strong muscles!! ha. I think Daddy was wanting that thing off more than JD was! Now we are just trying to help JD learn how to walk again. He is doing way better than we thought.
Memorial weekend- Saturday- we took JD swimming to try and strengthen his legs some- NOT a good idea. He screamed the WHOLE time he was in the pool so we let him set on the side and watch. However, Sunday we went to a get together with some friends and went swimming again. This time Amy and I let JD just warm up to the pool and he eventually got in by himself and walked up and down the steps. He is such an independent lil guy! Had to do it all himself. Then finally Monday Bud and I took JD to the NOLA zoo to celebrate his cast coming off. I absolutely love the age group JD is in right now. They get SO excited about every little thing and it makes you feel like you are the best mommy ever for making him so happy!! We had a great time at the zoo with just our lil family!
Well, that is about all that is happenin in the Kelleys' resident. We do have a few things that you can keep in your thoughts and prayers for us. June is going to be a crazy month for us. Buddy will be gone for about 2-1/2 weeks for military training and I take my boards for nursing June 30th!!! Also Buddy is definitely pursuing his calling to chaplaincy in the army- where that is going to lead us we have no clue but he is starting school again in the Fall to get his masters!! I am so happy for him bc I definitely see the joy in his eyes as he gets back into the ministry that he has been out of for the past 2 years!

UPDATE!!

    

I really wish I would update this blog more often. So much has happened from the last time I posted that I don't really know what all to write.  So this is probably going to be an extremely long post!!  
March: BUDDY CAME HOME!!!!!! Which was such a huge relief and exciting time for me and JD. My teachers from school let me off all week to be able to see him home. It was such a joy. JD was SO SO HAPPY to have his Dadee back home. He wouldn't let him go.

April:  CraZy month again for us!! Buddy had about a 2 week leave with us in GA. But then had a job (which we were so happy he was able to get) in MS and had to get back to work.  So we were back and forth a lot this month.  We moved into our new house in our hometown Pville, MS and had JD's second BDAY!!! It was cookie monster themed and lots and lots of fun. He had a great turn out for his party and got many fun outside toys.  We had a blow up jumper which he absolutely hated and wanted NOTHING to do with it. But I am glad the other kids enjoyed it.  My sis-in-laws helped out a bunch with the decor and cakes/cookies. We had cookie monster cupcakes that we made and decorated ourselves. They were very cute. And Buddy kept JD for me so I was able to finish up with my last semester of NURSING SCHOOL!!! Here are a few pics from April- our family pic from JD's party, the cookie monster cupcakes, JD LOVED the cupcakes, and one picture from Easter Sunday of JD!! 

So that is just to catch all of you up on the months I never posted!! I will do a new post for the month of May- (so much has already happened)!!! Thanks for reading!!

Deployment.. coming to an end.

FINALLY... The time has come....

I can not even begin to explain all the feelings that have been present this past year. Buddy's deployment has probably been one of the most challenging times for us as a couple and family. However it has been the most rewarding. I personally have been through so much while Buddy has been a way and it has of course made me a stronger independent woman. I love the things I have learned and I love that I can manage without being dependent on someone but with all honesty I am so ready to be dependent on my husband again. I am ready to have the man of the house back home to where our family can be one unit again- or actually start our unit. Buddy comes home March 4th and we are so anxious and ready for it to be here. Lots and lots of new things are going on in our lives these next few month. We are so excited about them but nervous and worried all the same. Buddy will be coming home looking for a job in MS which will keep us apart for a couple more months, Joshua is gonna go stay with his dadee for about a month until I get done with school and can move to MS with them. And then I have my big nursing exam (NCLEX) to get ready for and pass so I can find a job!! WHEW- see lots going on. It will all work out- we have faith that it will and that it will all probably go better than we ever anticipated this new change to go. Right now we are just focused on getting our family back together. I can't wait to see how much Joshua is going to change with having his daddy around. He adores Buddy so much and I know that he is going to be attached to him- which Buddy is not going to mind at all.

I will try my hardest to update from time to time even if no one reads it- ha!