The Mixed-Up Adventures of the Merry Mederich's.

Justin started his new job this week which means my nights will be consistently more lonely; however, I'm grateful for a hard-working husband.  At the end of May Justin was told that his company was down-sizing and after six years of employment, June 2012 would be his last month on payroll.  That's a big pill to digest with Baby #1 on the way, but neither of us felt terrified or anxious about the situation.  We knew that we had been wise with our money and that this wasn't the worst possible scenario.  I also knew that Justin was out of a job, but he wouldn't be out of work.  He is a wonderful provider.  For a few weeks he hit the pavement hard looking for another job.  When he wasn't looking for a job he working at home doing chores around our house - such a blessing.  We typically have a pretty equal amount of house chores.  We try to do the chores that the other person dislikes.  I hate cleaning bathrooms, so that has a...

This week I overheard someone in the office talking about how this woman was crocheting these adorable little sleep sacks for her baby.  I thought, first of all, that's adorable!  Second of all, I am so not crafty!!!!  And third of all, maybe I could be crafty.  So the mulling began.  Oddly when I got home from work that day Justin said to me, "I know this is kind of weird, and you can totally shoot this down if you want, but I thought it might be fun if we learned to crochet together."  What?!?!?  If that's not crazy, I don't know what is.  The idea came and went early in the week, and although we talked about acting on it, we never actually did anything about it until....... ......Friday.  On Friday we met our friends Jack and Stephanie in Springfield for lunch.  We arrived a little early, so Justin and I stepped into a store next door called Bella Baby.  I was in some sort of baby coma and couldn't stop oohing and aahing o...

"Oh How He Loves Us" He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy. When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory, And I realize just how beautiful You are, And how great Your affections are for me. And oh, how He loves us so Oh how He loves us, How He loves us all We are His portion and He is our prize Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking So Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss And my heart turns violently inside of my chest I don't have time to maintain these regrets When I think about the way And oh, how He loves us Oh how He loves us, How He loves us so how he loves This song gets me every time.  Before I was a mom-to-be, I loved this song and was deeply impacted by the lyrics; however, now that I am expecting Baby Number One, this song absolutely wrecks me.  We sang this song in church this morning, and I took the...

 Last night at about 7:00 p.m. Jordan and Julia picked up Justin and I to head to the Landing for a Journey tribute concert followed by a fireworks display.  We found a parking spot and walked to the event location.  We found a pretty decent spot and claimed it with our four chairs.  With this being Branson, we left them there while we took a walk before the show started with no fear of them not being there upon our return.  We grabbed a treat at Starbucks and was it ever delicious!  To limit my caffeine intake during pregnancy, I am currently only drinking one cup of java each day.  Last night I ordered a grande decaf hazelnut iced latte.  I wanted to guzzle it, but somehow exercised enough self control to make it last.  We settled into our chairs a few minutes before the show started, and the people watching began!  All kinds of people strolled by - short, tall, fat, skinny, clean, dirty, rude, friendly, etc; however, everyone was ho...