Signs from God

I've always believed that God gives us signs and directs us to where we need to be, and what we need to be doing. As I look back at life, I can see these signs so clearly. (Isn't that always the case!) In my married life, I can see these signs very clearly. When we were first married, we interviewed for jobs in Giddings. We got the jobs and found a house. It was so easy. We were meant to be there. Our next move, however, wasn't nearly as easy. We searched and searched for a house to buy, and in the end bought a nice house. It was so difficult. As proof that God did not intend for us to be in Conroe, Jim ended up moving 7 months after we bought the house! Thankfully, God was looking out for us, and our house sold very easily. We were meant to be in Athens, as we found jobs and housing extremely easy again. Our Jordan grew up with great friends and we made such wonderful, lifelong friends during our time there. We sensed however that the door in Athens was closing so we started looking for where God wanted us. We landed in San Angelo. While we found a house easily, my job was not as easy to come by, and it has not been very smooth. Even our move was difficult! (My grandmother passed away, I took kids to DC, and the truck broke down numerous times on the way to San Angelo.) Of course, we love being back in West Texas, close to family. Looking back, it is clear God was not quite ready for us to move back to West Texas. However, now it feels like the place He wanted us, has presented itself. We are embarking on a new adventure, in a new town. We will be moving to Big Spring, this weekend! God provided us a house, two great jobs, an awesome school for both girls, and by His grace, the ability for me to get things packed in a week! It is always easy to see the signs when you look back.

My wonderful daughter

I have the most amazing, thoughtful daughter. I realize I am somewhat biased in this statement, but still she amazes me with how selfless she can be. This past weekend we were watching American Chopper (she loves watching anything her daddy watches) and Vinnie brought his daughter to work with him. She was an adorable girl, with beautiful, long hair. Vinnie brought her so she and Mikey could cut their hair to send to Locks of Love. He of course explained what this was, and Jordan immediately asked if her hair was long enough. I got online and researched, and sure enough, it is long enough. She wanted to cut her hair off right then and there! How amazing is she?! We did not cut her hair off right then, we will wait until after her Nutcracker performances and we will have Miss Irma cut it, but it will be done.

I am so proud to be her mommy! Plus, what a wonderful role model Carter has in Jordan.

Pumpkin Patch

This has been a very busy week at the Wommack house. Jordan had the stomach bug Monday and Tuesday, so Marmoo came to stay with us. Today, Carter got to go to a pumpkin patch on base and she loved it! Based on the pictures I got, she is going to be a kid that does not like Santa Claus or any mascot. Jordan was well enough to go to school today, which made her very happy. She was pretty bummed that she missed jersey day and pj day at school, but she will be there for crazy hair day. Tomorrow is Fall Festival at school, so the girls and I are going to brave our first Halloween outing together! Jordan is a 50s girl and Carter is a pumpkin (Jordan's choice on that one). I will post pics of them tomorrow. For now, I will include pictures from the pumpkin patch. (In case I haven't mentioned it, I LOVE our new daycare!)

I really don't like the jack-o-lantern!

The real pumpkins I do like though!

New Daycare

Today was Carter's first day at her new daycare and it went fabulously! She enjoyed having the one on two time with her new teacher and had so much fun that she only managed to get one nap in! I can't say how wonderful it was not to rush around this morning, worried that we would be late to school. We are so happy with her new daycare. So glad that this "window" opened for our family.

It's been awhile

It seems as if it has been a little too long since I've update our blog! Things are kinda busy around here. Jordan is loving 3rd grade. She's doing a great job. Carter is a very active 8 month old. She's so close to crawling! She does an army crawl or rolls to get to where she wants to go.


Jordan had to get glasses and have her hearing checked by an audiologist. It appears that her black/white, right/wrong personality gets in the way of her passing a hearing test.


Carter is moving to an in home daycare. We are so excited about this. She will be two minutes from our house and 2 minutes from school. We can't wait until she starts. Anyway, I am going to try to be better about updating our blog! In the mean time, enjoy some pictures!



My favorite face!


I'm finally laughing when my picture is taken!



My 2 favorite girls!

Smoked Salmon

So Jordan LOVES telling me how much more her daddy loves her than me, and much better he does things. Lots of fun, of course I know that she doesn't mean any of it in a mean way. When she says these things to me, I always respond with, "What am I, chop liver?" To which she responds YES! and then begins giggling. We were at the football game this past Friday, and she started again telling me how wonderful something that someone else did was, and before I could say,and what am I, chop liver, she says "AND YES YOU ARE SMOKE SALMON!" I had to laugh at that, especially when she explained why she said smoked salmon. She couldn't remember chop liver, so smoked salmon sounded better!

I love my girl!

Phones

So, this morning, Jordan and I were on our way to drop Carter off and she says Mommy didn't you have a phone when you were a little girl. I was a little confused by this statement, so I said yes Jordan we had a phone at Grammy and Grandpa's house. She said no, I mean a phone so you could call when you weren't home. I then realize she means a cell phone. I told her they didn't have cell phones when I was a little girl. Her response, Not even for texting! Not even for texting Jordan. Well, how did you call home when you were away? We didn't, or we used the phone at our friend's house. Then she got into a entire different conversation about those "old" telephones.

Isn't it amazing! Jordan cannot imagine a life without a cell phone.

A new blog

I've thought for a long time about writing down all my experiences as a coach's wife. I never really knew how to start, or when I would have time for that matter, but last night I decided I would start a blog. My thinking is that some people would just be curious what would possess someone to marry a coach, or why someone would go into coaching. I hope that I can answer some of those question and tell some great stories along the way.

Anyway, the address for my new blog is txhscoachswife.blogspot.com Of course I will be keeping this blog too. I have to update everyone on my beautiful girls!

Softball

Getting ready to bat


Watching the action


Well, softball season has officially started in the Wommack house. Once games started, we were only going to have practice once a week, BUT this week we had two games and one practice, with one practice coming on Sunday. All of this, on top of dance for an hour on Thursdays before the softball game. Talk about a tired girl. On the plus side, Carter manages to sleep all night on game nights, so I'm loving that! We lost our first two games; the first game was close (hence the practice the next day to work on fielding the ball) and the second game was not so close, but in our defense all the girls are already nine and have been playing together for 3 years. It's amazing how much bigger nine year olds are compared to eight year olds! Maybe our luck will change this week.



Waiting for the action to start

Easter Sunday

Totally engrossed in her laptop


Pretty new Easter dress



I love my new swing!

Two beautiful girls!

Our first Easter with two beautiful daughters. Both girls loved their Easter gifts. Jordan got a mini laptop and Carter got a portable swing. After trying out their new gifts, we went to church in our new dresses. I think I had the most beautiful girls there. I wish that I could get a picture when Carter smiles, but that may be impossible. Just as impossible is getting Jordan to give a genuine smile. She has the goofiest fake smile that I can't get rid of! I hope this faze is almost over.

My little seamstress

I am so lucky because Jordan loves spending time with her grandparents. She loves going to Grammy and Grandpa's to play and swim and ride in the "buggy". She loves going to Marmoo and PaLee's because she can feed the cows and sew. She is really into sewing, so when we found out Carter was on the way she asked Marmoo if she could make a quilt. So back in July, Jordan and Marmoo started working on a quilt for the baby. She finally finished her quilt Friday and was able to give it to Carter. I am so proud of her! She did a great job and Carter loves looking at all the colors. Now that she's done, she already planning her next quilt! Grandpa loved it so much, he asked if she could make a big one for him.

Back to Work!

I went back to work this week, and it was much easier than I thought it would be. I will admit that on Sunday I was a little weepy, although I didn't let anyone know. But Monday morning got here, and Carter was so nice, she only got up once at 4:00 so I got a great night's sleep. Of course Carter got rave reviews at daycare. She might be the most fussed over baby there! Jordan was super excited to have me back at school. She was so glad to be able to come to my class before and after school. However, on Wednesday night a cold front blew in, and something came in with it. During the middle of the night, poor Miss Carter was very congested and there wasn't a thing I could do about it. Luckily, her doctor let us come in Thursday morning, and she was diagnosed with her first cold. :( She and I stayed home for the rest of the day, and her Marmoo came and stayed with her today. I'm hoping her nose starts running soon, to alleviate the stuffiness.

Jordan has started softball, which is always interesting. She tries so hard, and I am so very proud of her. She throws the ball so much better than when she played t-ball, and she is not afraid to get in front of the ball to catch it. Now we just need to work on batting. It's a little scary to swing at a ball that is zooming by at 35 mph! But, on a positive note, she did get a hit in her scrimmage last night. We were all so surprised, no one more than her. She forgot to run to 1st for a minute!

Before Carter's first day of school. Yes, Jordan is wearing a St. Patrick's Day shirt. Gotta love the fashion sense of an 8 year old.

Carter dressed up before her first Sunday of church.

Softball

Jordan decided that she wanted to play softball this year. We played t-ball for two years in Athens, and while it was fun, she never really enjoyed it all that much. The teams were stacked, and unfortunately we were never on the winning team. This paired with the fact that Jordan doesn't have the best hand/eye coordination, made t-ball not so much fun. So you can imagine how surprised I was when she wanted to play this year. I was a little leery because of the coordination thing and she's not the fastest girl in the world. But, we signed up and she had her first practice last night. I was pleasantly surprised that she could throw the softball better than the last time she played. Then, I looked down to feed Carter, and when I looked back up, I noticed Jordan was walking off the field with her coach. I kept waiting for her to come to the car, but she never did. So, when practice was over, I found out what happened. She got hit in the nose by the ball! I wasn't too surprised, because if something like that is going to happen it's going to happen to her. I was so proud of her though, because she told coach she wanted to keep playing and she wasn't afraid of the ball. The reason it hit her face, was because she was trying to catch it. Now, she is still pretty slow (she'll never run the 100M) but she is definitely improving! When I get a picture of her lovely swollen nose, I will post it too.

Gasch

When I first started dating Jim, he had a dog named Gasch (pronounced Gash). He was a great dog, even had his own chair in Jim's house. I guess his only downfall was he liked to run, if ever given the opportunity. So, when Jim and I got married, Gasch became our dog. I cannot say enough what a great dog he was. We could leave him inside all day and he would not tear anything up, or potty anywhere in the house. Shortly after our one year anniversary, Gasch started acting very odd. He would follow me everywhere. If I went outside, he was right by me. When I went in, he followed me in. He kept a very close eye on me. Jim and I couldn't figure out what was wrong with this crazy dog, but he knew something that Jim and I would find out shortly. He knew, long before us, that Jordan would be joining us. Sadly, he died before he could meet Jordan. (He was mysteriously getting out of the yard on a daily basis, and he went toward the highway the last time.) It was very hard on me, and even harder on Jim. He had Gasch for 8 years before he died. With all of this said, yesterday, the girls and I were on our way home from getting Jordan's softball stuff when I passed a lady walking 2 dogs. I literally stopped in the middle of the road, one of the dogs looked just like Gasch! This is an amazing fact since Gasch was a mutt. So, at supper, I tell Jim, I don't want to make you sad, but today on the way home, and he stopped me and said, you saw a dog that looked just like Gasch! He had seen the same lady earlier! We know there is no way it was our dog (like I said he was 8 when he died, and that was 8 years ago) but what an awesome feeling to see our dog again.

Snow Day!

Finally, we got a snow day! I was so glad to see that we had a pretty good chance of snow this past Tuesday, and had even decided that if there was snow on the ground, Jordan wasn't going to school. I know, totally against the teacher in me, but the mommy in me made the decision. Luckily, San Angelo actually called school off (although not before Jim had already attempted to go to school). Jordan was so excited! She spent over an hour outside playing in the snow. Her daddy was nice enough to go out with her and play for a little while too. They didn't get to make a snowman because the snow wasn't wet enough, but that was okay. They had tons of fun throwing snowballs and making snow angels.

I had to include a picture of Carter too!

Sleeping Beauties

Sleeping girls

I can suck my thumb!

As anyone who knows us knows, Jordan is not a sleeper. She has never been, and I fear never will be. Luckily, Carter seems to be a sleeper thus far. It is so nice, she just goes to sleep and sleeps so peacefully. Noises don't bother her and she can sleep anywhere. Jordan, on the other hand, is disturbed by the slightest noise and has a hard time sleeping anywhere but in her room. Life has been a little crazy since Carter has been home, but we have tried really hard this week to help Jordan get to bed earlier and get a good night's sleep. Last night, we were watching the Olympics, and Carter (of course) was asleep. Jordan had moved the yoga mat and boppy pillow to the floor to lay down, and the next time I looked, she was sound asleep. It was too good an opportunity to pass up; I had to put Carter next to her and get a few pictures. I did not pose either girl, even though it may look like I did. Carter just wiggled a few times, until she was comfortable, and lo and behold, the ended up in the same position. Carter even has a smile on her face!

I love my sister!

Shopping Day!

Carter and I ventured out today for our first shopping trip today! I am amazed daily at how different my two girls can be. Jordan hated to ride in the car, and going to the store was a race against time. Carter loves riding in the car (she falls fast asleep) and she looks all around, then falls asleep while shopping. Our big shopping for the day consisted of Target and Walmart. I know, big time fun, but we still made it out. Tomorrow we are taking daddy lunch and Friday we are going to lunch with Jordan for her birthday. A big week we have planned!

Our suprise has arrived!

So it has taken me 10 days, but I am finally getting around to posting pictures of my beautiful new daughter! Carter Leigh Wommack was born on Sunday, January 31 at 9:40 pm. She weighted 7 lbs 8.5 oz. We got to the hospital around 5:15, my water broke at 5:30, and she arrived very easily after 3 pushes. When we left the house, Jordan was a little worried (although she would never admit it), but she got to see her daddy before Carter arrived. That made her feel much better. We have been blessed, so far, to have a sleeper! She sleeps all the time! It is so nice to get a couple of hours of sleep in between each feeding at night. She has had some jaundice since she has been home, but luckily it is going down now.

Jordan loves her new sister. She gives her a kiss every morning before she goes to school, and she can't wait to come home and hold her. It is so sweet. I am so glad that she seems to be adjusting well to our new addition.

I'm sure there is so much more that I could add, but I am still somewhat sleep deprived, so I will close with some pictures. I hope that you enjoy!

My favorite Jordan quotes

Jordan never stops amazing me with the things that she says. Usually, they are totally off the wall, but true nonetheless. Here are a few of the most recent.

"I sure am glad that sharks are man-eaters. That makes me pretty safe." After about a minutes pause "That's not really what that means is it? A shark would still eat me."

"Mommy, can you tell me the location of the pottery place?" I just love that it isn't where is the pottery place, it was location.

"Mommy, how hot do you have to be for a fever?" My response about 100. "Well, then how cold do you have to be when you have a cold?"

"Carter better stay out of my stuff when she starts to play." Even though she has seen babies, she really thinks that it will be a matter of weeks before Carter will be up running, talking, and driving her crazy. Poor thing.

Her favorite word is actually. I bet she uses it 20 times a day.

Jordan in Social Studies class

Teacher: "A man or a woman can become governor of the state of Texas."

Jordan: "Did you know that sometimes a person can be born a boy and a girl? They are called hermaphrodites."

Teacher: "That really isn't appropriate for class."

Jordan: "Okay."

Her social studies/science teacher was very concerned that Jordan not only knew the word, used it correctly, and said it in class. I had to explain that her daddy is a biology teacher and she has been dissecting animals since she was 4. Plus, her mommy and teacher are pregnant, of course she will wonder if people, like some animals, can be hermaphrodites. Had to tell Jordan not to say that word at school anymore.

37 1/2 week post

Okay, so I'm basically 38 weeks, but the actual 38th week day isn't until Friday. Had weekly visit #2 yesterday, and I'm so happy to say very little has changed! I'm still at a 2, maybe a little more, and effaced 80%. My doctor seems to feel very comfortable with the fact that Miss Carter will not be arriving until February. However, she really doesn't want me to go more than a week past the 5th, so I guess our new bundle of joy will be here by February 12. I think the 10th would be cool. Jim teases the 2nd all the time, because I really don't want her to come on Groundhog Day (even though I have a friend with that birthday). Honestly, if she will just wait until the 1st to make her appearance I will be happy.

I am all ready for her to arrive, luckily. With Jordan I hadn't packed my bag or anything. This time, my bag, the diaper bag, and the camera bag are all right beside my bed ready to go. I always thought that the weeks leading up to the first appointment were the longest, but now I'm thinking that the longest weeks are the ones leading up to "D" day!

Baby update

Obviously I haven't been very good at updating my blog recently. I have no Christmas pictures, or even mention of Christmas activities yet. Heck, I haven't even changed my background! Hopefully, with the amount of sitting I will be doing for the next bit, I will be able to get that done. With all that said, I thought I should give a baby update since I went for my first weekly visit yesterday. At my last visit, the doctor told me she wasn't going to check me until 38 weeks, which was fine with me because that is one of the least pleasant experiences ever. However, over the weekend, I started experiencing some symptoms that made me want to have her check. When I went in for the appointment, she listened to Carter's heart and then measured me. It was then that she decided that she needed to check, because I wasn't measuring correctly. To both of our surprise, Miss Carter had dropped into my pelvis (which I actually suspected), I am dilated to a 2 and 75% effaced, AND she thinks she weighs about 7 pounds! I don't think I'm having her anytime soon, as I was 100% effaced and dilated to a 2 with Jordan for 2 weeks before I had her, but I didn't start off at a 2. We are keeping our fingers crossed that she decides she likes her home for at least 2 1/2 more weeks. If she will just make it to February, I will be happy! (Of course, I will be happy if she decides to introduce herself early too!)