Little Mr's Room

We live in a 2 room (not 2 bedroom) apartment. Outside of the U.S. 2 rooms is pretty much standard or larger than most apartments. Dan and I have a bedroom, and there is an "everything else" room and a hallway in between.... welcome to the baby's room.  We hung a few curtains and a part of the hallway is now a private room for little Mr. Just enough space for a mini pack & play that doubles well as a crib. Who needs a house to have kids? :) #overratted #prego

Congo Adventure

We haven't gotten to go yet.... but when we do it's going to be great. 
In the meanwhile we get to help raise money for a Children's Home (which we are excited to do). 

This year is our 2nd Breakfast for Breakfast. It is set for Saturday August 1st at TaborSpace. Everyone is welcome :) 

#blessedtobeablessing #breakfastforbreakfast

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Baby Adventure

Yep from "I do" to pink plus sign was 11 months, with graduation and a #chainsaw injury thrown in the middle.  

I (Anna) have been a nanny for years which has taught me you are never "ready" to have kids. Also it is important to me that our kids get to know their grandparents. Not just vague childhood memories but a chance at real friendships that reach into adulthood. Which means sooner is better.

With Dan finishing grad school early and both of us have some doubts in our bodies ability to create a baby with out help we decided there is no time like the present to start trying.

Surprisingly to me it was my married peers who were the most shocked we were expecting so soon. Their main reaction was assuming the baby was a surprise, and disbelief that we would want a baby so soon.  But we did, not because we were bored of each other or because we had run out of wedding gift cards or because we aren't aloud to have pets in our apartment, but because we wanted to keep loving, we wanted to grow something more with our love. #prego #baby #babybump 

Grad School Adventure

Getting married during grad school is never highly recommended. Thankfully Dan is a great student who could separate "hang with Anna time" and "study time".
School and being newly wed is tuff, but I'm glad we didn't wait. I feel like I was able to be there more for Dan by being married.  And even if the day was crazy full at least it ended falling asleep in the same bed.

Dan took double the amount of classes his last semester (brag moment) being able to finish 8 month early.  #freedom which leads us to ..... the baby.

Wedding Adventure

We wanted to design our wedding in such a way that if you've known God forever or this was the first day you heard he existed, that you would get a chance to grow closer to him. #lovebeinghis #honeymoon #perfect 

Dan and I spent most of our planning time on the ceremony itself.  Everyone in the wedding party walked down to the same song (You're beautiful), a song about God's love for us. 

Before Dan and I stepped up to the alter we took out shoes off to show this act of marriage was a holy act. 

My mother and Dan's father read our vows to us for us to repeat. We wanted to honor their marriage and show that we were continuing something that has bee going on long before us. 

While taking communion our friends played and sang "How deep the Father's love for us" again showing that our love is merely a reflection of God's love for us.

Then everyone celebrated long and hard :) 

The Adventure Begins

When dreaming up this blog we wanted it to be a space where we could share what we are up to and in turn encourage others to continue to dream.

Normal thought in Amireica: When you get married you both find (or already have) jobs in the area you went to school for, settel down, wash dishes, rent or buy a house that is in a good school district, and then you stay there until your children (that you will begain having 3-6 years after your wedding) graduate highschool, then you downsize and start traveling. 

There are lots of cool elements in this thought, but the thought it's self just doen't fit everyone, it doesn't need to, and thats okay. 

Soon after becoming a couple people started asking what our "plan" was, now that we are married they seem more shocked that we are going forward with it.  Oh well :) 

• Big Abbott Dream: to be a part of bringing people into the precance of God.