yet another update...

So while my sister was down she took a few pictures of her nephew. Here are 3 of the favorites, and the bottom two pictures are my ever-growing tummy!








I went for a doctors appointment last tuesday, and he says at this point everything is looking perfect. He said im growing right on track, and baby is in the right position for the birth. He said its unlikely that he'll flip now, which for me is a huge relief, because i really dont want a c-section! Im now seeing the doctor every 2 weeks until im 36 weeks adn then i will go every week. I cant beleive im acuatlly going to be holding my baby in 9 weeks! its so exciting to think about.
Julian and I have been looking for a new apartment for quite some time, and though we've been put on a waiting list for a place in durham, its not looking too promising . I called around a bit today and have lined us up to go look at 2 different places, one in hanover, one in durham so now i just have to wiat to hear back from the people. im really praying we find a place before the baby comes. Our monthly rent will be increasing in the next few weeks as well, so a new place would be a huge answer to prayer!
Other than that, we're doing well, julian loves his job at Bell world and is constantly coming home telling me about the newest in technology! lol. Its good to see him happy with a job though. its an encouragement to me for sure! Anyways, just thought i'd give a little update. my parents and brothers head down to Maine tomorrow for a week at my uncles cottage! so pray for their safety as they drive...and their sanity...driving 14 hours with my brothers is tough!

what a story!

Over the past few months, my grandpa brockwells' sisters' husband (got that?) has been in the hospital and not doing very well at all. My grandpa has been visiting him very often and sharing the gospel with him, but uncle don didnt seem at all interested.
The doctors have been saying he will likely die any day, so as you can imagine, its been really hard on aunt barb and my grandparents too. Aunt barb had basically given up hope of uncle don giving his life over to the lord before he died, just because he kept refusing what he was hearing. Well, my grandma wrote me an email this morning and told me that aunt barb called my grandpa and asked him to come to the hospital because uncle don was not doing very well. My grampa went and asked if he could go in and see uncle don, and they said yes. Well, uncle don told my grandpa that he had given his life over to the lord!! its such a huge encouragement to see miracles like that happen. all that praying paid off! and just in time. Uncle Don is very sick and no one really expects him to live much longer at all, but its just such a blessing knowing he'll be in Heaven for eternity! please pray for my grandparents, and uncle dons wife, as it will be hard when he fianlly passes, althoguh not nearly as hard now, knowing they will see him again!

goin to the chapel

So it wasnt really a chapel at all, but it was still a perfect wedding! Saturady, May 26th I finally became Mrs Carrianne Murphy! the day couldnt have been any better. everything looked so amazing, and the weather ended up being beautiful! Here are just a few pictures from the day.

As i said, these are just a few of the pictures. I will get more up once i figure out how to work this scanner!!

more tummy pictures

here are pictures of the last 2-3 weeks ... my o my how my tummy has grown! ... or at least it feels like it has!!

getting hitched in t minus 8

Well...only 8 more days and i will be a married woman! it sounds so wierd now that its drawing up so close but im definately excited!
We have been meeting with the pastor who is marrying us on a weekly basis going through some marriage counselling, which we've both really enjoyed doing. We had to do a "compatibility test" to make sure our marriage wasnt doomed for divorce so we were both on pins and needles all week wiating to hear how we did! turns out we did quite well :)
Anyways, last night we met with him again and planned how the ceremony will go! Now i just have to pick a song to walk down the isle to! i have a few in mind so i just have to pick a final one. I think its giong to be a very nice wedding...last ngiht i could barely sleep because i was so excited! im really happy to see my family again too. My sister and her husband are driving up from chicago on thursday, then friday its a girls night!! :D (i.e. lots of food/make-up/etc) lol.
Thankfully i only have 2 days of work next week so i have plenty of time to get julians parents house ready . decorating will be so much fun! I've been making little cards with my rubber stamps to hand out so thats been really fun to finally get back into htat again. There wil be alot of pictures in the next week so i will be sure to get them posted on here :)

~Baby is doing well. I've discovered he really likes coffee...Ive had early shifts this week so i've started my day with a coffee to keep me going, and i think it works better for him than me! im getting bigger, some days i look huge, others i barely look pregnant! but all is well so far.
a friend of mine from the prenatal class i go to just had her baby 7 weeks early. She wieghed 4 lbs at birth so will be staying in the hospital for a few weeks. keep Amanda (the mom) in your prayers as she has 4 other kids to keep looking after as well.

So the past week has been a rush from one thing to another! Julian and i have set a date for our wedding, and seeing as thats in less than one month, i, personally am going nuts trying to get everything set for it. i dont understand why im having such a difficult time with it, seeing as its only his family and mine attending, but i am :( . Trying to find someone to marry us on a low budget has been the hardest thing. I got my wedding band the other night, now all i have to do is find a summer dress that will fit my growing tummy and that i auctally like the look of on me! I think this is the stage in my pregnacy where i feel like an elephant so nothing i wear feels good. oh well, hoping that will pass soon. its been pretty discouraging for me.
on another note, as most of you know, my fiance julian isnt a christian, and we've all been praying for him like crazy. He's very open to talking about christianity, and has never put me down for my beliefs ( which is a good thing because if he did, he'd be out the door!) but we do talk about it quite a bit. He enjoys coming to chruch with me when he has a day off, and that has been encouraging. Anyways, last night we were talking adn we were both pretty upset with how stressed out we've been in the past 2 weeks...and he got saying that he feels like if he just had a better paying job, he'd be happy, or if he just didnt have to work, he'd be happy, saying all these things that "would make him happy" and i just felt that i should bring my faith into the conversation, so i was just saying how nothing like that will ever make you happy. and he asked how i can be so calm when everything is going nuts , and i just siad that when im really stressed or worked up about something, praying really helps, and just knowing that God will never give me more than i can handle...anyways, he went on to say that lately (within the past month) he's been almost convinced taht there has to be a 'divine being' because everytime he's really been thikning of something, or worrying about something ... he says its almost like everywhere he looks, theres an answer to it, like..."too coincidental" is what he said if i remember right, so anyways, its a step in the right direction. i burst into tears wehn he said taht, (not sad tears though!) it was just ... really good to hear, especially since i've been praying that God would just start subtly working in his life, so just keep on praying for him. He's already come a good way.

Yesterday we went to our 19 week ultrasound and got a nice big surprise! We are having a beautiful baby boy! Names are still in the working, well, middle names that is... I'll update with pictures when i get a chance!

....IM HAVING A BOY!!!