Glorious day

I wanted to share with you one of my favorite songs that is on the radio. I just love how this old hymn can be so powerful when sung in a different way!! God is good!

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Words that will stick with me forever

Last week Wednesday we had our 1st official OB appt. Ever since we made the appt about 4 weeks before, we were so excited to hear Baby's heartbeat and see how much baby had grown over the last few weeks. We got into the room and the doctor used the doppler to see if we could hear. Baby was measuring at 10 weeks(which was a week behind), so she said it could be a little early yet to hear. So she said we will do an ultrasound instead. We went across the hall and did an ultrasound and we saw baby, but it was not a good enough picture. So she sent me down to the Hospital so that they could do an internal u/s(Sorry TMI) and when we saw baby I could tell that there was no flicker on the monitor like I could see in my other u/s a few weeks before. The tech waited a few more minutes and then we heard the words, " I'm so sorry, there is no heartbeat." We were devastated. The tech left the room and we just held each other sobbing.

"Dear Lord, I would have loved to have held my baby on my lap and told him/her about You, but since I didn't get the chance, would you please hold him/her on Your lap and tell him/her about me?"

This quote has been so comforting to me. As much as I would have loved to carry this baby, I love thinking that right now Baby Roelofs and his cousin Brenham are sitting on Grandpa and Grandma Westrate's laps!!

Please keep us in your prayers!

Last few months

The last few months have been pretty busy. In December, Kyle and I went to Traverse City for our 2 year anniversary. We left on a Saturday afternoon and came back home on a Monday afternoon. We went shopping, went to see The Blind Side and ate at Outback!! We had so much fun!



In the middle of January we went to Las Vegas for a work trip with my Dad and Mom. We stayed at the Mirage and the weather was only in the 50's. So not warm enough to be outside. So me and mom did lots of shopping! One night we went to a Cirque du soleil show which was right in the hotel.



We also found out in January that WE ARE EXPECTING!! We are so excited and can't wait to meet the little one due on September 21.

Baby Roelofs at 8w3d!!

The tech put that smiley face on there!!

1 year checkup

Katie, Robb, Grayden and Lisa are headed to Mayo tomorrow for the 1 year check up. Please pray for safe travels and that she comes back with a great report just like her 3 month check-up.

Happy Birthday Katie!!!

It's Katie's 24th Birthday today and I tried to hack into her blog to post this but I couldn't figure out her password! I just wanted to post a few pictures and say a few things. Katie is a year and 3 months older than I am. And I have always looked up to my older sisters for different reasons. I have always shared a lot of the same interests with Katie. Katie and I played the same sports through middle school and most of high school. We had a lot of fun practicing at home together. We played many games of PIG together. The three of us (Lisa, Katie and I) always came up with the strangest things to do. Most of them I am not going to say because they are so embarrasing. But we did random things like we acted like we were the Babysitters club, like the books. And we did gymnastics in our basement with Couches, and Couch Cushions and gave ourselves scores. We even have videos of it. I will stop so I don't embarass both of my sisters!

I'm not good with words when I write like she is , but when I think about all the things she has been through the last few years, I just think of one thing and that is how strong she has become through all of it and how proud of her I am for not losing sight of her faith.

Here are a few pictures when we were kids and one of her senior prom. They are scanned so they didn't turn out the best.

(Lisa, Me, Katie)

Cutest thing I have ever seen!

Our nephew Grayden is almost 4 months now!! He is such a good boy and we love every minute we get to spend with him! We got to babysit him last week Friday and just had so much fun with him! The picture above is one of his 3 month pictures that Katie took. We definately wouldn't mind babysitting every weekend..hint...hint!

Also this past Saturday, my sister Lisa and my mom went to Michigan City for some shopping!! We did really well!!! Old Navy (Outlet) had 40% off everything plus Lisa and I had a Stuff and Save bag which was an additional 20%!! Loved it!!

This holiday weekend we are headed to Shipsee with the whole extended Rietman family. It is about 35 people. Hopefully the weather is beautiful so we can spend some time at the cottage too!!

My Birthday

This year on my birthday the Rietman's went to Craig's Cruisers for my birthday. We had left over cards from a K & R Summer Outing last year and we were trying to find a time that we could go. We had the yummy buffet, rode the go-karts, played laser tag and had a lot of fun!

Dad, Robb, Katie, Me, and Kyle (you can only see his shirt and half his head)

We also went to Skiles with the Roelofs on Thursday. I love their pizza!!!

We had a busy 4th of July out at the cottage and also went to the Grand Haven fireworks with a big group of Kyle's high school friends. It was good to see everyone again!