Just What the Doctor Ordered

I never knew how much a simple girls weekend could mean to me until after a weekend spent with my best friends just a few short days after the worst news of my life.

On November 5th Kyle and I took a home pregnancy test and found out we were expecting a little one! To say we were excited in an understatement! We could not wait to tell our family so we did that following weekend. We had our first doctors appointment on November 30th at 8 weeks along. There we got to see a sonogram and watch the baby's heart beat. The doctor told us everything looked great and he would see us back at 12 weeks and scheduled our next appointment for January 3rd. On Sunday, December 30th I started spotting and cramping, we immediately called the doctor. He told us to stay at home until the following day unless my condition worsened. On Monday morning we went straight to the doctors office only to find out we had lost our baby. This was one New Years Eve that will never be forgotten.

Each day gets better than the day before but spending a weekend with my girls that mean the most to me helped more than I could ever imagine. We had planned this weekend back at the beginning of December when Kyle told me that's when he would be on his annual guys river camping trip. God knew what he was doing when it just so happened everyone's schedules were clear for this weekend.

We spent the weekend in Eatonton at Ashlen's dads house where we got to be lazy, shop, play with baby cows, and watch a cow give birth.

These babies were skid-dish at first but after they warmed up to us they kept wanting to suck on our finger like they were getting fed from a bottle. They were so cute! 

This is the precious baby cow to got to witness being born. It was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever seen. It was so adorable watching it trying to take it's first steps. 

After we left the cow farm we headed back to the house for a little target practice. Everyone shot a few times but I really liked these pics we were able to capture. 

Spending the weekend with these wonderful friends helped lift my spirits and realize God has a plan for everything and sometimes we may have to go through hard times but we will see the reward in the end. 

Kyle also had a fun weekend with his buddies. These are a few of the pictures he sent me from his weekend. 

They set out very early Saturday morning!  

The guys all bundled up!

Trying to keep warm by the campfire!

We have been so blessed with amazing family and friends who have been so supportive during this time in our lives and we cannot thank them enough. We hug each other a little tighter at night truly realizing just how precious life is.