Happy birthday Mom!

What used to be the phrase I hated hearing the most is now one of the greatest compliments I can receive.

"You are just like your mother."

I hated hearing this from church ladies, family members who sometimes did not even know me (or so I thought), and most of all my dad.

I've come to love these words because I can't think of a better woman for me to resemble. My moms servant heart as a mother, daughter, sister, teacher, grandmother and so much more shines through to me in all she does. Each day is another step towards becoming a Proverbs 31 woman, a woman like my mother.

Someday I hope to have a daughter too. I hope I can set as good of an example as my mom did for me. And I hope those same words will come to be a compliment to her one day...

I love you mom. Happy birthday. You are a beautiful woman. I wouldn't be here without ya!

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IT'S A BOY!

Yep, we are having a boy!! These two girlies are going to love up on him more than he will know what to do with. Let's just say after the first two girls, Mark was totally prepared to be an all girl dad. When he saw the ultrasound and asked the technician if this ultrasound looked different than the last two, and she agreed, his response was, "Huh." He smiled at me and said, man, we have a lot to do. The tech laughed throughout the ultrasound and kept whispering to me, "He's funny." Mark would stare at the ultrasound, measurements, etc. and turn around every couple of minutes and say only a couple words, "Wow, this will be different," "It's really real," "Huh," "We've got to start a new spreadsheet of names." We had a fun day finding out the gender, and Abby had fun seeing the baby on the ultrasound. We didn't let her in on the secret of boy/girl, as she wanted to be surprised. Poor Emma did...

Our girls

Oh these girls. I never imagined I’d have girls- plural. Maybe one girl, but not more than one. I always envisioned our family being full of boys, just as both of our families are, and many of the generations of families are that come before ours. To be completely honest, I kind of wanted it that way too - it's what I've always known. However, one summer day, when I pregnant with Abby, I could feel God changing me, placing this tenderness on my heart and whispering to me that I don’t make the plans, he does. I could tell that I needed to make a shift, that my heart wasn't in the right place, and that he was going to be working change in me. It wasn't that I didn't ever want a girl, I had just been so convinced for so long that we would have a boy first. Then, two girls?! Sisters are a new concept in our family. 3 boys, 1 girl. 5 boys, 1 girl. Even both of my parents sibling sets are made up of boys (plural) and one girl. Can I just say th...

Honeymoooooon!

Mark and I headed to the Dominican Republic the Monday following our wedding! We had such a great time but were definitely to get home to Cedar Falls at the end. We stayed at the Hard Rock Resort in Punta Cana. The resort was beautiful, ocean was beautiful, food was delcious and plentiful and we just had ourselves a nice trip :) My favorite new thing I tried was probably the guacamole... this is a food that has always kind of grossed me out, but I decided to try it and it was so tasty! Mark was a big fan of the variety of meats at the Brazilian Grill restaurant (as was I). We tried so many different meats that were cut off a skewer hot off the grill! Yummy. Here are a few pictures from our trip :)

Mark & Haley Iehl

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