JEREMIAH
(C) Jennifer Gigowski

Jeremiah, you were in the Father’s plans
You were made for me, fashioned by God’s hands.
Jeremiah, angels sang the day you came
Your gramma cried for joy when she saw your face.

You’re the apple of my eye
My little piece of heaven
Sometimes I just have to sigh
At the blessing I’ve been given
Jeremiah, you’ll never know just how loved you are.

Jeremiah, you know how long we prayed for you
So you know that you’re our little dream come true.
Jeremiah, you’re your papa’s pride and joy
And no matter what, you’ll always be my baby boy.

You’re the apple of my eye
My little piece of heaven
Sometimes I just have to sigh
At the blessing I’ve been given
Jeremiah, you’ll never know just how loved you are.

yes, i am now 20weeks and 1day!!!! i am so excited! the baby is moving even more, and i can actually feel movement through my belly, so it won’t be long that jerry will be able to feel her too!!
um, to missy, i just wanted to say i hope we can get past this, since we both admitted we misunderstood things. i hope you’ll also understand that i have pregnancy hormones so i blow things out of proportion.

Note from Jerry:
I don’t usually reply to someone’s comments but I was frustrated by Missy’s. She makes it sound like we are blowing money left and right. Whether or not she meant it this way, that is the way it sounded to me and to Jenn. We are so very NOT rich. We have spent very little on our baby’s room. We had the crib and the bassinette for about two years now and both are used (actually the crib was new at a garage sale but we spent ONLY TEN DOLLARS on it). Jenn has been buying baby clothes (all ages of clothing) at garage sales since we have been married because she always knew that one day we would have children. And Jenn has bought only three new outfits. We don’t know the exact figure but we spent very little on the baby clothes we already have.

I also think Jenn already mentioned that we did not have to pay for any of the remodeling done to the house because it is NOT our house. We live with her Grandfather so we can take care of his daily needs. He was planning on painting and getting new carpet anyway because the house had had the same carpet and paint for over twenty years.

Anyway, the point is that most of what we have for our baby IS second hand and we haven’t spent very much money to get it. And, really, that isn’t anyone’s business how much we have spent, from $200 to $2000. I’m only writing this because I don’t want anyone to get the wrong impression of us. Yes we are on several registries and paypal but we are not trying to rake in gifts and money from people. If a friend or family member wants to give us something, that’s great. If not, that’s fine too. We have friends and family from all over the country (and out of the country too) and this site is mainly for them. If you are someone who doesn’t agree with this site, please don’t return.

By the way, Missy, we have a contact form you could have used to voice your concerns to us personally. We would have been happy to explain and discuss this personally if you’d given us the chance.

-Jerry

the headaches are still insane, and the gas bubbles come and go. but this pregnancy is the best thing to happen to me. i am so thankful to be blessed with this miracle.
i thought i would share some songs (just lyrics) i wrote a while ago (pre-pregnancy), but i hope that they won’t be stolen!!! just to express how i’m feeling about my precious miracle. i have more but there’s no way i’m posting them all - if you’d like to see all the ones i have (since i’m going to STILL make a lullaby album one of these days!!!) just use the contact form.

AS HANNAH WOULD SAY (meaning Hannah of the Bible, who was Samuel’s mother)
(C) Jennifer A Gigowski

Thank You, Lord, for this child from You
A perfect gift from Heaven, a blessed dream come true
You alone know how very long I prayed
For this precious miracle, and to You I give the praise

A life, a precious life, formed by Your hands
A heart, a tiny heart, made from pure love
You gave him to me, as I prayed that you would
Now I commit him unto You, Lord; once again, he’s in Your hands

I knew he’d bring me joy, but I never knew how much
I love to hear his voice, see his smile, feel his touch.
Never could I express how much he means to me
But I’ll spend my life being the mother you’ll have me be.

A life, a precious life, formed by Your hands
A heart, a tiny heart, made from pure love
You gave him to me, as I prayed that you would
Now I commit him unto You, Lord; once again, he’s in Your hands
Once again, he’s in Your hands
—
JALIA
(C) Jennifer & Jerry Gigowski
You’re beautiful, Jalia
You’re an angel here on earth
You’re lovable, Jalia
You were loved before your birth

Chorus:
You lift my heart into the sky
And never leave me wondering why
I love you, my Jalia

You’re adorable, Jalia
You’re cute from head to toe
You’re wonderful, Jalia
You’re the sweetest girl I know

You lift my heart into the sky
And never leave me wondering why
I love you, my Jalia

My heart is full of love for you
You’re my prayerful dream come true
I love to see your precious smile

(We are still going to add a few more verses I think)
—
JEREMIAH
(C) Jennifer Gigowski

Jeremiah, you were in the Father’s plans
You were made for me, fashioned by God’s hands.
Jeremiah, angels sang the day you came
Your gramma cried for joy when she saw your face.

You’re the apple of my eye
My little piece of heaven
Sometimes I just have to sigh
At the blessing I’ve been given
Jeremiah, you’ll never know just how loved you are.

Jeremiah, you know how long we prayed for you
So you know that you’re our little dream come true.
Jeremiah, you’re your papa’s pride and joy
And no matter what, you’ll always be my baby boy.

You’re the apple of my eye
My little piece of heaven
Sometimes I just have to sigh
At the blessing I’ve been given
Jeremiah, you’ll never know just how loved you are.
—-
my heart is so full of love for my precious baby.
blessings and prayers,
jenn

precious baby,
i love you so!!! no matter how painful this pregnancy is, i would go through anything for you!!! you are a miracle and my dream come true. i can hardly wait until you’re in my arms. i can’t believe that you are more than ‘halfway baked’!! lol! i love you sweetie!! soon papa and i will know if you’re jalia or jeremiah. i love you!!!

saturday i will be 20 weeks! 5 months! can you believe it?!? i sure can’t. i can feel the little angel more and more every day, and love it!!!
i wanted to send some replies along to people who commented in the comments section. first, manda, yes, i’m wearing exclusively maternity pants. i still wear normal t-shirts. thankfully i found some deals on pants and also founds some at garage sales, because wow they are expensive!! secondly, to missy, what we have bought for our baby so far have been very good deals - a 10 dollar crib at a garage sale, a 20 dollar bassinette at a resale place, and the chifferobe and changing table were both new but pretty good deals. as for clothing, i have only bought two new outfits - the rest have been garage sale deals from over the past 4 years or so. same with toys, and same with books - we are book lovers anyway and always collect them - some of the books we have were mine as a child. as for the new carpet in the house, i suppose i didn’t explain that well anywhere. this is my grandfather’s house, and he has paid for it all. he also paid for the paint and wood trim. we are in no way rich, in no way dirt poor either, but we do not have a lot of money. we have bought pretty much everything we’re buying and hope to get things for baby through our friends at the showers. THAT is why we have a paypal button up and why we have registries listed. if we were rich i wouldn’t even hope for gifts. i just think that if you don’t know anything about a person you should ask or look things up on the site to find out, before judging them.
i just wanted to clarify that because i hate feeling like i’m being attacked on my own site. sigh. and of course with my pregnancy hormones i get even more upset about things than normal.
the new song playing is for baby sarah and baby amanda! don’t you love it?!
well yesterday was horrible - i was in bed most of the day. headaches and feeling icky. today i’m feeling much better but the headaches are still bothering me. also, i am having these strange gas bubbles that won’t go away. it kept me up most of the night. it hurt so bad!! i don’t know if it was something i ate or what. the gas bubbles felt about as big as the baby herself! thankfully they went away at about 3 am.
well i can never stay on here as long as i’d like anymore because of the headaches.
blessings and hugs!
jenn
precious baby, i love you so!!! no matter how painful this pregnancy is, i would go through anything for you!!! you are a miracle and my dream come true. i can hardly wait until you’re in my arms. i can’t believe that you are more than ‘halfway baked’!! lol! i love you sweetie!! soon papa and i will know if you’re jalia or jeremiah. i love you!!!

ok, here goes!
first of all, welcome to the world sarah lynn castleberry! i’m sure by now you’re out of your mama!!
i am feeling the baby move like crazy almost all the time now. she is a real firecracker! i can tell they are kicks and rolls and stuff. it’s such a cool, wonderful feeling. i’ve tried to get jerry to feel it, but of course she’s stubborn and won’t move when his hand is on my belly! ornery thing! and of course he isn’t patient enough to leave his hand there for long hehe.
you can see the old wives’ tales results here, my latest preggo pic (which is disgusting) here, and the baby room pics here.
i have been having even more back pain, major headaches, and my breasts are killing me!! i am an emotional wreck. people who answered the phone at jerry’s work are saying i’m being rude to them when i call. i just got really upset this morning when i called and once again, he was unreachable. i just started thinking - what if this were an emergency?? what if i was having a miscarriage, or if grampa got badly hurt or something?! i have no car here to do anything right now. so i was upset and frustrated and i guess i took it out on the people (even though i thought i was being civil enough). so i am not calling there anymore. forget it. i’m getting him a cellphone or a pager.
anyway, i’m feeling good about the baby’s room looking nice. the rest of the house is still a little bit on the messy side, since there’s so much more to put away, so i won’t show pix of those yet.
grampa has a very badly sprained ankle. he fell while we were out the other day. he went to immediate care yesterday and they prescribed something for pain and he also has an ice pack on it. he seems to be doing better since mom brought over a temporary walker for him to use. the old cane just doesn’t cut it anymore.
well i need to get baby and me some food. hope all are well!
God’s blessings!
jenn and baby j

well, the carpet is in and WOW what a house! it looks sooooo different!!! i am looking for the digi cam so i can show you all (even though i never got around to taking the before pictures lol, it was REALLY bad!) what it looks like. now we just have to do the bathroom floors and the kitchen floor. then it really will be a new house.
the gray frost in the baby’s room looks incredible!! it really does have a purple tint to it. we are now ready to fill the room with furniture and stuff now. i was at babies’ r us today and saw the CUTEST bedding set there. i was just looking online to show you a pic, but since it’s going to be discontinued, i can’t seem to find it. i wish i could remember what it’s called…sigh. it’s girly of course. i find out on sept 12 if i’m right or not!!! can hardly wait!
yucky and painful news - i got my first hemorroid today!! OUCH!!! it’s getting to me. all the constipation i’ve been having, it’s surprising it’s the first time. enough of that!
i have been feeling the baby differently since tuesday; it’s not just flutters anymore. it feels like strong bubbles popping. i know it’s the baby kicking or hitting me, while she moves around. it is so incredible!! i can hardly wait for jerry to start feeling it!! what an exciting time.
well, amanda has been born! she’s a doll. and sarah will come very soon! yay!!!
speaking of babies…remember i mentioned a while ago that my cousin is due 2 weeks after me? well, the date has been changed to february. this will be her second, and as her first is a girl, i’m thinking this one will be a boy. and i got a call from another cousin (her sister) who told me….dumdedum…she’s pregnant now too!! she’s due in march!!!! so we’ll be having babies in january, february and march!!! i’m just waiting for my sister-in-law to call me now LOL even though they are not really trying yet. but wouldn’t that be a hoot? the coolest thing is, my cousin who’s due in march lives in the same state as me, as opposed to my cousin who’s due in feb - she lives clear across the country. it will be cool for the baby to have a cousin closeby.
well i think i’ve babbled enough now. hehe! i missed being online a bunch and will try to visit everyone soon.
God bless,
jenn

well it’s pure craziness here in my household!!! for three days this week, the handyman has been here; taking down and putting up walls, putting up ceiling fans, repairing this and that here and there. the place is a total disaster area. he will be back on monday, then jerry plans to paint grampa’s living room and finish painting our living room. the carpet guy (empire carpet) was here today for us to pick out samples. we are recarpeting every room in the house!!!! both living rooms, our bedroom, grampa’s bedroom and baby j’s room. all the rooms will have a blue carpet except the baby’s, which will be a cool gray that reflects the lavendar really well. this place will be a totally new place when it’s all done. but in the meantime, what a pain!!! the guy said they can move the big furniture out for us, but we have to move all the little things. like the computer, all books off bookshelves (have you seen our collection of books?!), all drawers from dressers, etc. they are coming on wednesday - thankfully jerry has tuesday off so we can get some stuff moved around. BUT we have nowhere to move anything, since all the rooms are being done!!!!!!! the only thing i can think is we’ll put as much stuff in the garage (which is already almost totally full of grampa’s living room stuff) and as much stuff in the kitchen, and also hope it’s a nice day so we can put a few things on the porch!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sigh. i’m so glad that i am not working anymore, because grampa would be alone all day here with this going on. somehow we need to plan for grampa, kc and me to be out for most of the day (the kitchen will be out of commission, as will all rooms, so what else can we do?!?!). i am trying to think of HOW we’re going to do this, since where can you take a dog and an 86 year old man for a whole day??? if it was going to be a perfect cool day, i would just stay outside, but if not, then what?? ick! sigh. any ideas would be GREAT!
on to happy news: i’m 18 weeks pregnant today!!! woohooo!!!! and when this is all done, it will be soooo wonderful - the baby’s room will be adorable, and all other rooms will be so nice!!!! it will be REALLY nice to have things done around here. and it will cause less stress when the baby is closer to being here.
anyhow, i am loving not working. i only had one day off so far - friday - and we spent it going to a movie and to the mall. it was so fun just having fun together again, instead of worrying about everything. coincidentally, we saw freaky friday, which was a GREAT movie! we were both pleasantly surprised at how much we liked it.
i have also been working like a busy bee at making a new fanclique!!!! i actually took it over from someone else who has no time for it anymore or something. it’s the Christian music fanclique!!!! so if you love Christian music, please join it!! the url is here.
well i’m going to see if sarah or amanda have been born yet…i know amanda was coming early today!!!
blessings and huggles!
jenn and baby j

well i had a dr’s visit today, and everything was fine. i am however a bit disappointed with something. i don’t get to get the tell-all ultrasound (when we find out the gender) for another month!! wah!!! i really wanted to find out sooner. i will be 21 weeks by then, over halfway!! i guess it’s better for me to be farther along so they have a better chance of seeing the goods, but it seems like an eternity. i know some people think i’m really ridiculous about wanting to know what gender the baby is so badly. i promise no matter the outcome - whichever the baby is, i will still be madly in love!!
the dr asked if i’d like to do the triple screen test, for spina bifida, down’s and something else…i said no. was that bad of me? i just figured it didn’t matter either way. jerry said he would like to know ahead of time to prepare for something bad, but me, i would much rather NOT know if something was wrong, because if i did i would be upset for the rest of the pregnancy, trying to cope. not that i would love the baby any less at all, i would just be sad about that. does that seem wrong and selfish of me? i don’t know. i’m just being honest.
i have gained 2 lbs which the dr was very happy about. and the baby’s heartbeat was 155 this time. i NEVER get tired of hearing that heartbeat!!!
wow, it’s storming here, so i’d better shut down the computer in case of lightning.
blessings!
jenn

happy Sonday!
i cannot believe that sarah still hasn’t come out yet!!!! i don’t know why, but i really thought she would be born today. but anyway, i know she’ll come in God’s timing.
i now have a paypal account set up for donations to baby j! lol!!! i know i know, no one is rich or anything, but a cent here, a cent there, you know! click here, and i know it says pay to Shine His Light Creations, because that was the name we had originally had set up for our website design/graphic design section when we opened the paypal account, and you can’t change the name, and you can’t use the same bank account with a different paypal account. the whole thing is confusing but at least i know what i mean. actually, i still hope to one day open SHLC because it’s a great name and we still have the desire to make websites and graphics! anyway, care to donate? LOL.
the other thing i wanted to mention was i have a new layout up at Gigowski’s Garden! if you go see it, let me know what you think, either over there or back here.
i also had to post this - it was too cute not to!!! i found it in my email box!

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to
8 year-olds, “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader
and deeper than anyone could have imagined.

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you
mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”
Jessica - age 8

well, blessings to you friends!
jenn

i just couldn’t think of a great title, since i’m tired…i’m going to bed in a minute, but i am watching this adorable show about raising grizzly bears. it’s so neat! i’m about falling asleep but i want to watch it! lol.
know what’s funny? whenever we watch the animal planet channel, kc gets all jealous and pouty. it never fails! because we’re always ooohhing and aaahhing about the animals on there. i just dread how he’s going to act when the baby is here! will he lash out at her/him in jealousy? i sure hope not. we are going to be taking him to obedience/coping school soon, because we know he’ll need to adjust some things to accept a baby.
speaking of her/him…i have already made a layout for jalia!!! i am just that sure of my feeling. i know i should make one for jeremiah too…i want a son so badly! lol! it’s so strange. i don’t care really what i have, but i still wish i was having one of each right now! lol.
i still can’t get over that jerry will be 31 and i will be 28 when our first child is born. i never would have thought this. my mom had all of us way before 28. i am not complaining, because i’d rather it be now than later, or never!!!!! but still i wonder how many other healthy babies i’ll be able to have, since i’m nearing the 30 y/o mark. sigh.
anyway. it was really nice to have jerry off today! and tomorrow. yay! i have missed him. he got some much needed time off, just doing nothing. he is such a sweet hubby to me and i love him so.
oh, i wanted to post about some work happenings. my class is 3 and 4 year olds. a boy and girl were talking with me yesterday, and the girl asked…”How did you get the baby in your belly?” I said, “my husband gave the baby to me”. she said, “How?” and the boy said, “Probably he stuffed it in her mouth and made her eat it, and swallow it, so it could grow in her belly.” so matter of factly…LOL i said, “noooo.” and i tried to think of what to say. i mean, it’s not like explaining sex to my OWN children!! i finally said, “well, this is just the way that God planned for it to happen. the husband gives the baby to the mommy so the baby can grow inside her belly until it’s strong enough and big enough to be born.” and they both said “OHHHHHHH.” as if they totally understood, but the looks on their faces showed me, that didn’t help AT ALL. LOL. any suggestions for the next time??
the day before yesterday, a boy asked a mother who came in, “Oh, do you have a baby in your belly too?” and she said, “No.” and he said, “Oh, then why is your belly so fat?” ROFL. she said, “Some bellies are just bigger than other ones.” i about lost it. he was so rude, but what could either of us have said??
oh my there are some things i will miss, and some kids i especially will miss, but other things, and other kids, i will not miss at all. the stress is unbelievable there. i’m so glad thursday is my last day!!!! i WILL be staying in contact with parents of the kids i’m very close to.
well, i HAVE to go to bed!
blessings!
jenn