50 Things You Might Not Know About Me....

I think I have heard in the blogging world that you are supposed to blog 100 things about yourself once you have posted 100 blogs. I am way past that... and don't know if there are 100 interesting things about myself. So, I am going to give you 50!

- I am the first born of 4 children. All our names start with "R" and are in alphabetical order- Rachel, Rebekah, Ruthann, and Ryan.

-I want to have 4 or 5 kids, Amos would be happy with 3. We'll have 4 :)

-My parents were going to name me Kimberly. They changed it for some reason. They had the name Ryan picked out for all of us girls. We are happy they finally had a boy!

-My husband fit all the detailed, nit-picky things I had in a "desirable things in a husband" list I made when I was 12. He also hit all the more mature things I desired when I was older- he was made for me!

-If I had a lot of money, I would have fresh flowers all over my house.

- I became a born-again Christian at a young age of 6 or so. Sadly, I don't remember many details, but I know my life was changed from that moment.

- My childhood dream was to be an elementary teacher and a mom.

-I consider myself to be a loyal friend. I love all my friends.

- When we fix up our house someday and sell it, we want to build a house in the country. I want a big open floor plan so I can have lots of parties.

-My middle name is Susan, pronounced Suzanne. It is a 4th generation middle name. When we have a girl someday ( Lord willing :) her middle name will be Susan, although we are going to spell it Suzanne so she doesn't have people confuse her name like I had.

- When I was a little girl, I wanted twin daughters name Makayla and McKenzie- not sure if I want twins now. I'll take whatever I get. :)

- I am living my dream- married to a very good-looking Christian man and being a mother. I am so happy.

-I believe I had the best childhood ever. We had amazing parents that loved us, raised us well, disciplined us well, and never let us know we were poor! :)

-I don't eat the ends of things. I will take the first bite but will always leave the other end. No idea when this happened or why. Someone pointed it out to me a few years ago.

- When I was 11 I actually wanted glasses. Boy do I regret that wish!

- I want to have eye surgery so I don't have to wear glasses or contacts anymore!

- My Mom and sisters are my best friends....

- After my husband :)

- I pray for our children's salvation a lot- I'm striving to do it daily.

- I have a lot of weird dreams. I used to write them down so I could read them for future entertainment. If you are reading this, I have probably have had dreams about you. I dream about a lot of random people even if I have not seen or talked to them. I usually pray for them.

- I went to Emmaus Bible College for one semester. Yes, I am a college drop-out.

- I left Emmaus to be a nanny in New Mexico for a year-and-a-half.

-I was a nanny for three young boys. It was a hard time but I learned a lot.

- I want my children to be very well-behaved, but strive to have grace while disciplining them and really strive to display the love and grace of the Lord.

- I was a waitress at Valentino's from ages 15-18. It was a great first job.

- My sophomore year of high school I was able to be a nanny in the Cayman Islands for a week. It was amazing.

-I was voted "most respected" in my senior class.

- I was on the homecoming court also.

- I sometimes wish I was a little girl still and had the wonderful imagination that could keep me occupied for hours. I can't wait to see my kids use theirs. :)

- When me and my sisters were kids, we played house all the time. I was a bossy oldest sister and made myself the mom or teacher. I always made Rebekah the man and poor Ruthann, she was always the cat. :)

- Our Christmas traditions in the Hamby house are some of the best memories I have.

- I love natural childbirth and everything it entails.

- I love being pregnant!

- If I could do some things over, I think I would love to go to culinary school. I wouldn't want to cook in a restaurant, but for my friends and family. I love it!

- I love reading food blogs.

- I love reading DIY ( do-it-yourself) blogs and want to start doing more fun things for my house.

- I daydream a lot.

- I am a big journaler. I have been since I was an awkward preteen. Those journals are fun to read!

- My favorite candy is chocolate-covered gummy bears.

- My Dad is an awesome man. Too many awesome things to start listing.

- I got my first pet when I lived in Texas. I wanted to name her DJ after my favorite character on Full House. My Mom bribed me to name her Beauty if we went to see Beauty and the Beast in theaters. That was a while ago!

- I was born in Springfield, Missouri.

- I lived in three different cities in Texas until I moved to Ankeny when I was 12.

- I can't wait to start traditions with my family. I love traditions!

- I am super sentimental- just like my Grandma Hamby. I will be the one in 50 years that has all the pictures organized from the past 70 years. I love stuff like that.

- I love being an aunt- I want to be the favorite aunt to all of them! :)

- My favorite comfort foods are chicken Alfredo and macaroni and cheese.

- My husband is the best gift to me- he's amazing.

- I am 10 years older than my little brother Ryan. I love that kid.

- When I was in high school I used to be pretty musical. I was in the choir, played piano, and loved learning the guitar. I should of stayed with them!

- Amos and I are expecting our precious second baby towards the end of February. I can't wait to meet him/her. We are open to name suggestions!