13.4.10

This One's for Mom!

While battling exhaustion and sickness, we were able to spend the last month saturated with family time.  What a blessing.  Family is a blessing.  Family is where God's word is taught, trained, shown and spread.  The family is where God's truth becomes real and where we are all tested.  In family, there is much honesty, confession, repentance and forgiveness.  In family, we see our need for God.  In family, we are encouraged to keep fighting.  In family, we are reminded we are not alone.  Thank you Lord for family! I pray we never forget why we breathe each breath and why we have children and stay home to care for them....to fear God, love God, serve God and train others to do the same. And that is why we wake up every morning. Love you all and pray you can be reminded of God's blessing in family today.



A little time at Disneyland with Nonni and Aunt Robyn!
Minnie is still famous in our house, because she has a pink house and polka dot bed:) 
Special times for Easter, beginning with a sunrise church service with two groggy girls and Aunt Robyn and Uncle Sam.  An empty tomb cake, which the girls still talk about:)  And an attempt at a family picture to remember the times we set aside to glorify God and teach His truths to the kids. 
The cake was the end of our scavenger hunt....and Brandon was the star of the show:)

6.4.10

Our 12 Week Old Blessing!

The crazy thing is that God isn't any more good now than he was 12 months ago when we found out about Paul's obstructed bladder and our short future with him.  God's goodness comes in all forms.  Suffering.  And sweet joys.  Please continue praying for this sweet life and preparing our hearts for our future with this baby. 

We are using a different midwife this time, and therefore we went to a different specialist for this ultrasound.  They rushed to start the ultrasound and started asking me questions as they were measuring things and listening to the hearbeat.  I finally had to ignore them and just enjoy the sweet sound of a heartbeat and the beauty of an ultrasound with no complications.  Once we told them our history, they completely understood and went back over all the things that seem so normal for them.  Nate and I asked them more than once, "So everything is ok?  Really?"  They just smiled.  The girls came with us and loved seeing the baby.  What a special moment for us.  We left the office and Nate just looked at me with tears in our eyes.  We knew God would bless us, but we didn't know how soon it would be and how great it would feel.  Babies truly are a blessing, whether you hold them for 2 hours or enjoy them for a lifetime.  Praise the Lord!

Oh, and by the way, the awful nausea is finally gone.  Yeah!

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