No new news/Thanksgiving

I went to the dr yesterday for my check-up but there is no news to share.  I’m 37 weeks (hooray, full-term baby!) and Brian is excited about being able to say, “Any day now,” when he’s asked when I’m due.  Please pray for  a safe delivery for Jack and that our little family will adjust to our new blessing in a way that honors our Lord.

Daniel is feeling loads better; he still has a cough but he’s been fever-free for 48 hours so Thanksgiving is saved!!  And speaking of Thanksgiving, although I started out on the right track, I have not continued with my “thankful posts” in the way that I had intended.  What’s new, huh?  Nevertheless, I am going to give it another go.

I am so thankful for my sweet husband, Brian.  Most of you know Brian if you’re reading my blog but probably only a handful of you have known us as long as we’ve been together because that’s been 15 years as of next April.  Of course we haven’t been married that long (since I’m only 29) but we have been dating or married since my freshman year of high school.  What a blessing it has been to watch him grow in the Lord over the course of those years!  God has been so faithful to us in perserving our friendship and love for one another, and we have grown closer to each other and Him as the years have passed.  I am so thankful for his love, encouragement, and Godly leadership in our home – what a blessing it is to happily married to a man who loves the Lord and his family!

Sorry I’m a slacker

My only excuse is that I am exhausted.  Daniel nap times have become Daniel and Mommy nap times and so a variety of things have been left undone.  Thankfully, my husband’s list of things that must happen is pretty much limited to having dinner cooked at a reasonable hour.  Nonetheless, here are some pictures from the last few weeks including a few “sick” pictures because my little guy is not currently at the top of his game.

Breaking News

After months of trying and a little frustration on the part of both Daniel and his would-be instructors, Daniel has mastered the Sit n Spin!  If you watch his right side closely, you’ll see the reason that it took so long.  Both his right hand and foot are impeding the process instead of helping; hopefully soon he’ll be able to use those to help too!

Thanksgiving

I’m hosting the BUNCO group that I attend for the month of November and so our obvious theme is going to be Thanksgiving.  Therefore I’ve been reflecting on things that I’m thankful for a little earlier than usual.  Instead of giving you a long list of the blessings that God has poured into my life, my plan is to focus on one at a time and truly take the time to be thankful for them individually–hope you’ll be able to endure it.

I’ll start with the biggie – the Gospel.  It’s simply amazing.  God loved me when I hated Him and made a way for me have a relationship with Him by doing the unthinkable, allowing His Son to sacrifice Himself in my place.  This fact has indeed purchased all of the happiness, peace, and pleasure that I am able to have in this life and secures the everlasting pleasure of His presence both here and in heaven.  Whoa (or as Daniel would say “Oooooo!).  What’s even more astonishing to me is that I daily turn away from what I know to be true, choosing sin instead, and yet He continues to be faithful in His love for me.  God’s provision of salvation is by far His greatest blessing in my life and the one that Brian and I daily pray that He will give to our sons-it’s better than health, wealth, fame, or any other worldly measure of blessing.

An explanation

I feel as though I owe you an explanation because most of you know that Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and I hate it when people skip over it because it doesn’t get a lot of hype.  So it may seem odd to you that I have a Christmas theme in early November, but honestly I was tired of my old theme, and WordPress is much tougher to manipulate than my Blogspot blog so…

I’ve even thought of changing my blog over to Blogspot but I’m afraid it would confuse too many people.  So alas, Christmas has come early to my blog.

At last…October (and caught up!)

Moving, along with a spurt of new skills and a trip to Asheville, means that there are a lot of October pictures so hold on to your seat or come back later if you don’t have time to watch them all now!

September

Sadly, all of August was lost in a camera-less house and so we have to move straight into September.  Happily, there are some cutie pictures from September!

FINALLY!

We’ve borrowed my mother-in-law’s camera for the time-being so finally, here are some pictures.  I’m going to break  the pictures up over the next few days so that you aren’t so overloaded that you don’t look at them all!  So here are pictures from July-enjoy!

I’m back!

Well, we’re moved in and settled in enough that I feel like I can do something other than unpack during my non-Daniel time.  Getting a house in order is not an easy task when you only have 2-3 hours to work each day.  Mostly we’re unpacked though and as soon as I finish all my sewing projects and Brian finishes all of my painting projects (poor guy-it’s tough work being the husband of a pregnant perfectionist), I’ll be officially ready for Jack to arrive. 

Daniel has grown SO much in the past few months and is, without a doubt, a little boy now.  Good thing there’s a baby on the way or my withdrawal would be much more severe.  Over the last couple of weeks, he’s mastered climbing the stairs on his feet instead of on his hands and knees and has successfully busted his mouth on the hard porcelain tile floors in the new house.  His therapy is once again underway after a short break in the action due to the move (we had to be transferred to a new agency and one new therapist-we were able to keep his fabulous PT.  Hooray!) and we are continually amazed at God’s faithfulness in bringing him along day by day.  Hopefully I’ll be able to post a few pictures soon-gotta run now though because I hear whimpering in the crib!

News on Jack

This morning, I spoke with a specialist who has been reviewing Daniel and my daddy’s medical records (Dad had a stroke when I was in high school) to try to determine whether or not Jack is at risk to also have a stroke or related problems.  Interestingly, doctors were unable to clearly say why either of them ever had a stroke.

Diagnosis: Only the Lord knows.

As it is, they could run lots of tests on me to see if there’s anything wrong on my end but even if there were, they couldn’t do anything to protect Jack so…since I appear to be healthy, we’re not going to do much of anything.  I’ll have an extra ultrasound (woo hoo!) at 36 weeks to rule out any major happenings (it would not have shown Daniel’s stroke-it would have to be something that is large enough to be visible on the ultrasound).  Then after Jack arrives, he will undergo brain imaging just to be sure that everything’s alright.  Lord willing, everything will be fine and we’ll bring him home quickly.  Pray that we will continue to trust that God knows exactly what He’s doing and is not in need of our assistance!