Thursday, March 24, 2011

Update

Here's a quick update on our family:

Adrian turned 10 months old this week, and has been celebrating with about a zillion milestones all at once. The latest - since we've found him standing up in his crib the last few mornings, he will now be sleeping on a lowered mattress (which means buying his short-armed and big-bellied Mamma a step stool to reach him). He's a trouble-maker, but in the best way and continues to be an absolute joy and blessing to us!





Baby Three will be 26 weeks this week (hurray, we're almost to the third trimester!!) We had our mid-way ultrasound a little over a month ago (sorry, I'm only now finally getting photos up); that ultrasound as well as subsequent appointments/dopplers have shown a good healthy baby - another amazing blessing!





Mommy is getting BIG! Not sure if this Little Wonder is a bigger one, or if it's just all the Little Debbies I keep eating :) But either way, I'm outgrowing my pants a lot faster than I did last time. But my thyroid seems to be stabalizing again, and with the help of a new endocronologist (one who is not crazy!) and a wriggling little baby, I am feeling really good about things.


And in other news, I am really enjoying working with my new boss - what an incredible difference in the emotional/spiritual environment in our office now (and in the physical environment, since our painters finished up yesterday and we have fun new colors, curtains, and decor throughout, which is exciting). I find myself more happy and more energetic by the end of the day, and I no longer find myself thinking "Yeah right" when Mike says "Have a good day at work" as I take off in the mornings. It's still new, and a transition time with plenty of quirks to work out yet, but so far, so good!



And Daddy too continues to be doing well. His new boss was just appointed, so he's entering a transition time too. He's been home from Venezuela about a month now, after having had a great time! I don't think he misses the arepas yet, but especially after this week's snow storm is probably missing the beaches!




¡Gracias a Dios para todo!

Monday, March 14, 2011

Lenten Promises

One of my Lenten goals this year is to be more committed to reading to Adrian every day. As you can see from below, he is taking this goal quite seriously!


Thursday, January 6, 2011

"On the twelth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me....

...A baby with a strong heart-beat!"


That's right! My Epiphany gift was an ultrasound to see our beautiful little "Baby 3" (as we call them). As the Wisemen did, we are taking another challenging, yet beautiful, journey that will end with the precious gift of life and love!


And even though I won't actually post this for a while yet, I'm too excited not to write about it right away. And to show-off my tiny, wiggling and absolutely lovely new little one...here they are:




Thank you Lord for this wonderful gift!



(After-note: We had this ultrasound on January 6th. We are now 19 weeks along, and are due for our mid-way ultrasound again soon. The crib is all set-up, my maternity clothes are back in my closet ready for me to "pop" any day now, and the baby is already kicking hard enough for their daddy to feel too. We're due on July 4th, and can't wait!)

Friday, December 17, 2010

Beautiful Angel

Happy Birthday Esperanza!

Thank you to everyone who recognized her birthday yesterday with your thoughts, prayers, cupcakes or donated gifts, etc. The world is definitely a better place because of this little girl, and we're grateful for her!

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