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Anything to make bath-time fun!
29 Monday Oct 2012
29 Monday Oct 2012
26 Friday Oct 2012
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inthis morning I woke up rather under the weather, Continue reading
24 Wednesday Oct 2012
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inThe harder life and motherhood gets the more we see how relevant Scripture is.” ~Carolyn Mahaney
“How sweet the name of Jesus…the rock on which I build, my shield and hiding place, my never failing treasury, filled with boundless stores of grace.” ~John Newton
23 Tuesday Oct 2012
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inLeftovers from breakfast. Yummy porridge, tea, and milk. (I hid ground almonds in there and they didn’t even know!) Continue reading
22 Monday Oct 2012
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in[note that Augustine wanted the cars on the table to “watch” him color 😉 ]
My mom is a speech-language pathologist. Recently Continue reading
21 Sunday Oct 2012
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inJoy’s thoughts: I really liked this post, it is so easy to fantasize about where the grass is greener, especially developing an “entitlement” mentality about which spouse is working harder at their job. Instead, we need to confess our sin of jealousy and ask the Holy Spirit for grace and joy to fulfill our jobs He has given us.
Let me paint you a picture:
And then … (You can’t deny that you’ve done this too) … a picture pops into your weary, discombobulated mind: A picture of your husband. Alone. At the library. The quiet library. Researching. Reading about his…
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14 Sunday Oct 2012
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inToday Shaun was asked to pray in church. Continue reading
13 Saturday Oct 2012
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inShaun’s been working really hard these past few weeks wrapping up to submit his PhD dissertation. Continue reading
12 Friday Oct 2012
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in… of good things!
With two little ones, and pregnant again, I often receive comments about being very busy with children. Continue reading
11 Thursday Oct 2012
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in[Grateful to my close friend, the amazing Sarah Niemann, for designing this announcement, check out more of her work at her blog, Now Brought Near (AND she’s expecting too! eek!)]
We are super thankful to our Maker for the gift of another child! I am 13 weeks (and a day) today and feeling wonderful. We had our first ultrasound yesterday to confirm a healthy thriving little baby. Praise God for His goodness to us.
Little details:
I am totally showing, which is fun. For awhile I thought (read: *hoped*) I was having twins, but apparently having three children close together makes the stomach muscles a bit accustomed to the pregnancy tummy. In fact, one friend at church came up to me and commented on my being pregnant, and I shockingly asked how she discovered our secret news. She replied by pointing to my increasing stomach, “It’s a bit obvious”. Ha! I love it.
I was unwell until about 9.5 weeks (hence lack of blogging), but am very thankful to be recovered from nausea. Apparently eating loads of protein did the trick for me. [read: bring on the steak! ;)] I’m still a bit tired, but that very well may be from taking care of two little ones. I certainly have so much to be grateful for! It will be interesting to see what the gender will be since I was not sick at all during Augustine’s pregnancy, and rather sickly until 15 weeks with Jane’s pregnancy. Shaun has almost convinced me not to find out the gender this go around. Don’t hate me if I falter and cave to my OCD planning tendencies. But I think we’re going to try to hold out. In Aberdeen, the midwives are not allowed to reveal the gender anyhow, so we would have to pay about £70 for a private ultrasound if I decide we must know. But, we’ll see.
We’re not sure on names yet either. Shaun is leaning towards a scottish first name, and I’m not opposed. But I don’t like Hamish or Angus or other majorly strong names he keeps jokingly suggesting (no offense to those who might possess those names, just a bit too british for my taste). I like classy more common names (note: Shaun suggested Augustine and I suggested Audrey Jane). Feel free to throw a name suggestion in the pot. We’ll consider it. I just stumbled upon a baby names blog which is an interesting read. Apparently you can submit your baby name query, and this lady “solves” your baby naming problem.
The kids are more or less nonchalant about the pregnancy. Augustine is able to understand that I am expecting and has suggested the name, “baby augustine”. We veto’d two children with that name, naturally. To which he suggested the name, “baby Jane”. silly kid. When we initially asked him if he wanted another baby, he replied, “No, just jane” and carried on playing with his cars. Fortunately, he has since become more excited and enjoyed looking at the ultrasound pictures from yesterday.
Our plan is to give birth here in Scotland. Augustine was born state-side, and Jane was born in Aberdeen. Augustine’s delivery was nae bad, and Jane’s delivery was supery fast, so that would be freakin’ awesome if I scored that again. I really enjoy the services the NHS provides for us. The midwives handle all pregnancies, and I enjoy the more natural approach to bearing life (rather than it being viewed more akin to problem). I’ve had my first scan (ultrasound) at 12-ish weeks (though the scan revealed we were 13 weeks!) and I’ll have another at 20 weeks unless I should medically need another.
I think that’s about it. or at least all that I can think of off the top of my head.
We really appreciate your time and care for us to read about our latest news and are crazy siked to continue to share with you more about our growing family. We covet your prayers during this new season and are so grateful for the friendship each of you have given to us.
More to come!