Babies, Babies, Babies...

Exciting times watching friends wait for a deliver their first, second, third, or sixth, etc, Babies! Monday brought the arrival of a friends baby girl. She was a tiny little thing and arrived 10 days early:). So excited to see this couple with their first little one and thankful for the technology that allows us to know about these things so quickly! Waiting for another friend to deliver her little boy any time in the next couple weeks. I'm sure she's more than ready to have him on the outside with this heatwave! It's 90 degrees F here today and that's hot enough for me. Thankful there's a bit of a breeze, but still staying inside til it cools down a bit. I was out yesterday pulling weeds in the garden. Thankfully it was quite a bit cooler and had 3 full rows to show for the effort! I think I slightly overdid it since I was feeling less nauseas yesterday, but don't seem to feel too bad today. Last night ended up being rough with Kiersten opening and closing her door every 10 minutes, or so it seemed. I had kind of had enough when it was near 1 in the morning and followed her to the bathroom to tell her to stay in bed. I found her in the middle of throwing up, poor girl. It truly seems to be something she ate that didn't sit well though, because she didn't throw up after that and the other kids all seem just fine. Only time will tell...

Truly Thankful

Last Sunday night we had something quite rare happen. We went to the evening service at church and , although we knew 2 families wouldn't be there, no one else came... We were kinda disappointed, but Scott was also relieved that we would get home before the tire on the van(that was leaking air) went completely flat and necessitated a changing of the tire to the donut. Another reason that we felt this occurred was revealed when we arrived home. Scott went outside to find Skye because she was usually right there to greet us when we got home. He found that she had gotten her head stuck in an old hot cocoa container while we were gone. The kids had used it as a drum and unfortunately Skye decided that she wanted to play with it. Scott had to cut it off and he carried her to the porch, where she lay panting, eyes closed, tongue hanging out and completely drenched in her own saliva. He called the vet, only to find that there wasn't one for the week. The one in Unity recommended that we drive her to Saskatoon, but didn't offer any other advice. She honestly looked half dead and probably wouldn't have made it for a 2 and a half hour drive. Thankfully we prayed and God gave Scott the presence of mind to start cooling her down. We gave her water from a turkey baster and she started to open her eyes and respond little by little. She laid on the towel next to to the door for a couple hours, then wanted to go outside. You couldn't tell she'd been through a major ordeal by the next day. She's back to normal and running around like her old self. So thankful for answered prayer and reminding myself of that when she acts like a puppy and tears things apart:).

Slacker!

That's me these days. You should see me floors! Okay, so I don't really want you to see them, but I'm thinking ya get the picture:). On the other hand-I HAVEN'T THROWN UP! This is a first for me and this is my 6th pregnancy. I'm EXTREMELY thankful to the Lord for this. Praying through the rougher days and gaining strength from Him to get through the busier days. Nausea is still my "mostly constant" companion, but perhaps it's lessening a bit as we've passed the 12th week now.

The question I hear often is, "when can we find out if it's a boy or a girl?" To be honest I'd really like to tell the technician that we want to keep it a secret, but knowing the curious side of myself I'll probably cave and say "yes" when they ask if we want to know:).

We had almost non-stop company last month and started off with more at the beginning of July. We were blessed to have a singing group from Faithway College in Ajax, Ontario. We hosted the girls and a family from our church hosted the men. Elyssia was instantly drawn to them and declared that they'd be best friends forever:).

It's been quite hot here lately with only a 2 day break. I'm VERY thankful that I'm not at the other end of the pregnancy and swelling with the heat. I look forward to being able to keep warm at the beginning of winter with just the baby and a light coat! I find that, although I'm not a super big fan of winter, I'm definitely favouring spring and fall as my favourite seasons.

Just thought I'd write a bit so people know we're still alive and doing fairly well.