37 Weeks

I am now 38 weeks, but things have been so crazy as we are getting ready for the birth of the baby and Stella somehow got in contact with the measles. We are doing okay, just staying home and have to see if the boys are going to get it. Please pray for us (it won't affect my pregnancy).

Praise God!

We are finally getting better. After two weeks of having the stomach flue, with all the stuff that goes with it, I am happy to say that we are over it. We eventually had to call our doctor from California and ask her if there is anything else that could be done for them. She said that by the sound of their symptoms that they had an infection in their colon. So I ran out and got some special medicine and started them on it. The medicine worked really fast. I also had to put them on a special diet, which they don't really care for. They have not thrown up for about 2 days now, and are very active. Thank you all who knew and were praying for my boys.

Update On Us

Hi, everyone. I hope that you are all doing well and that you are enjoying the start of the Christmas season. We have been doing well, just busy. Here is an update on how we have been doing.

Paul and Peter: they sure have been getting into this Christmas stuff. They love every decoration that we put out, especially the tree. I take them on walks and they love to look at the Christmas lights, Christmas trees, and decorations that the different houses have. We have been having fun starting some new traditions with them. It is going to be so much fun to celebrate Christmas as they grow older.

Joshua and Amy: we have been busy with the boys. I seem to tire out more quickly now then I did before I was pregnant. We are also getting ready for Christmas (9 days away!!!!) and for the arrival of Joshua's mom, who is going to be celebrating Christmas with us and spending about a week here. Joshua is busy at the shop and with the boys. I am doing okay, but please pray that my eating will come back where it needs to be. I don't need to be losing any more weight.

Bob and Marie: they just got back from a trip to Iowa that they took last Friday. The family was getting together for Christmas and my parents decided to go and see everyone again. They had such a fun time last time and this time. We sure did miss them. They have also been busy with the shop, trying to keep everything running smooth. My mom is also in charge of some of the events at our church, especially the Christmas brunch we are having this Sunday. They are also busy with the grandkids,as they love to play with them when they get home and before work.

Marlene: she has been busy with helping me, especially since I have not been feeling well lately and helping at the shop. Marlene and I have been having fun taking the boys to the indoor playground and taking them on the train. I am glad that I get to spend time with my sister, she is such a big help. She also likes to cook dinners for us and go to the shop to help out while the boys sleep. Marlene also likes to play with the boys and she loves being an auntie.

We hope that you are all doing well and that you have a Merry Christmas. Thank you for your friendship, keeping in touch, and praying for us.

Update On Us

Hi everyone,

Its been awhile since I last updated you on all that is going on. We have been having some cooler weather. I love the fall weather and watching the leaves fall from the trees. Yesterday it snowed ALL day. It was very exciting and I love to watch the snow fall.

Paul and Peter have been keeping mommy very busy. They have been all over the place. It is hard keeping them inside while it is snowing. I usually try to take them to an indoor playground that they have inside one of the malls. That helps alot. Peter is talking more and more and loves to do whatever Paul does. Paul is talking and making more sentences all the time. One of the new things is that we bought some Christian Bible songs for the boys. They love to listen to it and sing along. They even grab books and act like they are reading/singing out of them, just like we do at church.

If you have not heard the big new yet, click here. The biggest news yet is that Joshua and I are expecting our third child. This new little one is due on June 5, 2010. We are so excited although we are going to be extremely busy. Paul will be 3 and Peter alittle over 2. Please pray for us as we prepare for this little one and as we raise our children. The funny thing is is that we just found out that we have no maternity coverage unless something goes wrong, but we can afford a midwife (which is the route that we are going to take). So different from California where we have medical insurance, but could not afford a midwife. Otherwise we are both doing well.

My sister, Marlene is doing well. She has been a good help to me, especially since I am experiencing some morning sickness, not as bad as it has been with Paul. She also has been busy with working at the shop. Marlene drives down and brings dinner to the shop. Then she stays and helps out. Please continue to pray for her and William. To see her blog, click here.

My mom and dad are busy with the shop. My mom and dad have been very helpful with the boys. They love to spend time with both of them and do different things. One of their days off, they took the boys to play and out to lunch. The boys had fun and mommy got a nice break. My mom is still in pain from her neck, so please pray for her. Please also pray that we can get a settlement on the accident, its been over 3 years.

Well, that's it. We hope that you are all doing well. We also pray that God would bless each and every one of you. We miss you all and care for you alot.

Please Pray For Me

I am doing better with my cold, and thought that I was over the hump. Well, today I woke up and I could not talk. During the night I had a sore throat and I did not think that much about it. My voice has been going in and out all day yesterday, but I did not think that I would lose it. Oh well, so I am hoping that this will not last long as well and that I will be able to take care of the boys and that they will listen :). Paul thinks that it is funny that I talk in a whisper. He loves to copy me and then he laughs. At least he thinks this is funny. Please pray for the rest of my family. No one else has gotten sick. I appreciate your prayers.

Under The Weather

Yesterday we had very high winds and it was cold. I ended up not feeling good about half way through the day. I think it is because we had an extreme weather change. I am feeling better today. Please pray that I would continue to get better and that no one else would get sick. My mom is also not feeling good. I will post more when I am feeling better.

Updates On Us

Not much has been happening. We had a wonderful mother's day. The boys went to church with us and then we came home and worked in the yard while the boys slept. My dad cooked tri-tip for us for dinner and we ate together as a family. That was the extent of our mother's day. It was nice to be able to spend time together as a family. The boys have been wearing lately. I don't know if Peter is teething or not feeling good, but he has been crying constantly. Between him and Paul I don't know who is worse. Peter has been sleeping through the night, which I am so glad for. Paul has decided that no matter what time he goes to bed at night, he will still get up at 6:00 am each morning. This is very hard on mommy and daddy. We are NOT morning people and sometimes stay up late to get things done, without interruptions. I think that God wants me to become a morning person :). My mom keeps reminding me that he will grow out of it. Well, I hope that it is soon. Please continue to pray for us that we would stay healthy and be able to be successful at the shop.

Some Comforting News

Joshua and I were talking to a RN from our church about abortions and how they are affecting him and his hospital. He is a Christian and he works at a Catholic hospital. If you have not read my post about live abortions, clickhere. The good news is although they are doing the live abortions at some hospitals, they are still allowing the nurses to have the freedom to choose if they want to participate in this or not. There is no law as of yet. Another things that is great is if there ever comes a time where they are not given a choice than the Catholic hospitals (because they are so against abortion) will close their door and leave the property. They will not sell or anything like that. There are also some other religious hospitals that said that they would close down as well. Let's continue to pray for our President, our country, and that people would be willing to make a stand for what they believe is right. I was greatly encouraged by this because this is something that is very close to my heart. I cry everytime I think about it. Praise God that something is going to be done and that He has still proven that He is in control.

Please Pray For Our Country and President

A friend of ours sent us an email the other day. It was about live abortions. I don't know if you know anything about these, but it is truly heart breaking. I can't even think about it without crying. Basically what they do is if the baby lives through the abortion, inside the mom, they induce labor. Then they are taken to a room that has dirty linens and waste in there, and are left to die. President Obama has allowed this to happen, when so many people were for saving the babies. Please pray for our country. I can't believe that we allowed it to come this far, what are we thinking!!! God have mercy on our souls and our nation. Please pass this movie on and let others know what is happening.

Please Pray For Us

Please keep us in your prayers as we have sickness going around. Paul has been sick since Thursday with a runny nose and a cough. His nose is draining down his throat causing him to cough and he can't keep much down. He ends up throwing everything up. Paul did run a fever, but that seems to be gone. He is doing better about keeping things down- food and water. Please continue to pray for him to get better and to stop coughing. I am sure that he is having alot of pain in his chest from coughing. I am hoping to be able to get an appointment with a homeopathic doctor on Monday if he is still sick. I am also going to have Peter checked as he is starting to cough. Please pray for continue healing, that the rest of us will not get sick and that we would have the strenght to take care of the boys.

Update On Us

I have very good news. The Lord has been so faithful to us concerning the cell phone shop. The business has picked up so much!!!! It is harder to talk to my mom during the day. Jeff and Jeff have been a tremendous help to us, we don't know what we would do without them. We are hoping and praying that business will stay this way. Please also pray for strength for my mom. She is having a hard time with working outside of the home and often comes home tired. Thank you Lord for always being faithful to those you love!!! And thank you for all your prayers. Please pray for us that we would not get sick, or if we do that we won't get it that bad. It is very hard to work when you don't feel good. The boys have not been feeling good, making it hard on mommy. Otherwise we are all doing fine and keeping busy and out of trouble.

Update On Us

We are all doing fine and as usual keeping very busy. It has been hard to go and do things because of the snow. It snows every once in awhile and does not last very long, but I sure don't like to take them out if I can help it. The shop is going good, but we could still use your prayers. It seems like they get more and more people coming through. Joshua is trying to make it over to the violin side and we have had some people stop and buy things from the shop. I am trying to go over twice a week and help set things up and enter in bills. I miss not being in there with Joshua, but I am in a season where I can't. I just decided that I would be able to go there and help out for a few hours because the boys were old enough. My mom and sister watch the boys, so I can work without alot of interruption. The boys are doing good and growing. It amazes me that Paul is going to be 2 on the 27th of this month and that Peter is going to be 9 months on the 15th. I can't believe that I am going to be a mom of a 2 year old. My parents are going out of town for their anniversary on Tuesday thur Wednesday. Its a small trip, but it will be worth it. I know that it is early, but when you have your grandson's birthday two days before your anniversary and your daughters birthday on the same day, it makes it hard to celebrate it. I am running low on energy lately. I think it is my thyroid, but it sure makes it tough on taking care of the boys. I have been exercising lately and when I come up (after 20 mins), I feel terrible and can't hardly take care of the boys. I think it is also because Peter is teething and still does not sleep through the night. If we put him to bed at 8:00 pm, then he gets up at 6:30 or 6:45 am. Who needs sleep anyways :). My sister has been real helpful to see that I sleep in in the mornings or get a nap. I love my kids and I love being a mom. God bless you all, today and always.

Please Keep Them In Your Prayers!!!

Please pray for this special family that had to make some hard decisions that anyone would ever have to make. The family is the Lamberths and Angie's husband Mark was in a dirt bike accident about a month ago. He was in very critical condition, but was showing signs of improvement. A few days ago, Mark started to bleed in his brain and his heart beat began to slow. He passed away today. I don't know the family personally, but this story has touched my heart. Please pray for them as they coupe with the loss and that God strengthen them to live day by day. Here's the link to the family bog Lamberths. Please pray for them during this time. God bless you all.

Update On Us

Awhile ago I had posted that we had seemed to be getting over our colds. Well, it seems like I spoke to soon. Paul threw up this morning and has not been feeling good. Last night we could not tell if he had gotten over heated from the heater or if he was running a fever. Please pray for him and for us to get better and to stay well. My parents and Joshua are enjoying their days off from the shop and being able to get things done that had needed to be done. Thank you for all your prayers and I hope that you are all doing well.

A Prayer Request

Please continue to pray for the boys as they are still sick, but are doing better. Paul is better, but he still has a bad cough. Peter seemed to be staying away from being sick, but now he seems to be getting a cold. It is hard to see ones so young getting sick. Please pray that they would continue to get better and that the rest of us will continue to stay well.
P.S. Don't forget to check out our family blog.

Update On Us

Hi everyone. I hope this finds you well. We have been busy with life, plus we don't have internet access at our new house. So the only way I would be able to blog is if I go to the shop. But there is only one problem. The boys have been sick for the past two weeks with a bad cold. So lets see if I can recap for you all. On Thanksgiving we worked over at the house until 1:00 pm when Joshua, my sister, the boys and I went over to our Pastors house to eat. My parents stayed at the house and ran some errands. We did not really feel like celebrating. And eat we did, the boys were fussy and we had alot to do so we soon left after. That weekend all of us moved over to the new house and were still unpacking. On Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, some friends of our brought us a Thanksgiving dinner because they felt bad that we were not able to celebrate. It was a very special time, they eat with us and we had so much fun. Then the boys got sick, Paul the worst. They had stuffy, runny noses, fevers, coughs. And we still unpacked because we are going to have a yard sale. Joshua and I spent some time putting up Christmas lights, though we did have some problems with where to get the power. We decorated the house for Christmas. We got our trees yesterday. That's about it. Please pray that the boys would get better and that the rest of us would stay well. That the shop would continue to pick us. And that we would be able to enjoy the holidays coming up.
P.S. We have asked the two Jeffs, the two families that bought us Thanksgiving dinner, to help at the shop. They are having alot of fun learning and we are so grateful for the extra help as we are all tiring out from all the work. So that's a praise.

Update On Us

We are all doing well. The boys have been fighting colds for about a week, but so has everyone else. They are just starting to feel better. Peter is getting teeth, and has been for the past few months. He has two teeth now (the bottom ones) and I can see the two teeth on top, but they have not popped through yet. The shop is going good. When I call my mom, they seem to be more busy. I have been staying home with the boys because of their colds. The shop is not meeting our bills yet. It seems like we are having a hard time getting ahead. We are having to pay money up front for advertising and having the help we need, which is hard on us starting a business. We are hoping not to have to take money that we can use to fix the house for the bills. Please pray for health as winter arrives and we are adjusting to the new climate. That Peter would not be in so much pain as he gets his teeth and that we would have the patience as he does. That God would continue to provide for us as He has been since we moved. The Lord's blessing on this new house and that everything would go smoothly as we move into it. That we would give all our worries and cares to Him. Thank you for all your prayers. You all mean so much to us. God Bless.

Update On What's Happening

Well, yesterday we had the inspector out to see this new house. There are quite a lot of little things that need to be fixed on the house. We already knew that we would need to replace the window, but we thought that we could do that later on down the road. If everything when well, we were going to re-carpet and paint the upstairs bedrooms before moving in. My parents were going to finish the basement with a bedroom and a bathroom where they would be living. It turns out that some of the sinks in the bathroom are going to need to be replaced and that the window have condensation in them and are rotted, so they are going to need to be placed right away. We have a counter-offer into the seller and we are waiting to see what the owner has to say. We are hoping that they will help us with some of the repairs or that he will drop the price, so we would have money to fix up the house (if we decide to buy it). We will have to hire out for most of this work because we won't have the time. It has been hard not to get discouraged about this happening to every house we have looked at. I know that God will lead us to the right house, but I am so ready to get into a house. Please pray for patience on our part and that God's will will be done for finding the perfect house. I will post more later when I know more.

Update On What's Happening

We have found another house that we would like to buy and have placed a bid on it. On Friday, we are going to have an inspector come and look at the house. Please pray that God will let us know His will concerning this house. We would love to have this house and move in. Also, Peter is growing like a weed and learning all sorts of new things. He got his first tooth today and can sit up (he still leans over quite a bit), and is starting to move around on the floor (by dragging himself). It is quite amazing to see them develop in each new stage of life. The shop is going well. More and More people are coming through our shop. We are making just enough money to met the bills. The other day we received a phone call from someone who was starting a Cell Phone Repair shop in Texas. It seems like we have the reputation for being the fastest starting store ever. We were very surprise. We also were able to give him some good tips. I hope this all finds you well and thanks for being part of our lives.

Update on What's Happening

It was the Lord's will that we were not to buy that house. We definitely feel God's protection. The owner's were not willing to produce the permits to show that the basement was done up to code. They also were taking a long time to get back to us about paying for half of the roof. We feel a huge let down, as we were feeling uneasy about the whole thing. Now we are again house hunting. My parents are looking after work and before work. Please pray that we would find the house that God wants us to have. We are all getting anxious about finding a house and giving our friend back his house (seeing that we have been living in his house for 3 months). But we definitely know that we would not want to be out of God's will for us. Please also pray for our health (as it is getting colder and the start of the cold season). I have not been feeling good again and it is hard to take care of two kids (my sister has been a great help, I don't know what I would do without her). Thank you for all your prayers and faithfullness in reading this blog.