Our Blessing From Above

Blessings!!

As you can see, we had a baptism this weekend. Tim baptised Chris, Sarah and Chayce on Saturday. What a wonderful way to begin a new year?!!! We are so thankful to have them in our lives and look forward to an eternal friendship!

As for the pregnancy.....I'M STILL PREGNANT!! Tomorrow is the scheduled ultrasound to see how the baby is doing. IF I have my way, I would like to be induced on Friday {1/12} so everyone keep us in your prayers. I keep asking Tim if I can get any bigger? I can!!I am HUGE! My waist is 49 inches and my belly looks like snoopy's nose. Still having contractions, but nothing consistent. I won't post a picture of the bare belly, but here is a side profile...overlook Chris.

I hope everyone has a good day and I will update you later!

LIFE!

I guess the word "life" sums up how my week has been. First of all, I'm still pregnant..who knew?!! According to the doctor yesterday, I am STILL 1-2 cm, 75% effaced and the baby is still at -2 station. SOOO, I am scheduled to go in for an ultrasound on Jan 10, which is my due date, to see how big the baby is and THEN we will discuss the options of induction or WHAT!! Can you say disappointed? I was just devasted. Reason being, I have had contrations for days and they won't regulate into a consistent pattern. So, I was just certain that something had changed. But NOOOO! Anyway, my theory is that Sullivan is holding the baby hostage...ha!ha! I guess we can look at it like I explained to Spencer, another day the baby is not with us, he/she is with Sullivan, and that is a wonderful thing!

Enough baby talk! We discovered a water damage spot in the dining room and little did we know we had a crack in the bottom of our shower...GREAT! We just finished paying $850 the week before christmas to have the roof fixed from leaking outside. THEN, on new year's night I was doing my usual bank account update and found some charges that are not mine...or Tim's. After some investigating, it seems as though I have been a victim of fraud...I feel so VIOLATED! The bank has been notified, and we are in the process of getting my money back {$260+} Nice way to start a new year. It seems like we {I} have really been tested lately. I know that it is just satan trying to get me down, but I guess I can just do as Sullivan use to say, as he brushed off his shoulders, "Get off my back Satan." I think that is one of Uncle Bo's favorite memories of him.

We hope all is well with everyone. I know your week has to be a little better than mine...well...except maybe Leslie! But as we know, everything happens for a reason, and our character is formed by how we handle things that happen to us, not by the number of things that happen to us.

Christmas Day

Here are some pictures from Christmas Day. I didn't have a picture of the basketball goal, because it was raining...but it was a HIT!! He absolutely loves it. Despite our crazy, hectic lives, we managed to have a somewhat normal christmas. Of course there is always someone missing {physically}, but we know Sullivan is with us.

Random Christmas Pics

So I am late again...imagine that?! Here are a few pictures of the events leading up to Christmas. Spencer had his program at school {notice the little boy with the cast on his arm...we think he reminds us of Sullivan}, a few different family/friend gift exchanges and the cemetery. To some, this may be odd, but to us, this is who we are. Of course we had another emotional christmas without Sullivan, but we do know where he is and where we can be if we but choose to do what we should.

We hope you all had a great christmas and there are more pictures to come.