- As you'll remember Bobby went to San Diego and Amos busted his lip & my uncle died.
- Upon his return, the battery died in my van. My van is just one year old. Thankfully Bobby was home and was able to come and help me when I was stuck in Seneca.
- The week after the battery incident Bobby had to replace some thing clutch related in his car. Thankfully he had received a bonus at work and the extra money covered my battery and the parts for his clutch -and what happened next.
- Bobby's 99 year old Grandmother passes away in Maryland. We ended up buying Bobby's dad a plane ticket so he could attend the funeral.
- I failed my one hour glucose test & my blood pressure was elevated all in one visit. I was so worried and frustrated. So I buckled down on exercising, drinking even more water and researching herbal remedies to help with my blood sugar (cinnamon and Vitamin D by the way.) Thankfully I passed my 3 hour glucose test and my blood pressure was the best it had been the whole pregnancy.
- Then we started having air in our water. Changing the water filter didn't solve the problem. We had someone come look at it and he couldn't figure out what the problem was but suggested it may be the tank. The tank definitely needed to be replaced but we still have small amounts of air in the water. The guy is coming back today to check the pipes.
- Right about the time we started having air in the water, we awoke one morning to a freezing house. Our heat had stopped working. We had someone come look at it but he really couldn't figure out what the problem is. He replaced a part, we thought it was fixed and then it happened again. Since then we've not had a problem but it's still frustrating to have your heat stop working and no one can figure out the cause. The last guy that came out told us to "hang tight" and sometimes it "take the whole thing going out to find the problem." Really? That is so very comforting.
Please don't think I'm complaining because I'm not. With each problem we've encountered we've learned to trust the Lord even more -and as I've said, be more persistent in praying. Sure we've been frustrated and felt a little overwhelmed but prayer & praise banish those feelings :-) And as always, good things happened too over the past month.
- The kids are cruising along in school and enjoying it so much. They are especially loving Geography and ask almost daily to play the Geography game.
- Amos is talking more and more. You can now have a complete conversation with him.
- We've decided to name our new little mister Shiloh. We still don't have a middle name though.
- And, Shiloh will arrive on December 24th unless he plans to come earlier (which is my prayer! I want to be home and recovered before Hannah's birthday.)
- I found out I'm getting a great niece or nephew in June 2015.
- As I mentioned above, Bobby received a raise at work that basically covered all of the extra expenses we've incurred. Not exactly the way we would have like to spend that money but many are the plans in a mans heart!!
- Amos is pretty much "potty trained." He wears underpants all day and rarely has accidents. He does still wear pull-ups at night but that's it.
I leave you with some pictures of my beautiful family and the knowledge that we are happy, healthy and anticipating wonderful blessings in the future. How can you not when you're expecting a sweet baby boy to cuddle ;-)
Amos kept trying to sit in Shiloh's car seat and I explained several times it's for his new brother. I finished cleaning the kids room & came out to find Mario tucked in and ready for a ride!
