1. Romans. I am indeed still planning to finish memorizing the book. I am on chapter 11 and have a plan to press on. I have begun reviewing chapter 11 and will continue to do so until I catch up (I think verse 24. I am on verse 15). When I reach verse 25 I will begin memorizing one verse per day. I have 130 verses left to memorize (meaning that I have 303 verses done! Wow). The baby is due on January 4th and I would like to have it done before that (for fear that once the baby comes I'll have difficulty memorizing even one verse per day!). So, my new goal is December 31st giving me 159 days. Thanks to those of you who have asked me about this and encouraged me in it. I am grateful for the support.
2. Baby. Our littlest one is doing very well! I feel movement frequently and enjoy knowing he or she is happily swimming around in there. Our appointment for THE ultrasound is on August 10th and we very much hope to find out the sex that day. This is, more importantly, the one where they look at all of the baby's vital organs - heart, brain, kidneys, etc. We pray for a healthy baby who's parts are where they should be and in perfect working order. We know this is not guaranteed so we would appreciate your prayers as well.
3. Chloe. Not much new with girlie. She is growing and talking more and more (I know, it seems impossible!) She is insistent that the baby I'm carrying is a boy - and the baby in her tummy is a girl! :-) I love watching her become more caring. She takes good care of Jacob and is eager for a new baby to mother.
4. Jake. Now for the big story of the last few weeks. Jake. Our accident prone toddler burned his tiny hand. It was truly a freak accident. We stayed at a beautiful cabin in the Smoky Mountains and had enjoyed 4 days there. As we were packing up to leave, my father-in-law, Rick, cleaned out the refrigerator, putting some things in the cooler to take with us. Jake was "helping". The door was open for a while and he left it that way to put something in the cooler. As he did, Jake started crying. Rick went to him and thought he had pinched his hand between the shelves. I heard him cry from downstairs, but when he stopped, I went about my packing. A few minutes later, I heard him crying again so I went up to check on him. By this time, his hand is white and I know he has been burned. Rick had gone outside with Chloe, so I didn't know what could have happened. Jake is crying really hard. If you remember back a few months to when he fell down the steps, you may remember that he barely cried. Last year he was stung by a wasp and didn't cry at all. Well, that day (July 3rd to be exact) he cried for a solid hour. He cried until we got him to a doctor's office and the nurse put silvadene on it. To back up a bit, and to make a very long story short, Kevin held Jake and tried to sooth him until we could leave. We figured out that Jake must have stepped up into the fridge and grabbed the light bulb. (Would you ever think you could get burned in the fridge?) Rick made a phone call and found a clinic we could take him to. So, we abruptly ended our stay at the cabin and raced to the clinic, which turned out not to be a clinic but a private doctor's office. They were closed according to the sign in the window. My heart sank and, by this point, I was also crying. Rick pulled around back and saw a nurse. Rick asked her some questions and she began giving us directions to another place. Then, Rick made his most brilliant move. He opened the sliding door to reveal the crying baby with his obviously swollen, blistered, burned hand. She told us to come in! Praise God! I carried Jake while Kevin filled out paper work. The nurse slapped slivadene on is hand and INSTANTLY he stopped crying! My heart began to slow back down and Jake smiled for the first time in too long. She wrapped his poor hand and gave me what I needed to do it again and again for the next few weeks.
I think that is enough for one day. There is more to tell about our lives and many, many pictures to share. Thanks for even checking in!
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