Faith. We do not have a middle name yet. I feel as though we hurdled a huge mountain getting this far. Girl names were just very hard for me, and this one has been at the top of Lance’s list from the beginning. We are very excited to be talking to her now and teaching Asher her name. We have agreed that if she comes out and in no way looks like a Faith; we have veto power to change it. At Christmas with the different families, we gave personalized gifts that had the grandchildren’s names on it. It took both my mom and his a moment to realize that there was an extra name printed. It was very fun to watch their expressions. It is very real for her to have a name and to be going to the OB every week. It is just a matter of time. I do not enjoy sharing pics of my large belly(esp in color), but I wanted to show Asher giving a kiss to his “baby sistar”, Faith!

I was really hoping to blog more in the last month but sitting at the computer for any length of time is super uncomfortable. For Thanksgiving, we went down to Lance’s mom’s. (Let me define “went down”, she is about 4 hours southwest of here.) The car ride was long due to my protruding belly; we stopped more than we usually would. I got out and walked around a bit, and of course we have a potty trained child now so that changes how we travel as well.

We had a great time with his mom, sister, brother-in-law, and two nieces. As the Lord orchestrated, my best friend, Monica, also lives nearby. Totally the Lord’s hand, she and I met in Hungary on a missions trip, kept in contact, and stayed close. Lance and I didn’t know each other at that time, and his mom was living here in St. Louis. She moved years later, and we discovered she was only 10 miles from Monica. So on many visits to Mom’s; I get a chance to hang out with Monica. Our little boys are only 6 weeks apart. Isn’t it fun to see God’s hand even in the littlest introductions that lead to deep friendships.

Thought I’d share a few pics from the weekend

(as always if you click on them you’ll go to flickr where there is more.)

Trying to pretend to be asleep

Asher and Monica’s kiddos

Monica and hubbie are breeding mini Australian Shepherds…..

this one and I bonded,

Lance’s mom (Nana) and her grandkids

AAAHHHH!!! I can’t believe in two months or possibly less I will be looking into the face of my little girl. Our little girl, who at this moment is kicking me for sitting in this chair too long, is nameless at this point. My little man will be roomless once she arrives if we don’t get on the ball. I feel the holidays creeping up and yet am quite calm cuz I did some early Christmas shopping. Yea me!! I would like to start decorating, but first I have to finish unpacking from our Thanksgiving travels. In these moments, I stop, take in the deepest breath I can since she is on my lungs…and I remember the ol’ saying “Jesus is the reason for the season!!!” Thanking God for all His goodness and praying for His strength as the days move forward.