Our new van

A few weeks ago my husband got rear-ended. It doesn't look that bad in the picture, but repairs would have taken more money than the car is worth.So, we sold the Mazda to the body shop and bought a 1998 Dodge Caravan! We had to take it to a dealership because there was a recall on the clockspring, but now everything works great.
Today it has been snowing! This is, I think the 3rd time this winter that it's snowed in Chattanooga. Here's a picture of snow in the Chickamauga Battlefield. Getting home was a bit hard. There are a few hills you have to go up to get to our apartment. Andrew even had to get out and push at the end! I think we'll probably be staying in tomorrow!

36 weeks!

We went to the doctor on Tuesday and had our last ultrasound. The UT got some great shots, including this one of our son's face:

Our little frog is measured at 6lbs now, and we will be holding him in our arms within 4-6 weeks! I feel like we're not quite ready! We're praying that we can move and get settled before he gets here.

Colossians 4:3

"Praying. . . that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ. . ."

What a great way to start the new year! I didn't plan on making a "new year's resolution" this year (except to lose all this baby weight after February), but when I read this verse this morning I decided follow Paul's example. My goal for this year will be to consistently pray for opportunities to share Christ with unbelievers and then when those situations arise, to use them!

Aquarium picture

This is a picture that we took at the aquarium. I can see that I will have to loose some facial weight once I have the baby! :-(

2010, here we come!

It's almost time to take down the Christmas tree. . . Almost. Two of my sisters were able to visit us for Christmas, and we had a nice long Skype call with Andrew's family. I also made my first Turkey dinner, which turned out pretty well. I don't understand why there was so much cranberry sauce leftovers, though. Am I the only person who likes cranberry sauce!?

On Saturday we went to the aquarium with Hannah, Matt, & Stephen. Stephen loved the river otters. They are also Andrew's animal of choice, should he someday have to chose which animal he would like to be. . .
33 weeks along and the Frog is taking up a lot of space. You can see him moving in this video clip.


This was at a christmas float parade that I went to earlier this month. Apparently, they also celebrated Christmas a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Who knew?

I can't believe there is less than 9 weeks left (maybe)!

I have now discovered the joys of stretch marks, but at least my feet haven't swollen up as much as they did that first day. And so far, there's been no need to wear a paper bag over my head. I'm even still wearing my rings!

Andrew and I went to our last birth class last night. I must say that I didn't learn anything that I hadn't already researched on Babycenter.com . But, all in all, I got 3 nice long massages for our trouble. Now it's time to start watching those Lamaze videos. . . Maybe I'll get some more free back-rubs in the process. . .

I should have expected the expected

Yesterday I got home from running errands and realized that my feet had swollen up. I was shocked. It had come on so suddenly! I was hoping that this would be one pregnancy symptom that my body would skip over. It seems I have experienced all the rest! I put my feet up that evening and the swelling went down a bit. In the morning they were almost normal looking. But today they are back to where they were yesterday afternoon. I'm doing everything (but wearing support panty-hose) to reduce swelling. I kinda swore those off after I left BJU! This new development has left me kind of discouraged and hormonal. Maybe this is why mothers in their last trimester can't wait to get the baby out! I'm not sure that I'm to that point yet, though!

Hey . . . I think I'm starting to see some ankle again! Thank you, family for my new rocker and ottoman!

Today the baby is 30 1/2 weeks.