Life happens while you are busy planning.

After Khalia-Ann was born Jen, Isabella and I all got the stomach flu! It was pretty crazy. I was trying to take care of the house, the ladies and get packed for our move...Again pretty crazy. I was talking to my mom on the phone and with-in a day her, my dad and my lil' bro came up to help. It was such a relief to see them! We packed a lot today with more planned for tomorrow and Jen and I are planning on being in S. Oregon Saturday. It will be a bitter sweet time. Nice because we will get back to a somewhat "normal" life again, but also our time here with friends will be ending.

My dad...

...and my mom's first time seeing Khalia-Ann.

If life is what happens to you while you are busy planning, then your quality of life is dependent on how you respond to the life that you are given.
Jen and I have planned so much in our life, and it is amazing how often our well thought-out and prayed over plans go awry!! Khalia-Ann's due date was July 11th and we were going to be back in S. Oregon by then end of the month, only to have her at the end of the month! We were going to find a house closer to where I work so I could spend more time with the family and start writing classes in September. But it looks like those plans are going to change as well.
Jen was feeling so good after the birth that on Tuesday she decided to do some house work. She overdid it and ended up with a prolapsed cervix. We are told that she needs to be on bed rest for several weeks. So the idea of getting home, me starting work, Jen on bed-rest and us trying to find a house and me get signed up for classes in less then two months...seems a bit much.
I'm sure that God has it all figured out, we'll just have to see what His plan is.

Keeping busy in NE Oregon

Well, the little one is officially 13 days overdue. A full two weeks tomorrow!
People are asking us what are we doing to keep busy.
Let me tell you...not much!
Which is good. The two months before we left S. Oregon I was so busy at my job trying to get everything running smooth before I left that we hardly got any family time at all. And once we get back we will have a new little one and work will start up again and all that, so we are getting quality and quantity time in now.
Sometimes it is hard not to get a bit antsy and start wondering when is this little one going to emerge!!!!!! But we know that God is still in charge and we have seen His timing too many times to get too frustrated!!
Here are some pictures of us doing various things during the week to keep ourselves occupied.

Isabella and I had a "date" today. We went to DQ and had lunch. We got there at 11:50 right before the lunch rush...We didn't leave until after 1. I was amazed how slow my daughter can eat, especially when we are just sitting there visiting.

There is a lady who is going to keep an eye on Isabella when Jen goes into labor, (assuming that one day she will indeed go into labor). Her daughters are close to Isabella's age. (One is only 2 months younger). We have gone over to their house several times now and Isabella just loves her new friends. They have little pool and you can tell by their tans how often they use it! Isabella is quite the little whitey next to them!

With her friends at the park...

...and all dressed up after church.

Jennifer and Isabella keeping busy by making chocolate covered strawberries...

...and decorating sugar cookies.

Thank-you to everyone who has been keeping us in your prayers. We know that there are plenty of you that are, and you are such a blessing! Keep an eye on this blog and prayerfully in the next few days you will get to see some baby pictures!!!

Beautiful Ladies...

She was all dressed up when we came to visit her yesterday. Her nurses are great in doing little thing like this...

Jen's parents came to meet the baby.

What we usually look like when the end of the day comes. We had Isabella with us for the first night in a couple days, so we took her to bed to "snuggle" a bit...