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.

More in the life of the Phlaum family

Well folks...
It has been a while hasn't it? Does anyone read this any more! You can only go so long without updating before even the hard core readers stop checking!
Well, we have internet for the next few weeks. We are house-sitting for some friends and they have both...
Wait for it...
Cell phone coverage AND internet access!!!
Will wonders never cease???
I will try to write as much as possible in the next few weeks to get everyone up to speed on what has been going on in our life.

First, here are some pictures of our little one.
The first one is a somewhat of a profile...so they say.
The second is a 3D picture of the feet. Pretty sweet.
They were trying to get a 3D of the face but the baby wasn't cooperating.




A prayer request. The baby's head is growing...which is a good sign, but the waist is just below the normal range. Which could be a bad sign. So they want us to come in every two weeks right now to moniter that. They might not be able to tell anything definite before the baby is born, but they can try to give us as much info as possible.
So we are trying not to worry. We won't be able to change it anyway...but the suspence is killing us.


We went to the coast for Jennifer's 25th birthday. It was the first time since we have had Isabella that we had been away on our own. Pretty crazy. And with the new one coming we knew that we had better do it while we could! We had a really nice time at the beach. As you can tell it wasn't a warm day...but that was ok.

A quick picture of our midwife. She was the one that delivered Isabella, so it will be special to have her deliver this one as well! It is crazy how big Isabella has gotten in 4 years!!!

Well, I'll update as many times as I can while we are here...