Playing Around in Our Backyard

32 Weeks

As you can see compared to my last picture that Kinsey is certainly GROWING : ) I had a dr. appointment yesterday and I actually measured right at 32 weeks. And everything looks good! I do have to go in tomorrow for a precautionary blood test because I might have been exposed to hand, foot & mouth several weeks ago. So my midwife wants me to go in to have the Parvo virus titer just to see for sure. There are some possible links to some birth defects, but most of what we have found on-line doesn't seem to be very conclusive. So just something to pray about . . . there is no treatment and nothing that can be done if I was, so I'm trying not to be too worried about it right now. I need to take some new pictures of Jackson to post! Maybe we'll take some tomorrow while David is off : )

Our Visit to Cedarly

We had a great, relaxing time at Cedarly this past week!! It was wonderful to share with other ministry couples and to have time to remove ourselves from distractions and focus on our marriage and our walk with the Lord. The atmosphere was beautiful . . . 6 1/2 acres of woods on a lake. And the weather was cool, which was perfect! It was an amazing experience that we have already decided will be something we try to do every 2-3 years. So if you know of other full-time ministry couples, please let them know about this WONDERFUL free opportunity!

On Wednesday morning, we visited an episcopal seminary that was just down the road. We were able to attend their morning prayer and eucharist service. It was a good experience and one of the professors visited with us afterwards which was really great.

Jackson had a great week with Grammy and Papa! He got to ride on a combine and even help drive, which he was REALLY fascinated with!! And they took him to the zoo and he got to ride on the train and carousel. He also got to feed the goats too (well actually I think Papa did most of the feeding). Mom took pictures, so I'll have to get them from her : ) He also got to watch several Cardinal's baseball games, which were only complete with his favorite snack, popcorn!

We spent the rest of the weekend in TH once we got back on Friday. So we got to go to one of Josiah's soccer games and he made his 1st goal!!! David put together this picture collage to remember his BIG day! And you can see Nathanael was cheering him on from the sidelines.

This picture is what happens when a little boy finds a sharpie marker on the way home in the dark : ) Yeah, I thought I heard him in the back seat with something and he was curiously quiet. So I had David turn on the overhead light to discover him pulling the cap on and off of the sharpie that he somehow pulled out of David's computer bag! At least I caught him before he did TOO much damage . . . it certainly could have been much worse! Thank goodness the baby wipes got it all off : )

Ready to get away . . . .

David and I will be going to Wisconsin for the week to one of the Pastors Retreat Network centers. It appears to be a quaint area just outside of Delafield, WI (just west of Milwaukee) with a bed & breakfast feel. So we are excited for a spiritual/marriage retreat. And Jackson will be heading down to TH with Grammy and Papa for the week : ) We will miss him, but we know he will have a LOT of fun with them . . . and they will enjoy him too!

Happy Labor Day!

We enjoyed a fun couple days in TH! Here are Jackson and Tate Wagner enjoying the parade . . . (Thanks Traci for the picture!)

It was our first time at Mom and Dad's since Jackson switched to a "big boy" bed. So we weren't exactly sure how Jackson and Claire would do sleeping in the same room together. They did really good over night . . . well, after Claire went over to visit Jackson in his bed before going to sleep. And then she also woke up first this morning and decided to go over and climb into bed with him again and wake him up : ) She said "but he was just so cute in his pajamas!" They both took REALLY long naps this afternoon . . . . thankfully!

Here are a few pictures from the past week or two that I hadn't posted yet . . .
Jackson tried to dress himself the other day . . . here are the results. He was SO proud!!



Jackson peeking out of the fence at the park in Rochester checking out the ducks on the pond.



Playing around with Cousin Nathanael. . . aren't they cute : )