Some more pictures

Adele at four and five days old.

Welcome Little One

On Sunday, October 21st, 2007 at 1:04 AM, we welcomed Adele Grace Henry into the world and into our family! She weighed 3.4 kg (7.5 lbs). She is the pride of her older brothers, PJ and Calvin and has totally captured her daddy's heart too! Thank you to all who were praying. God's strength was once again made evident during the labor and delivery and we rejoice at another healthy baby and birth He gave us. Adele was born in a birthing tub at the hospital. I wasn't planning on having a water birth...but she just came so fast...one push and she was here! Please continue to pray for us as we adjust to a new family member.

A Baby Shower!!!

Sunday evening, the ladies on our team threw me and our baby a shower! It was quite a suprise to me (I had only found out about it a few days before and only because they thought I already knew about it!). I was so overwhelmed as I was not expecting any such celebration with this being our third child and all. Pictured above are most of the women and below are the two who weren't in the above picture because they were taking the picture. Unfortunately my camera batteries died at the party so I don't have too many pics...I will get you some more once I receive them from Rhi and Becky (pictured below). The shower was so fun and such a blessing and a great time of fellowship.

And, Melanie (new girl on our team!), Catherine and Khiaw made this beautiful diaper cake for us. Thank you ladies for a great night and for celebrating this new precious life God has given us!

A New Face

I hope the title of my post didn't throw you! No new baby yet. Calvin has a new face...pictured above! He doesn't make any noises with it...and I really don't know where he picked it up from. I don't think I am in the habit of making a face like this...our Thai staff insist Calvin picked up from his Uncle Andrew Bronson (fellow missionary here). Regardless of where he got it from, it sure makes us laugh!

And a great big THANKS! to Uncle Matt and Aunt Becky and family for the package they sent us. The boys are LOVING the books. PJ has enjoyed sticking stickers in the sticker book and Calvin enjoys doing his puzzle books. Thanks so much for all the goodies for us too! We've had peeps for dessert for the past two nights...much to PJ's delight! (And I made the mistake of singing, "Here comes Peter Cotton tail, hoping down the bunny trail" the first time I pulled a peep bunny out and now I have to sing it EVERY time!)

still here

The other day the boys received these cool "Cars" wipe boards in the mail from nanny and pappy. So, we sat down after supper to draw pictures and explore the world of writing and erasing, over and over and over again. Daddy got in on the fun as he held Calvin and drew a picture of our family (all stick figures, complete with a pregnant mommy) and if you haven't guessed it, this is PJ's drawing of me at nine months pregnant (thanks to Daddy's creative genious). Thanks Paul! Of course, PJ thought the stick figure of me pregnant was HILARIOUS and the giggles that came from him were priceless. As for me? No problem...I don't mind being laughed at! =) Only a few more days...

Under the Weather

As you recall one of the later posts I shared how both boys were sick. Thankfully, they are over it! Unfortunately, Paul and I both came down with what they had but I really got it bad. It actually turned into sinuitis for me...and I didn't see the doctor about it right away which I think prolonged it. So, for about 2 1/2 weeks I was "under the weather." And then to top it all off, I did something to my left foot, so not only do I have a waddle but now I have a limp...and of course everyone thinks I am limping due to having swollen feet due to being pregnant...how do I tell them that that is NOT the case, in Thai?! But, I praise the Lord for recovery and I know He will continue to sustain us and me. He is good.

In baby news, I fixed the widget to the right...it's now calculating the correct amount of days until my due date. Although, yesterday afternoon I thought I was going into labor. The Braxton-Hicks really throw me sometimes. I didn't have any with PJ and then with Calvin I had them all the time and when I went into labor with Calvin I was really unsure if it was the real deal or not. So, was the case last night. Paul, of course, was wondering if he should go play basketball and then onto another outing with some Thais. I told him to go and that I would call him if they got stronger and persisted. Obviously...they didn't! I think playing "Castle Knights" with PJ helped! =) I see the doctor on Mondays and last Monday when I saw him he said all is good. The baby is in perfect position and he of course says, "Don't worry, you'll do fine, you're a pro." Yeah, well, we see about that! Oh, he also said, "you can go anytime now." Well, with yesterday's event I got my hospital bag packed. I was late with both boys and so I tend to think I will be late this time too...but yesterday got me to get a little more prepared! So, my bag is mostly packed, directions for whoever ends up watching our boys are written out and now all we are doing is waiting!

Another BIG event happened since I last wrote and that is PJ finished his first term of Thai pre-school! We're not sure we will be sending him again in November but we are sure proud of him! He has enjoyed being home with us in the mornings again. We've spent our mornings playing and enjoying each other. He really talks a lot anymore...which is a lot of fun. And his imagination is always running wild, usually he's fighting some bad guy or dragon (and he is always St. George of Merry England). Calvin, of course, is having fun with big brother home too. Oh, speaking of Calvin...he spoke! He says, "all done." He also is starting to say "duck" (though it sounds like duh) and I think he says "dog". I think he also said a Thai word the other day which means "I can" (dye, in Thai)...but I am not sure on that!

So, that is the latest with us. Have a blessed weekend and thanks for dropping in.