Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Hi-ho, hi-ho it's off to work I go

Jon started his job this week. I hear you cheering! Wait, I think that's our bank account cheering at the sound of an incoming paycheck:)

Truly, we are so very thankful for his job. He had orientation on Monday and Tuesday and found out that his training will be about 8-12 weeks long. During that training period he will be working first shift.

He has been very positive and hopeful about this job and we are so glad the Lord blessed him with it so quickly. Jon will hopefully be transitioned fairly well before the baby gets here and we enter another transition. The other positive thing is that Jon will be home nights until after the baby is born. I had a little worry that I might go into labor some night and he'd be at work. Not to worry about that now. It's just one of the countless ways the Lord is paving the path for us. He has it all worked out and I just need to practice trusting.

I read this verse this morning and loved it... and I was challenged by it too

Luke 1:45
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Word of the day

The word of the day is....

PASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep! That's the word Jon saw after finishing his registry test today.

Praise the Lord!

We are thankful to the Lord for countless reasons. But today that word is our favorite reason to be thankful.

Summer fun

Emma goes into her bedroom and it will be very quiet for several minutes and then she comes out dressed up. She always surprises me with what combinations she comes up with.



We went to Brookside pool for the first time and Emma loved the baby pool. She really wanted to love the big pool too but she never quite got used to it. We'll go back and try again. She loves water and Jon and I want her to learn to swim at a young age.



She sure did love the time with daddy.



Here's another example of Emma's dress-up concoctions. This included baby clothes, infant socks (which she DID get on!) and snow boots.



And here's me... 30 weeks and counting!

Emma's 3rd birthday



Several of the family members joined together and got Emma a swing set for her birthday.



She loves to swing.



This year she was really into tearing paper on her presents.



She was very excited about having a "Winnie the Pooh" cake.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Fun pictures



Jon's graduation



Emma likes to lick the water coming out of the sprinkler...



So does Jarrah

Operation Clipping Nails "The sequel"

After the last unsuccessful attempt to clip Jarrah's nails I tried a last ditch effort today.

8:30am Called the vet and found out they have their walk-in clinic from 1:30-2:30 today! The dog nail karma is on our side!!!

9:00am Emma and I left for the Farmer's Market. Found out there is no Farmer's Market today.

11:00am Called Jon to ask him to give Jarrah her sedative. No answer. Hmmm, is this part of his "I don't believe this will work" Initiative?

11:20am Got home and found out that Jon just didn't hear the phone. He gave Jarrah her pill and a small amount of food.

12:30 Let the bloodshot eyes appear! Jarrah began to show her sleepiness.

1:05pm Jarrah and I left for the vet as history has proven the walk-in clinics have a long wait. She slightly stumbled to the car... I feel like a terrible dog-mom.

1:45pm Still waiting at the vet. We are second on the list. The people before us brought in a pair of Yorkie parents plus puppies. Apparently they are going to take awhile.

2:20pm Our turn! Jarrah is still dopey but climbed on the scale and weighed in at a good weight. Good dog!

2:30pm The vet came in, not a tech, to do Jarrah's nails and asked me if I thought Jarrah would do better if I wasn't in the room... I wonder if that's a nice way of saying that my dog is, indeed, totally spoiled??
I agreed and Jarrah was moved to a "clipping room". I'm getting excited people! This is appearing to be a viable option for clipping our dog's nails sans total anesthesia. I hear you all cheering as you read this!

2:35pm Jarrah is in the "clipping room" and what is this I hear?? Can it be??? Yes folks!! I hear nails being clipped and no yelping dog. (She usually sounds like her nails are being ripped out. She's such a baby! Could this be what the vet was talking about?)

2:40pm Jarrah is returned to me happy and with 10 toes of shorter nails. The vet told me "no charge" as she is trying to "desensitize her" and couldn't take much length off. And that Jarrah did "100% better" and they will see her in four weeks.

Folks, good has been done here today!

We have tasted success and it is...furry.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Today

Today Jon took his last final at Southwest.

Today he PASSED his last final at Southwest.

Today we got to go on a real date together.

Today Emma is at Nana's and is spending the night there tonight.

Today baby boy is kicking like he just got signed for pro-soccer (and I love it!).

Today my heart is full and my prayers are full of thankfulness.

Today is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.