Beckys Blog

I was going to post a picture of my Valentines day present, but the camera is packed for the hospital already. I'm sure if I unpack it we'll end up forgetting it and then not having newborn pictures. So I guess I have to describe it. Thad got me a beautiful pair of "diamond" earrings. The picture really would be better as I don't think I could begin to do these earrings justice by describing them. I don't think he really understood the "diamond" part. What was in the box of my "diamond" earrings was a simple pair of gold dangly earrings with a dime hot glued to each one. (Dime on da earring). I thought it was very creative. I also got a heart shaped balloon and a bunch of valentine suckers. In return, I got him a pizza.

Thanks to Bill for making it so I could get the pictures off of my camera and onto the computer!! So, the nursery is not quite finished. I still have to put up some wall paper trim and a couple final details, but here is what we have so far.

Ok, so I know it's Thursday not Tuesday, but I did measure on Tuesday. So here it is. 9 weeks - 10 squares 10 weeks - 9.5 squares 11 weeks - 9.5 squares Big gap with no measurements 24 weeks - 11 squares 25 weeks - 11 squares 26 weeks - 11 squares 30 weeks - 11.5 squares 32 weeks - 12 squares 35 weeks - Still 12 squares but feel like I'm 15!

It's been a while since I've posted. We were back in the hospital Saturday night with me having quite painful contractions 3 to 5 min apart. After staying there and being monitered for a while they said I wasn't making any progress so I was sent home and sentanced to "restricted activity" for the next 2 weeks until she is full term. The paper goes on to describe restricted activity as "Absolutely no housework, walking, stairs, or lifting including small children." Now Thad has decided it is his job to determine what counts as housework. He wants homemade bread, so he decided that baking bread doesn't count as housework, however, I better not do the dishes or vaccume or take the dog out! At least I have an excuse for a messy home now.

This evening Raquelle had the hiccups. She is now big enough that you can see my whole belly move when she hiccups. Thad had his hand on my belly and was feeling all the little movements. He bent down and I thought he was going to kiss my belly or something, but instead he yelled "BOO!". Then he put his hand back to see if it worked. Sure enough, her hiccups had stopped.

Riverside Baptist church in Albany voted tonight to hire Thad as a their new youth pastor. This is something we have been praying about for several months now, and we both really felt that this church is where God is sending us. It's sad to leave our old church family behind as we have many friends there, but we are very excited to get things started at our new church. Thad is now trying to get use to being called Pastor Thad, and I am helping him with all the little details that go into planning and starting a youth program.

My little bro has a girlfirend! Isn't she cute? Can't wait to meet her, hopefully sometime soon.