Updates on Everything

Dave is free to leave Iraq! Thank You Lord!!! He tried to leave several times today and there is a big windstorm that is blowing sand around (I guess that is a sandstorm). There are just flights a couple times a week, so please be in prayer that he can still get out this week. He is supposed to head to Kuwait by helicoptor and then leave there on the 18th. Hopefully he will be hope late the 18th or early the 19th. We are so ready. We have a big plan for his arrival at the airport.

At a recent doctors appt I was 27.5 weeks pregnant and measured 32. Well, I have evened out. I had a sizing ultrasound this morning and at 30.5 weeks I measured 31 weeks 5 days. So thank goodness it was a growth spurt. Here are some new pictures.

We had a hard time getting a picture of the face. As usual the arms and hands up in the face. See the fingers in the mouth?

Crabby baby. We kept pushing on him/her to try to get a good picture of his/her face.

Finally the hands are down.

But not for long. How cute!


And the baby continues to dance. The baby is already head down. Maybe that is for good, maybe not. But we would push on him and he would dance all over, but not move his/her hands. Lil Stinker!

I have had the same ultrasound tech for 4 appts. He gives me so many pictures. These 3D pictures weren't even in the plan. It took him about 3 minutes to do all the sizing. Then we spent about 15 minutes trying to get the picture of the face. He even said if we would like to find out the sex of the baby when Dave comes home we can just give him a call and he will fit us in. That won't happen mama.

Other than that...The kids are good. Asher has gone from a toddler to a boy. Gosh they are so different than girls. It is all about running, jumping, vrooming, just being crazy. But is the same sweetie wanting kisses and hugs all the time.

Josie is just a character. She has the best sense of humor. And she is more anxious about daddy being gone. I don't think Asher realizes he is coming home. We talk about him all the time and look forward to an upcoming trip with daddy. And seeing Kung Fu Panda.

As far as the adoption goes, things still creep along. Referrals are coming out today for June. It looks like a whole whopping 10 days will be coming out. Surprising with the earthquake. But you can see some babies at this website. I have a wild idea that our China born baby will be born 8/15/10, just to keep things in line. Josie and Asher have a 8/15 birthday and I am due 8/15. I was nervous for the last couple weeks I wouldn't hit 8/15 but I think it is possible now that I have evened out. So we have to keep the 8/15 every 2 years pattern right? That would mean travel in the summer of 2011.

Please be in prayer that Dave can get out of Iraq ASAP.