I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband! I have been sick all weekend and Josh has been so great taking care of Liam so I can get some rest. I love to listen to him and Liam it is so cute, Liam is always so happy to spend time with his daddy he gets so excited when Josh is home when he wakes up all he can do is laugh and squeal. They have so much fun together, Liam never stops talking :) so sweet to see Josh try to figure out what he is saying. This morning they are gone to church, Josh got him up, fed him breakfast, got him dressed, and left to teach my Sunday school class for me. It is crazy to think that Josh was supposed to be deployed this year and would have missed out on all of this, I am so thankful that they got taken off the list, I know eventually he will have to go somewhere again but this is such a big year it is so awesome that he got to spend it with us!
Miss Raegan will be here in 1 month!!!! We are so excited! She is moving like crazy and she has had the hiccups I think, its cute because Liam had them at the same time. My doctor said she is measuring a little small which is good since I have gestational diabetes and often that mean a big baby. The diabetes in under control, Dr. said it is just a lab diagnosis and I really don't have to do anything but limit my carbs and sugar intake. So most of my readings have been between 70 and 100 which is perfect! We are all set up for Raegan and after our newborn care class on Wed I guess we will be as ready as we can be. I am still pretty nervous about childbirth and bringing home our newborn but I am so excited to get to see her! I can't wait to see what/who she looks like. I am also very excited because my mama and my sister are coming to see us after she is born!
This is a very big year for our family! Most of you know: 10 years ago my dad was waiting on a kidney/pancreas transplant. He was a severe diabetic and was not doing well, we were pretty much having to sit back and watch him die. At this point he was no longer mobile, he was bedridden and barely able to lift his head from the pillow. We were praying he would make it until Christmas(what little faith we had). Sunday night, Dec. 22, 2002 our church joined hands and prayed for a miracle, we prayed for my dad to get his transplant. The NEXT morning, my mom comes running into my room in tears, I knew he had not made it through the night, but I was wrong!!! We got a kidney! and a pancreas! It was such a long surgery he came out on the 24th, we spent Christmas in the waiting room of ICU that that year, we had Christmas dinner in the UK cafeteria, and it was the greatest Christmas any of us had ever or probably will ever have. It has been 10 years, the pancreas has stopped working but which means he is back on insulin but his kidney is doing great! It makes me aware of how much we limit God's power, while we were praying daddy would live 3 days, God just waiting on us to ask for him to be healed. So often I am guilty of not wanting to ask God for too much when He is willing to give us what we need and more if we just have the faith to ask.
This will be the 1st Christmas that we have not been able to travel home at all. It is bittersweet because we won't get to see our family but we will be spending our first Christmas together as a family and we will be welcoming our baby girl in just a few weeks. On Dec. 31st Josh and I will be celebrating our 4 year anniversary! January makes 1 year since we were stationed in TX, we love it here and have been so blessed with great friends and a great church. This has been a very crazy year! It has been a very amazing year totally worth it!!!
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