Merry Christmas

We want to wish everyone a blessed Christmas. We especially hope that you know the salvation we have in Immanuel, God with us, who came to us as an infant lying in a manger. Praise to our Lord Christ who has come!

Banished to Bedrest

Well, this weekend brought some changes for us as we ended up at the hospital on Saturday because I was having pre-term contractions. Baby Benjamin was doing just fine, but my doctor decided to keep me overnight for observation and Eric bravely "slept" on the pull-out couch in the room. My doctor determined that I wasn't going into active labor and put me on anti-contraction medication and bedrest until Dec 23rd. I have had one appointment with her this past Wednesday, and she said that everything looked like it was going OK. On Friday, the 23rd, we'll all discuss what I'll be allowed to do as far as returning to work, or keeping activity limited. She will also do another test to make sure that I'm not headed for delivery within the next 2 weeks after that. We'll try to keep everyone posted with what's going on. We would love to have your prayers. I'm at 30 weeks right now, so we would like Benjamin to stay put for right now and get a little baby fat on his bones before we welcome him into the world.

The First Snowfall of Christmas 2005!

The snow is finally here! We didn't get this good a snowfall last year at all. It began early Thursday morning and the flakes kept coming until 3 that afternoon. We ended up with close to 3 inches. The roads are finally mostly clear today but the trees, roofs, and ground still have their powder coating. Ashton is still trying to figure out what exactly it is. He doesn't like it too much when it gets stuck in his paws. Eric has to clean out his feet every so often when he takes him outside! Poor little puppy! We're keeping nice and warm inside and drinking a lot of hot tea and cocoa!