Well Mom, another year. How about a special gift this year!
We found out, Christmas morning actually, that Melissa is expecting again. We got our first ultrasound on Tuesday and all is well.
I've wanted to tell the world on the "blog" and in "facebook" for awhile now but we decided to hold off. We would have held things off a little while longer but people were starting to figure it out when Melissa had been sick for about a month straight.
She is due on September 2nd - I figure she'll hit "labor day". It only makes sense. Mara's birthday is Valentines day, Myka's is Thanksgiving, my birthday is Memorial day and Melissa was due on April Fools day but fooled her folks by showing up three weeks early.
So, keep up in your prayers that the baby and mama will both stay healthy.
Oh Yeah - Happy B-Day mom.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Happy Birthday Grandma!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
A new era of responsibility
President Obama said in his inaugural speech that this is a “new era of responsibility”. That we Americans need to be responsible, but I wonder, how responsible is in that in this time of war and financial crisis, that one of the first things he does is send millions of our tax dollars to fund the murder of babies around the world.
He said, “To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.” – no mention of paying to murder their children.
He talked of America being “a friend of each nation and every man, woman, and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity” – how does this not apply to babies?
He said that “a parent's willingness to nurture a child” is one of the things that “decides our fate” as a nation.
He warns others about “slaughtering innocents” but signs a law that will send our tax dollars to do just that.
You may say that this funding does not kill babies, just the unborn fetus. That is bunk. We all need to get past this little lie the killers push to make themselves feel better and admit that these are human children. As a parent I know that from the moment we found out Melissa was expecting the girls we knew there was a human life in there. No doubts in our minds.
I agree with almost everything President Obama said in his speech, but I guess these words don’t count for the innocent unborn – “The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.”
Keep praying for America in our “new era of responsibility”.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Stucco is done!!!
Lalo and his crew did a great job and finished before the snow started falling again.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
House Progress
As promised, I thought I would give a quick progress update. Despite another snowstorm and a family wide bout of the flu we are still moving along.
The electrical is progressing great, the stairs are 98% done and the stucco should be finished this week.
Melissa headed back to school this week. Mara was home sick but Myka was ready to go.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Mom Says...
Mom said to post some pictures of the work that has been done over the last week. Well, I've been busy working so I don't have many pictures. I will get some soon, I promise.
I do have this of some of the stucco work that has been done, Lalo's crew has been busy. They will hopefully finish the base coat tomorrow and the color coat next week. They sure do a good job.
