I’ve mentioned before that multiples run in our families and that my oldest sister is pregnant with twins. Many of you have asked how she is doing. We’ve known that she could have the twins any day now, and it turns out that today is that day! We’ll have a brand new baby niece and nephew later today. She is having a c-section, so please pray for her delivery and recovery. I’ll post some pictures when I get them.

This morning, Evan woke up a bit earlier than usual, and Joe and I were still TIRED! Joe got Evan and put him in bed with us because he was cold…and we didn’t want to get up…and we thought maybe he would go back to sleep (yeah, right). Evan did snuggle for a minute, or a second, rather, and then he said, “Mommy, EAT!” In my grogginess, I said, “what do you want to eat, buddy?” In all of his no I’m not tired, I’m ready to start the day enthusiasm, he exclaimed “PIE!”

We laughed! He doesn’t actually mean pie. I don’t know where he picked that up, because I’m not sure if he has actually ever had pie. He really means muffins, or biscuits, or any other breakfast bread. He did specify later and said he wanted muffins, although he settled for pancakes.

I just love the way kids are so passionate about life. There is so much we try to teach Evan , but there are certainly lots of things he teaches us, too. Pie for breakfast! Why not?

What a joy it is to see the sun shine on children’s faces. It almost inevitably means smiles will be the order of the day. And, it was. Evan and I got out to play together in the park. And though Suzanne is a little “under the weather,” the Lord gave us great weather to play in. He was just running and running and running and running. Oh, did I mention that he ran a bit?

Here he is going through his routine of “On your mark…Get set…Go!!!”

Oh, thank you, Lord, for your beautiful creation you’ve given us to enjoy!

See more pictures of Evan at the park on flickr.

This post actually has nothing to do with the previous post
We decided that some fresh air might do us some good, so we ventured out to the mountains for Labor Day. It turned out to be quite overcast and cool, but we had a great day anyway. It was refreshing and fun, and such a reminder of God’s majesty.

“Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep.” Psalm 36:5, 6a

There are more pictures on our Flickr.

I had another doctor’s appointment today - just a check-up. Several of you have asked about my due date, so I thought it would be easiest to just post it on here.

It looks like this baby might be closer to a New Year’s baby than a Christmas baby. My new due date is January 10th, so it should be interesting to see when the baby actually arrives. God only knows, and He could be getting the last laugh!

In our small town, the first baby of 2007 was born on, yep, you guessed it…January 10th! This baby might just make the headlines!

We will have one more sonogram at the end of the 2nd trimester/beginning of the 3rd to make sure everything is okay. We haven’t scheduled it yet, but we will find out if this baby is a boy or girl because I won’t leave until they tell us! As always, we’ll keep you posted.

After supper tonight, we decided to venture outside for Evan to get some energy out. We try to get outside as much as we can these days while its still warm enough! We were walking around the neighborhood while Evan rode his “bike.” We were stopped on the sidewalk, once again, so Evan could get a closer look at a wheel, because, you know, they all look different. Lots of the same cars are parked on the street each time we go on a walk, and each time we stop at almost every car to look at the wheels…enough so that I can tell you which cars have Firestone tires That’s my boy!

Anyway, I get off on tangents a lot, don’t I? Well, this particular time that we were stopped, I looked in the grass next to us and saw something moving.

At first glance, I thought it was a bee. But it was actually a caterpillar - a strange looking one. Joe went home to get our camera as I reminded Evan about one of his favorite books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Joe came back and picked up the furry creature, named him Mr. Withers, and had visions of keeping him as a pet. I, on the other hand, admired the thing from a distance. I figured he was harmless, but I don’t think you can trust creepy crawly things. I did have visions of this thing rearing up and showing us its fangs just before it attacked my face because I got too close. So there you have it. Now you know more about my dramatic, paranoid side. I think it liked Joe, though.

In an effort NOT to pass on my irrational fear of bugs to Evan, Joe helped him hold Mr. Withers.

It is kind of cute, but I think it will be cuter as a butterfly.

We’ll post more pictures from our outing on Flickr.