Redemption

Today is the 3 year anniversary of our first date! It is also the anniversary of probably the worst day in Michael's life. We think it's pretty amazing of our God to redeem this day with good from bad.

When I met Michael, I was going out of town the next week. Then the next week was vacation bible school at church so we did not get to go to dinner till the next weekend. He asked me if I would rather go Friday or Saturday. At first I said Saturday because I had bible study on Friday night. Then the more I got to think about it, I wanted to have a Friday night date! I never got asked out on dates (or at least ones I wanted to say yes to :) and I wanted the fun of looking forward to a date after work. Looking back it was a pretty silly thing I guess but God knew what He was doing. That Friday, July 28th, was the 6 year anniversary of Michael's best friends death who accidentally drowned in a water skiing accident. Yes, this is the same best friend that our baby boy will be named after, Ryan. Ryan and his family have been huge influences on Michael's life. Ryan was a strong follower of Christ who talked the talk and walked the walk. I look forward to meeting him one day. I feel honored that we get to name our son after him.

I am so thankful that our God cares about us. He is good.

Things

In an attempt to keep up with milestones (which I am NOT writing down like I should), I am trying to do so on this blog.  And because of the cool print out your blog thing (!), I can keep up with all the milestones of my pregnancy!  Just wanted to note that at 22 weeks, my belly is 5 inches bigger than it was when I got pregnant :)  

I am still trying to get things in place in the new house.  I am  working out of the front dining room which houses all the remainder of things that need a place to call home in our new home:) I WILL get it done very soon---working a little each day.  When I get more pictures on the walls, I will put some pictures on here (so my friends far far away can see them!)  

Kicking....

Look at those sweet feet!  I stole this picture off the internet but I have been feeling Ryan's feet a lot lately!  The last few days I have noticed much more movement :)  I notice it mostly when I am laying down or sitting still on the couch.  Last night, I was laying in the bed and feeling Ryan kick so much.  I realized that I could feel his kicks on the outside too!  Michael put his hand on my belly and he got to feel Ryan move for the first time!  So fun!! 

My friend, Michelle, said that she saw where you can download your blog and print it out.  How fun would that be?!  She mentioned it would be neat to print it out once a year and keep a memory book.  What a great idea!

Getting bigger...

Finally, I (or Ryan is I should say :) am finally growing noticeably!   I love it!

We moved last week! We have things looking cozy :) but still have some work to do.  Mostly hang things on the walls and put little nick-nacks in place.  But I love the house and it feels like home!  So happy to be here.  Now we get to start trying to figure out how to decorate a little boy's room!

It"s a......

Can you believe it?!  I think I would have been surprised either way. I really had NO IDEA which one I thought he was.  I think it just still seems unreal that we are having a BABY! Much less, knowing now that it's a boy!  His name will be Ryan...named after Michael's best friend Ryan who passed away when Michael was 22.  It also means "little king" (in Latin or something).  :)  I am SO happy to be able to call him "HIM" now!