SNOW!!

We were all super excited when the raindrops turned to snowflakes!

A happy Daddy watching his boys play.

A frozen Mommy loving every minute of it.

Hmmm...

I don't have another ultrasound until next Thursday, so still no official update. But here's a new belly shot. My guess is they're growing just fine! :)

Point of Grace - "Before the Throne of Grace"

Before the throne of grace I come

Humble and repentant one

With sorrow for the deeds I've done

Before the throne of grace I come

Before the throne of grace I fall

With a trembling voice I call

For pardon from the Lord of all

Before the throne of grace I fall

I love the Lamb who took my sin

Whose Mercy makes me clean again

Before the throne of grace I hear

Debt is paid your name is clear

Such precious words of life so dear

Before the throne of grace I hear

I love the Lamb who took my sin

Whose Mercy makes me clean again

I rise with words of grateful praise

Knowing now the only way

Before the throne of grace I stand

All because the Son of Man

Bears my wounds, His Feet, His Hands

Before the throne of grace I stand, I stand

Before the throne of grace I stand

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So, I'm a little late on an official Thanksgiving Day post, but surely it's always the appropriate time to give thanks. I just want to share with you the overwhelming thanks I give to my Savior today for the amazing, unearnable, completely undeserved opportunity to stand before the throne of grace. We can stand! His grace covers us. We come fallen and trembling, and He lifts us up! We stand in Him. Clean. Forgiven. Grateful. When we accept His offer to get up, to take His hand, to let go of whatever we've done and whoever we've been, to hide ourselves in Him, that is when we are free to lift our heads in hope and our hearts in praise. We get the outrageous benefit of knowing Him, and He gets the glory due His name. I hope you know Him today in a way that prompts you to join with me in thanksgiving and praise for who He is and what He's done for us.

Getting Bigger!

Saw my friendly OB this afternoon. I didn't have an ultrasound this week, so I don't have an update on the babies' weight. They're definitely growing though. Two weeks ago, my belly measured 37 weeks. Today it measured 40weeks. My dr said the "goal" is still to schedule a c-section at 37 weeks, mid-January. But I have a feeling he doesn't expect me to go that long. On his way out the door he said, "Ok, see you in two weeks. Let's just hope you make it that long!" Yikes! We're getting close! He did say if I go into labor before 34 weeks (that's the week of Christmas), we'd try to stop it. After that point, if I go on my own we'll proceed with the c-section at that time. There's still a chance my Mom was right all along, cause I could soooo end up with Christmas babies.

For comparison's sake...

Okay, so this is an even worse picture, but I had to post it just for fun. Here I am 2 days before Tony was born!

My Belly

Here's a really bad picture from Tony's party to show you how big my baby belly is already.

7 weeks to go!!

Happy Anniversary

Seven years. Four kids...well, sort of. :)

Thanksgiving!

Mom came home this morning and is doing well. She'll be off work all this week. She'll stay on the Coumadin, and the dr will have to check her blood a couple times a week. We're all so thankful to have her out of the hospital. And so thankful the Lord kept her safe from all the potential dangers she faced with these blood clots! Thank you all for praying with us thru this.