Saturday After Thanksgiving

Hope your Thanksgiving went well. Ours was very nice. The Lantrips invited the Browns and us to have Thanksgiving dinner at there home. We had a full spread out traditional Thanksgiving eats. After dinner we played a board game, then the guys went outside and threw a football around since we couldn't watch the traditional Lions' and Cowboys' games (not to mention the third game they added this year) on the tube. Of course it's never easy to be away from family during the holidays, but since we had to do so, we made be best of it. Now, the Christmas season is officially open in our home, though we do not yet have the tree up, because Krista and the boys had visitors yesterday. It won't be long, though, before Krista sends me down to the basement to bring up the tree and all the Christmas decor. "O, what fun it is ..." Have a great weekend!

Danny

Before...

Before I was a Mom....
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom...
I had never been:
Puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom...
I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom...
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put them down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom...
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom...
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

-author unknown

Midnight feeding

As I sit here feeding Micah I thought I'd write and give an update. We are all healthy, finally. Last week we took Micah for his 1 month check-up and he's now 9.7lbs. (4,450g), he was born 7.5lbs. (3,425g). He's a very good eater! We are still struggling to get him on a schedule... he is really on his own time table. We'll be heading toward Vienna soon to register Micah as an American citizen. We've not gone yet because of everyone being sick. We need to make this little boy a proud citizen of the U. S. of A :)

Krista

Let Us Pray

Yesterday we took Micah to the doctor for his four week checkup. Everything went great and he is in perfect health. Nate got a flu shot while we were there and since he was such a big boy about it (he didn't even cry) we took him to McDonald's for lunch. I ordered the food while Krista got the boys situated at a table. When I arrived with the food. Micah started screaming at the top of his lungs while Nathan was trying to grab his Happy Meal box off the tray. We hurriedly tried to get both of them sorted out. We gave Micah a bottle and spread Nate's food out in front of him so we could eat. As we were finishing up our meal Nate grabbed Krista's and my hand and said pray. I was both embarrassed and proud in the same moment. In all of the distraction of getting the meal set up and the baby calmed down it had totally slipped my mind. I'm thankful that, even at such a young age, it did not slip Nathan's impressionable mind. Proverbs 22:6 immediately comes to mind. "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Have a great day!

Danny

Getting better!

Things are getting better here. Nathan & I are feeling so much better. We still have a bit of a cough, but everything else is calming down. Our Micah, however has got it now :( Thankfully, Danny has been able to fight it off. I was able to talk with a friend today from our German class and hopefully we'll be able to get together this week. Since having Micah I've not been able to keep up with anything aside from household stuff...which isn't bad, I'm a wife & Mommy first, then all the other things will fall into their places. But I don't want to lose touch with these friends, they are the ones who want to read the Bible with me. Please pray that I can manage my schedule and family in the order that will be God-honoring. Thanks for praying for us!!

Krista

Just for fun

Now how's that for funny..Obi-Wan?!?! ME??? hahaha! I needed that...thanks to a friend who sent it! It's a website you can visit (bottom of pic) to find out who you are ;)

Krista a.k.a Obi-Wan

Here's Danny:

Adjustments

So sorry it's been a week since you've heard from us. But this has been quite the week. I've had to return to my Dr. twice in a week for some problems. I'm doing ok with them... keep me in prayer. Then I got the flu and gave it to Nathan, now we're both trying to get over it. Danny said today he's not feeling the greatest. Micah is ok so far... I'm praying he'll stay that way. If it's not one thing it's another, I guess. Between my Dr. visits, getting sick, having sick family members, household chores, lack of sleep, preparing for upcoming ministry oppportunities... we're just running on low. I don't mean for this to be a negative post but we sure could use some prayer during this time. God Bless!

Krista