March 31, 2008
It's the last day of March! And.....the fans are gone from our apartment! Yeah! It's so nice to have it back to normal! And Ryan bought me the movie Enchanted and we watched it tonight with Matt and Sukey, and it was so fun to watch! After I was singing and twirling! I love fairy tales! Ryan and I also swing danced a little today to some fun music! It was a good day! The Lord has really blessed us! Ryan's heart has been feeling better this past week. He said it was beating a little fast today and his blood pressure was high, but we're praying for a good night's sleep for him! The Lord is so faithful!
- Emily
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March 30, 2008
Church went well this morning! I ran lights, and even though Ryan got no sleep last night, the Lord gave him lots of energy to make it through the day. He was in a good mood. Today our friends Robert and Natalie took us out for lunch at an itallian place too! They are such wonderful friends! After lunch we stopped by the mall to pick something up and decided we would go to a movie with a gift certificate we had. We saw Jumper, which was ok. It was nice to spend the time together! After the movie though I didn't feel good so we went home and I slept for a while. We are enjoying our last few days with just the two of us. It's been really nice. Soon Baby Micah will be here!
- Emily
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March 29, 2008
Tonight we went on a errand date. We thought about going to a movie, but there were no good ones playing, so we had pretzels at the mall and went to get some shopping done. It was a fun little date!
- Emily
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March 28, 2008
Today is my Aunt Barb's Birthday! Happy Birthday Aunt Barb!
Today we only had a half-day of school. It was very nice, but when school was almost oover my belly started hurting on one side, and it hurt for hours. I called the doctor and she said to lay on my side until the baby moves to the other side. Most of the night I didn't feel good, but eventually it stopped hurting. Little Baby Micah was just laying in a bad position. Tonight our friends came over for dinner, Matt and Sukey and Roger and Jordan. Ryan made a wonderful dinner for us! Chicken with bacon and cheese, and rice. We still have the stupid fans too! We're now officially the last ones in the building with fans! Dinner was fun though and everyone played poker afterwards while I layed on the couch trying to get my belly to stop hurting.
- Emily
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March 27, 2008
Today is my mom's birthday! Happy Birthday Mom!
- Emily
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March 26, 2008
Ryan couldn't sleep all night last night. His heart was fine, but he was worried about it. About 3:30 in the morning when he still couldn't sleep we both moved out to sleep on the couches. In the morning I woke up with the worst leg cramp ever!!! And the horrible thing was that I was stuck!!! I couldn't stretch my leg even because I couldn't sit up because of my belly, and I couldn't lay flat because I was stuck in the cushins on the couch! And I couldn't even roll off the couch because there was still a huge dehumidifier right beside me from when our apartment leaked!!!! It was horrible! I just cried and called Ryan over to help me stretch my poor leg! Bad start to the day! The rest of the day wasn't so bad though. I had a doctor's appointment and I'm only a centimeter dialated, but that's more than none! Baby Micah's doing well.
and tonight we met with a friend that we met at an airport a few weeks ago who happens to be a cardiologist, and he took a look at Ryan's tests. It was encouraging for us, although he said his heart is still leaking, he seemed very possitive. I think the next step is to do some kind of echo or something to tell for sure if Ryan has a bicuspid valve. I feel like we can sleep better tonight though. Although one other thing is that I have gotten to thte point where my food doesn't want to stay down, so all night when I'm trying to sleep my food is all the way up to my throat!
Today we also got to take a walk together. It's so lovely outside now, and we have gotten to go on so many walks lately. It's one of my favorite things!
Oh, and we still have the huge fans in our apartment! I had a little hope today when the workers came in. i thought they would take them out, but no....instead they cut holes in our walls!!!! And they hooked up a huge plastic tube running through our living rooms attached to the fans! It's kinda comical when you think about it. I think I will find it more comical when we can turn our heat down from 82 degrees and turn off the fans so we can hear and I can clean and organize and we can walk around our apartment.
We're very thankful to the Lord for all that He is doing in our lives! He is so faithful! Keep praying that Ryan's heart will be healed!
- Emily
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March 25, 2008
I got stuck between the car door and the car today! I couldn't get out of the car! My belly was too big! Ryan almost had to move the car so I could get out! How sad! We laughed though. Ryan played basketball tonight, and he did very well. His team won! I was less nervous today about him playing too.
- Emily
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March 24, 2008
Today was my last day off, and I spent it cleaning, doing laundry, and running errands. It wasn't too restful. We did get to go on a wonderful walk again today though! I love spring! But hopefully tonight will bring a good sleep.
- Emily
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March 23, 2008
Easter! What a wonderful Easter it was! Neither of us slept last night though because Ryan's heart was acting wierd. We ended up turning off the fans and sleeping on the couches. Well, trying to sleep at least. This morning church went well. I got to go to first service and then I ran a camera second service. Our pastor is doing series right now on the Person of Jesus Christ, and how His life was full of amazement. When people saw and heard Him, they were AMAZED. I love that word. So many times in my own life I have been amazed at how the Lord has worked. Unfortunatly it's easy for me to forget the power of the Lord. God is still the same God that rose Jesus from the dead. He doesn't change. That's so comforting. He's still God, still AMAZING!
- Emily
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March 22, 2008
Today was another restful day. We even went on a date tonight! We went to Olive Garden. It was wierd to think that this would be one of our last dates without kids. From now on we'll have to have baby sitters. We had a fun time talking about the baby and Ryan got biscotti because he had never tried it before.
- Emily
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March 21, 2008
This week has been very restful! I did get everything organized and ready for the baby in the beginning of the week, but we now have three huge fans in our apartment and our furniture has all been moved to the middle of the room, making it impossible to walk, and we have a huge dehumidifier in here too with hoses going to the sink. So everything is a mess again! And the fans are so very loud! You can't hear anything unless you're in our room. So much for organization......
Today was fun though. We ate dinner with Matt and Sukey and her roommates from college, and then we all went downtown to feed the homeless. IT was fun to see our friends downtown again. We haven't been there in a few weeks.
- Emily
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March 20, 2008
We had a doctor's appointment today and they did a sonogram of little Micah! He's so very cute! Also very big! He's already 7 pounds, and we've got three weeks yet to go! It was fun to see him! His feet are 3 inches long! He has dropped already too! I can't tell though because he's so big! What a blessing it was to see him!
- Emily
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March 19, 2008
We had another baby shower today! It was fun too because it was co-ed, so Ryan got to go! They had a shower for us at church for the staff. They are such wonderful people! They got us our Pack-n-PLay, which I have tried to put together, but have not succeeded yet, so I'll have to wait until Ryan gets home I guess. We also got lots of other wonderful gifts! The games we played at the shower were fun too! There was the ever-popular clothes pin game, guess the baby food, and pass the gifts to the story! We had fun!
I was exhausted afterwards though! I came home and slept for hours! We didn't get much sleep last night. The wind and storms kept us awake all night! The wind whistles around our windows because we live in the corner apartment, and it's so loud! Ryan is tired today, and he has a long day of work. Tomorrow is a free day though! The Lord has once again given us a great day.
- Emily
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March 18, 2008
Today was cleaning day! Ryan spent the day in the library working hard on his paper, and I cleaned and organized all day. We did take a break though when Ryan came home for lunch, and we took a wonderful nap on the couch! What a wonderful day! It's blustery and rainy outside, but it was so fun to tbe inside all cuddled up taking naps! Ryan got a new shelf yesterday and we put it together. I tried to put it all together by myself, but I needed help, and Ryan was glad =)
Tonight was pizza and a movie night, which ended up being pizza and the Gimore Girls night. It was very fun! And then Matt and Sukey came over and we played poker for a while.
It rained all day today, hard! Our living room window leaked very badly even. We put lots of towels down to stop the water. It was fun. Tonight we were both wide awake, so after a walk at night over to the library to check our e-mail because our internet's not working, we went grocery shopping at 10:00. God gave us a wonderful day together!
God's grace amazes me. Ryan's heart has been feeling so much better, and we have gotten good night's sleep for the past week! It's only by God's grace! The Lord is so good to us! He hears us when we pray! I can't even explain all the things that I have been learning. In the midst of a storm, the Lord has let me know that He's there, and that He will calm the storm, and I don't need to be afraid. I am so full of gratitude for all the grace and mercy He has shown us!
- Emily
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March 17, 2008
Happy St, Patrick's Day! No school today! I just love Spring Break! Today though I spent the whole day inside writing addresses on support cards to send to people. I finished almost all of them! That's pretty much all I did the whole day.
- Emily
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March 16, 2008
I am not feeling the best today. I have a cold, and Ryan's getting it too. Other than that though it was a pretty good day. We spent the day in Frisco. After church we went to Dickies with a couple from church, and then we went to a friend's house and Ryan helped them set up their media room. Ryan has so much fun helping people! I love it when he gets to help people like that! IT makes him so happy! Ryan's heart has been feeling so much better! It's still the scariest thing, but the Lord is teaching us so much, and we believe that the Lord can a will heal him, and the Lord has given us amazing peace!
- Emily
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March 15, 2008
Today was a fun day! It's the official first day of Spring Break! Yeah! My friend from church, Natalie, had a baby shower for me for girls from church. It was very fun! Most of the girls there were from Sunday School, and there was another special woman from church too. The cake was so cute, and it was fun to spend time with everyone!
I came home to Ryan who was in a great mood! We went for a wonderful walk over to a park nearby. They were having some sort of party in the park, and it was fun to walk around and see evrything. What a wonderful day! I am so thankful for today! God has given us so very much to be thankful for!
- Emily
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March 13, 2008
I am physically, emotionally, and spiritually exhausted. I pretty much cried most of the morning. Last night was a rough night. Ryan's heart was beating wierd and scaring him all night, and neither of us could sleep. I prayed the whole night. The Lord did show me some really great verses today though, Psalm 91 especially, that were so conforting, and I prayed them for Ryan. God can heal him without surgery, we believe that so much! It's hard to believe that He will though. I am clinging to the grace God gives when we are weak. His grace is so amazing! When I doubt, He knows that I want so badly to trust and have faith. He has compassion on His children. And He promises to care for them! I rest knowing that we're God's children and that He hears our prayers, and that He won't give us something we can't handle. Tonight I'm praying that Ryan will sleep, well, with the peace of the Lord surrounding Him, knowing that God will keep him safe. What a wonderful God we serve! Even when we're weak, He's strong and gracious.
- Emily
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March 12, 2008
Today was a pretty bad day actually. Thank you to all who have been praying for Ryan's heart. He found out today that he has a hole in his heart, and it's very scary, and he'll have to have surgery sometime in the future. We've never been through something as hard as this in our lives. It was a long day. We're scared, but trusting in the Lord. Please keep praying. God is good and we know He can do miracles!
- Emily
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March 11, 2008
This morning it took me and hour and a half to get to work! There was a wreck on the highway. At one time I was under an overpass for so long that when I came back out it had turned to daylight!
Tonight was fun though. We got pizza and watched the Bee Movie! It was fun to spend the time together!
- Emily
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March 10, 2008
Our car got a makeover today! It got new windshield wipers and a wash! It has been needing new windshield wipers for a long time, so this is exciting for us! It's been unusually rainy and snowy lately here. Today in school we went on an imaginary trip to England! One of the moms brought in tea and scones even and we had a tea party and pretended like the queen was eating with us. The kids learned to drink tea with their pinkies up, but it was too difficult for most of them. It was fun to watch them try though!
- Emily
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March 9, 2008
What a wonderful church service we had today! We had Communion thismorning, which is always a special time. And Ryan got to play his grandma's accordian in church today too, which was really special for him. He loves to play the accordian! He plays for Baby Micah a lot and Baby always jumps around in my belly!
After church we went shopping for the rest of the stuff I need to pack in my hospital bag. I am supposed to have my bag packed by this week. Scary! Tonight late we picked up Matt and Sukey at the airport and we met a really nice guy who is a cardiologist, and it was encouraging to talk to him about Ryan's heart. It's cool how God puts people like that in your path!
- Emily
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March 8, 2008
Today we had Lamaze class, which they call Prepared Childbirth here. If you ask me, I think it makes you a little less prepared!
Well, it was an informative class, but the videos that they show make it look like the women are dying! I'm not looking forward to that! It was fun to take the class with Ryan though, who graciously gave up his whole Saturday. Only 4 and a half more weeks!
- Emily
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March 3, 2008
Today was pretty normal. I came home from work and slept for a few hours. It seems like I am getting more and more tired every day! Ryan won his basketball game tonight! He's still busy working on his thesis too.
- Emily
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March 2, 2008
Church was good today! And then we spent the whole afternoon at church. I took another nap, and that's pretty much the extent of our day. Ryan had lots of work to do. It was a pretty good day though, and now it's rainy and stormy. There's tornado watches for tonight, so pray that we'll be ok.
- Emily
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March 1, 2008
Today was wonderful! I slept a lot! I feel like I have been so busy lately with no time to rest! So today I slept in, got some work done, and slept more. I have been getting really bag leg cramps at night, and I read somewhere that if you put a bar of soap inbetween your sheets at night they will help you not have leg cramps, and it worked! Ryan thought I was crazy of course for putting a bar of soap in the sheets, but I was very happy not to be woken up in the middle of the night!
- Emily
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