A visit from Grandma H.

Grandma H. came for supper and an evening visit on Friday. Grandpa H. had a different pacemaker placed on the 4th, so he was at home. We were glad the procedure went well for him and hope he gets the rest he needs to feel better soon. Christian was quite talkative while she visited, I guess he had a lot to catch up on with her!

Thoughts of Grandma

I have to think of Grandma today, as it was 4 years ago she went to Heaven. I sure do miss her still. I wish she could've held our little baby, and tell me that he is a "nice baby". I'm sure she can see us from her big view in Heaven..so I'll just pretend like she said this when he was born, and know that she would have loved to held him and give him kisses. This blanket was one that she had made before she died, and I obviously didn't know when or if I was going to have a baby...but I guess it is fitting that its blue for Christian :)

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln taught a lesson to the 3rd graders today. I guess Abe didn't want to smile....

but he's so happy looking when he does!

Angels working overtime

So yesterday we had the furnace man come take a look and tell us what he thought about getting us a new system in our house. We are thankful that he was able to come so soon, and also thankful that the weather is so mild and we haven't had to be cold in the house without the furnace. We are even more thankful for the protection that God has provided in that... 1. We didn't have a fire that burned our house down  2. We didn't have a large carbon monoxide leak throughout the entire house 3. We had Christian...otherwise we would still be sleeping downstairs next to the furnace and we probably wouldn't have been as tempted to call to get the furnace checked out in the first place

Also yesterday Ben had taken the car he drives to get it aligned. We all rode in it the other day and it felt like one of those chair massagers..not supposed to be like that. When he took it in the guy told him the one tire was starting to separate from the wheel...meaning that it could be a blow out on the highway at anytime. Goodness! I guess when I pray every night that God puts his angels around us...I didn't realize he was needing to put a whole team in for our family! I am very grateful for our safety, and the power that God has. These things may cost money to fix/replace....but that is nothing compared to having our lives!

3 months old today!

Here are some of the latest pictures of how I'm looking...

What I'm doing with my time...
~ I sleep 5-7 hours at night
~ I wake up usually very happy and smiling
~ I talk/coo at the ceiling fan, or Mommy and Daddy
~ I kick my legs around like crazy (Daddy says I'm starting a fire)
~ I like to play under my playmat or sit in my chair, looking at the penguin or ladybug that hang from them
~ I recently discovered the awe of mirrors!
~ I like to be sang to and rocked..basically I love to be snuggled when I get sleepy

and when I'm not doing these things..I just relax and take it all in :)

How he has changed...

1 day old

2 1/2 months old

1 week old

2 1/2 months old

3 1/2 weeks old

2 1/2 months old

BRRRR...

Its a nice fall day, hard to believe its nearly November already! Yesterday we had a guy from the gas company come out to inspect the furnace. I have never had it inspected, and we had gotten a flyer in the mail about a "special" they were running, so I thought it probably was due for a check up. Well, turns out that its a good (and bad) thing the man came over. While inspecting he found that basically our furnace has gone to pot. It has several cracks, and he said the flames that are supposed to be contained in the small area of the furnace were all the way on the outside...some of the wires and such on the outside of the furnace were charred. AND, the small room that the furnace was in had a carbon monoxide level of 485..Ben said the man told him 12 is the dangerous level. Thankfully, the rest of the house only had a level of 5, and we could air the house out yesterday and obviously turn off the gas. I'm glad its not the middle of December and we just found this out. However, it is not exactly toasty in here, and our only electric heater goes to Christian's room. Last night we just all slept in our room with the heater and Christian in the pack-n-play. I hope we find someone to put a new furnace in the first part of the week. Meanwhile, we will try to stay nice and cozy!