April Showers

They used to dress us alike as children, too.

We had such full hearts as we returned from our shower last weekend. Everybody's enthusiasm for us and good wishes and love and generous gifts.... made us feel really supported. And what a trip to be side by side with my cousin, sharing this experience as we've shared SO many of life's other big moments. We had a shared graduation too... This is a generous gift from God to be together in this, too.

We now have a STACK of baby items and are starting to believe we might actually be ready when Toodles comes :-)

Sadly, we are not yet there. Adding to our list of finishing the school year, finding a new apartment and moving, we now have decided that we really need to just get a car that works. We have had no end of drama trying to keep up with the chronic complains of the Corolla, and the Taurus has recently broken down.... we cannot be doing this drama next year. It's a hard call to make, but we've recently decided to trade them both in this month and get a new hatchback of some kind. Pray for us; we think this must and can happen, but it does add a lot to our to-do list.

We currently have two housing "irons in the fire." We hope to hear something more about both of them this next week. We're hopeful, but wary. This has been a three month endeavor that I'm really getting anxious to have settled.

This next Friday, May 1, is our 30 week midwife appointment, which will mean 10 weeks (approximately) remain to... get a lot of things settled. Please keep us in your prayers! We'll keep you updated.