First Tri Down!

Hey friends!
The last 13 weeks were a real doozie! I was so nauseated I had a hard time looking at the computer screen! I am feeling great now! No more "morning sickness" and am really getting excited about #2!

We went to get a sonogram of the baby last week (thank you, Leesa) and saw some sweet pics of our little 4oz sweetie! He/ she had its legs crossed like it was posing for the sono! How cute!

After much whining, temper-tantrums, and begging.... from Ross, we are going to find out the sex of the baby! I wanted to be surprised, but my sweet OCD husband wants to be able to "decorate the nursery". He said it and I will hold him to it! Ha! I think that was one of his persuasive arguments meant to convince me I HAD to know the sex of #2! I'm okay finding out, but I really didn't think Ross would be okay not finding out, so I submitted. :) Love you , babe!

Myra is growing so fast! She is adorable! She really is the most precious little girl! She is so loving and cuddly! She loves nature and her daddy! Myra said a prayer at SNL Sunday night after we talked about how God sees us as His precious, perfect child in Jesus! It was quite a moving experience to listen to Myra and to see her sweetness and to think that God looks down and sees me like her! WOW!

She asks about our family everyday, by name. She is a people person! Her eyes speak so loudly a language of love and interest to even a a stranger in the grocery store! She is speaking more clearly everyday and communicating so well. It is the most blessed fun to be honored to be her mama!

Now to some deep thinking! I have really been mulling over in my head the Church. Sleepless nights give me many hours to weed out the weird dreams and focus on the ones that are important. (As I continue, I am in no way thinking specifically of Eastside, I am thinking broader in terms of the "Body of Christ") I dream of a church that one day will have no walls! A church that truly loves, that we love so much that we can't see enough each other! It seems that just to get people to attend worship or Bible class is a struggle, a trick, a secret! When will be like the early church and have worship and fellowship daily and add to our numbers because they SEE Christ in us! It is a lot to ask this society we live in... to give up your tv shows, your overtime at work, your "down" time. Trust me- I am there... when I think of the work involved I get tired! BUT, I really think if we could just try it for a few weeks, we would be amazed at how little work it really is, how awesome it is to really KNOW one another, to encourage and pray with each other in our struggles, and to rejoice in Jesus! I think our kids and teens would see and learn true devotion to God without us having to pound a Bible over their heads and make them sit quietly in worship.

The morning dawns and the dream is overwhelmingly too big! It gives me hope, though. Maybe one day, we can BE the Church, the Bride of Christ, the Body of our Savior. And yet, aren't we? Romans tells us that God sees us as little Christs-- He doesn't see the imperfections! So why don't we believe God and start seeing ourselves that way! Stop buying into the lies - no one cares about me, they are hypocrites, don't trust, they will never... That is not what God sees, why do we?

Join me in embracing the dream! join me in loving one another and believing that the church is God's perfect child! And soon, very soon will start acting like it. What you think about you bring about!!

Hugs!
Sorry for rambling...