Ready to Carol

Outside!

Viviane took advantage of a beautiful day to express herself in art . . .
to do a little yard work . . .
and a little play.

We thank the Lord for the gift of beauty, energy, and life.

She's Here

We're still here!

We appreciate everyone who has been praying for us and who has contacted us about how things are going. Liz is still in labor. She's been very courageous and tough through some very intense labor. Presently, she is resting after having received an epidural. She wrestled with this decision, but the Lord guided us to the right decision. The epidural has allowed her to relax which has helped her progress really well. We look forward to our daughter's birth today (which happens to be a shared birthday with Tom Luttmann, Harry Musselman, and Zacharie Bixby).

The Lord has also blessed us by allowing Liz's mom to be here. She has been a huge help and blessing.

We'll keep you posted.

We're Here!

We checked in about 1 hour ago and Liz is now being questioned and prepared for being induced. As you can see, she can't stop even when she's been put into a hospital bed! :)

Really, she is just checking out my work on a birth announcement. We'll keep you posted throughout the day.

One neat thing is that the nurse in the background was involved with Viviane's birth. We appreciate the continuity at this hospital and the good service we're receiving.

Mommy & Daddy's Big Helper

Viviane LOVES helping with things around the house (for which her Mommy and Daddy are very grateful!). We're trying to include her in all kinds of things, and one of the things she most enjoys is putting the silverware away when we're (well, mostly Daddy right now) emptying the dishwasher.

Michael has a Mac (which means we are now a 2 computer family!!!)

The Lord graciously provided through a special gift from one of our supporting churches for Michael to purchase a Macbook recently! We're thrilled to be "crossing over" to the Mac world and look forward to someday being undivided in the Mac/PC realm--2 Macs, I mean. (Who knows when that will happen, but for now we have a united spirit even though a divided computer ownership :-) ). It really has been such a blessing, and we're thankful to the Lord for providing it!

Viviane's First Haircut...

...given by Daddy! Michael did a great job trimming up Viviane's hair to even it out and give it a little more bounce and "life." It looks so cute! (But, of course, I'm a little biased about my cute little girl :-) )