The past two weeks have been the most blessed, chaotic weeks we have experienced in a long time. First of all, we moved into our first house the weekend after Thanksgiving. What an incredible blessing, and evidence of God's abundant provision. After years of apartment living (and half a year of living with my parents) we are thrilled to be home owners! Of course we could not have picked a worse day to move...it poured all day...but we have the most incredible family who got the job done nevertheless!
The next Saturday we took a day trip to Austin to help our good friends, Chris and Cassidy Rogers, move from Nacogdoches. They got in a bad wreck about a month and a half ago, and Chris is still hobbling around on crutches. Not to mention, of course, that Cassidy is seven months pregnant with Miss Caeleigh Anne Rogers. Between a "crippled" husband and a pregnant wife, they definitely needed some help moving! It was a good chance to catch up, and great to see old friends.
We drove back from Waco late that Saturday night and early the next morning my best friend, Nikki, called me to tell me she was FINALLY in labor with the sweet baby girl we have all been anticipating. Back into the car we went, up to Waco. We waited all day, and Miss Eleanor was finally born via C-Section late Sunday night.
Russ and I had to drive back for work the next day, so we waited all week in anticipation to go see Eleanor (and Nik and Jeremy, of course). This past Saturday we went back up to Waco to spend some time with our beloved friends and their beautiful new addition. My "niece" Eleanor is incredibly sweet, tiny, and beautiful, and Uncle "Russy" and I can't wait to watch her grow up!
We got back from Waco yesterday and today we got some more GREAT news. After a long road of prayer, preparation, and extremely hard work, my brilliant husband got offered a teaching job. He'll be starting in January at Hopper Middle School...literally five minutes from our house! We are so in awe of how God has so clearly called him to this new career and ministry and been so evidently at work in all the details.
In other news, we find out January 3rd whether "the kid" or "Pinto" is a boy or girl!
