Lately

The past several days have been busy. The days have flown by with family visiting, a lovely baby shower (what a huge blessing!), writing thank you notes for such wonderful baby gifts, fitting in last social engagements before the baby arrives and packing up our home. On Memorial Day we packed quite a few boxes and wrapped three wall hangings (things are beginning to look more and more bare!).

Our lil packing helper has been adding humor to the packing process, which makes wrapping up this chapter of our lives a bit easier. {Saying good-bye is not fun. :-/}




The lil robin babies have hatched!! They hatched middle of last week. They are growing oh so fast, but here is a photo of them when they are brand brand new. :-) Watching the cute lil robin family grow is such a neat experience.

 

Moving Box Mountain

With baby on the way and our moving date just a couple weeks after, we have been packing as much as possible.

Our mountain of boxes has been growing steadily! It'd be nice to store the boxes in the basement or guest bedroom (not such an eye sore)...but it's easier to keep them in the dining room, which is on the main level. We don't want to wear out our moving helpers by asking them to bring the boxes all the way from the basement or 2nd floor to the moving truck!

Ideally, I'd like to have most everything packed about two weeks before Baby J's due date...just in case he decides to arrive a bit early! Hopefully we're able to accomplish that and live with the essentials until we move in late July.



While we've been packing, another family has been moving in:

This robin family has parked itself on our front door's wreath. We've been trying to use the back door more often because the momma robin gets quite persnickety whenever we use the front door: she will fly off of the nest, sit in a nearby tree, then share with us her dismay by chirping "go away, go away!"

I plan on taking that wreath back to Fort Wayne with us...hopefully Mr. and Mrs. Robin are empty nesters by then. :-)

60 days

60 days until Baby J's due date! 

Time has flown by and we can't wait to meet our lil bundle of joy. 

He is an active little boy (his kicks are strong!) and we are looking forward to 

getting to know him better beginning early July. 

Only a couple more months to go! <3 

Exciting!

Tonight is the night for vicarage assignments! 

At 7pm est, the vicarage assignment service at Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Waye, IN 

can be watched live here: www.ctsfw.edu

Tomorrow evening at 7pm est, the call placement service can be watched live here: www.ctsfw.edu

{It's hard to believe that just a year ago we were sitting in the chapel at seminary, anxiously awaiting our vicarage assignment...hearts racing, sweaty palms, smiling at our friends who had just received their vicarage assignments...and eagerly awaiting our own assignment. Thankfully, "J" is near the front of the alphabet! ;-)}

Here we are on vicarage assignment day. 

This picture was taken just an hour or two before the service began.

Anywho, back to today and tomorrow's events. Friends, we are so excited for all awaiting their assignments and placements. Our prayers are with your, dear brothers and sisters in Christ!