Improvement #1:My brother is now married! We are thrilled to have a new sister-in-law/aunt and nephew/cousin! Little girl was the flower girl. The two weddings she was in this summer were major highlights for her! Improvement #2:House progress ... it has been really encouraging seeing these projects come together during the last few weeks. Thanks again to our folks for their help and hubby's oldest brother and his family who spent a Saturday helping. Improvement #3:Nesting! Six days until due date now and we are all very anxious to meet this little one. Here is what we've been doing to get ready ... Windows are washed (I know, kind of silly given our situation, but I feel better having it done!) and there are some freezer meals stashed away. Otherwise, getting ready has entailed taming our schedule and spending more time as a couple and family before we begin the exhaustingly wonderful adjustment to becoming a family of 5. I love the following excerpt from a Sunday School lesson commentary (Mark 10:13-16) that I saved from few years ago. I pull it out and read it from time to time for encouragment, and, in this case, in preparation for a new little baby to care for: "God looks down: down upon the needy, those unable to help themselves, the poor, the destitute, the baby unable to change his or her own dirty diaper. He
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