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A funny little story...about two weeks ago Hannah heard Kevin burp, and she asked her usual, "What was that sound?" We told her that was a burp and we say, "Excuse me." About a week later when she and Kevin were taking me home from the hospital she drank some chocolate milk, and then she burped real loud. She has this shocked look on her face as she asked, "Was that a BURP?" I just thought it was funny, and proves how those little ears really do remember so much of what we say.

Pregnancy Updates

I had my dr's appointment today. We decided that unless it becomes necessary, which we don't see that happening, we will just induce a week or a week and a half early. This helps us with our financial situation of my not working for four months, and will eliminate some time where we wont have to worry about the kidney stone becoming a problem. Since that first weekend off the pain and contractions haven't been an issue. I think just making myself take it easy and not push myself to do all that I usually do has really helped to keep things calmed down and not building up the swelling and pain.

So anyway, it looks like we will be looking at a birthday of around June 24-28th...we will determine the exact date as we get closer. If you haven't all heard we decided on the name Rebecca Renee Thomas. I couldn't decide on a name and so Kevin said he was choosing it...he said he wanted Renee after someone who is important to him and the he loves very much. So, I figured I couldn't argue with that. So we will have our two girls, Hannah Mae and Rebecca Renee.

Hannah has been doing pretty well lately. She has been a little more stubbern lately and throwing a few more fits, but I think having me home all day has thrown her off. Plus we aren't going out very often...I can't go out alone with her just because it is a lot of work and it will exhaust me, and we haven't gone out much during the day with Kevin because it keeps raining.


Below are just some fun pictures and a video for you guys just to see how Hannah is doing...

Hannah has grown quite a bit since she last sat in the bouncy seat!

Hannah in her mommy's shoes.
Hannah wanted to wear her tights as dog ears to pretend to be a dog.

I just thought she looked really cute in this picture in the yard.

Just a walk in the park.

Nesting

Well I never experienced this when I was pregnent with Hannah, but the nesting instincts have kicked in full force. It doesn't help me either that we have so little room that just making space for a little baby is a lot of work. I am trying to be creative in the girls room to create storage and utilize the vertical space so that the floor isn't all taken up, and they have room to play. I have tried to gather up a lot of the smaller toys, like all the Little People characters and art supplies, and put them in baskets up high so they aren't always scattered about.

My project now is to try to get more room in the one small closet that all five of us have to share. I am trying to find over-the-door storage solutions and buy plastic containers to put Hannah's old and future clothes into so they can be stored in the basement. It is a lot of work, and having limited money doesn't help...I think I would have most everything done if I had unlimited funds to just go out and buy everything I wanted this minute. But I must have patience...it isn't as though the baby is going to be born next week, I still have some time.

At this point Kevin and I are focusing our prayers on what our next step is to be in life. Once little Becca is born our family will be complete, and we have just been feeling as though God has something waiting around the corner for us. We have kind of put the thought of house buying to the side for the time being...as much as we would like to have a house and yard of our own and have more room we don't feel today is the day (or that this is the area we will be staying in). But like I said it is all uncertain right now so I just ask for your prayers.

First Attempt to Add a Video...On the Way to Texarkana

More on Trip to Texas..

Going to the Ft Worth Zoo with Nana and Poppy...


Visiting Phyllis and Family in Texarkana...

Going to Fossil Rim...

Trip to Texas

I have loads of pictures to post so I'm going to write very little. We had a real nice time, and really none of us were ready to come back home. I appreciate all the hand-me-downs and things that were given to me for the new baby. Hannah loves all her new toys she was given for her birthday. It depends on the money and when the new baby arrives, but I might be coming back to Texas for a week or two after the baby is born with her and Hannah...I'll keep you posted. Here are some highlights of the trip.



Easter Egg Hunt and Hannah's Birthday Party...






Riding Thomas the Train in Grapevine...

Kevin At Work

Kevin works at New Hope Academy which is a boarding school for high-risk boys. He is the evening supervisor and tries to find projects for the boys that will enhance their progress through the program when they are not in a counseling session or in chapel.

One of the projects Kevin has started at work is teaching the boys archery. Thanks to the generosity of one of our local archery shop owners and several men he has met through an archery website, www.bowsite.com, he has lots of nice bows, arrows, targets, etc donated. Several of the boys have really found an interest in it and after graduation some have said they wanted to continue shooting.