Baby Pool Final Draft

Jayson: Boy, 6 lbs 0oz
Grammie Lee: Girl, May 2nd, 7lbs 6oz
Auntie Anna: Girl, May 3rd, Big, 1:02pm
Jen the Auntie: Girl, May 3rd, 7lbs, 7:00pm
Daddy (Wes): Girl, May 6th, 7lbs 1oz, 1:03pm
Papa Linde: Boy, May 7th, 7lbs 3oz
Uncle Rob and Auntie Karin: Boy, May 7th, 10 lbs!
Grammy Parker: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs, 1oz, 8:01pm
Granddad Lee: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs 2oz
Rod Heppell: Girl, May 9th, 7lbs 1oz
Rebecca B.: Girl, May 11th, 7lbs 13 oz, 12:34 am
Granddad Parker: Girl, May 12th, 8lbs
Teri the Auntie: Boy, May 12th, 8lbs, 2oz
Uncle Mark: Boy, May 15th, 6lbs, 7oz
Uncle Jonathan: Boy, May 20th (his birthday), 7lbs 11oz

And just for fun:

Baby Jayson, 6lbs even, 11 days early:


Baby Emily, 7lbs 9oz, on her due date:

So, our baby is upside down, just the way he/she is supposed to be :) It was neat to see the baby this far along, I could see the hair on the baby's head and the little cheeks were chubby. The baby's heart rate was 150 bpm and he/she is measuring right on schedule to be all ready on the due date. The ultrasound technician estimated the weight to be 6 lbs. That's how much Jay weighed when he was born! Maybe Rob and Karin will win the baby pool with their 10 lb guess, I sure hope not! The baby was covering its eyes with its hands so the picture is hard to make out, but if you inspect it carefully enough you can see lips and a nose.

In other news, we bought a van, yeah! Now we're all set to travel as a family. Here's our new (to us) wheels:

Baby Update and Other Stuff

Baby Linde will be making his/her appearance in 5 weeks, give or take a week or two! The baby clothes are all washed and waiting to be used, and the pink clothes are fighting with the blue clothes though over who is going to get put back into storage. The baby is doing well. The heart rate was 144 bpm at my appointment last week which is just barely within the girl range according to the old wives' tale. I'm going for an ultrasound on Monday because my doctor suspects the baby is transverse and would be unlikely to turn at this point. That would mean a cesearean section which is good and bad. Good because it would be nice to know exactly when the baby would be coming, and it would be a week or two early which would be great! Bad because, well, it's a surgical procedure and would take more recovery time and I wouldn't be able to pick up Emily which would make her sad.

We're in the middle or a minivan hunt right now. We'll be an official 'family' driving around in one of those!

Why We're Here

After Wes had worked tirelessly to pull off a concert in our small town with non-local bands (a really big deal here) it was really encouraging to read about the event from the band's perspective, check out their blog:

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=127645629&blogId=475838640

The groups were super talented and the youth loved it!

Good Job Auntie Teri!

Love Jayson and Emily


Ok, so maybe some translation is needed here. Emily is saying, "Good job Auntie Teri", then she goes on to say something else in her own language which we don't understand yet. Jay was saying that Auntie Teri was going to be a policeman but I think he realized that wasn't quite right halfway through. We'll have to teach him to say "police officer".

Get Your Back Off the Wall

Hey, we've been waiting for the opportunity to catch our kids dancing to Family Force 5's song "Get your back off the wall". In the following video, Jayson is featured in a dance he made up called "the ladder" and Emily, well, she's just rockin' out!

See for yourself!

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Jayson: Boy, 6 lbs 0oz
Grammie Lee: Girl, May 2nd, 7lbs 6oz
Auntie Anna: Girl, May 3rd, Big, same time of day or night Christy was born
Jen the Auntie: Girl, May 3rd, 7lbs, 7:00pm
Daddy (Wes): Girl, May 6th, 7lbs 1oz, 1:03pm
Papa Linde: Boy, May 7th, 7lbs 3oz
Uncle Rob and Auntie Karin: Boy, May 7th, 10 lbs!
Grammy Parker: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs, 1oz, 8:01pm
Granddad Lee: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs 2oz
Rod Heppell: Girl, May 9th, 7lbs 1oz
Rebecca B.: Girl, May 11th, 7lbs 13 oz, 12:34 am
Granddad Parker: Girl, May 12th, 8lbs
Teri the Auntie: Boy, May 12th, 8lbs, 2oz
Uncle Mark: Boy, May 15th, 6lbs, 7oz
Uncle Jonathan: Boy, May 20th (his birthday), 7lbs 11oz

Recapping the past little while...

Hey so things are busy, especially this week. I took advantage of an incredible opportunity. The public schools here are not keen on Youth Pastors walking through their hallways, but God has given me an answer. This week I took a position teaching Guitar during C block at a local high school for this second semester. Now I'm not saying that I'm going to walk down the halls thumpin' kids in the head with a Bible, because that's not my role. My main goal is to teach guitar and build relationships with the teens and teachers of this community.

Well, anyway it's going well. I had my third class today. The kids are great. The violin students are a bit of challenge, not because of attitude but because I don't know violin! haha. Well I know enough about music to get them going on arpeggios, scales, etc.

Here's the latest Pool.. which, will be closed soon! Get your guess in!

Jayson: Boy, 6 lbs 0oz
Grammie Lee: Girl, May 2nd, 7lbs 6oz
Jen the Auntie: Girl, May 3rd, 7lbs, 7:00pm
Daddy (Wes): Girl, May 6th, 7lbs 1oz, 1:03pm
Papa Linde: Boy, May 7th, 7lbs 3oz
Granddad Lee: Girl, May 8th, 7lbs 2oz
Rod Heppell: Girl, May 9th, 7lbs 1oz
Rebecca B.: Girl, May 11th, 7lbs 13 oz, 12:34 am
Uncle Jonathan: Boy, 7lbs 11oz
Teri the Auntie: Boy, 8lbs, 2oz