Photos of our Sweetpea and Easter

Our little Madisyn Faith smiling away, I loved how you can see the features so clear. I can count her toes!

I find in this photo she looks just like her father! Actually one of her little toes is going into her mouth and at one point she had both feet in her mouth!

Sticking her tongue out at us already!

We loved the whole experience, it was amazing and I can't wait to meet her!

I've been telling everyone that our little girl is really active and moving all the time, but then when I go to show them how she moves she stops! It's like she knows everyone is watching and waiting for her to give us a show =). I love her little movements and every week they're getting more define and stronger! Today it felt like her little fist ran across my stomach, and I'm starting to be able to feel shapes of her body now!

Unfortunately my feet were swollen today. I'm hoping it doesn't get too bad. Tuesday I go to the Dr. for my monthly visit so we'll see how everything is then.

Adam and I had a wonderful Easter. Our church and a few of the neghbouring churches got togetehr for a Good Friday service which was a blessing and wonderful fellowship! Then we went to his parents for the night and had a lovely supper and visit time with them. Then Saturday morning we headed to my parents place and spent the day with them. Sunday they were having some mmissinories present their work to our church so they came Saturday around supper time and we were able to visit with them which also was a wonderful blesisng. Actually she use to teach my brother and I piano when we lived back in Moncton, so it was really nice seeing their family again.

Now its time I relax and put my feet up, before we start another week.

God is good and given us many blessings!

Oh my where to start?! God has been soo good to Adam and I, I know we don't deserve it at all. I'll start off by saying that two weeks ago we found out our little Jelly Bean is in fact a little Sweetpea! We're having a little girl and we are absolutely thrilled =) (of course we would of been equally as happy with a boy too!) We already have a name picked out, because we had thought it was a girl for some time now we narrowed it down, and I don't think we could of picked a better name! We named her Madisyn Faith Marie, Marie comes from a long line of middle names, My mom my Aunt and me. Adam really liked the name Madisyn (spelt with a "y" instead of "o" thought it made it more feminine) Lastly Faith a name we both thought suited perfectly and has oodles of meaning! Aside from being biblical a dear friend of mines little girl is named Faith and she's a very special girl to me and I know she's won Adams heart too! The little girl is super excited to have our baby named after her and cannot wait till she's born.

It was so amazing when we went for the ultrasound to find out! We had a 3D ultrasound done, my parents were very generous in helping us out and were able to experience it with us, as well as my Grandmother (my dad's mom) as she had never seen an Ultrasound before! It was a very relaxing place they had a couch for the family to sit on and a big screen tv to watch it all on. Also we were allowed to send out links to a few close family and friends to watch the whole thing online! So those dear to us who are far away were able to enjoy the excitement too! You could see all the tiny features on our little girl, I can tell she's going to look like her Daddy, but that's ok considering I think he's pretty good looking ;). It truly was an amazing experience and we were all so happy and giddy afterward. Babies truly are a miracle and gift from God, I'm reminded of that daily!

Our second blessing and really answer to prayer is...as of today Adam and I are now home owners! For quite a few months now we had been praying for Gods direction in what we should do about our apartment situation. Right now we are not in a good one, due to the tenants below us that I will not get into. We had been watching Kijiji to see if other apartments would come up, but it is impossible to find a good apartment for a reasonable price. We were almost into a 1000 dollars a month! We started looking into houses, at first it was just an idea, then my parents came to us and asked if we had thought about it. With much discussion with both sets of parents and lots or prayer on everyones part we began the journey. It wasn't a super long process like it could of been but it sure did wear me out. We had set a price range in where we were comfortable spending and new we could afford, of course it's hard to find a decent house in that price range. We did find one, that seemed like the perfect house...key word seemed. The day we went to place an offer on it we prayed that if it wasn't meant to be God give us a sure sign, well once we got to the realtors office we found out that the day before the bank accepted the offer another couple had made. If that's not a sure sign I don't know what is, of course we were a little bummed, but we knew it meant it wasn't for us.

After another few runs at looking at houses we came across another one that peeked our interest...or should I say Adams. At first I wasn't to keen on it, judging by the photos it didn't look like it would suit our family. To please my husband I went with him to look at, and after walking through it and walking through the yard, I knew it was just perfect for our family! Putting all the boring details aside they came in under the max we wanted to pay for the house (which we thought they wouldn't) Which means we're getting a house and with everything included, we'll be paying the same amount for it as we do for rent now! Best part is...it's ours! A few renos that Dad and Adam can easily do and little bits here and there to do as years go by, but it's perfect! God is so good to us.

Little Madisyn has been quite the trouble maker these past few days, she gets right up under my ribs and starts kicking at me! Oh well I still love her. The closing date for the house isn't until May 26, we have a few things to do (cleaning and small things) before we start moving in, and we have to give our landlords two months notice (which would be May and June) SO we have the month of JUne to move stuff over. IT'll be a busy time, especially with baby due just around the corner after that buut exciting all the same. For now I'll enjoy a couple weeks rest before I have to get packing!