La Dolce Vita
• Thursday, February 22, 2007 - The Catch Up
Life has been plugging away for us on multiple fronts. Church, work, school, pregnancy-all are moving along. I seem to be missing any creativity brain cells these days, so this blog will just be sort of an update.
Church has been good. In the fall, our church began a video venue service. Essentially, it is a self contained service at a location apart from the sanctuary. Music is live, there are ushers, and a pastor. The difference is we view a DVD of the pastor's message that was recorded at a previous service. My dh is the pastor in the video venue. I wasn't sure if I would like the change....but I do. In the venue, music is a little louder and more contemporary than at the live service. I was worried that only young people and students would attend, but the age range has ended up being very diverse. I also like the change because it is a smaller setting...about 125. It's so much easier to connect with people. On the logistical side...it is almost like a church plant within a church....rather than just adding another service of the same, this provides an opportunity to design a service to attract a different cross section of people....but all people are still hearing the same message and participating in home fellowship groups on the same topics during the week. It has been fun to see God bring people to this venue service who have never been to church before. They are connecting with God and his people...that's a great thing to see.
Work is plugging away. I have a heavy work week this week, ending with a staff meeting tomorrow. I think it will be fun to go, as only a few of my colleagues know I'm pregnant. The last meeting I was at was in November, and I missed the January meeting, so many of them haven't seen me. I really like many of the people I work with, so it should be a pleasant meeting, even though I do have a lot of work to prepare!
School is in a pretty pleasant rhythm, especially math. We use Professor B math, which I love and hate. I love seeing how the kids learn, and how his methods make sense. I hate the format-it doesn't progress neatly from one chapter a week or one lesson a day (you stay on a topic until it is mastered)-so sometimes I feel rather bogged down by it-and I think the kids do to. This week we have hit a good groove, though. All the kids are picking up the concept they are on rather well, so bogging isn't much of an issue this week. Caitey even pestered me the other day to do math...she was mad I didn't let her bring her book in the car.
The ticker above is funny...I don't know when it will flip to seventeen weeks, but I flipped on Sunday. I feel a little wriggling, but not very strongly yet. I had my appointment last week and it was very reassuring to hear the heartbeat, I can't seem to get enough of that. I have had to wear maternity pants for the last three weeks or so. One of our young married gals gave me a huge bag of clothes-I am so grateful. I am having to supplement here and there with purchases, but she gave me a great start. I just hope spring will come soon this year. As much as I want the rain, I won't be fitting into her jeans much past the second trimester. After all-this is a fourth baby, not a first! ;) A sweet friend at our church has made seven pairs of baby booties (one for every day of the week!) and a beautiful blanket, so this wee one already has some cozy things that have been lovingly made just for him/her. I am trying to schedule an ultrasound in the next three weeks, but I can't get the imaging people to call me back. So hopefully I will get an ultrasound and get to find out who this little one is....any guesses?
ps-Morgan....I'm not showing too much...if you didn't know I was pregnant you would probably just think I was heavy around the middle! I promise to post a picture when I actually look pregnant. :) |
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