May Update

A lot has happened during the past month! Ryan has had two more churches reach out and tell us that they are interested.  This Wednesday he will be meeting with the pastor of a church that is looking for an associate pastor (exactly what Ryan is looking for). He will also be getting in some more preaching on Sunday mornings during the next couple of months while our pastor is on his sabbatical. Just after the last update I also had my bike stolen, along with another attendant's bike. Someone had broken the back door to our apartment building, cut the locks and stole them. Mine had flat tires, so I can't imagine that they got too far. We had two baby showers: one in Cleveland and one in New Jersey where we got more than enough items to spoil Titus with (along with other items given to us by dear friends!).

Our biggest blessing and announcement is that we will be moving! No more 4th floor walk-up apartment at a busy part of town.  We are moving 3 minutes down the road into a 3 bedroom house that we will be renting until Ryan gets an official pastoral position. We have from now until June 30th to move out of our apartment, so plenty of time.

Concerning Titus: bags are all packed for the hospital (all 5 of them), car seat is installed, we toured the hospital, we've had 2 ultrasounds in the past month with one more planned for Wednesday just to make sure he is continuing to grow (he is tiny... no surprise there!), and doctor's visits every week for the next month.  As of his last appointment, he "scored" an 8/8 for health and "weighed" about 5 1/2 lbs. I am eager for this Little Man to come!

How are you feeling? Perfectly fine! I have been blessed with being able to sleep through most of the night. I have also been blessed (sorta) with working 40 hours the past 3 weeks, which I had barely worked 30 during the weeks leading up to that. That helps with sleeping! I plan on working right up until Titus comes, since I feel like I can keep up with the kiddos. I'm hungry all the time but I can never tell when I'm full. Strange. Lastly, I'm super excited to finally set up the nursery! All of Titus's belongings have been sitting in their boxes or in bins waiting to be displayed.

What food cravings do you have? Deep dish pizza, summer fruits, Skittles, and Sweet Tea.

What food aversions do you have? Eggs, except for egg salad. Again, this was like my meat aversion where I think I'm going to catch some strange disease.

How can you pray for us? Well, we got a new place! So just pray that moving goes smoothly and gets done before Titus comes. That Ryan's meeting for this associate pastoral role will go well & that directions would be clear whether to take this opportunity if offered.  Pray that we would be "prepared" for our new little. Lastly, pray for our doctor and nurse who will be taking care of us while at the hospital (I've heard nothing but fantastic things about the whole experience!).

a rough picture but he had one hand & one foot covering his face on the
left side, his nose in the middle, and eyes on the right side.

clearly showing now!

all bags are packed & ready for a trip to the hospital!

{Titus 3:4-8}