IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING....OR WORRYING

My pregnancy is progressing just fine. I've had those 'advanced maternal age' bloodtests. Ultrasounds. All come back "unremarkable". That means: so far, so good. No sign of any of the things that can trouble a later in life pregnancy. Blood pressure is fine. All systems go. I'm feeling fine. Actually, better than any previous pregnancy. So far. I'm predicting a rerun of "The Great Swollen Legs and Feet of 2007"...the year Elisha was born. Some may think this pregnancy is one of those "Oooops" that happen and people talk about. Somehow, being over 40 and having 5 children already seems to indicate to our culture that we should "be done". Never do we consider a pregnancy an ooops, something we could have or should have prevented. We are beyond thrilled that God chose to bless us with another baby. Frankly (and without details), my body was starting to show some signs of this season of life coming to an end...but we managed to sneak in another blessing before that door closes.

FACES OF ELISHA Muddy face from last summer. Too cute not to post here.

This is our very own in-house Batman. Taken just last week.

Friends in Japan

We have some dear friends, Air Force folks, who moved to Misawa AFB in Northeastern Japan almost 2 years ago. Mike is a Chaplain. The earthquake and tsunami was personal. It affected friends. We quickly learned from one of Mike and De'Etta's sons who attends college here that they were all safe. But De'Etta was stranded in Tokyo. She was headed out for a ministry-related event along with 2 other women. Currently, they are in Tokyo figuring out how to make the 400-something mile trip back to Misawa. All main routes go right through the hardest hit areas and nuclear plant areas.

Here's a link to a post by Mike with some pictures of the inside of their home. Thought you'd be interested. http://not2many.blogspot.com/2011/03/rocking-and-rolling-in-japan.html