Abraham visits Abraham!!

We are blessed with some really amazing friends. They are the kind of friends that make life richer and more full.  They share our life's joys and trials and enrich some of our most precious moments. 

As we have gotten older, our friends have spread out and moved away. So when we get a chance to spend time together, it is so precious. About a week after Abraham was born, we got a call from a most precious friend! 

 Abraham McIntyre is a long time friend of Clint's from Clarksville. He and his family have been steady and consistent friends to Clint throughout the years. I'm blessed to say that since Clint and I have been together, he has been a good friend to me as well. And just to state the obvious, he is part of the inspiration in our decision to name our son Abraham :) 

We were so excited to have him come to see us and our boys! Here are a few pictures.

Sweet.

Aslan was excited too! He loved big Abraham's hat.

It was such a good visit. He brought little Abraham some cute little outfits from his family. And not to forget moma, he brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers!  We were so thankful that he drove 3 hours to spend some time with our family. 

Hopelessly and Gloriously in love with this boy!! (1)

Hopelessly and Gloriously in love with this boy!! (2)

Hopelessly and Gloriously in love with this boy!! (3)

Ready or Not!!!!

So I am sitting in the hospital watching a documentary on Anna Nicole Smith (quality I know). I am sporting the ever fashionable, always vogue hospital gown and I have officially lost my ankles! We got here at 6:30am and got all settled in. I have a great nurse and now just hoping to see the doctor soon. Crazy!!

Also, my contractions are making their presence known. :) That is a good thing, I think :) We are just praying that everything goes well and quick! Love you all!! We will keep you posted.

7.25 Pounds Already!!!

Today we had our last prenantal appointment. After a very thorough ultrasound, Abraham measured in at 7.25 lbs. That is maybe a little bigger than we were all hoping for, but not necessarily above average. So my doctor felt like we should try to move forward as planned and hopefully we can still avoid a C-Section. I also lost 2lbs.! Woo-Hoo!!

So the plan is to start calling the hospital at 5am on wednesday morning (boo!) to see if they have a delivery room available. They could tell me to come on in or I could have to wait until later that morning, afternoon, evening etc... until they have a room available. Hopefully we will get in sooner rather than later.

We are so excited and a little nervous. Please pray for us as we prepare for our precious son's arrival and that the delivery is smooth and trauma free. I can hardly believe it's just a few days away! Thank you so much for any and all prayers and we look forward to updating with good news.

A Special Church

I know the tendency is to skip over long posts, but I hope you will read through this one. :)

I can hardly believe that in just one week I will be holding another tiny baby. I can hardly believe that I will have two children. It is so exciting to be welcoming my second child into this world and I  can only pray that I will be the godly mother that he deserves. Children are amazing little creatures that make just about everything more full and beautiful. This is a special time.

But I must admit it is also a difficult time. I have become decidedly more homesick. As I have begun preparing and pulling out our baby things to ready our home for this most anticipated arrival, I am reminded of how blessed we have been. I miss Belle Aire and our family there. I did not realize how secure we felt because of there love and support, for even the smallest details of our family. I did not realize that I loved them as deeply as I do and that God had truly knit them into the very fibers of my heart. 

This church family is the model, my model for what love, community and living out true Gospel teaching and fellowship in the church looks like. They are of course, not without flaw, but I know this only because of common spiritual sense and not from experience. We have been gone almost 9 months now, and even in our absence they remember us and support us. That is of great comfort in a place and city where we feel invisible most of the time. 

Thank you family for your love, attention and offerings for our family. I hope that we can be of equally great character and godliness as we are serving in new places.

Please take the time to read these verses in tribute to their faithfulness:

  'And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He who begun a good work in you will continue until the day of Christ Jesus, developing and perfecting and completing it to full completion in you.

  It is right and appropriate that I should have this confidence and feel this way about you all, because you have me in your heart and I hold you in my heart as partakers and sharers, one and all with me, of grace. This is true both when I am shut up in prison and when I am out in the defense and confirmation of the good news.

  For God is my witness how I long for and pursue you all with love, in the tender mercy of Christ Jesus Himself!"

Philippians 1:6-8 Amplified

We Love You~

The Nadeau's