I talked to Dee last night. She went to the Doctor's for the first time yesterday. She got to hear the baby's heartbeat!:) She says that she wants to listen to it all the time now. I would too. She also found out that her due date should be December 26. A Christmas baby or maybe a New Year's baby! I'm so thankful that everything is alright. Praise the Lord!
2 weekends ago we, Reuben and I, went to visit Diana, Mike and Jim-Bob(Reuben's name for their baby). It was the Victoria Day weekend. The weather was rainy and cold but we still had a good time. We left Reuben's work at 3 and arrived in Arthur at 9pm. It was a long drive but we enjoyed looking at the Ontario countryside and evaluating the houses and properties along the way. One of our hobbies, is to look at houses and argue whether we like them or not and why. It usually ends up in a fairly friendly argument
We had a few gifts for the newly expecting couple. Karin had already bought 2 peices of flannel and sewed them together to make Diana's first receiving blanket. I bought her the book "The Mother of All Pregnancy Books", which is Canadian and is supposed to be really good. I read the first 3 chapters before we even got there:) I also got Diana a journal so that she could write down her thoughts and maybe some helpful hints for her sisters!:)
While there we went to St. Jacob's market which was quite interesting. We drooled over the handmade furniture.
All in all a nice visit. We hope to see them in Ottawa this weekend!
I'm not allowed to post this yet because not everyone knows. But I will start today and update it every week.
My sister, Diana and her husband surprised us with a visit from their home in Arthur this past weekend. They arrived on Sat morning just before my mom came over to pick Karin and I up to go out for lunch for Mother's Day. We though they had just come down for Mother's Day and for something to do.
So we went out for lunch, we went to a ballet performance for some girls in our church, we went out for dinner.
On Sunday, Diana and Mike said they wanted to head back home right after lunch so they could see his mom for Mother's Day. And just after lunch we were waiting for Richard's girlfriend Emma to come over before they left. Just before she arrived, Diana seemed anxious to get going so I was trying to move things along for them when all of a sudden she says, "We have some news. We are going to have a baby!!". I was totally shocked and ecstatic and we all jumped up and gave them huge hugs with tears in our eyes.
And then they left to go home.
I have always been a little bit sad that Diana and Mike live so far away but now that they are going to have a baby, the distance seems even farther. I would like to be able to see them more often during this time and after the baby is born. I don't want to miss anything. I think we will try to visit more often than we would have before. We are actually going this weekend, yay!
Getting married is one thing but having a baby is a whole new thing. It seems like our family is going to have exciting times for many years to come.
I hope that you will pray with me for Diana and Mike as they make this journey. That everything will be well for all of them.
