Fun at The Beach

Larry, Eden and I all shared our first time at the Outer Banks together this past week. I was suprised it had taken me 7 years of living in North Carolina for me to finally get out to the beach. Larry smiled and said, I've lived here almost my whole life and this is my first time too. :)

Eden didn't enjoy it as much as Mommy and Daddy did, She prefered to look from the protection of our arms. I think the loud crashing of the waves scared her a little.

I would also like to point out how rugged and handsome my husband looks with his beard. He played Jesus in a Drama for West End Baptist Church. Sadly, the beard was shaved off after the drama ended Friday. It was nice while it lasted.

VBS Night 2

We had another great night at VBS. Eden did much better due to a later nap and great teachers in the nursery. She was super excited to see Daddy come in to her room to act out King David's courage. She crawled right over to him and expected to be picked up. She's such a Daddy's girl.

VBS

We're having VBS this week. Larry is playing the Biblical characters.... Tonight he was Moses :) He did a great Job! I never knew Moses was so Cute :)

This is one of our youths, Rececca holding Eden. Eden did well in the nursery until bedtime (7:30). She went to do crafts and when they stuck her foot in paint (to put her foot print on her flag), I could hear her in the sanctuary. We went home to go night night shortly there after.

Overall ,we are really pleased with how well things went tonight. One night down four to go :)

There's a new nut in the Garden :)

We're happy to announce that we're expecting again!!!!



Here is our first picture of our little peanut. We had an ultrasound Thursday July 3rd at Pregnancy Support Services in Wake Forest. Everything looks good. His/Her heat rate was 184 bpm and s/he moved around the whole time we had the ultrasound. It was so neat to see our new baby. We could see the head, arms, legs, spine and feet. It makes the morning sickness worth it :) I have decided that morning sickness is the most inaccurately named illness there is. It should be called all day sickness, or smelly gaging syndrome.


Eden went with us to the visit. She has no idea what being a big sister is all about, but I'm sure she'll learn quickly. She smiled and clapped when she saw the baby, so that's a good sign. She's a joy to have :)


We went to the OB on Friday. We're going to deliver at Pitt Memorial in Greenville. I'm measuring at 10 weeks. That puts our due date at Feb 7th, which happens to be my cousin Jan's birthday. Eden and her new brother or sister will be about 20 months apart. I found out last week that my cousin Casey and his wife Erin are expecting in Feb too. My cousin Justin and his wife Jennifer are expecting in Jan. So the Kinsey side is being fruitful. These three additions will bring us to 8 great grands on the Kinsey side and 3 on the Gilbreaths.



We shared our news with the church today and everyone was thrilled!!!!

Please keep us in your prayers as our family continues to grow.

The Garden has a bug

Well.... this is one of those seasons that each family goes through that's just a tough time. Last week started with Eden's first ear infection. Which, by the way, I pray we never have to go through again!!! Then I got a bad sinus infection and had to be put on antibiotics. Now Larry's sick too.

The one good thing that came out of this is that our church family has been AWESOME!!! We had meals brought to us, and lots of phone calls checking in on us. It's nice to be so loved and cared for. This is one of those times I really missed having my family close by. But then I realize God gave us a great family here too. We're blessed.

I'll post some pictures soon :)

Angela :)

Prayer for Baby Chappell

Please be in prayer for our friends Casey and Dan Chappell. They are 28 weeks pregnant and have been told their baby is very ill. You can read about their situation on her blog at:
http://caseychappell.typepad.com/baby/

Casey has been a good friend, and has taught me a lot about photography. She's taught me even more about having real faith. Faith that's not just words, but actions. Loving like Jesus would love. Pray her faith would grow through this trial and that a miracle would take place in the life of their unborn child.

What a way to spend your Birthday

We spent Eden's birthday at the ER. She ran a high fever most of Monday. By Monday evening it was 103.8, medicine was not bringing it down and I was getting worried. We called the peditricians office and paid $15 for the nurse to tell us we were in for a rough night, (no kidding?)She said that 103.8 was not high enough for her to be seen. She told us to double up on the meds and to wait it out. Well at 12:30 am Eden woke up screamning. She was so obiviously in pain and could not be comforted. So we piled into the car and headed to the ER. During the drive, we discussed how we were at the hospital last year and I was the one screaming.

Anyways. The staff at the ER was great. The nurses had us back at Triage before I had finished filling out the paperwork. Maybe, a screaming baby might hurry the staff along?? She was quickly seen by the doctor and was diagnosed with an ear infection. They gave her some drops in her ear that I called liquid magic. Eden stopped crying within a minute and was smiling and clapping within 5 minutes after the dose. We headed home by 2:00 am. We were still in for a long night, but it was good to know she had medicine that would help ease the pain.

Eden has been fussy today, but seems to be on the mend. Overall, I felt bad she had to spend her birthday so sick :(

Eden's First Birthday

Eden had a blast at her first birthday Party. She seemed to enjoy her cake. Her serious personality can be seen as she taste her cake.














We also caught Uncle Shannon making faces, he likes to clown around. And this is cousin Brielle. She really likes ice cream.