Well, time flies when you are having fun! Time has definitely flown by for us and now we have 8 more weeks until our angel (Emily Nicole Malan) will be born. We are gaining more and more excitement as the time draws near. We just finished painting the nursery and now we are putting finishing touches into it. We are reading books and attending birthing classes as well. We are feeling more and more prepared, but only as prepared as you can get without really knowing what it will be like once she is born. Christina continues to feel good and has not had any complications or illness. She is however having pain due to a nerve being pinched or something to that extent. Christina is having to learn to slow down with life, which is not fun for her as she is used to being busy and on the go.
We continue to do well. We just returned from our last trip as just the two of us. We went to Tennessee to see Gatlinburg and the Great Smokey Mountains. We had a wonderful trip and got to see lots of great sites. Everyone tells us to treasure our time together as just the two of us, since it will never be the same once she comes. So, that is what we did!!! Ben just finished up his second quarter of Seminary. It was a tough quarter due to lots of reading and projects and on top of that lots of programs going on at church to keep up with. He finished well and had a week break. He will be starting again tomorrow (Monday) with his 3rd Quarter of classes. He is really enjoying school, learning a lot and able to apply almost everything he is learning to his job, which is great and very practical. Christina is continuing with work as a social worker for the next 7 weeks. She will stop working on May 21st (unless Emily comes sooner) and will not be continuing with this job. They were not able to offer her any part-time work, so the Lord has closed that door for now, but we are confident He will open another door closer to home. She is very excited about being able to stay home as a mom, so she is not worried at all about the next step regarding a part-time job. Those are the highlights in our life right now. We will most likely write again after Emily is born to give all the updates and share pictures.
