Ben In Seminary

At the beginning of September, Ben began Seminary in the major of Family and Children's Ministry. He is doing his studies through Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Primarily his studies are done at home and from a distance, but 2 times a year he goes to St. Paul to have 2 week intensive courses. Right now he is attending his first intensive studies and really enjoying it. He has met some great people and gets to sit-up late at night and discuss Children's Ministry with other Children's Ministry directors. The program he track he is on is 3 years. Ben looks forward to applying what he is learning to the current Ministry. This is the only new update in our lives, other than expecting a baby. Otherwise we are just plugging away at our jobs and Ministry at the church. We are entering a very busy season with the holidays coming up and all that goes with them. We will post more later.

First Ultrasound

Ben and I went to our first ultrasound a couple of weeks ago and it was really fun. Seeing the baby makes everything real. The doctor said that the baby was healthy and that all the tests she did came back normal. The baby's due date is definitely May 27th, which was also confirmed by the ultrasound. Below is a small picture of the baby, but the best that we have right now. I (Christina), continue to feel pretty well. I have had to fight off a few colds, but have continued to not have any morning sickness. I have decided to keep pressing on with my 10 hour work days as my doctor said I will not experience this extreme tiredness in my 2nd Trimester. I have 4 more weeks to go until the 2nd Trimester, so we will see if I can do it.

We're Expecting!!!

Many of you have found out by now that Ben and I are expecting our first baby. We found out in early September and we are very excited. We will be due on May 27th, 2010! Soo.. right now we are in the middle of our 7th week. We plan to utilize our blog to keep everyone updated on how the baby and we are doing. We will even post pictures!!

So.. this being our first update we are doing well. I (Christina) am overall feeling great. I have not experienced any morning sickness per se, however I have found myself getting nauseous when I am hungry. After I eat something the nauseousness goes away, but it is sometimes hard to figure out what to eat when I'm nauseous. It really isn't all that bad and now that I have learned how my body is operating I know what to expect and how to deal with it. Other than this I have just been very tired and wanting naps a lot. This is not bad on the weekends, but does pose problems during the week while I am at work. Some may or may not know that I started working four 10 hour days and have Monday's off, which is really nice. Please just pray with me during those 10 hour days that I would have the Lord's strength to get through each day.

We have had one doctor visit so far where they poked and probed me all around and took blood samples etc. to be sure that I am healthy and that the baby will be healthy. All of those tests came back normal. We go back on October 12th for our next appointment and first Ultrasound. We are very excited to see the baby and to check on whether everything is okay. We will update after that appointment with a picture from the ultrasound.