Thursday, January 19, 2012
An Adventure, A Birthday, and A BIG Challenge...
Iowa:
WHAT. AN. ADVENTURE
What should have been a few hour, two plane, one car journey to get safely tucked into our cozy room in Sioux Center, Iowa
turned into a two day, three plane, one hotel, one bus, one car
{DISASTER!}
Once we FINALLY arrived it was a really great trip!
We were so well taken care of and had some really great family time to just enjoy one another.
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| A Little Glimpse of the Campus |
Evan was able to meet with the {entire} Theology staff at the school - which was not something we expected.
Most all of his questions were answered and we came to the conclusion that
Iowa could be our home.
{For a bit at least ;)}
Here are a few pictures...
I'll warn you... there's not a {WHOLE} lot to see there.
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| {A Windmill} They were all over, but the sunset behind this was just too beautiful not to take a picture. |
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| Not a Mountain in sight. THAT will take some getting used to. |
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| Lots and Lots of farms. T.I.I. {This. Is. Iowa.} |
All in all, we really enjoyed our time. It was nice to get home though. Just in time for
A BIRTHDAY!
This sweet little girl that the Lord blessed us with turned
{2!}
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| Can someone PLEASE tell me how this happened?! |
We got home on E's birthday so we had a small celebration for her when we got home that night but the big
{BEWTAY PAWTEE}
-as she called it-
was on the weekend.
We were so blessed by everyone who came and made it special.
She had so much fun playing with her friends and
eating the YUMMY cake from Miss Allison.
Eden's birthday party day also marked me reaching the 28 week mark in this pregnancy.
{YAY!}
So that meant an OB check up bright and early
the next day.
Cue
The BIG Challenge:
That appointment turned out a LOT liiitle different than we'd anticipated.
For the past 6 weeks or so I've been on a medication that is used to treat early labor/contractions. It has definitely been working, but if i forget to take it
{which is common in our crazy life!}
the contractions start right up again.
After talking with the doctor about this and how I've been feeling with it all
she decided she would check to see if my body was progressing at all.
Lo and Behold
{it is!}
So at this point I've been put on bed rest until further notice.
For me that means:
No Work.
No Dance.
No Cleaning.
No Carrying Eden.
and lots of doing nothing.
{yuk!}
For our family that means:
Loss of my income.
Having to move.
Expediting our process of getting rid of things.
Relying on the Lord {EVEN MORE} to provide for our needs.
We're excited to meet our sweet Daphne, but she definitely needs to stay in my tummy for a bit longer.
Please
- as you've already been so faithful to -
continue to pray for our little family.
We'll be making some big transitions and decisions
over the next month
and could use all the encouragement, prayer, and love we can get.
Oh and if any of you are REALLY good at moving,
we could probably use a little help with that ;)
We'll be selling a lot of household stuff too.
So if you need anything...
be sure to shop
"The Daggett Family Garage" :P
Love you all and thank you for loving us!
We're learning more and more that all things happen
{For His Glory and Our Good.}
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So I will have to volunteer our entire family, 2 adults, 3 teenagers and a 5 year old to help you guys move, you just say when! You are always in our prayers too cause we love you guys!
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