Friday, May 12, 2006
It's a GIRL!!!
Collin and I are SO thrilled and excited to announce that we are having a GIRL! :) We feel so blessed and cannot wait until September!
She was moving around like CRAZY and kicking those legs! She will probably be a VERY energetic baby girl, but it was so much fun to see her dancing around in there. We're not quite sure if she's a thumb-sucker or not... some of the pictures look like she is, but she may also just have her fist on her chin as if she's in deep thought. We were amazed to see her cute little face, hands and feet and just in awe of how much she's grown! It's completely unbelievable to us how we can be so in love with a little girl we've never even met.
I'm half-way through! Thank you for all the prayers so far & please continue praying for a healthy baby and a normal pregnancy. We are so excited to see what God does in the life of our precious daughter.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Still a Mystery
Each May gives me and Collin the opportunity to take a look back at the road we’ve traveled so far. It was May 16th, 1999, that we first met at a camp in Tyler, TX called Pine Cove. And although it’s the most overused cliché in the world… I honestly knew something was different about him.
It’s hard to believe that seven years have come and gone since that date and now here we are tapping our toes in anticipation of finding out if we’re expecting a baby boy or a baby girl! But in all the ups and downs over the years, one thing has always been constant in our walk together—God has been there with us. He knew that hot day in the middle of the pine trees that “Nice to meet you, Stephanie” would turn into, “Will you be my girlfriend?” and then later, “Will you be my wife?”…. And most recently, “Are you sure?... We’re having a baby?” God was always there. He knew all along the answers to each of those questions… After all, it was Him who prompted the questions from within Collin.
He knows the answer to the big question on our minds now too. (Pink or Blue?) Even though we are still left curious for another 24 hours or so, He knows this tiny being inside and He knows the exact plans for this baby. Collin and I couldn’t be more thrilled to find out the gender tomorrow, but we wait with even more excitement and eagerness to see what God has planned for the life of this little person. These things that are still a mystery to us have already passed through the heart and hands of the Lord and are set in motion. We’ve just got to be patient and wait and see! (And hopefully we’ll be able to see what we need to see tomorrow… if you know what I mean!)
Thank you all for your support and for your prayers! We can’t wait to post the “BIG” announcement as soon as we know!
Hoping for a very “un-modest” and clear view tomorrow—
Steph & Collin
It’s hard to believe that seven years have come and gone since that date and now here we are tapping our toes in anticipation of finding out if we’re expecting a baby boy or a baby girl! But in all the ups and downs over the years, one thing has always been constant in our walk together—God has been there with us. He knew that hot day in the middle of the pine trees that “Nice to meet you, Stephanie” would turn into, “Will you be my girlfriend?” and then later, “Will you be my wife?”…. And most recently, “Are you sure?... We’re having a baby?” God was always there. He knew all along the answers to each of those questions… After all, it was Him who prompted the questions from within Collin.
He knows the answer to the big question on our minds now too. (Pink or Blue?) Even though we are still left curious for another 24 hours or so, He knows this tiny being inside and He knows the exact plans for this baby. Collin and I couldn’t be more thrilled to find out the gender tomorrow, but we wait with even more excitement and eagerness to see what God has planned for the life of this little person. These things that are still a mystery to us have already passed through the heart and hands of the Lord and are set in motion. We’ve just got to be patient and wait and see! (And hopefully we’ll be able to see what we need to see tomorrow… if you know what I mean!)
Thank you all for your support and for your prayers! We can’t wait to post the “BIG” announcement as soon as we know!
Hoping for a very “un-modest” and clear view tomorrow—
Steph & Collin
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