We're Waiting!

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Here is an updated photo of Hope!

Flooded!

This was our life this past week. The top picture is taken about a half mile down the road from our house. The second picture is a house about a half mile in front of our house! As the Mermac River began to rise, our house and area was surround with water. The Chief of Police called and encouraged our neighborhood to evacuate due to the ensuing waters. Hope is due any day now, and not wanting to have to take Hope to the hospital via boat, we decided to evacuate and move in with some generous friends, the Lovealls! Some friends from church put our dogs up for a few days and we just waited. We tried to return home on Friday to see the damage, but were unable due to the waters covering the highways and roads into the town. Finally on Saturday we were able to get back home to find that our house was fine and the water had not reached our house. The Mermac river floods at 18 ft. It crested on Friday night at 41 feet. It was predicted to reach 47 feet! If it had done that then our house and our church would have been flooded. But praise God it recessed before that point. But as you can see in the pictures, others were not so fortunate. There is a lot of clean-up happening now and the process of rebuilding for many begins. The commissioner of the Eureka Fire Dept. is a member of our church and told me that the Coast Guard had to rescue 52 people in our area during the week. It is amazing what 10 inches of rain can do! Thankfully, Hope did not go into labor during this time and at this moment still remains prego! But it has to be soon...it just has to be.

Any Day!

Last week, our doctor said that Hope could deliver anytime now. Little Benjamin (is that the name, I dunno, it did win the most votes in our poll!) weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. with three weeks to go! So he is gonna be a big boy if Hope carries to term. She is hoping she doesn't! So any advice you have for helping along the delivery process, please let us know!
I started spring break this week and planned four days of fishing! Yeah! I went out yesterday with two guys who had never really been fishing. But we caught two spoonbill and a carp in 2 1/2 hours. So that was good. Then today, I woke up and the weather had gone foul. So I had to cancel todays trip. Boo! So I am praying for no rain on Wednesday and Thursday!
I also just got Super Smash Bros. Brawl for my Wii. So if there are any enthusiasts who would like to play online, just make the challenge and I am there!
We have another doctors appointment on Wednesday, so we will see where we are then!

We're Still Pregnant (Well Hope Is)

So I know it has been forever since we last posted. I knew that this would happen if I started one of these things. But after much hate-mail from avid readers of this blog (ok, I made that up) we have posted again with new pictures of Hope "prego" and also a video of the baby's room. Some of the pictures and video have little dots on them. Sorry, I think I touched the lens and smeared it. My bad. Anyway, I hope that these pictures bring joy and meaning to your day and that the video will inspire baby rooms all across America. I am particularly proud of the changing table built into the closet (the video doesn't do it justice) which used to be about 8 in. higher before Hope had me take it all out and lower it. Lots of love, sweat, and tears have gone into that room and I am sure much more will come out of it. Anyway, vote for the new names. Some are not new, however, this is a list of names Hope and I like (but that does not mean we both like them all!) Leave your comments and let's get better at this blogging thing together!

Baby's New Room

Here it is...almost. Still have a few more touches. And a baby!