Our New Arrival

We have been blessed!  Yesterday a group of our friends from our church community brought us a gift.  We have been struggling to make ends meet, and were feeling pretty hopeless about doing anything about replacing our 250,000 mile Toyota with lots of character (which I have been driving for ten years) - it won't pass emissions testing so we haven't been able to register it, and we felt like we were driving a ticking time bomb that could go off at any moment. It needs CV boots, a transmission, a new door for the gas tank, air conditioner repairs... We were pretty low.

And then, last night we were surprised when a friend handed us a set of keys to a 98 Ford Escort wagon in perfect condition.  I've cried every time I've told anyone about it - I'm crying now.  I just can't believe how loved we are!  Our precious new baby will have an air conditioned car to travel in!  And I won't worry every day if my husband will make it to and from work!  Maybe now I will learn to trust God to take care of us! We have good, good friends!

Below is our new addition, complete with a big red bow.

Ready to Pop!

So I thought you'd all like to see pics of Bad Andy and his woman just moments or days before he becomes the father of a noisy little Shireling. We went out to my sister's home and had a photo shoot yesterday - almost exactly four years after the first time we had a photo shoot out there when we first met in person.  I'm a bit bigger than I was then... I think Andy is a bit smaller - how does he do it?