The past month

Wow, it has been awhile since we last gave an update on our happenings here in Indiana.

Well I always love lots of pictures so here is a little snapshot of what has been consuming our time the past couple of weeks....

Our new family of 3 (+1 in the works)

No matter what anyone says there is nothing like receiving love from a pet :)

His favorite place to be! Also, thanks Grandma Stonesifer for the quilt.

Just hanging out

Taking a snooze with his stuffed husky named Snowflake

He is getting so big.

He looks so funny when he sleeps sometimes. Also, love his speckled belly! haha

So sweet! Sleeping by Daddy's feet while he works.

And yes he does do more than sleep.  However, while he is sleeping is the best time to try to take pictures.

So much love!

Learned to Shake!

Well there you go in case you couldn't pick up on the theme. Our month has been filled with Sitka. There were some rough moments, but we have been truly blessed with a wonderful pup, who we are preparing to be a great big brother to the Little Miss.  It has also been amazing to see how having the new pup had enabled us to make friends in our apartment complex.  Our apartment complex is very dog friendly, so lots of the residents have dogs.  And, now that we have joined the crowd and are out and about walking Sitka everyday we have met so many more people.  It has been wonderful and we are feeling much more at home here.  Our neighbors that live across the street from us have a terrier mix who is about the same age as Sitka and they absolutely love to play with each other!  It has been great for the pups to run off energy and for us to get to know some people beyond just small talk.  We are looking forward to more months of training and progress before the Little Miss arrives.

In other news Theresa got a job as a part-time receptionist at an assisted and independent living home.  While it isn't ideal work it has been great to get out of the house, bring in a little money and meet more people in the community of Lafayette.  

Drew is still working for Data One part-time and plugging along with school and observations.  (He can update you more on this soon)

And lastly, we had quite the weekend back in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, I completely forgot to take pictures, but some dear friends at Gordon-Conwell threw a little baby shower for the Little Miss.  It was my first baby shower and it was wonderful to catch up with some amazing women.  I felt so blessed and loved, and I know our little girl will too.  We were also able to reconnect with church friends and family, and got the chance to take some maternity pictures.  

We are now officially in the third trimester (ahhhh!!).  I think it dawned on both of us the past couple of days that this is gonna happen and she will be here before we know it. I would be lying if I didn't say we got a little freaked out combine this with the fact that we were exhausted from our whirlwind trip, and had realized how much we missed our friends back in MA, and the week has been an emotional rollarcoaster.  I also had to go to a breastfeeding class, and uggh I have to say when did it become ok to make future mothers feel so much pressure and guilt to make certain decisions about how to take care of their babies (and I am not just talking about choosing formula or breastmilk).  I left the class feeling discouraged and upset.  We could use some prayer as we learn to tune out all the noise of "advice" from the outside and begin to learn to trust each other as we enter this adventure of parenting.

Well I think that is all the updates as of now! I have been working on some more sewing projects, so I will share some pictures soon.

Much love from the Stonesifer fam!