Baby Update!

We had our ultrasound a few weeks ago and got the results on Tuesday -the doctor says that everything looks great and healthy. My official due date is June 15th, which they had thought from the beginning anyways. The baby's heart rate has stayed the same since the beginning and the doctor says it's perfect! :0)

And in case you're wondering...we still don't know if it's a boy or a girl. The ultrasound technician wasn't allowed to tell us and we couldn't convince her at all!

We are praising the Lord for a healthy pregnancy so far and pray for it to continue.

Here is an official "bump" picture for those of you who were asking...21 Weeks!!!

Have a great weekend!

Christmas!

We are having a snow day here, so it's the perfect time for me to get caught up on blogging! Sorry it took me so long to get this on here, like I said in the last post, we have been busy since we got home a couple of weeks ago!

This is Matt's "busy" time at work -even though it's seems to have been his "busy" time since he started :0) He is spending long hours at the office and I started a full time position last week. I will be at one school in the morning and then in a different school for the afternoons until the end of Feb. I will continue to do mornings until the end of March. I am working with small groups of kids that need a little extra help. It's been tiring getting used to the hours, but I'm enjoying it and am glad to keep myself occupied over the next few weeks!

Baby Esson is doing well! We have our first ultrasound tomorrow, so we would appreciate your prayers that everything will be healthy and well developed for this point in the pregnancy. A couple of weeks ago when I was at the doctor's office, we were listening to the heartbeat and we could hear the baby kick a couple of times -amazing! I can't feel this little one squirm just yet, but the doctor says it won't be long!

Here are your long awaited pictures of our trip to Iowa for Christmas!

This was our only bad weather on our first day of driving, we were only in this for a few hours and then it was clear the rest of the way there and back!

We stopped in Ohio for a great visit with Angie and Jason

Probably one of Devin's top favorite toys

Keltie enjoying her first Christmas

Devin's other favorite toy -"Mac" from "Cars"

My Mom got a Lefsa maker -I probably spelled that wrong. It's Norweigen -she was pretty excited!!!!

Silly Grandma! Playing with the boys :0)

Many games of Matching and Memory were played -the boys beat us every time!



Christmas dinner with the Witter's



Proud Papa and Grandma



And of course, Matt's annual trip to Grand Rapids -another success!!!

Uncle Matt taught Andrew and Devin about the "real" gun show....

Devin's great talent

Christmas is Coming!

To our dear family and friends who have been looking for our Christmas pictures...

They will be up soon!

Matt and I got home a week ago and of course, Esson style, we have been running ever since! I started a new teaching position this week that I will have until the end of March and MFE is keeping Matt at the office late every night.

I am making a deadline to put up new pictures next week. In the meantime, enjoy this one from the "good old dating days"....

Boston!

This past weekend we were able to head down to Boston with Matt's family to enjoy a weekend of basketball and theater. It was such a wonderful time to spend together!

Celtics game -they played Toronto.

Warm Up

Our seats were the second row on the floor!


Exploring downtown


Beautiful Quincy Market!

And Matt's dad found out that he is going to be a grandpa next June!

Love to you all!

Collection Week 2007

We had another successful year here with Operation Christmas Child. We collected over 1400
boxes! I love working with and meeting people from all of the area churches through this ministry. We hope and pray that each of the children receiving these boxes will be blessed and feel God's love for them.

All of the boxes on Wednesday night of collection week -before we got them all packed up!

Our small group again -hard at work!!! What a blessing they are to me!

Beautiful Fall

Apple Picking with Grammie Esson

Thanksgiving at Matt's mom's in Bathurst

Visiting Papineau Falls in Bathurst Thanksgiving weekend

Look who's getting bigger....

And a big boy turns six years old!

Never A Dull Moment!

Matt and I live in a beautiful home that has belonged to the Esson family for years. Behind us are a few different shops and an office where the family business first originated. They are no longer used for business any longer, but mostly for storage of machinary and wood.

At an auction last fall.

Well, Sunday evening when we arrived home from Grammie's Thanksgiving dinner, we drove up to see one of the shops on fire due to an accident!



Next year's wood...

It was a bit scary because it was so dry and we could see the ashes and sparks flying toward the house, but the Lord took care of us and kept everyone safe. We did lose the building, but not much else.

The next morning -a different view from our house now!

So -how was your Thanksgiving weekend? :0)