canaan's friend

Our friends Ryan and Lizz Heimann and their son Benjamin came for a visit over thanksgiving while they were here visiting family. Ben was born 3 weeks before Canaan and this is the first time they have got to meet each other! They had a great time!:)

thanksgiving

So thankful....I cannot thank God enough for our little bundle of joy! We had a wonderful thanksgiving starting with my family and then heading to be with Josh's family. It was a nice and relaxing day! Here are some pictures from our day.

one month

Today Canaan is a month old. How fast that month went. What a joy he has been! I am loving every moment, even in the middle of the night when I want to keep sleeping. He is getting up around every 4 hours to eat, so really I can't complain it could be worse. It has been interesting adjusting to having him home. Just this past week he has really perked up and been looking around more, and he is getting good head control. It's fun watching him.

We have been blessed with a wonderful church family that has provided meals for us the past month. I'm so thankful for that time away from cooking and I'm so not ready to start cooking again LOL. I asked Josh before I stopped working "what is one thing you want to have done when you get home?" I would think that he would have said have the house picked up, but he didn't all he said was "I want one crock pot meal a week!" Really I think I can do that, so now i'm researching crock pot meals!

Here are a few more pictures of our little man..

happy 1st birthday

Today marks Calvin's 1st birthday. What a joy to know that he his in heaven with Jesus, even though in my heart it was hard to let go. I thank the Lord for the 42 weeks (in the womb) that we were able to share our sweet Calvin. It is amazing how much God has grown us and blessed us this past year. It is hard for me to believe that it has been a year already, but what a joy that Calvin is now a big brother! I can truly thank the Lord for the trial He put us through, it has grown Josh and I more then I could imagine. What a great God we serve!

Calvin- you are so loved by so many people, people I don't even know. Mommy and daddy love you with all our heart and we cannot wait until the day we see you again.

Job 1:21 The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, Blessed be the name of the Lord.

http://gracedesignsphotography.com/calvin/ Calvin's wonderful slideshow.

Introducing....

Canaan Matthew

Born October 5, 2010. 7lbs 120z 20 inches long.

What a little bundle of joy that God has blessed us with. We are so in love!

good news!

37 weeks

I went to the doctor last week and was really hoping to hear good news that Canaan flipped. I had gone to the chiropractor that same week and that seemed to help my back pain a little. The doctor couldn't really tell by just feeling if he had flipped, so I had a quick ultrasound to see where he was and HE HAD FLIPPED!! Now I'm just praying that he stays in that position.

I have had a million thoughts running through my mind as we just past Calvin's 11 month mark of his home going. I really thought I was going to go into labor that day-but I know God has already planned when Canaan is going to arrive. It still is hard for me to think that this same time last year we were going through the worst trial that we have ever had and this year we are rejoicing in the soon to be birth of our second son! God is good!

count down

Well the count down really has begun...we found out on Friday that Canaan is breech. The doctor said that we can try "version" where they try to move the baby from the outside. That is going to the hospital, getting an epidural and then two people pushing on your stomach to move him (sounds fun doesn't it). If that does not work they will end up doing a c-section. We are praying and hoping that he moves down by himself, but i have started researching ways to maybe help him. I am going to try and get to the chiropractor this week to see if I get adjusted if that will help him move. There is a technique call "webster's technique" that chiropractors can do just for breech babies, we are thinking about trying that too. I am not totally against a c-section I just feel like that is the only option the doctors are giving me and I feel like there are other things I can try first.

3 and a half weeks to go!!