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Our Baby Has Gone Home Early
So we had our 1st (and last) Baby visit Friday/Monday. I had hoped to post ultrasound pictures and announce to all of you our friends and family that we were having a baby.
Unfortunately I have the sadness of knowing that for whatever His reasons, God has decided to bring our baby home early. After the year we have had, when we found out we were pregnant in early November we were ecstatic. We thought This was God's miracle ending for our year. It isn't.
Friday afternoon (Dec 19th) Jenny began having cramps, so we went to the Dr. They did an ultrasound and we were able to see our baby and hear the heartbeat. They said that a number of things were smaller then would be expected, but that we would just have to wait and see. There was nothing we could or couldn't do that would have any affect they said. We prayed, the only thing we know to do. Sunday morning God took our baby back home. Monday we were back at the doctor and they confirmed it, and talked us through some of our questions etc. According to them, Jenny is healthy, and should have no complications. This is a minor blessing but doesn't really make anything better.
All this year bad things have happened, but God has provided. After each night, there has been morning; I don't know what could be more joyous then this; but I know that God will continue to provide for us and take care of us. I just don't understand how or what.
Jenny is looking for a sense of normalcy, and would prefer to not talk about it at the moment. I ask that you would honor this wish and try to keep conversation to normal topics :)
I know all of you will assist in praying for our family and the plans that God has laid for us. Thank you all for all of your support in this time.
--Josh 15:12, 23 December 2008 (UTC) Permanent Link
Yes I am a Geek
This year I am not going to let our christmas tree run dry. How to do this? LEDs, Solder and wire! What you ask does that have to do with water in a tree?
Water level detection! By connecting these simple items with some water detection sensor relays I have a nice simple Water Level detector. When the tree is full the Green LED comes on, when its almost empty the RED LED comes on. I added a nice yellow LED to indicate the device was on and powered.
Here is the ornament:
Here is the Schematic:
I will try and add some pictures of the sensor block later.
--Josh 14:41, 2 December 2008 (UTC) Permanent Link
2 Years Old
Its hard to believe our baby girl is already 2 Years and a day old! Yesterday was the big day and we had a great time. We had a bunch of family over (yes Paul and Angela that means you :P) Jordan had a great time playing with everyone, and she really enjoyed her presents too! I will try and post some of the pictures soon, and perhaps some more enlightening commentary.
--Josh 22:32, 24 August 2008 (UTC) Permanent Link
More Health Weirdness
So For those of you who don't know, Jenny has been having dizzy spells occasionally. Yesterday they got real bad, and I took her to the Doctor late yesterday afternoon. They did blood work, and gave her a prescription (which didn't do any good), and then sent her home.
Today we went back, and they did a CT scan, and gave her some fenergan (which did help) So she is sleepy now, but not dizzy. We just got the CT scan results back, and there appears to be no problems. This is probably good; it means this is likely just an "Inner Ear Virus". If this is the case it should run its course in couple of days and be done.
I appreciate people's continued prayer support! I'd also like to thank Angela Jenkins]] for dropping everything to come help out this morning; We really appreciate it immensely!
--Josh 20:25, 1 August 2008 (UTC) Permanent Link
Quick Health Update
Just so everyone knows, Jenny is doing much better, the chest pain has gone away. We are still in the middle of a medicine trial, after that is done we will see if it comes back or not. We are getting ready to Head to Concord NC to help my parents move in next week, so we will be away much of the week. Thanks for everyone's support!
--Josh 04:17, 30 June 2008 (UTC) Permanent Link
Fun With G.Grandma
 | Great Grandma AKA Grandma AKA Janet has been with us for the last week, and She and Jordan have been making great use of their time! You can see in the picture above they are having a blast playing ark (just about every morning!) |
| Jenny and I had fun getting ready for her stay; We put in some new french doors in the Parlor to turn it into a more comfy bedroom. We finished up the last pieces of the door/lock mechanism 5 minutes before we walked out the door to pick her up from the airport. The doors came from the Habitat for Humanity Restore They were a great deal, if they maybe took a bit more work then otherwise may have been neccesary. | 
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What a blessing for the whole family to be able to have this time together. Three of four generations under one roof!
--Josh 03:59, 30 June 2008 (UTC) Permanent Link