Friday, September 14, 2007

Another Miracle!



We praise the Lord that we were able to welcome KRISTIANA MARIE SWAFFER into the world on Maria's birthday - September 13, 2007. She weighed 6 lbs. 14.4 oz and was 19.5 in. long. She is such a cute little peanut. :) The whole family is enjoying having a new little one to admire.


I was marveling today at how God has made the human body to develop from such small cells. It is quite a miracle that those cells can divide and accumulate in such a fashion as to create such diverse parts of our bodies including eyes, ears, hair, etc. Truly we are fearfully and wonderfully made!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Breaking the Silence :)


I thought I would break the silence. There is nothing like an opportunity to blog while sitting in a hospital room with WiFi while waiting for a new little one.

Let' see ... I was going to post some pics from our visit to the ice sculpture. Hmm ... I think those are on another computer.

In May Johnathan graduated from Kindergarten. It was nice to have Mom and Dad there for that as well as Molly.

Mom and Dad stuck around for the Memorial Day picnic and golf outing and a trip to the zoo.

This was also the one year anniversary of Jeremiah's death. We praise the Lord for His grace at that time and throughout the year!

In June Maria's parents visited us for several days. Josiah got to go on his first Father /Son canoe trip. Our family also went to the cabin in MI and to the family reunion.

I was finally able to do the drywall work at the church parsonage with a little help from Johnathan. :) Josiah lost his first tooth (and his second and is working on a third).

The kids enjoyed getting a swimming pool from some friends in our church.


After VBS was over the race was on to finish the parsonage drywall and get things ready for the new school year.

Now that I got this part written, Maria said it was time. So two days later I have some pics tacked on and I am finally publishing this post