Half Way!
Today is the halfway mark! Twenty weeks down and twenty to go!! Our little baby boy is growing more and more each day. I am feeling movement and kicking more regularly and strongly. Norm has felt the baby two times now. =) Here are a few fun facts!! -Today the baby should be 10 inches [...]
Read onCalifornia Sunshine
After the family reunion in Illinois we all hopped on an airplane and headed down to California. We will be here for another week and a half before returning to Ontario. We have truly enjoyed the last couple weeks, they have been a welcome and much needed break after our French course in Québec.  [...]
Read onAbe is Scary
We are in Illinois attending a family reunion for Deb’s dad’s family. The Rutledge family has a lot of history in this area, in fact, Debra’s ancestor Ann Rutledge was engaged to Abraham Lincoln though she died of typhoid before they were married. We visited the Lincoln museum which for me was very interesting (I [...]
Read onMichigan
We’ve spent the last few days in Michigan catching up with some friends before heading down to Illinois for a family reunion. We have been staying with Matt and Jasmine Bennett, our good friends from college. Matt and Jasmine have a little boy the same age as Canaan and it has been fun to watch [...]
Read onPlanes, Trains and Automobiles
Today we begin another voyage, this time through Michigan, Illinois and then California. And yes, when we finally get to California we will have traveled in a plane, a train and an automobile. Canaan will be super excited to experience all those modes of transportation! We will be in Michigan until Friday visiting friends before [...]
Read onSuggestions Please!
Before we were even expecting Canaan, his name was chosen so we really never had to search and think about names. Until now! This time we have no idea what to name the baby. We had decided to wait until the ultrasound to even begin so that we would only have one gender to focus [...]
Read onBaby #2
The final results on our poll were 25 to 16 for the girls, but the question remains – who was right? This afternoon we received the exciting answer! (drumroll please!) Baby #2 is Boy #2! We had a great appointment with our midwife and the baby seems to be progressing well. Debra is still having [...]
Read on3 hours and counting
In three hours we will be forever leaving our home in Québec! We will be going to get Canaan from the nursery, head over to our friends house for dinner and then head home to Ontario straight from there. We have found from past travels that Canaan sleep fine in the car and so night [...]
Read onSaturday is SOON!
Our time in Québec is down to the 11th hour, we have just a few more days before heading back to Ontario. Despite busy days full of cleaning and preparing, we have had a few opportunities to see friends. On Sunday our church had a potluck for us and the Martin family (another missionary family). [...]
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