Bar none, Canaan’s most commented on feature is his eyes. Very rarely can we get through a store without someone mentioning it and ‘what beautiful blue eyes!’ was one of the first phrases we learned in Québec. Debra has hazel eyes and I have brown eyes which always catches people’s interest when they see Canaan’s […]
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Our temporary home is in a small town called Mount Forest, it is a relatively quiet town… except this weekend! The Mount Forest Fireworks festival is happening and the town has filled up! This afternoon we checked out the car show which boasted 400 interesting cars. Canaan was quite excited about this part of the […]
We’ve been in our temporary home for about 3 days now, busily unpacking arranging and often fixing. I arrived home this evening from a meeting and found a bouquet of fresh cut flowers on our door step! There wasn’t any sort of note but we feel very welcomed to our neighbourhood. The house we live […]
We have been in Ontario for about 3 days now and have spent most of that time busily preparing our new (and temporary) home. We have been busy moving furniture, changing electrical outlets and plumbing. A VERY special thanks to those from our church in Shelburne who helped clean and repair our home […]
On Monday morning we woke up at the nasty hour of 2am to get ready to leave for the airport. We had gone to bed only two and a half hours previously and it felt like I hadn’t slept at all. We had an hours drive to the airport during which I thought Canaan would […]
It is late into our last night here in California, wow did it ever go fast! Just wanted to write and ask for prayers, tomorrow is going to be a long day. We have to get up at 2:00 am for the airport, fly to Chicago, take a bus to the train station then take […]
Here’s a few minutes of our ultrasound. The original was 25 minutes long, it was hard to cut anything out! You can really see how much he loves to hold onto his ears and face. enjoy!
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Yesterday we were blessed by Debra’s parents with the opportunity to see our new baby in 4d! We all drove down to LA and watched the baby on a huge tv screen. He was very animated and loved to touch his face. He had wide feet and his ears stuck out. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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