Robert Loves Kendalyn

We arrived home safely last night from a wonderful weekend with the Staddon Family in West Virginia!  The weekend was filled with delicious food prepared by Mom & Esther, fellowship, friends, and fun games.  This little baby seems to be going through a growth spurt because eating was a constant activity for me!

We drove down with Daniel, James and Barak last Wednesday and arrived just in time for a late supper.  Thursday was relaxing with great food and games, Friday involved taking naps for me and working on the computer for Robert, and Saturday was Jonathan’s graduation from high school.  Early Saturday morning, however, Grandpa Brannon was rushed to the hospital and he and I ended up missing the graduation.  He felt better after receiving an IV, so the hours passed quickly for us as he shared stories of his time in the war, about his family, how he and his wife met, and how proud he was of his children and grandchildren.  I felt that I really got to know him better and enjoyed the time staying with him immensely. 

Jonathan’s graduation went very well and I was able to give Grandpa blow-by-blow reports of what was going on, thanks to Robert’s updates from his cell phone!  It was a blessed time at the Staddon’s home.

Now the Christmas rush has started as I start thinking of all that needs to be done before Christmas (like eating!  again…).  I love this season!

Happy Thanksgiving!

David Waller & Priscilla Keller were engaged November 16th and are happily planning for a February 4th, 2012 wedding! Congratulations to you both and may the Lord bless your wedding preparations! 

For more information, visit their website that my talented husband put together (you’re amazing, Robert!): http://davidlovespriscilla.com/.

Here’s the first picture of our little one, slowly making a show in the world! Tonight, Robert and I had our first official date since the pregnancy began and the morning sickness has abated.  He surprised me with two tickets to Handel’s Messiah in celebration of our 5-month anniversary! It was a lovely evening filled with a beautiful message of Jesus’ life, ministry, suffering, and resurrection. What a wonderful treat to enjoy the entire performance with my lovely husband, and introduce our little one to truly good music.

Robert and I are pleased to share some wonderful and exciting news…we are expecting! Nestled in our cozy little house here in the large and bustling city of Chicago, we are eagerly making plans for our new arrival in mid-May. We decided that we are going to wait until the birth to find out the gender…although Robert has a hunch that it just might be a boy! (After all, he has six brothers!)

I have heard glorious reports about the second trimester, which is soon approaching, and I’m looking forward to being able to cook a decent meal for Robert once again! Robert has been wonderful and heated up leftovers, made his own supper (which was cereal), and has been the most wonderful husband ever; but oh, I long to get in the kitchen again and bake! (Just as soon as food sounds good again.)

This is the first official post in our new blog with many more exciting stories, updates, and news reels to come!

Be sure to stop by often for the grand adventures of our new life here in Chicago!