Please pray for Ben. The doctor found abnormal readings on his EKG (heart) test and wants him to have more tests and meetings with doctors. Our week is full of appointments for him. we will keep you all informed as to how these go.

on another note - our precious babies love each other lots! we are so thankful for both of them!

Here is a picture of all of us and our wonderful midwife Carol Denny. We had our six week check up with her and had to say good bye. She was amazing and we would recommend her to anyone in the Phoenix area wanting a home birth. Jamin weighed in at 12lbs even! 6lbs in 6 weeks is pretty good!

Lots of things are going on. we are getting ready to leave the country any day now and our moments are ticking by. we are packing everything in - getting hair cuts, watching movies, going to Starbucks, shopping for last moment things, visiting Starbucks, seeing friends, packing rubbermaids, drinking Starbucks and trying to have fun instead of stressing!

No cavities! Very thankful for the good new the dentist gave me this morning...

Mark and Lib (my sister and brother) are in visiting us for a week. we already have so much planned to do, it's going to be busy and fun. Tonight we grilled brats and had a picnic out by the pool. We were the only ones there and it was really relaxing and a bit of a temptation for Reese. she could hardly stay out of the water!

Teeth

Today Ben got an echocardiogram. the tech thought things looked good, but Ben won't be able to talk to the doctor about the test for a couple of weeks. it was just a routine check up, but we were praying nothing would show up. Thankfully God continues to bless us with good health.

Healthy teeth are another matter tho! Ben had alot of work done on his teeth once we got back here to the states. And just yesturday Reese had about $800 worth of work done to her teeth. And that was AFTER the insurance... Tomorrow i go and get a check up and cleaning. we are just praying that i won't have much more than that needing to be done! It has been quite the dental experience these past few months. all i can say is that, the past 5 years of our marriage we have hardly had a problem with docotrs or dentists, so if this year we have some maintenance to do, we shouldn't complain.

Jamin on the other hand has no teeth for which i am very thankful. He is growing quickly and in the first two weeks had gained two pounds. i dont know what he weights now, but is fitting very nicely in the 1-2 diapers from Cosco! we are trying to get some smiles out of him. Poor Ben is a little worried about his emotional development, but i think he'll be okay.

Some friends mentioned apple picking recently and since then i've been eager to go. We love picking fruit - whatever may be in season. But in Phoenix? What grows? Well, it took a while, but we drove north and finally did find a little orchard with amazing gala and golden delicious apples! The day was tons of fun as we got up early and met our friends over at their house. we all chomped some donuts while we loaded the kids up and headed out. Reese had a lot of fun with her friends and Jamin slept peacefully in my awesome sling!