Benifits of youth ministry

So there are many perks that come with what we do...spending a majority of our time with students. We get to see God change and impact lives daily as we minister to and along side the youth at Grace Point. Another perk is that you have a large family that likes to spoil you on special days...Birthdays, anniversaries, and even having a baby. This time we were DIAPER DASHED. Basically they invaded the youth room, with food, drinks, balloons and a lot of oops protective gear. In other words alot of diapers and wipes. In fact there were 659 diapers, 1274 wipes, a couple sets of cute clothing and one awesome pair of BABY TOMS (like father like son).
Thanks to all our students and parents...you make every day worth it.

week 29

Hey friends...Alyssa here this time! We just got done with yet another appointment with the specialist and everything with Phinley looked perfect. God is so faithful and continues to show me that daily when I feel this sweet little boy kick and tumble. He weighed in at 3lb 3oz, remaining about a week ahead of schedule, and apparently has a rather large head...oh joy! I am going to chose to not think about that part. My favorite thing about this sonogram was that we got to see that he has a head full of hair!! I figured he would between what John and I both have going on up top. We could see his lips moving, his eyelids opening and closing, and the little bugger had both his arms up over his face the WHOLE time so we couldn't get any good pictures this time!
So from now on, we get to see the specialist every week, and my regular dr every two weeks...the end is so near!! Can hardly wait to meet this little man that God is so graciously entrusting us with.

Week 28 plus

So we wander into week 28. The good part about nothing real exciting happening is that means everything is good and healthy with the baby. Of course tiny little Alyssa looks really cute with giant Phinley roaming around in there. We still have daily shots, weekly doctor appointments, and we are spoiled with gifts almost everyday. And my theory about Phin being a soccer player....seems to be true, he keeps kicking both of us, for no good reason. The doctors say 80 more days, but if John is right we only have 65...hold on world, the cuteness is coming!!!