28 weeks in

Since our visit to the hospital, we've had one or two guests staying at the mansion. Jill's mom has been here the whole time, and her dad comes and goes, such is the life of a preacher. Usually with guests, we do the cooking and cleaning, so I'm trying to not get used to that not being the case. We've been well cared-for. Our landlord's son dropped off a bunch of flowers yesterday. Here's mom and dad posing in front of the new pink and purple flowers. They, the flowers, took a beating from today's hail and thunderstorms.

Before the storms, much heat and humidity abounded. What better way to combat the heat than homemade ice cream! We've settled on the custard type recipes, where the cream is cooked before freezing, because of the richer texture. Yummy!

Here's your 28 week profile shot. You can see a bruises on Jill's forearm. Many more are on her other arm and shoulder from multitudinous blood tests, IV's and what-have-you's. But the point is, wow, she is looking great!

And finally, we'd like to say Thank You to the many that have sent cards this week, especially to the k-4 sunday school kids in Kristen's class. We miss you guys very much!