A kick!

I have been meaning to write this post all week and finally have time!  I'm so thankful for our Saturday mornings where we don't have anything planned.  I got to sleep in and my great husband served me breakfast in bed! 

Last week, we took some of our youth from the youth group on an Antioch Retreat.  It was a very blessed weekend.  We got to see some of our dear friends that live in Carmel, and stayed with two of our friends that recently got married.  First of all, that was so much fun.  We've known these two since high school and have watched their amazing journey.  Along that journey, they've been great friends to us.  Our friendships started at this same kind of retreat we were all now helping out with.  It was just an amazing time for fellowship with them that Attila and I really treasured.  We spent like 40 hours straight with them, something we don't get the oppurtunity very often to do with another couple that is our age, and with another couple that is trying to pursue God's will as we hope we are doing, too.  Another blessing was spending time with teens from our youth group and getting to know them better.  It reinstated and strengthened our commitment to minister to all of our teenage friends.

On Sunday, we all went to Mass together.  I knew I needed to sit in the very front pew because lately, I really struggle in Church.  I get hot flashes and dizzy spells the most in church.  Why?  Who knows!  It may be the standing, sitting, kneeling, or all the human bodies in a space together which causes me to heat up!  I figured in the front row there wont be anyone in front of us and hopefully some better circulation of air. And not many people crowd into the front pew, too!  I was finally comfortable in mass and was excited to be able to pay attention when the priest started a baptism.  Sooo excited!  Infant baptisms aren't usually done in the context of a mass and I was so elated to experience this one.  It really was beautiful.  The church we were at was packed with people, so there was such a strong response for all the songs and the litany of the saints.  It was so cool to witness the greater congregation participate in the new birth of a Christian!  Well, during the pouring on of the water, I felt it!  THE BABY MOVE!  It was like a little body part just poked the middle of my womb for a split second.  It was a feeling I have NEVER felt before.  When I explained the feeling to our midwife the following Tuesday, she said she was certain that is what I felt!  I am overjoyed that our little one made itself known in this way, and whats even cooler is that it was in the middle of another baby getting baptized!  Words cannot express my joy at this!  When I turned to Attila and told him, he said "that baby is ready to be baptized!" 

JOY, JOY, JOY!!!!!!

And the saints go marching in...

So its been about a week since the last post.  We're getting excited to go for another appointment next Tuesday.  I will be 15 weeks then.  Then, at our next appointment after that, I think, we will have the ultrasound that will reveal our little baby's gender, woohoo!  We should definitely know by Christmas, and be rest assured we will have some sort of fun "gender reveal" party/ moment at Christmas. 

Even though the gender won't be surprise, we're going to TRY to keep the name a surprise, even though I think I already told some people our options.  I love looking for baby names and thinking up new combinations.  I will tell you we are set on the first name, boy and girl version.   The secret to figuring out the middle names is found among the saints.  For awhile we were absolutely set on a boy and girl full name, but it's kinda exciting to keep options open.  We like the idea of seeing which day our baby is born on, and then seeing which saint holds a feast day on that day, and going from there.  Right now, if our baby were to be born on April 30, 2011 (the due date) the saint would be St. Pius V.  In case that happens, we probably won't go with Pius, but we'll be creative and figure something out!  In the meantime, I have researched all the feast days within a month of our due date, and we are asking all those saints in heaven to help pray for the birth of our baby.  Maybe you can research them, too, and if there's a name/saint you really love, join us in prayer!  Don't be limited by the saints with capitals S's; the definition of a saint is one who is in heaven, and we also ask the saints of our own family, especially, to be with us! 

Patricia, Ruth, Margaret, Irene, Clarice, Stephen, Floyd, Curtis, Charles and all our ancestors who've passed, watch over us and pray for us!