Missions

Lat week after church (January 24) I told Mark that I had been feeling God's calling for a few days that now is my time to get into missions work. Yesterday at church the sermon was about missions, and it really drove home that calling. It hasn't taken more shape than a general calling yet, except that I know I'm not being called to serve in the church (ie with Sunday school). I'm supposed to go out (somewhere) and do something to help people in need and who may not have heard of Jesus before.

So, if you would please take a moment to pray that I would know where God is calling me to, and that He would provide abundantly so that I may do what he is asking of me.

Thanks, and have a good February, everyone!

Doin' fine

Everything is plodding along slowly here. I hurt my ankle (not badly) on Sunday morning, but am mostly recovered now. I just can't walk fast. Kara only crawls about 5% of the time now, though she's still relatively unstable because she is so small. Chloe is in preschool one day a week, and she's absolutely loving it. Mark is still off work, but production for Season 2 of Stargate: Universe has started (as in, the art department and writers are working), and it looks like Mark will start late Feb or early March. Everything else is pretty much status quo.

Oh yeah, my mom got new furniture, so we inherited her chair-and-a-half. Its AWESOME.

Its Serious

It is now obvious that we are dealing with a severe food allergy (or maybe more than one) with Kara. Some time late Tuesday or early Wednesday she ate something that her body thinks is bad, and now she is covered from head to toe (well, ankle) in little red spots. Not quite hives, since they have stayed separate spots, but more raised than normal eczema is.

We've been to see a normal doctor regarding Kara's eczema already. We got a referral to the pediatric allergist, but we have to wait until March 5. So for now its two more months of guessing what foods we can and can't give our baby, while all she wants to do is eat more and more. I'm grateful that I can still breastfeed her (since lactose is probably an allergen), but the amount of food she wants is starting to be more than I can realistically supply.

Things we're pretty sure Kara is allergic to:
(Or, it seems, that her body has an auto-immune response to)
Milk (cows AND goats milk are both no-touch right now)
Wheat
Corn

Other things we may need to avoid:
Cinnamon
Oats (they naturally contain gluten, which might be the problem with wheat)
Yeast
Nuts
Soy

So far we haven't had any anaphylactic responses, which means no trips to emergency, thankfully. But its really hard on all of us, especially Kara.

Sleep?

Kara is not sleeping well. Its super frustrating. That's all, just needed to complain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY

I know I haven't posted about us in a long time, and I don't really have time to right now, but that music video above is so cool I had to share it.

Happy New Year everyone. Hope your 2010 is great.

Walking?

So, Kara was 9 months old yesterday. Today, she took 5 steps by herself. She's been standing on her own occasionally for a week or so, and walking with assistance for longer than that, but she sure is close to walking. Its awesome and scary at the same time :S

Also, we are dedicating Kara at church this Sunday. 11am at Coquitlam Alliance Church, 2601 Spuraway Avenue.

Gah

I haven't been here in forever. I've got so many things I want to post, but I don't know when I'll get around to them.

Our Christmas tree is up, its nice. Kara was really interested in it, but so far hasn't tried to stand up on it or pull it over, thankfully.

I'll try to get to everything else soon, really!

Teeth, and tired

Kara popped out two more teeth yesterday morning, which means she has 4. She's working on two more on the top still, which has made for not good sleeping. That combined with staying up late on Friday to play Robo Rally with Ricky and Audrey means we're both exhausted right now.

Other than that, life goes. My mom and sister were over yesterday, which was nice. My girls sure love Grandma.

Church day today. Chloe is finally happy to go to Sunday School, and we can get Kara to stay in nursery at least half the time.

Mark is working on a 3D mini-competition last week and this week, which means even though he's home, he's not really around to help out with stuff. Its different that when he's at work though, because the girls still want to see him, and he still emerges every once in a while to get a drink or have meals with us. Overall, its good but a bit strange.

Lets see....


Kara is now 8 months old, and is still working on those two top teeth. Moving her to the crib is going slowly, but it is working well for naps.

Chloe is as hyper as ever.

Mark is still off work, and we're still waiting for EI to kick in. It has resulted in us getting a lot of chores done, though.

Not sure why, but I'm feeling a little down this week. I haven't been sleeping well (neither has Kara, that's part of the problem), and for some reason life just seems a little overwhelming. *sigh*

Right now my mom is over, and she's going to watch the girls so Mark and I can go out for coffee. Yay mom! :)

Teeth!

Kara now has two teeth on the bottom, and is working on pushing some through on the top. In two weeks she has gone from none to almost 4. Of course, it means she's cranky and not sleeping properly :P On top of that, we've decided its time for Kara to move out of our bed and into her crib. Here's hoping that goes well...

Tomorrow is a bi-election here in New West/Coquitlam, so we have to choose who to vote for AGAIN :P But we will vote.