We are safely in Illinois!!

We are now safely in Illinois, having flown in a day earlier than planned to beat a major blizzard which ended up snowing us in completely which the children of course thought was great fun!!

There is much to thank God for:

• For our safe arrival in the US
• For our relaxing vacation in Williamsburg
• For the wonderful time we had visiting with friends in DC, VA and NJ
• For the ability to change our flights and fly to Illinois a day early at no extra cost to arrive ahead of the blizzard
• For Quin's quick and excited transition to school. He is now taking the school bus and is loving every aspect of school life. The school is amazingly resourced and he is making good friends already - even if he can't remember any of their names!!
• For Ezzie's start to pre-school. She has settled quickly and is enjoying her afternoon program 3 times a week, and homeschool in the mornings with Abi. It takes alot less time when it is just her so Abi, Ezzie and Tate are enjoying getting to do some fun things like visiting the library, meeting friends, going to the mall etc.
• For the 2 visits so far to the hospital. Our OB is a fun Dr and we are thrilled to be able to have signed on with him. He is very understanding of our situation which has been a relief.
• For the provision of our "Scooby Van"!!! The van we are driving. We will post some photos for you to get the full picture!! It has begun to smell a little of burning so pray that we will be able to get to the bottom of the problem if there is one.
• We now have an oven so we can cook!!! Yeah. Praise God for that!!

Upcoming events and prayer requests:

• We have another appointment with our OB tomorrow. Abi's blood pressure has been up and down since we arrived. Pray for a good visit and that he would have wisdom to know what the best course of action is.
• Pray for the impending birth!! (Whenever that ends up being)
• For Quin, Ezzie and Tate - that they would adapt quickly and well to their new sibling. They have had alot of change in the last month so pray that they would have the ability to adapt to this too.
• We have had some teething problems getting our apartment ready so pray that everything would be finished before the baby arrives. We had a set back tonight where someone was working in the apartment and hit a water pipe so we now have no water. Pray that we would be able to get this fixed quickly and that it would all be ready before Abi delivers.

We are very much enjoying our time back here in the US. We would love to hear from you - do keep in touch. We will let you know as soon as the baby arrives and will try to keep posting now we are here and more settled.