Lord, cleanse our hearts and minds this Lent - and lead us closer to you.
Dear Family and Friends,
It has now been a little while since our last update, and we wanted to let you in on what has been taking place in our lives. First, we are thrilled to announce the life of a little one - little baby Coles, who is 9 weeks old and is growing quickly. How good the Lord is, surpassing all expectations!
The little one has been giving his mother a little nausea in the mornings, and doesn't seem to like our normal 3-meals a day eating schedules. But the Little one has a great heartbeat and seems to be doing fine. (We go to see the baby this weekend- our second ultrasound, and he no longer looks like a dot with a flashing spot for his heart, but rather a full lil baby with a flashing spot) We also had the joy of seeing our new niece or nephew who is due in a month on the ultrasound machine this weekend. The baby is SO much bigger than our little one:)
We are blessed again by the sisters Lucy used to live with as they just recently were donated a ultrasound machine (Sr. Dede is a surgeon who has helped us locate all of our wonderful doctors, and now has offered for us to see the baby more often on their new machine- if we are able to get the pictures, we will pass them along for others to see the gradual growth of the baby)
Lucy's lacrosse playing has since been put on the backburner - since she now has another contact sport she's enrolled in. (Motherhood) The people at her job have been wonderfully supportive, making her already exceptional atmosphere even better. Her boss even told her that if she ever needs to, she's welcome to close her office door, turn out the lights and take a nap . She's done an amazing job keeping up with all the work that is needed while still making sure she has enough time to sleep and eat for two. Matt has also done an wonderful job doing most of the cooking and cleaning up afterwards as the smells of food have taken a toll on me, this past week though has been much better and I've been able to keep most of the food down.
Matt's health has been doing well, his doctor asked how he was doing and he said ever since he found out that I was pregnant he has felt much better:) Dr. Smith replied "Your lungs must be happy!" So he does have clear lungs, and his last treatment went well with little side effects. This week he will have 2 big scans- his MRI and CT Scan on Thursday. The MRI will check his brain for the first time since the gamma knife treatment in December, and then the CT will be his normal check up in his chest and abdomen. Please pray for both of these scans this week. Providing everything is ok, we will continue treatments next week. If there is a problem in the brain, we will resume radiation next Wednesday.
I don't know how he manages school, a pregnant wife, work and cancer...but I do know that the Lord has been pouring forth so many visible graces these past few weeks. We are so thankful for everyone who has volunteered to help cook and clean in these first few weeks of pregnancy adjustments, it has been such a relief to the both of us.
In other exciting news, Matt was offered a full time research job with the company he currently does part time work for that is located in New York. They offered the possibility of moving to New York...but our goal is to get back to the south, probably Texas. So with this offer, it raises the possibility of moving back after Matt finishes his classes next May. He would be able to work full time from home as well as receive benefits. We will continue to pray about this option as the details get sorted out, but it is so amazing to see the Lord at work in every crevice of our lives.
Please offer prayers for another family in which the wife has been diagnosed with breast cancer and they also just found out they are pregnant. Their names are Christine and Ryan and they also got married within the year.
We are looking to spring, but winter keeps knocking on the door- we were hit with a little ice storm last weekend which brought back our freezing temps after a wonderful week of 70 degree weather:) Thank you for all of your prayers, and we invite you to include the newest member of the family in your prayers as well.
Happy Feast of St. Joseph!
Joyful in Christ,
Matt and Lucy
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