We love you Grandpa & Grandma!
Donald Lee & Mary Ellen Patrick
August 2, 1958
Monday, August 4, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
"little Tyler"
Today we had a very exciting 4th check-up with our OB-GYN. We had an 18-week sonogram of our baby (the first one was on May 19, 2008 when our baby was 8 weeks old).
For the sonogram, I had to take in plenty of fluids (32 oz.) 1 ½ hours before to aid in seeing if my placenta was on top of my bladder. I had a hard time with this because I thought I would not be able to hold my pee before reaching the nurse’s room. I told the nurse that I could not hold my pee anymore so she immediately led me to lie down and take the sonogram. Then she told me that I could now pee! And at first, I really couldn’t move up from the bed because any slight movement was very painful to my bladder (Whew…what a relief after I went to the bathroom.)
Then the most exciting part --- I came back and continued the sonogram and we learned that we have a baby boy! Our baby moves a lot; we saw him moving his arms and feet like he was stretching and looking for a comfortable position. That explains why I feel a lot of slight movements inside my belly this week.
In the monitor, we saw our baby’s body, face, male organ, pumping heart (with four chambers), bile, brain, hand bones, leg bones, spine, and his foot :-)
Now, we are more excited to see our son soon. We are so thankful to the Lord for giving us our first baby --- our “little Tyler”!
"it's a boy"
For the sonogram, I had to take in plenty of fluids (32 oz.) 1 ½ hours before to aid in seeing if my placenta was on top of my bladder. I had a hard time with this because I thought I would not be able to hold my pee before reaching the nurse’s room. I told the nurse that I could not hold my pee anymore so she immediately led me to lie down and take the sonogram. Then she told me that I could now pee! And at first, I really couldn’t move up from the bed because any slight movement was very painful to my bladder (Whew…what a relief after I went to the bathroom.)
Then the most exciting part --- I came back and continued the sonogram and we learned that we have a baby boy! Our baby moves a lot; we saw him moving his arms and feet like he was stretching and looking for a comfortable position. That explains why I feel a lot of slight movements inside my belly this week.
In the monitor, we saw our baby’s body, face, male organ, pumping heart (with four chambers), bile, brain, hand bones, leg bones, spine, and his foot :-)
Now, we are more excited to see our son soon. We are so thankful to the Lord for giving us our first baby --- our “little Tyler”!
"little baby (18 weeks, 9 oz.) "
"tiny face" 
"tiny foot"
"it's a boy"
Monday, July 21, 2008
Be quick to listen...
Hello everyone! I'm now starting the second trimester of pregnancy (17 weeks as of today)! I am so happy to tell you that my taste buds are normal again. I'm now enjoying the food I eat! However, I'm starting to experience a sensation called "heartburn" especially after I eat and when I lie down to sleep --- yes, it's all part of pregnancy :-I
On 4th of July, I felt a quick movement inside my womb while lying down alone and I know it's our baby. It is such a wonderful feeling to realize that I'm not really alone in that room :-) We had our third visit to OB-GYN on July 11 --- and I heard our baby's heartbeat again! It's now louder and counts 157 beats per minute. Tyler missed it because I forgot my urine sample and he needed to go back home to get it :-(
Our baby can now listen to my heartbeat and the sound of the outside world. That's why whenever we go to church every Sunday, I really enjoy listening to praise and worship songs, because I know my baby enjoys the music, too!
Tyler and I recently joined a group of friends in a challenge of reading through the bible in a year. We are in the 4th week now. I encourage you to take this challenge, too. This is really worth doing! :-)
I attached the bible reading plan from week 1 to 13 (just double-click the image on the right). It's actually a 52-week plan. If in case you need a copy of the whole plan just let me know and I'll send you the whole text file in MS Word format (I just don't know how to attached ".doc" format in this blog).
Here is one way we do our bible reading. We go to http://www.biblegateway.com/ and search for the particular chapter we need to read that day. Then we click on the audio symbol to listen to the bible chapter in that website. While listening, we are also reading our bibles (you can also read on the computer screen, if you like). It also helpful to have a bible with lots of maps on it (since it will be easier to understand the places being describe). By listening to the Word of God everyday, I know that our baby is benefiting from it, too! Also, don't forget to always ask God to help you understand His Words :-)
I want to share the following verses about listening from James 1:19-20:
"19 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,20 for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires."
On 4th of July, I felt a quick movement inside my womb while lying down alone and I know it's our baby. It is such a wonderful feeling to realize that I'm not really alone in that room :-) We had our third visit to OB-GYN on July 11 --- and I heard our baby's heartbeat again! It's now louder and counts 157 beats per minute. Tyler missed it because I forgot my urine sample and he needed to go back home to get it :-(
Our baby can now listen to my heartbeat and the sound of the outside world. That's why whenever we go to church every Sunday, I really enjoy listening to praise and worship songs, because I know my baby enjoys the music, too!
Tyler and I recently joined a group of friends in a challenge of reading through the bible in a year. We are in the 4th week now. I encourage you to take this challenge, too. This is really worth doing! :-) I attached the bible reading plan from week 1 to 13 (just double-click the image on the right). It's actually a 52-week plan. If in case you need a copy of the whole plan just let me know and I'll send you the whole text file in MS Word format (I just don't know how to attached ".doc" format in this blog).
Here is one way we do our bible reading. We go to http://www.biblegateway.com/ and search for the particular chapter we need to read that day. Then we click on the audio symbol to listen to the bible chapter in that website. While listening, we are also reading our bibles (you can also read on the computer screen, if you like). It also helpful to have a bible with lots of maps on it (since it will be easier to understand the places being describe). By listening to the Word of God everyday, I know that our baby is benefiting from it, too! Also, don't forget to always ask God to help you understand His Words :-)
I want to share the following verses about listening from James 1:19-20:
"19 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,20 for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires."
Monday, June 23, 2008
With All My Heart
Up to this day, I still have the first trimester sickness --- oftentimes, I feel nauseous and most of the food I eat taste bitter. I also crave for native Filipino delicacies like bibingka, suman, champorado, banana-que etc. (I'm planning to make bibingka, puto and camote-que one of these days.). I found sweet potatoes and avocados appealing to my picky tastebuds.
Anyway, Tyler and I went to see my OB-GYN on June 16 for my second check-up. I am in my 12 weeks at that time. My doctor asked me if I’ve observed my belly starting to grow. I told him --- “yes, but I am not sure if it’s the baby or just the food that I’m eating”…I saw my doctor’s wide smile and he said ---“no, it’s the baby!”. He then gave me instructions up to what point to pull my pants down, so that he could use his instrument to find our baby’s heartbeat. After several attempts, he finally found the heartbeat --- Tyler and I both heard it --- it beats so fast!
It is wonderful to know that the heart shows the “first sign of life” inside my womb. I remember, on my first check-up we saw the baby’s functioning heart through the flickering light in the sonogram.
I can’t help but think about the passages in the bible that talks about the heart. I’ve read that the word heart/hearts was mentioned about 930 times in the bible. Below are some of those verses:
Jeremiah 17:9 - “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Proverbs 4:23 – “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
Psalm 19:8 – “The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart…”
Ecclesiastes 3:11- “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men...”
Luke 10:27 – “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind… ”
Anyway, Tyler and I went to see my OB-GYN on June 16 for my second check-up. I am in my 12 weeks at that time. My doctor asked me if I’ve observed my belly starting to grow. I told him --- “yes, but I am not sure if it’s the baby or just the food that I’m eating”…I saw my doctor’s wide smile and he said ---“no, it’s the baby!”. He then gave me instructions up to what point to pull my pants down, so that he could use his instrument to find our baby’s heartbeat. After several attempts, he finally found the heartbeat --- Tyler and I both heard it --- it beats so fast!It is wonderful to know that the heart shows the “first sign of life” inside my womb. I remember, on my first check-up we saw the baby’s functioning heart through the flickering light in the sonogram.
I can’t help but think about the passages in the bible that talks about the heart. I’ve read that the word heart/hearts was mentioned about 930 times in the bible. Below are some of those verses:
Jeremiah 17:9 - “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Proverbs 4:23 – “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.”
Psalm 19:8 – “The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart…”
Ecclesiastes 3:11- “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men...”
Luke 10:27 – “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind… ”
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Dream vacations 2008
Hello, just want to share the videos of my dream vacations for 2008. You might be interested to join these tours:
http://www.intouch.org/site/c.dhKHIXPKIuE/b.4130799/k.ABC6/Alaska_Cruise_2008.htm
http://www.walkintheword.com/IsraelTrip/default.aspx
http://www.intouch.org/site/c.dhKHIXPKIuE/b.4130799/k.ABC6/Alaska_Cruise_2008.htm
http://www.walkintheword.com/IsraelTrip/default.aspx
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Mission trip
Tyler is in the Philippines since May 27. He joined a short mission trip in the southern part of Mindanao (Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato provinces), with our other nine church mates. This is his second time to join the mission trip in Mindanao; the first one was in May of 2006. Below is the link to the blog of Luke Schooler about their trip.
http://philippinetrip2.blogspot.com/
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Hungry all the time
Looking inside the fridge...thinking...what should I eat this time? It's hard to decide what to eat, especially that I'm so picky these days. Just few minutes after I ate, I feel hungry again. Hmmm --- it's amazing how my body is working hard to supply the needed nutrients of my growing baby :-)
While experiencing this "hungry-all-the-time" condition, I thought about my prayer life. I am "hungry" to pray, too, though not all the time --- maybe, most of the time. I started to have this strongest desire to pray when I became a believer of Jesus Christ. But oftentimes, due to lots of distractions, I wasn't able to feed this hunger. In Thessalonians 5:17-18, we are commanded to "PRAY WITHOUT CEASING".
I'm reading/studying a book on "Six Secrets to a Powerful Quiet Time" by Catherine Martin. I have this goal to be faithful in prayer. Tyler and I wanted to become good examples to our child/children. I don't remember where I heard this phase --- "teach your child how to pray as soon as she/he learned to speak".
Recently, I've read this article about practical tips to unceasing prayer from "Focus on the Family" magazine (May 2008 issue). I wanted to share 4 out of the 10 practical tips given:
# 1. "Post-it prayers". Write prayer requests on post-it and stick it to different areas in your house like on your mirror, fridge, computer etc.
# 2. "Get it on file". Purchase an accordion-style cardholder. Write the prayer request and appropriate Scripture on a blank card and insert it into your holder. If you are in a waiting room or airport, open your file and talk to God.
# 3. "Sort laundry". As you fold clothes, thank God for each family member, sharing what you appreciate about each one.
# 4. "Wait three rings". Let the ringing phone be your prayer signal. Before answering ask God to guide your thoughts and glorify His name through you. You can do the same when opening your e-mails.
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