3 weeks and counting...

Greetings howes-house fans!

Been a while...would be normal to say we haven't written anything lately because life has been rushing along fast and we didn't have time to write anything, but can't really say that's the case. Time is plodding along a bit slowly as we move towards "C-day" (c is for Ceasarian!).

We next see the consultant on Monday and we'll get a definite date then for arrival of baby Winston (or some other name...still under discussion).

So how are we doing?

Tias is brilliant! He's developing in his speech loads at the moment, favourite words at the moment are car, head, ow and noooooo! Coolest thing he can do is perform an almost perfect oo-ooo-o-ooo that comes after "mama" in Queen's classic Bohemian Rhapsody. Its a great party trick! o yeah, he's sleeping much, much better these days too. Thank you jesus.

Eden is also amazing. She's 3 now and in so many ways is very grown up, still a born performer and budding preacher! At the home-church meeting at our house this week, when it was her turn to say what she was thankful to Jesus for, she opened her Bible, looked very serious and said the following:

"As I said last week, the Bible says we should go to bed now...and then come back."

Hilarious! She's at the local playgroup Mon, Tues, Weds morning which is great, particularly now Joel has started there. She is finding it a bit difficult with her mummy not being able to do all the fun things that she'd like to do and can bit a bit frustrated sometimes.

Silje is doing well at keeping her spirits up almost all the time whilst looking forward to "C-Day" perhaps more than anything else ever!

I am keeping going, doing great most of the time, a little tired and perhaps marginally less patient than normal and my short term memory has completely left the building! Friends in the church here are still bringing us meals 3 times a week which continues to be a life-saver...fair to say we eat better on these days than when its entirely down to me!

We are a blessed, happy family and intensely look forward to completing the family in just a very short time and getting ourselves back to full health very soon.