25 March 2008

Michaela Ann Wylie

Everyone reading this no doubt has heard that the Lord blessed us with our little girl last Saturday morning - 7:35am, 6 lbs 13 oz, 19 inches long. It's a miracle to see your baby being born, and I feel incredibly blessed to have now seen two.

Everyone is home, everyone is healthy and doing fine. Here are some pics, all of which were on that web album we sent out - I guess these are my favorite ones so far.




Thanks to everyone for the prayers; once again we experienced a quick delivery. And the cool thing this time, we actually got to take our baby home(!)


Mark

17 March 2008

A few more Family Photos

Just a few more "Family Photos," taken Sunday morning. Again little baby girl is 'hiding.' We are waiting around, just this side and just 'this close' of life and family changing. Last time it hit without warning, this time I wonder if it will ever get here. I have work to do but have a hard time doing it; I seem to be pre-occupied and quite unengaged with work, even even though I am not actually 'thinking much' about the baby. I guess that's just what one does when things are about to drastically change. I have started writing what will be my final assignment for graduate school, and I will no doubt work on that quite a bit this week, even if it seems a bit trite. A 12-15 page report on "The Role of Dialogue in Preaching", and already I have been studying too much for it. I had to remind myself that it was not a thesis and just start writing.

Enjoy the pictures!
Mark

13 March 2008

STILL Getting Closer

One more week and our little baby girl still has not decided to arrive. This shot below is a 4 member "Family Portrait", taken last night after our Young Adult Ministry Class. (For those of you that have been there, notice the new floor we put in!) Anyway, it's Susan, Me, Andrew, and little baby girl, except baby girl is slightly camera-shy at the moment. Another shot of the proud parents-to-be-of-a-little-girl-baby-bundle-of-joy:
Andrew, helping Mommy clean up the kitchen floor:
And of course, still after all these years, Susan's favorite pillow.
Susan has another Doctor's appointment today, keep praying for us and for the baby!
Mark

05 March 2008

Nearly Time!!!!

This is the reason I make sure I have my cell phone on me AT ALL TIMES!!!! We are in the final lap of this pregnancy, and the doctor says if our little girl came anytime in the next month she would be doing really good. God is certianly blessing us. Here is a little Goofball, watching some ESPN this morning after getting out of bed!
And just for fun, we took this picture to give familyan friends an idea about how much this baby adds to Susan's waist!
Keep praying for us and our little girl...oh, and I almost forgot, Susan finally settled on a name, but I'm not supposed to tell anybody.

Mark

Weekend Retreat

Another YAM Retreat in the books, this one being one of our largest (along with last Summer). Nineteen Young Adults at the Eternal Purpose Campground in Sedalia, Colorado. Saturday it was Sunny and Bright, about 70 degrees, Sunday we nearly got snowed in and barely made it out (some of us were stuck for awhile!) Here's a nice group shot below: And here is a good picture of Andrew, enjoying the Free Time part of the Retreat. Susan and Andrew were able to drive up Saturday afternoon.
Hope everyone is having a good week. See Post above; it's nearly time!
Mark