orphanage

if you've ever followed the links to the right and checked out the orphanage/church project you'll be happy to learn that it's finally completed! don't have final pictures of the dedication but that will come in the next week or so. i'll post when they arrive. pretty cool.

all in all life is going really well but it's not without it's drama. amy is stomaching pregnancy as well as can be expected. so far she's not tossing cookies like she did with isaac but they have been known to fly on occasion. she more deals with constant exhaustion. this seems to be par for the course. when she was pregnant with isaac we would literally spend 4 hours watching tv in our big chair together. those days are long gone. all we can hope to do now is work on perfecting our zone defense. man coverage is no longer an option. she had her first doc appt. today. they said she is pregnant and that she's not faking. it's always good to get the expert opinion. next month we should get to hear the heart beat.

the leap of faith feels quit a bit like a leap - that stomach churning, oh no i'm going to die, kind of feeling. but i do feel like progress is being made. certainly is not a conventional way to do things. but then, i've discovered God is not into conventions. though, i bet He frequents the star trek ones when ever possible - it's like going to the zoo but different. more dangerous because there's no cages.

much love to you all. let me see if i can find any new pictures to post for the media starved. oh, one just came to mind but it's a surprise for the folks at work. i'll post it next week. someone remind me.

news

much is going on with us these days. drop me a line and i'll be happy to give you the particulars. here's the outline version:

i'm finally seeing fruit, healing, victory in my life from life long habits of passivity and escapism. that how i've been put together: talents, gifts, calling is not being put to effect. they've been dormant and suppressed.

in the process of chasing this down, really just in earnest the last couple months, i also felt God saying i needed to take a leap of faith, to walk away from my current job and to look for a position at the university, one that lets how i've been fitted together thrive and be challenged. so i took the leap and turned in my resignation effective june 1 and started searching. i'm making progress and will keep you posted.

and we found out last week that amy is pregnant. she should be due in december. this is also another testimony of God working in our lives. it took three years and several fertility treatments to become pregnant with isaac. we've done no birth control for 7 years. it's not coincidence the timing of our spiritual journey and this.

needless to say we're excited, overwhelmed, having a blast, and more. amy is doing well. i think it was the 2nd or third thing she did after testing positive to start shopping for maternity clothes online. isaac is really excited. when we told him he went to amy's tummy and patted it and said hi to the baby. he's convinced that there is a little brother in there. last night i asked him what we should name the baby and he said he doesn't have a name. he's little brother. ok. pretty good stage name - little brother glover. and joy will be an awesome big sister. we've watched big sister dora on repeat much of the weekend. joy is taking notes.

so, expect more regular updates as we chart the progress of the belly. amy's guess is she'll weigh close to 1,000 pounds by this winter. i'm doubting the likelihood of that. but, don't cross a pregnant woman.

casey's up to bat

rocky, slugger, babe. we ran through the possible new nicknames over dinner. this picture doesn't quite do justice to the event but you might get the idea. his eye doesn't normaly look like that.

i was outside painting so i can't be certain of the order of events. i came inside after amy called to me from the front door. no exposition just - jake, come inside. no panic in her voice but i could tell it wasn't optional or at my leave. once inside the daughter was stripped down to her shirt and diaper, holding a half eaten banana and was screaming. this gave me no pause as mine eyes are acustomed to such things. i make my way to the bathroom. amy is there, a bit pale looking, her front soaked as if some thing has been poured on her. the son is sprawled on the floor, looking up, a stick used to stir cans of paint in his hand. his eye blugeoned. appearantly this is what occured: the boy, who had been practicing his baseball swing using the stir stick as a bat had the unction to go pee. this is a good thing, we're quite proud of his ability to self urinate. he came inside, began the process of going potty, pants around ankles, when he figures, based on the feedback from his bladder, that he has time for at least one, maybe two, more swings. this must have been quite a swing. he over swung, as 3.5 year olds are wont to do, but the batman underwear at his ankles did not allow for his footing to be found. instead, he fell headlong at the tub where his eye took the brunt of the fall. at least he went down swinging.

amy harkened to the clatter, picked up the boy, eye already black, screaming, when his bladder decided it could wait no longer. i don't have a picture of that.