Randomness of Late

• It is pretty stinkin hot here, I wish everyone would quit telling me how it is only going to get worse…. I can only imagine.
• The internship is wrapping up, they only have 3 weeks left – I can’t believe it. The interns have really done some great work though; we have been so blessed to have them here.
• Our friends from Waco are coming to visit next weekend! We are so excited!
• PLC’s annual banquet for the children who received surgery this year is coming up next week. It is great to see these kids enjoying childhood like they are supposed to.
• Iraq’s Presidential elections are coming up on July 27th – it is pretty crazy here, I’ve never seen anything like it. You can’t go out at night without seeing vehicles covered in flags and political paraphernalia with people hanging out of the windows screaming things. Everyone seems pretty excited about it.
• The most exciting thing for me lately is that I can feel the baby moving a lot more these days. It is pretty amazing to watch my stomach move and for Jeff to put his hands on my belly and feel our baby’s little kicks and punches. Right now it is really cute, I hear it starts hurting later.
• We are going on vacation in a month! I’m so excited! The last few months here have been really productive, but I think we are both pretty desperate for a break and are looking forward to our first time getting out of the country since we moved here in January.
• I’m getting huger by the moment it seems. Here is the most recent belly picture – taken yesterday at the beginning of week 22. Notice my wedding rings are around my neck on a chain that Jeff got for me, I was kind of sad when I couldn’t wear them anymore.

• PLC just launched a memorial fund for Shad Farydoon Hama to fund infant surgeries. We are realizing more and more the dire importance of these kids who are born with heart defects receiving surgery in infancy while they still stand a chance. During our staff meeting Sunday a family came to our office with their 3-month-old infant who looked like a preemie because he was so underweight and small due to his complicated heart problems. There are countless babies just like this one who desperately need surgery. You can go HERE to read more about how you can help send one of these babies to surgery.
• Pregnancy really does make you stupider and clumsier. In the last 2 weeks I’ve slammed my fingers in a door, burned my arm trying to light the stove, burned my hands taking a dish out of the oven, burned my fingers pouring boiling water, and forgot what shoes I wore to someone’s house. I miss my mind… does it return after the baby?