Baby News!!!!!

Hi everybody!!!

Guess I'm writing about once a month now--hopefully I'll be keeping you better updated in the next few months. If any of you did not receive my email, I guess I'll repeat our news--Lord willing, a new little Prox will be born somewhere around the end of May!!! Yes, I'm pregnant!! (my mother-in-law is saying "finally!!!" and I know many other's are joining her) but I go in for my first Dr's apt on Tues afternoon so I'll update you and hopefully be able to say "both of us are healthy". I'm trying to eat healthy and get all of my recommended daily vitamins and minerals in but there are a lot of them!!!

Today I went to Dothan to the Kohl's Grand Opening, so I got some maternity shirts and a pair of jeans--I'm hoping the jeans will make it through at least a couple more pregnancy's. Everything else I'll try to get at thrift stores--not that I need them yet--I'm only about 6 weeks along, but I might as well buy them when they're on sale right?

I am asking for some prayer though, yes, safety for the baby--especially at my job--being a tech is not the most "pregnant-friendly" job around. But also for money issues. We don't have insurance and we make too much money for medicaid. Fortunately, they seem pretty good about working with people without insurance down here but from my estimations (and assuming a normal pregnancy and delivery) we're looking at about $4-5000 (without ultrasounds and lab work--I don't have estimates on that--we have to fill out more paperwork) but I guess that total isn't too bad--it could be MUCH higher, but quite a bit of that is suppose to be paid "up-front" so pray that we'll be smart with money, that God will provide and that WE will TRUST Him to provide (He hasn't let us down yet so I guess I'm not as worried as I otherwise would be.) And if it comes out under $5,000 that's still cheaper than my Grand Am was by $500 :o) And I guess this is a little more important than going into debt for a car!

Oh, speaking of God providing, I was very blessed on Tuesday. I was dealing with not a fun situation on the way home from work and wasn't sure what to do or who to call. I got home and was reading the junk mail trying to occupy my mind when low and behold, Steffi called. I had just talked to her 2 days before so I wasn't expecting to hear from her anytime soon, but I answered and the first words out of her mouth were "God laid it on my heart to call you and give you a 'phone hug' and tell you everything will work out. Now, what's going on?" I tell you, I couldn't speak for a few seconds and almost started crying. There was NO WAY she could have known anything was wrong except for God telling her, so it was just a blessing to me and a great reminder that God does care and He will provide, even if it's a friend calling out of the blue to say everything's gonna work out. And I'm thankful for Steffi to listening to that "still small voice". How many times does God lay someone on our hearts and we kind of brush it off as some coincidence or not important or say "I'll do it later"? If Steffi had ignored that, both of us would have missed out on a huge blessing; so maybe there's a lesson in there somewhere huh? :o)

Well that's my news for now, so I really will try to keep you updated and even try to get an ultrasound pic on here for you when I get the chance. Thanks for reading and praying,

Sarah