Birthdays, Owen, and Nashville Life

This Saturday was my birthday.  It was really good, and really different at the same time.  It was weird not being with family on this day, as i have been every other year.  It was really cool though because Mark suprised me with some friends from home coming down for a surprise party in Nashville.  That was really great and it felt like a piece of home coming to me.  We spent all weekend hanging out downtown and showing them Nashville! :)  We had a really fun time.

Owen is doing really well.  We had an appointment on Dec. 4th where they evaluated his heart, lungs, brain, kidneys, etc...and as far as we can tell, everything looks healthy and well.  He is moving SOOOO much these days and it's been fun for Mark and I. 

While the doctor was measuring Owen's brain, heart, belly, etc, the computer calculated that his due date would be Feburary 19th!!!! We were shocked at that because the original due date was March 4th.  The doctor said she is going to keep the due date at March 4th...kind of scary, but mark and i have just decided we will be ready by Feburaray 19th! :)

If you think about it, keep  Mark and i in your prayers.  We are having a hard time here.  We absolutely adore Nashville and we love our church.  However, we feel like we are having a bit of a hard time fitting in.  It's hard because we are realizing how much we miss familiar friends.  We don't like south bend, but we know the people there.  We love nashville, but finding real people has been tricky.  Mark has been pretty down the past couple of days because of this, and it's just been a little tricky to keep up a good, happy feeling lately in our home.

On a positive note, we got new neighbors this weekend.  They are an elderly couple and they really love the lord.  They are super sweet and we are happy to have them!!

:)

Whelp, that's about it for now.  My camera is currently dead, so pictures will  be posted soon! :)

Love,

Lauren, Mark and Owen