Cards from Father’s Day 2022

Pictures of Cards for a Much-Loved Dad

From Emma:

A list of Things You Do For Me:

1. Take me to camp

2. Make our food

3. Read to us

4.  Make money for our food

5. Play with us

6. Pay for tex

7. Build the grotto

From Isaac

 

Countryside Church Picnic

We had such a fun time at the Countryside Church picnic on Sunday, May 29.  (Last year, I had walked extensively at the picnic after coming home from camping, and by the next night I was having contractions and went to the hospital.)  I was very thankful to enjoy this picnic with Titus and not be concerned about walking too much!  It was just a fantastic night!

We enjoyed delicious In-N-Out burgers and then ice cream from our favorite TX Ice Cream trucks for dessert.  Isaac inhaled his hamburger and then raced off to play with the youth, while Emma and Josiah bounced in the bounce houses.  It was so fun to talk with many friends from church together!

We had to laugh when someone grabbed us and said, "Look!" and we saw Josiah passing the football with Pastor Tom and Joey Pendrich!  Josiah said he saw Pastor Tom and Joey passing the ball and he went up and asked to join.  We were joking with our friends that this could be a good example for "what football is NOT" -- Pastor Tom often starts his sermons with what something is NOT (for example, "Here's what sanctification is NOT").  What a special memory!

Josiah found a duck to hold! Of course, he just picked it right up.  (Right now, he is in a stage where "he loves birds" and "wants to own a bird" and "wants to be a falconer when he grows up"!) The funny thing is that one of the Davis girls had also touched a duck earlier in the evening, and Brittany and I had been laughing about how in the world do these things happen....then, a few minutes later, Dave told me Josiah was clutching one.  

 

Josiah Dodge: 7 Years Old

        At 7 years old, Josiah is  4 feet, 2 3/4" (50 3/4") (91st percentile).

1.  What is your favorite color?  green

2.  What is your favorite toy?  Legos

3.  What is your favorite fruit?  apples

4.  What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?  hamburgers

5.  What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? sausage and eggs

6.  What is your favorite thing to eat for supper?  I like to have breakfast for dinner.

7.  What is your favorite thing to drink?  water

8.  What is your favorite snack?  Goldfish 

9.  What is your favorite show?  Star Wars

10.  What are your favorite clothes to wear?  my Star Wars shirt

11. What is your favorite animal?  lizards and turtles 

12.  What is your favorite song? The Star Wars Theme Song

13.  What is your favorite book?  Encyclopedia Brown

14. What is your favorite thing to do with Daddy? work on the grotto

15.  What is your favorite thing to do with Mommy?  read books

16.  What is your favorite thing to do outside? work on the grotto

17.  What is your favorite holiday?  Cheese lovers Day  

18.  What is your favorite thing to take to bed with you each night? my turtle 

19.  Where is your favorite place to go?  camping

20.  What do you want to be when you grow up? a YouTube video worker

Third Trimester!

June 6, 2021 

one day shy of 30 weeks 

June 10, 2021 

30 1/2 weeks - off to the doctor!

 Baby was 3 lbs, 14 ounces and still frank breech.  I expected baby to stay this way, as Josiah did.  You could very clearly feel baby's head at the top of my bump!  Heartbeat was 146!  What a joy!

35 weeks

July 12, 2021

Heartbeat 154 

I measured right on track for 35 weeks.  My c-section was scheduled for August 10 at 9:30 a.m.!

You can see baby's head protruding on my left side!  I think it was because he/she was wanting to hear the book I was reading aloud to Josiah!

On July 22 (36 1/2 weeks), I started crying at my appointment.  I was very anxious because I could tell a tremendous difference in baby's movement.  Movement felt more subtle to me.  Dr. Bradford hooked me up to the monitors after detecting baby's heartbeat via the Doppler around 160 (faster than usual). I was on the monitors for what felt like a long time, but it was around 10 minutes.  Both heartbeat and movement were great!  Dr. Bradford said she thought that the change in how I was feeling movement was due to baby flipping - I didn't believe her at all.  She had Joe do an ultrasound to confirm, and she was right!  Baby was head down!  My fluid was good (12 cm), and baby was very wiggly on the sonogram. 

37 1/2 weeks

July 29, 2021

Baby's heartbeat was in 130-140s, and Dr. Bradford put me on the monitor for 10 minutes or so for "peace of mind" - she must have remembered how upset I was the previous week.  She said baby was "beautiful" - I had two small contractions (according to the monitor) and didn't even know it.  

Sunday, August 8 - 2 days before baby was born!

We celebrated after church with lunch at the Feed Store - my favorite!

I realized later 4 of the 5 of us were in blue, and Emma was in pink!

VBS

 

The Sound of Music

We all enjoyed a special night at the Sound of Music on July 31.  We were supposed to go the week before, but my dad was in the hospital, and so thankfully we were able to change our tickets to the following Saturday night!  

(Emma picked her dress to wear - 100 degrees didn't keep her from wearing her long sleeved flower girl dress!) :)

So very thankful for these times together!  

 

Isaac & Emma’s Week in Steamboat

Isaac and Emma spent a week in Steamboat with Papa and Nana!

Fish Creek Falls

This reminded me of when they went to Steamboat for a week 7 years ago.  Look at Emma's little curls and how they're holding hands!  Agh!

The air quality was poor for a few days during their trip due to the forest fires nearby.  The kids baked bread with Nana, learned Chinese checkers, played a lot of hide and seek, and enjoyed listening to audio books from the library since they had to stay inside for several days during their trip.  But the air quality improved and they were able to be outside again before heading home to Texas!

Ice cream cones at the Soda Shop