Baby Shower

Casey has mailed out all of the baby shower invitations as of yesterday, so everyone should be getting one soon. The baby shower is Sep. 27th at Bethel Church (if you need directions please e-mail me at lindsey@treasure2farm.com ) from 10:00-noon. It is going to be a brunch and my family and the Bethel girls really know how to cook, so come prepared to eat! On the invitations and in the bulletin we put our blog site on it to try and answer some questions for you. I know our family, friends, and many of our church family has never experienced a baby shower for a child who is not an infant, so below you will find the answers to the questions we have been being asked...

How old is he? Hudson Luke is 13 months old right now (his birthday is 8-7-07)

What size clothes will he be wearing? He is a little under the normal weight and is at 50% for height. Right now I believe he should be wearing 12 month clothing, but if you are planning on buying him something for the winter I think 18 months would work better. Our sw says that you cannot compare orphanage kids to others but they usually hit a growth spurt when they get home.

We are definitely into 24month-2Toddler clothing for next spring and summer. I'm all about planning ahead! Plus you can get some good deals right now as they are marking things down and bringing in the winter clothes :)

What size diapers? As far as diapers he will be wearing a size 3 when he gets home, but I'm sure we'll need size 4 for the future. Can you ever have enough diapers!?!

What is his room decorated in? You can scroll down on the blog and see pictures of his room (you may have to go to older posts). It's 3 different colors of blue, khaki, and white. Doesn't really have a theme, but his bedding and some of the decor. are stars.

Most all of our needs are on our registries at Wal-mart and Target.

One thing we didn't get to put on the registries is that we love books, veggie tales, and the Max Lucado dvd's. We already have a few of the veggie tales, but I know there are lots of them. Remember he is going to have to learn english so anything that is educational or will help with skills is great!

Casey's (my sister) e-mail address is cnattebery@bellsouth.net if you have any questions about the shower.

To all of our family and friends who are visiting the blog for the first time, please check back often. Jason and I love you all. Thank you is not enough for all of your prayers and support, Hudson is going to just love you. What a great family he already has in you!

Our Bethel Church family-you guys are awesome! The support you have shown us has been amazing, so many of you are so excited for us and ask about Hudson all of the time. We couldn't think of a better place to raise our son and what better people to show him the love of our Lord and Savior!

Jason and I are doing better since our tough week last week. The insurance company is moving along with things so hopefully we will get another vehicle this weekend or next week. Until then they are driving my truck and I'm cruising in skanky (pic. coming soon). His landscaping truck motor is being rebuilt, the guy started on it today. As far as dealing with us not being able to travel until Oct. or later, I'm going to send a photo album over for Hudson so he can see pics of us before we get there. It's a cute kids photo album with a teething ring and really soft, colorful pages. I'm finding strength in...

1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, b/c you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.