Funny Faces

One of the most wonderful things that we have been observing in the past few weeks is Trace's new facial expressions!  He is starting to smile, goo, and stick his tongue out.  You can tell that he is trying SO hard to talk! It's really cute.  It's nice to see him smile after a week of sad, sad faces!!!!  Trace developed acid reflux and refused to eat, until we put him on liquid Zantax.  What a God-sent!  He is a much happier baby now, for the most part :-)

Here is one video update of his many faces!  The best video won't upload :-(

As for the barn, we are still making slow progress, but meeting with lots of city officials to get all the proper approvals.  Talk about a lesson in patience!!!  We hopefully will be breaking ground in the next week or so to put in the utilities. Here's praying!!!

But as always, even through screaming, unhappy baby, small current living spaces, and frustrating city bureaucracy, God is forever faithful and has blessed us beyond what we deserve.  When I stand back and look at all that we have and have done, I find that I have more than enough, and the discontent in my heart seems petty.  God's timing is not our own.  That sure is a lesson that we have learned in the past year!  I just pray that we can continue to keep a heart of gratitude and worship as we continue on this journey.  Not by our strength, but HIS alone!

6 weeks and growing!

Well, 6 weeks have passed and we are learning new things about Trace every day!  He has wonderful facial expressions that make us laugh, he constantly gets the hiccups, and he has a raging temper when he doesn't want to go to sleep!  We are loving every minute of it though.  He is now 10.3 lbs and 22 inches long.
Hugh reluctantly returned back to work the last week of July but is enjoying being back with his co-workers and working on plans.  His department is also moving across campus at Mass General, so that has kept him busy!!!  Trace and I send him pictures and videos daily so he doesn't miss anything :-).

The barn is at a little bit of a lull at the moment as we are waiting on some approvals from the city.  We are hoping to have the utilities brought down the driveway in the next few weeks which will be great. Then it's just a matter of finishing the electrical, plumbing, and insulating, (hopefully) dormering the back roof, and sheet-rocking!  I'm excited. 

We will leave you with a little video that makes us laugh and we thought you would all like. Enjoy!

One Month!

Well, I can't believe it's been a month already that our little man has been home!  Amazing how time flies.  Trace is doing very well and is growing every day.  He is already about 9 lbs!  We are starting to see glimpses of smiles too, which is so fun!

Trace also got to finally meet Uncle Nathan, who returned home from Germany this week.  Yahoo!  Nathan tried speaking to him in German, but Trace started crying, so it's English from now on :-).






As I said before, this will also be a blog to update you on our building project.  Below you will find some pictures of the basement being moisture sealed, the door on the main floor being moved, and some of the wall framing that is up.  The electrical is almost done as well!  Things are moving along!

 So exciting!!!  Pray that as we go before the zoning board again that they will approve the roof lift so we can fit a 3rd bedroom!

"We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.  Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character, and character, hope."  Romans 5:2-4

Welcome to our Blog!!

Hello friends and family!!

Since I am not blogging for my classroom this year, I thought it would be fun to start a blog for our new little family and the many adventures we are experiencing!  We hope you enjoy our updates!

So what has been happening with the Prichards?  Well, we just celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary.  Already!  Time sure has flown.  In keeping to our "5 year plan" for starting a family, we had our first little one, Trace Owen Prichard, 10 days after our anniversary :-).  He was 6 lbs 10 oz and 18 inches long.  Such a peanut!  He has been an absolute joy and we are loving watching him grow and change.

 

We are also starting our building project!  As many of you know, we have a barn in our back yard that is an unfinished "shell" of a house.  We finally received permission from the zoning board (after 9 months of paperwork and meetings) to actually make the building into a second house on the property!  Yahoo!!!  So the building has begun!  Hugh took a month of paternity leave to take care of Trace and I, and also to work on the barn.  We were also so blessed to have both our dads take time off to work with him.  So far we have almost completed all the electrical on the first 2 floors, and have framed in the entrance from the garage, the rooms on the second floor, and moved an existing door to make more room in the kitchen.  After much dreaming, it is wonderful to see physical progress.  The next step is to work on getting utilities to the building and to go before the zoning board yet again for approval to dormer the back roof.  

Well, that's all for now!  There will be many pictures of both the babe and house to come, so stay tuned!  We love you all!