More Joshua!!

Meet Joshua Ethan Bowers (post-birth)

Here he is in all his 6.5 lb, 20in glory!

Joshua comes tomorrow morning!

After our appointment today with the doctor, they decided to do C-section on Alida tomorrow morning.  Everything is ok, it’s just more preventative.  His head isn’t in position to be born natural & they don’t want his head against her bone if she has contractions.

So please pray for us!  We love you all.

Alida’s Baby Shower

July 16th was the baby shower here for Alida (thrown by her friends & family).  As far as I’m told, they had a great time (I was only there at the end to open the gifts & load them in the car).  We were very blessed with diapers, clothes, a playpen, a highchair, other things as well. We’ve also been blessed with money from people in the states (many of you!!) & we’ve been able to buy a stroller & car seat (picture in earlier post), clothes, diapers, and other things.  For all this we say THANK YOU!  We cant wait for Joshua to get here!

Meet Joshua Ethan Bowers (pre-birth)

Who does he look like?

Video to come later!

It’s Been a While

Stroller/Car Seat for Joshua

I can’t believe it’s been nearly a month since we’ve updated the blog!!  Just want to give you all a quick “What’s Been Happenin” with us down south.  Things have been busy, which is now the norm.  :)  Hearts in Action (the Church and the Ministry) has been keeping us busy with events like John Maxwell Leadership training, a Father’s Day Event, the offices moving… twice, setting up the office….twice, our service times changing… everything.  Our buzz word the past few months has been CHANGE & I love the heart of Pastors Tom & Kim Roof.  They said they were willing to stop whatever we are doing & change it if it wasn’t producing & so now, we’ve canceled our Wednesday night services & changed the times of our Sunday services.  Why?  To reach the people around us.  That’s our goal & we’ll do whatever it takes!  Please keep praying for us & for Hearts in Action.. that God would guide our steps in all the NEWness.  We don’t want to do things just to do them.  We want ministries/services that are effective.  God help us!

On the personal side of things, well, we’re busy there as well!  We’ve been trying to prepare Joshua’s room for his soon arrival.  A few weeks ago, we purchased a stroller/car seat (seen above) and we have a cradle, and some clothes & stuff like that… so we’re getting there.  Alida’s sister is organizing a shower for her down here on the 17th of July, so that will help with things.  Also, THANK YOU so very much to all who have given in response to the CARD SHOWER for Joshua.  If you didn’t get one, my parents & my sister & her oldest son are coming down to see the baby August 20th so they did a shower type thing asking if people would want to give towards the baby.  So we’re very excited to have them all coming down here.  Also, Alida’s parents will be here as well.  So it’ll be a full house, but a fun time!  Speaking of the house/apartment, we’re all moved in & settled in.  We love it.

Joshua is doing good.  The last sonogram we had, the doctor said he was a little underweight & the cord was around his neck (but just once).  But other than that, all is well.  He likes to kick his mom in the liver!  We actually have to get another sonogram before our next appointment (July 14th) and I think we’re going to get one in 4D that will show his face.  Crazy huh?

What else?  Alida’s parents just surprised us last night with a surprise visit.  We haven’t seen them since February (they live in another city about 24 hours away).  So we’ll be busy with them the next few days.

So how are you??  Leave us some comments or send us an email to PDBowers@yahoo.com or AlidaBowers@gmail.com.  We’d love to hear from you & again, thank you all so very much for all your love, prayer, and support.  We just had a tremor!  That must mean it’s time to stop writing!

Isn’t she lovely?? … isn’t she wonderful??…

I’m truly a blessed man!

Our New Crib

This is the new home of Los Bowers!  Yes, I finally put some pictures up here!  We’ve been a little on the busy side with the move & getting settled in… including locking our keys in the car our first night there! :)  But we’re pretty much settled in now & we’re able (with some help from the folks) to get a washer & dryer, a stove, and a dining room table.  The couch is on the way!  But it’s just amazing to see how God opens doors.  I’ll tell you about it later!!

23 Pounds - Not Eating to Live, Living to Eat!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is my beautiful niece Kiarita We are looking forward to doing this with Joshua! We just can’t wait to hold him in our arms!

What have we been doing lately??? Me… growing…literally! I had an appointment with my doctor last week and I found out that I’ve gained 23 lbs in pretty much 3 months… this is a record!! Oh well after all the nausea and puking… what can I say? I really enjoy eating again and keeping it down! :) As of right now I’m not ashamed to say that I’m not eating to live I live to eat! hahaha just kidding. Anyways my wonderful husband is taking me for walks to help me not to gain too much weight BUT he is also eating snacks in front of me…so??? I love you sweetie! 

In other news…I don’t know if you heard or not but we found an apartment! whoo hoo! So we have been packing the last weekend and we are looking to move probably tomorrow! We’re really excited.  We found an apartment in the area we wanted - God just opened the door!

Thank you so much for your prayers…

Alida

Happy Mother’s Day

 

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there!  Special love to my mom (right) & Alida’s mom (left)!  We love you both so very much.  You’re both wonderful examples for us.  We pray God’s blessing on your lives and on all the dreams God has put in your heart.  We love you!