And the results are......

Today we had our 2nd ultrasound. This was specifically to find out the gender of the baby. Baby was being awfully modest last time, so the doc said we could give it another try. So the result was ..... MODESTY! AGAIN! The baby was sitting on it's knees on top of my bladder. There was no way the doc could even guess. Oh Well! It will be fun to find out on birthing day. We are still thinking about c-section (Micaela was c-section) but we also want to research VBAC. But it was such a positive experience with Mic that we're pretty sure the best and safest way is surgery. The doc thinks so also. We are so so so excited. Only 14 weeks and 5 days left. Hopefully I will stay nice and healthy and won't have to deliver early like with Mic. Prayers are always needed and welcome. We will have a babyshower sometime after the baby's born. We did it that way with Mic and it was so much fun. Everyone gets to see the baby and it will be more comfortable for me :-) I sure hope that everyone is doing well. I wish I could have a gender to tell you. But we'll all be surprised together :-D

Lotsa Loves!

By the way....

My cousin Keros pointed out the other day that I didn't give an update on my Dec. 1st ultrasound. Sorry :-) The baby was actually being quite modest and didn't want to show us anything. So we're just picking out a girl name and a boy name. We're pretty set on the boy being William Lyle Herring. We're struggling with a girl name though. I'll have to put up a poll and see what everyone thinks.

I guess I also didn't go into much detail about my new business. My website kind of explains it at www.sarahcna.com but mostly I'll be going into homes to help those that can't help themselves or that have limitations on helping themselves. I've been a CNA, certified nursing assistant, for 13 years now and I feel very qualified for this new venture. Brian's very excited too and very supportive. We've asked the Lord's permission as well and he's given us the "green light" :-D

I'm still going to pursue my Teaching Degree. My long term goal is to teach high school Math and Science. Especially Pre-Algebra and Earth or Marine Science. It'll be slow going but I will reach my goal.

Merry Christmas Eve and Have a lovely day tomorrow.

Lots A Loves!

24 Weeks! 1/2 Way There!

Just wanted to give a bit of an update. We are 1/2 way to the BIG day. We are so excited!!! I can feel the baby way more often and it's so amazing. We're really not prepared at all monetarily but we're not overly worried about it. We're putting our faith in God and trusting in Him. I'm looking for clients for my new business. Loving Hands Home Health Care. Long-name-no-can-say :-) My website is www.sarahcna.com I'm willing to take referrals if anyone knows of someone in need. We're really excited about this new adventure as well. So of course things are super tight around here, but we'll make it through. We always do.

Micaela's loving 2nd grade and her teacher, Mrs. McClaugherty is sooooo....GREAT! Mic's pretty sad that there have been so many snow days and misses school a lot. Although she's really looking forward to Christmas. We have our little advent calendar that has pipe cleaner candy canes in it. She takes one off every day and puts it on the tree. She's so diligent about it too.

Speaking of diligence. Brian still treks to work in the snow. We actually dug out our van today and put chains on it. Probably not the best thing for a prego woman to do but it needed to be done. I had fun and it got me out of the house.

For the most part we're doing well. The baby's growing and so are the rest of us :-) We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and An Amazing Happy New Year. Sorry we didn't get many cards out this year. Funds are tight and stamps are expensive. But we love you all and miss you all anyway. Have a fantastic Holiday.

LOVES!

17 WEEKS!

WOW! Time's really passing fast. I'm already 17 weeks along and we're anxiously awaiting our ultrasound. We can hardly wait to find out our baby's gender. We're pretty sure on a boy's name: William Lyle. But a girl's name is virtually impossible to decide on :-) We're doing very well. I'm tired a lot but the nausea is gone. Brian's looking for a new job and hopes to get on with T-mobile. Micaela's really loving school and wishes there were no weekends :-) She's getting really tall and very smart and creative. I just wanted to let you all know that we're doing great and we'll let you know about the ultrasound. We miss everyone and wish we could see you more often. Talk to you soon, Love Sara

Sara's Pregnant!

Well, it only took 7 years! 4 of actually trying. But Micaela's 7 and will be nearly 8 by the time the baby comes. I'm due on April 15th. So that makes me just over 2 months along. It's pretty exciting, except for all the nausea. YUCK! But it'll be worth it. We're all very excited and will be looking forward to the new addition with great anticipation. We thank the Lord every day for this great blessing. We hope and pray that he will continue to bless us on this awesome journey. Prayers are always welcome. We're very thankful for my new job that provides good health insurance, just in time :-) I hope you're all doing great and we look forward to seeing you or hearing from you soon.
Love Ya, Sara

Claire Christina Leder

WELCOME CLAIRE CHRISTINA!!! She arrived on July 7th by c-section at 8:36 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs 6 oz. and she was 19 in. long. "Just a tiny little thing, but cute as a button" her dad, Terrance, said. A few days after arriving at home Claire had lost some weight but is back on track now. All is well according to her family. We are so excited and can hardly wait to go meet her. A picture will be posted and more will come after Nana & Grandpa return from their visit. Congratulation Leder family! :-)

Georgia's Musical

Georgia (Bil and Julia's oldest daughter) was in the Beauty and The Beast musical at her school this month. She played the Baker. Unfortunately we weren't able to attend. But we heard it was very wonderful. I couldn't figure out how to put a video bar of just her video on my site, so here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv4aYFIIcXU . I sure hope you all enjoy it. It looks like they put a TON of work into it and had even more fun presenting it. GREAT JOB Georgia!

Tish is Home and Julia's new Home!

Today was a very eventful day. I got an early start this morning, well, early for me ;-) Micaela and I went to Silverton to help pick up Amy and Tish. It was very fun helping them get ready to come home. I got to dress the baby and of course Amy dressed herself :-) The hospital gave her a lot of going away gifts. I was quite amazed. She got a quilt, a couple of receiving blankets, a crocheted sweater for Tish and booties to match and an entire dinner for her first night at home. It was wrapped in dark purple cellophane and even included plates, flatware and plastic champagne glasses. I was very impressed. Mommy and baby arrived home safely and were welcomed by Nana and Grandpa in her little room/nursery with a borrowed bassinet from Amy's friend Chrystal. Great-grandma Leder was able to help prepare the house for the homecoming. It was quite lovely.

Another wonderful homecoming story for today is the Morrill's new house. They are getting a new place so they can raise and sell Alpaca (not Llamas :-) Here's a quote from Julia regarding their new adventure:

"Georgia graduated from 8th grade this last Monday and Lil and Ais are at their last day today. Just a half day though and then Lil is going to a party and we're taking G and A to Cottage Grove to finish registering all of them for school down there. The house should be in our name some time today and we'll get the keys and be able to start moving in. We have a bit of painting and rearranging of one room to get done but other than that it's livable. We're so excited! The girls are nervous about making new friends but at least we'll be close enough to their old friends to be able to see them...it's not like we're moving to Florida (which would be Bil's next favorite thing to do!)."

It sounds like a grand adventure. We look forward to traveling to Cottage Grove to see their new home. CONGRATULATIONS Morrill Family!!!

Patricia Leanne is Born!

Yesterday, June 16, 2008, Patricia (Tish) Leanne Lanpheare was born to Amy Lynn Leder. She is 8 lbs. 9 oz., 20 1/2 in. long and incredibly beautiful. She has lots of black hair that appeared to be a little curly. Tish gave her mommy quite a difficult time getting here, but was welcomed with smiles and tears of joy. Amy is quite resilient and was able to stay awake for quite some time after the delivery. Evelena and I were both very blessed to be there during the labor and delivery. It's very difficult for me to see Amy struggling so I was at quite a loss of how to take care of her. I wanted to keep asking "What do you need?" or "What can I do?" but I didn't want to annoy her while she was in pain. So we just kept offering a cold cloth or ice chips and we'd get the nurse if we felt Amy needed anything. The staff was incredibly wonderful and wanted her to be as comfortable as possible. They were great. Amy went into labor at her home on Sunday evening and went by ambulance to Silverton Hospital where Evelena and I met up with her. She was admitted at about 9:30 p.m. and finally gave birth at the next morning at 10:49 a.m. Any amazing coincidence or should I say blessing, is that Amy was planning on naming the baby Patricia, after our mom, since the beginning of the pregnancy and she ended up having her on mom's birthday yesterday. It's so amazing. Amy and Tish are both doing great. They were both exhausted, of course, by the time Evelena and I left them at the hospital Monday evening. Rebecca was able to bring Evelena's daughter, Taylor, and also Amy's oldest son, Alex, to the hospital to welcome baby Tish. Alex was unsure of her but soon warmed up. I'm sure he'll be more excepting of the idea in time. Tish will also be welcomed by her other older brother, J.J. who stayed at Nana and Grandpa's to take a nap while Alex visited with Tish. Amy's boys will stay at Rebecca's, in Eugene, for a week or so until Amy can go with Tish to join them. They will stay in Eugene for a couple weeks while Amy and Tish recuperate. You can leave blessings and comments here for them to read while they are gone. Congratulation Amy, Alex and J.J. WELCOME Patricia Leanne! We're so excited for all of you and love you very much.

Herring Family News

Well, school's out and summer is here :-) I finished winter and spring term with A's in both my Math classes. YEAH! :-) Micaela did wonderfully in 1st grade and graduated on to 2nd. She's very excited. She's finally lost both top teeth and was very anxious to show as many people as possible. Brian's working for a company called RUAN Transportation and seems to enjoy it enough. Not his dream but he's grateful for the work. I'm looking for a job and praying for something to come along soon. We're still working on the house and starting to consider getting it ready to sell. We hope it doesn't come to that, especially with the market so low right now. But we'll see how it goes over the summer. I'm not taking any classes over the summer and that should relieve some time in our schedules. Right now we're all getting over our summer colds and hoping that it passes soon since we're all pretty uncomfortable. We're also anxiously awaiting Amy's new baby to come. Any minute now. Also, Christina and Terrance's new little girl on the way in July. Our family's getting bigger and bigger. We're very proud of several accomplishments lately: Grandpa Terry Leder's writing his autobiography, Rebecca's 1st marathon, Evelena's soon graduation from Police Academy, Julia's new house and of course the new babies. We have a much anticipated trip to DisneyLand coming up in October. We're hoping that still goes through without a hitch. Finding a job or attending school full time may be a challenge but Micaela's pretty sure we're going :-) We'll be sure to take lots of pictures and post them when we get a chance. We've already had two fun trips to Champoeg State Park, an AMAZING trip to Tacoma, WA to see Terrance & Christina & Family, a "womens" weekend with Nana and all the sisters (it turned out to be a BIG family reunion which was sooo... GREAT :-) and a couple trips and over-nighters to Eugene. We have a lot planned for the summer and hope to be able to accomplish all our goals. We're just ready to start making lots and lots of fun family memories instead of just letting time fly by. Micaela entered the Canby Library summer reading program and got her first library card today. She's was completely thrilled. She was a bit bummed that she didn't get to put it in her own wallet but at least she'll have it for future use. We also want to have plenty of learning and active, activities this summer. We're getting more health concious and have a big desire to go hiking, rock climbing, traveling, camping and biking. There's also several sports we're learning like frisbee golf, raquet ball, volleyball, running/jogging, etc. We have a couple camping dates on the calendar and other fun activities through the city. We're really looking forward to a long and wonderful summer. We'll try to keep you updated as things go along.

2nd Math Test

I got my results from my 2nd math test last night. 99%!!!! Yeah! So far, so good. The teacher pulled me aside just before I left and said that I won't need to come to class on Tues. because he is going to make everyone retake the test. But I don't need to since I did so well. Pretty Awesome Huh? Just thought I'd post it. It doesn't hurt to brag once in a while does it? :-)

NEW PICS COMING SOON!

New Pics Coming Soon. Some fun ones of Christmas. Look for that in the next Update!
Love Ya, Sara

Address Update

Hello To You All! We haven't moved but we're changing our mailing address to our physical address. When we lived in our last apt. they didn't have a mailbox for us so we used a Postal Annex box. Then when we moved we didn't want to go thru the whole change of address scenario. But now Postal Annex is discontinuing the mail boxes. So we're forced to change our address after 3 1/2 years. Oh Well :-) Since I don't want to put it on the Blog, just for security reasons, you can e-mail me if you didn't get the e-mail already. Hope you're all doing great and look forward to hearing from you.
Love You All, Sara!

1st Math Test

I had my first math test on January 22. I was too anxious to wait two days for the next class, so I ask my prof if he'd grade it there. He did and low and behold......100%!!!!!! I couldn't believe it. Well, I believed it, but I was shocked. Brian helped me study and I studied a lot. He also gave me a blessing and I prayed like crazy. So when I saw my score I had to leave right away because I started to cry. My prof told me several times how impressed he was. He said I set a high standard for myself and I have a lot to live up to for the next one. That test is on the 12th of Feb. It's going to be a bit tougher for me but I think I'll do ok. I'm actually having a lot of fun in this class. I had the attitude of going in and not making it personal and just getting the job done. I didn't even want to really meet anyone or make friends. Yeah right! Like I can resist :-) The class size has dwindled a bit but quite a few people are making a true effort. Some kids that I thought were just taking it cuz it was required are actually trying really hard. I'm pretty impressed. So I just wanted to brag on my grade a little bit and let you all know that it's going really well. I've been enjoying it, even though it's math. :-)

2008 UPDATE

Sorry I haven't updated the site for a while. I'm not even sure if anyone's looking at it. But it will be a great way of journaling none-the-less. :-) Christmas was FANTASTIC! Although Brian and I are both unemployed right now, we were and are incredibly blessed. We had so many people helping and so many blessings from everywhere. The Lord is GREAT! We went to lots of parties and get-togethers and ate til are clothes didn't fit anymore. heehee :-D
A few things that happened lately are:
Brian and Dad (aka Grandpa Leder) started to get our closet fixed. It had a lot of mold and dry rot. So we ripped it all out and luckily it was contained in just the closet and not the whole bedroom. We actually discovered it about last April 2007. But it's been a slow process containing the mold and getting the money for supplies. Brian and Dad got all the dry rot out and put in new wood and sheet rock. It smells like a new house. It's so great. It looks so pretty too with the new sheet rock. Now we just need to do the mud and tape and texture and we have a brand new closet. We've been sleeping in the office which isn't too private and now we're ready to move back in to the bedroom. We also ripped up all the carpet in April and have been living on the concrete subfloor. I guess it's not the prettiest but it sure is a lot cleaner than the carpet we had in here. We're going to put all hardwood (laminate) and just do area rugs. It will really cut down on Micaela's allergies. We'll be doing that in the Spring.
Also, I (Sara) started to go back to school. It's pretty fun. I'm only taking a math class right now but I'm glad that I started out slow. Math's pretty tough for me so I needed to focus on just that. Brian's a wonderful tutor and really knows his math. He's stays patient with me and helps A LOT! I'm really having fun with it and my teacher is really good. He's been teaching Math for almost 40 years and still really enjoys it. He's very helpful and willing to stay after class to help too. I'm also starting to train for a 1/2 marathon that's coming up in May. For about the last 4 years I've wanted to do a marathon. It's been a life goal I set and now I get to train for it. I'm doing it with Rebecca. She actually got started on her training in October and I just found out a couple weeks ago. I was so excited and it didn't take much for her to talk me into it. I'm way or should I say "weigh" out of shape. But it's been fun getting into a routine of workouts and walking. Rebecca said that I don't have to run, but I've been practicing a little. I can make it about a block. It's pretty good and my body actually likes it. But my lungs don't. I guess I better get some cardio/pulmonary aerobics going. But I'm really excited about the marathon. It's 13.1 miles exactly 1/2 a marothon. So we'll see how it goes. I'm also playing volleyball on Wed. nights and it's been really nice getting back into that after 12 years. I've always loved it and now I'm finally acting on my dream to play again. It's just for fun right now and maybe I'll join a team in the future. But it's great exercise too.
Brian's considering going to school too and would like to become a CPA. He's always thought about accounting but never had the desire to go to school. But now it's more appealing and becoming a CPA would be more secure. He's still looking for a job so if anyone has any suggestions, we're open.
Micaela's still really loving school and really wants to play soccer. For the next 3 months her school has some after school activities on Tues and Thurs. Her Tues class is about rock climbing and her thurs class is about sports which includes soccer. So it will introduce her to the sport and others too. Ever since she could pick out a ball to play with it's been soccer. She's always noticed anything and everything if it has to do with soccer. So we want to get her in while she's still passionate about it. She has noticed that we don't have jobs right now and she seems to be ok with it. She knows we're looking and that we want to go to school too and she's pretty excited. She's getting so grown up and loves being a girl. She loves nailpolish, hair ribbons, makeup and clothes. It's pretty fun.
So as you can see, we're into a lot of adventures right now. We're still hoping to eventually move to Montana one day, but it may be farther out than we hoped. Plus, we really love Canby and all that comes with it. It will be hard to leave. So for now, Montana will be a distant dream and we'll keep on moving forward. Thanks for all your love, support and prayers. We look forward to hearing from all of you soon.
Love, Sae

Baby Logan Born Dec. 29, 2007

This is a bit late on the posting but I wanted to let everyone know that Baby Logan James was born on Dec. 12, 2007 to Aunt Sherree and Uncle Tony. Logan's arrival came about 11 days early but Mom and Baby are doing GREAT! He was 8lbs 13oz and 21 inches long. We are so excited to have him here and welcome him to the family. He joins Robyn (14), and Natalie (1). Congratulations! :-)