Brian Beech

Song Of The Day: Phil Collins - I wish it would rain down (gotta love some phil)

We went to the doc on August 22nd for a checkup and it wasn’t near as exciting as the first one. There was no ultrasound, no extremely exciting news… We did get to hear the heartbeat again through the doppler. Its amazing how your heart floats to your throat when you hear that little thing pumping away! There was no news, which in my opinion is good news. So our next visit is on the 17th of Sept., I believe that will just be a checkup. Then on the 1st of Oct….now there is some excitement…. Finding out if we have a little boy or a little girl. For name purposes, I hope we have a little boy - a little - Noah Jackson. If we have a girl, well, we’re open to name suggestions; we’ve got nothing.

In between doctors visits we have lost a dear friend. Affectionately known as Aunt Janie, Janie Butner passed away last week. We went to the funeral on Wednesday the 3rd and although we are to rejoice when someone goes home to Jesus, it is very hard to let someone we love go. It hurts even worse to see her husband left behind after they have been married for so long. We must remember him in our prayers and the rest of her family and friends.

Currently we’re just working, churching, and spending time with the family. I’m going to sign up for the “Harvest Homecoming Bike Ride” and hope I make it the 25 miles. I know 25 miles doesn’t sound too far, but it is extremely hilly in this area. I’ve been riding 10 miles the past couple of days trying to prepare, but I’m still a bit worried. I’m even more worried because I have my first 5K the day before the ride. eeek! We’ll see how than pans out…if I don’t make it back, don’t worry, I’ve had a great life and have been blessed immensely by God.

I thought I would put these pictures up here; I was going through some old backup CDs and found them. I thought they were pretty cool pictures. I took the sunset in Cincy while waiting to see BTE play at ‘A Taste of Cinncinnatti’. It rained briefly and as the clouds broke, that’s the shot we got. The other was from the deck of my parents house overlooking Louisville. The moon was just sitting in the perfect place, so I put a shutter delay on and snapped away. Let me know what you think.

Here is the one from A Taste Of Cinncinnatti - this was probably 5 or 6 years ago.

And here is the one from the back of the house:

Please don’t forget to pray continually for Katherine Wolf. God is doing many miracles in her life, but she still needs fervent prayer and dedication in lifting her up to Jesus. Pray for her family too; I can’t imagine what her husband is going through.

Song Of The Day: Dave Matthews Band - #41

Kim and I had our first Doctor’s appointment on Tuesday the 22nd. We went in and went straight to the ultrasound room. The same room where we had an unpleasant experience before. This time my eyes were fixed intently on the screen to see if I could see something more than the last time. As I gazed at the screen, the ‘thing’ was put on my wife and I saw a huge mass in the otherwise empty-looking sac. Well, it really looked about the size of a peanut, but comparatively speaking, it was much much larger than the image I saw the last time we were in there. At this point I was pretty happy, but I was still a bit nervous. The ultrasound tech eased much of our tension immediately when she said, ‘I hear somebody with a heartbeat in there’. HUGE EXHALE! Kim and I were now able to breathe again.

We sat in the room looking at the screen and asking questions for a few minutes and she (the tech) showed us the heart and how it was beating, which was/is amazing. What’s even more amazing is that we actually got to hear the heartbeat. It was so loud!!!! And so fast! 167 beats per minute!!!!

I told the tech that we believed we were 9 weeks along and asked if she’s seeing that. She said that the ultrasound shows that we are 8 weeks and 2 days. Now, I don’t know much about the science end of pregnancy, but that seems awfully precise to me. Either way, I’m extremely happy and am praying that we will have a beautiful baby sometime in the not too distant future. We, of course, got pictures of our little one and are very proud of those little portraits.

Pray with us and don’t forget to keep Katherine Wolf in your prayers.