Steve and Jenny Valentine

Sitting down to write this blog post has been a long time coming (well at least 20 weeks or so!) But we are excited to announce that we are expecting our fourth child! Below, you will see some pictures highlighting parts of this pregnancy so far and also I talk about the name we have chosen for our little guy. Enjoy! I'm starting with this picture, because this little guy (left) pictured here with our son Isaac, I like to say is the reason we are having another baby, haha! Isaac has been smitten with this little one since he first held him as a baby two years ago and he began praying we would have another baby, specifically a boy! It's such a neat part of this story to me and I'm so thankful for our son's heart ( and friends who have cute kiddos!) This was taken right after we told the kids I was pregnant. We bought them a book titled "New Baby" and it took a while for them to clue in, because we have several friends that are currently pregnant...

MARCH was still a bit cold and we walked on our frozen lake, got a weekend away to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary (our first time to Gdańsk), our first couples massage together, the beginning meetings for a new church start here, times with friends, Easter celebrations, and a positive pregnancy test (more on that later!). APRIL was still fairly cold, we cuddled, told the kids they were going to have another baby brother or sister (and got some interesting "pregnancy" snacks from our neighbor), Steve trip with our boss, bowling with the kids (and some friends) for the first time, and a family trip to Szczecin to work with some ministry partners. MAY we went on a retreat with the new church plant group with are working with and kids enjoyed a lot of time outdoors, enjoyed a visit with a missionary friend of ours who came to town, dance parties, seeing baby #4 on ultrasound, figuring out medical stuff for Jenny's pregnancy, outdoor ga...

We went over our pictures from the past eight months and as promised, here is a recap of what life has looked like for us...of course this will not be exhaustive, there's really no way to encapsulate eight months worth of moments in one (or more) short blog post. Enjoy! NOVEMBER was filled with pie making, commemorating Poland's independence, Silly moments with kiddos, new home workout program since our gym closed down and cold outside runs for Steve, Steve buying a new suit for a wedding he officiated (in December), a combined city-wide Evangelical service, creating our thankful tree for the month, welcoming friends from America (and Budapest) to celebrate Thanksgiving together with us (and trying to find a turkey to bake!), holiday markets in old town, our side street being paved and cute cafe visits. DECEMBER brought our first snowfall of Winter, putting up holiday decorations, playing "astronaut" in the living room, holiday light up in the square, receiv...