It’s been a busy three and a half months! In “Christmas family letter” update style, here’s a quick look at the first 100+ days of our marriage:
We were married on September 22nd, 2007 at Scofield Memorial Church by Caleb’s grandfather. My Uncle Bob and Aunt Ruth were among the many, many wonderful friends and family in attendance.
We took our first trip to Hawaii for the honeymoon. Maui was beautiful!
Laura’s car was towed while we were away. We narrowly avoided having it sold at auction, and it cost $435 to get back (which was merciful, as it was originally going to cost $765).
Half a week later, Laura’s car was totalled on her way to a friend’s house. Everyone was okay, and it wasn’t her fault, and insurance took care of everything. At this point, we became a single-car family and haven’t looked back since. Get this: after I added Laura to my auto insurance policy, even with a recent no-fault accident on her record, our premiums went down and GEICO actually gave me money back.
In mid-October, Caleb got mono. Actually, I was diagnosed with mono, but other than a killer case of tonsilitis, I never came down with any of the symptoms.
Caleb turned 25! No more underage car rental fees.
Laura testified in court regarding the car accident from earlier. She was nervous but testified like the bestified.
We had our first Thanksgiving! Laura and I cooked our first turkey together. Despite putting it in the fridge to thaw on Monday, it was still frozen when we got it out on Thanksgiving morning. Laura’s quick thinking (and quick Googling) turned up a method for cooking a still-frozen turkey, so disaster was averted. We had five single guys over to join us for dinner and still had tons of leftovers. It was a good time.
First snow! The first of December really was covered with snow.
Laura threw her first baby shower for our friend, Lisa. She baked a teddy bear cake complete with a pink bow made out of bubble gum tape!
We found out that we’re having a baby! Laura had been sick and tired-feeling for a few days, and I was afraid that she’d caught the mono that I’d had. But she hadn’t! Baby Bell is due around August 11th. 
We had our first Christmas together! We split a week and a half with both families down in Texas. It was a fun and relaxing time to reconnect with family.
The power was out to half our condo for a week. I didn’t learn until three days into it that a fridge can plug into a normal outlet. 
Laura had her first OB visit, and we saw our baby’s heart beating at eight weeks old. It was, frankly, among the most amazing things I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
Laura turned 26! Yup, she’s rocking the cradle. 
… and many, many, many other things, some of which we realize, some I’m sure we don’t. The Lord Jesus has blessed us far beyond our ability to understand, far beyond our appreciation for Him, far beyond what we could even imagine. We deserve nothing but judgement, yet he has set his love on us, died for us, and saved us. What can we ask beyond this? What wondrous love is this!
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