Prenatal Class, baptism in our cell group, and Dior lipstick!

This was a full, but exciting weekend for us! We went to our first prenatal class entitled "Pain Relief Techniques" through which Joe was a great sport (and support!) as we tried to focus on "breathing properly" without catching each other's eyes and bursting out laughing. :D
This room was filled with couples who are in the same situation as we are, so it was fun to meet others, swap stories, and laugh nervously together as we tried to focus on preparation for something so serious by doing something that just seems so funny.

Here is Nica standing perplexed in the prenatal "classroom" not sure what to expect before the other couples arrived. :D We are now on our way to knowing how to deal with the adventure to come! :)


My amazingly supportive husband who is usually behind the camera, so there are sadly never enough pictures of him! (sigh) I love this man.


Mom said I don't have photos of me in my maternity outfits, so here's one for you, mom! ;) ;)

Sunday evening (tonight!) we had the privilege of attending the baptism of our dear friend Celine who has been such an encouragement and inspiration to our cell group during her months here in Shanghai! Throughout her time here she both met the Lord and has had her life transformed by him!! Her company (Dior --yeah, cool, I know) is now moving her back to France (just outside of Paris!) and she wanted to be baptised with her Shanghai family here before her departure later on this week.

We love you, Celine!!! We had an amazing time of singing, blessing, prayer, and pizza!

We all gathered around to bless her. (notice the farewell sign in the doorway...as members of our cell group leave, we add their name to the list to remember them to pray for them and keep them as a part of our group. We were sad to add Celine's name to the list... :(

...Celine in the tub with Pastor Dale preparing for her baptism!

Carol, Celine, Nica, & Cynthia saying our sad farewells to Celine...

Celine surprised us by giving us a BAG FULL of Dior lipstick for us girls to choose from! I think we all are now the proud owners of about 7-15 new tubes of Dior lipstick each!! haha Wow, thanks, Celine! :D

She also gave me a travel kit of Dior makeup. One of the bonuses of working for the company--or having a friend who works for the company! ;)

I have wanted to go to Paris since I was a little girl, I'm excited to now have such a special friend to go there to visit! We are excited with the work that the Lord has done in her life and know it will continue in France. Planning the trip already...

--Nica