We've Got a Kicker!

We've had the pleasure this week of being more tangibly aware of Baby Kaye's presence (as if my growing belly weren't evidence enough!) as he/she has started kicking like crazy! I had been feeling movement increasingly in the last few weeks, but Sunday morning this week I felt my first prominent WHAM. It woke me up just before I was going to get up for church, and I quickly rolled over to tell Kory. He put his hand on my belly, we waited a few seconds, and then--sure enough--another WHAM. We just grinned at each other with much elation and again anticipated the next kick. How thrilling! Again, another step in the progression of realizing that there is a real, live person inside of me!

Last night was a real kicker (haha--pun intended). I was sitting on the couch, and all of a sudden I saw my belly pop way out as I felt the accompanying WHAM. I called for Kory (who was cleaning up the kitchen at the time--amazing husband!), and we laughed as we continued to watch my belly pop out with each little kick. Kory is hoping for a little soccer player in training!

If I weren't already enjoying our time in Reading so far, I had an experience last night that completely affirmed my affinity for this quirky little town. I was waiting for Kory to get home (I SO wish he had been home for this!), since he was on his way home from meeting an accountability/discipleship friend. I had been hearing sirens going off in the distance for about half an hour, and I thought--man, there must have been such a bad accident! Finally the sirens got louder and louder until I realized they were coming up our street. The sirens outside, they made such a clatter...I ran to the window to see what was the matter. When what to my wondering eyes should appear....but a fire truck driving slowly up our street, sirens and lights going, and a big jolly Santa Claus sitting on top waving merrily with a spotlight shining on him! I almost died at the hilarity, thought to myself "Only in Reading!", and ran for my camera. Sadly I couldn't get back to the window in time to get a clear shot of the spectacle. But it definitely made me love Reading even more!

When Kory got home I relayed the incident, which he was SO sorry to have missed! Then we headed over to patron a new restaurant just opening called Moe's Southwest Grill, since the new manager has been in to Chick-fil-A several times and gave Kory some coupons. When we got there, we were surprised to see a sign that said it didn't open until the following day (today)--yet it was full of people eating and laughing and having a grand old time. We looked at each other, shrugged, and walked in. When we asked the man inside if they were open for business, he replied that they'd be open for another 20 minutes and that we could have anything on the menu for free! So we tucked our little coupons away, amazed at our good fortune, and proceeded to order two "Homewreckers," which are the most deluxe made-to-order burritos on the menu (think Chipotle).

We enjoyed the delicious, warm, FREE food, and soon came to realize during our time there that we had accidentally crashed what seemed to be a kick-off night for families of employees before the Grand Opening the following day. Oops! The manager finally came over to say hi, since he recognized Kory, and we apologized for our mistake. He just shrugged and said it was no problem--that they were kind of opening it to the public more towards the end anyway. Yet another example of the Lord's kind, gracious provision in our lives--by giving us a free meal!

Kory still has yet to post an update about the most recent exciting developments with his job, but he has been so busy with work and trying to finish an online health/safety course for Chick-fil-A so he can be "Serv-Safe" certified. Hopefully very soon! Stay tuned. :)

Love from the Kayes--
BK