2 months old!

Our little "peanut" as Grandma Rupps calls her is 2 months old! Can you believe it? We can't! Time surely has flown but we are trying to savor each moment! I think I take pictures every day :) You wouldn't know that because I rarely have time to post. :)
At Nataleigh's 2 month appt. she weighed 10lbs 1oz and was 23 inches long! She's a healthy, growing girl! :)
She's sleeping through the night in her crib. She is very alert, she smiles, laughs and coos. She loves baths. She loves to take car rides and stroller rides.
Here are some pics of her!

7 weeks and growing like a weed :)

sleepy time

Nataleigh and Amy (my friend from high school)

Nataleigh and her oldest cousin, Bryan

Wow!! I can't believe she's 7 weeks old today! Nataleigh is growing so much and every day continues to amaze us with what she is learning! She is now laughing, smiling and cooing! I think we finally have a routine down and things are going great! Nataleigh and I (Jessica) spent the week last week in Angola for Missions week while daddy went to Camp Illiana. It was going to be too long of a trip and more crazy to take a newborn there than it was to go see family and enjoy Missions week! It was a wonderful week and it was so much fun because everyone that used to hold me as a baby got to hold Nataleigh! It was truly amazing! Nataleigh's cousins think she's pretty special! I think Bryan had a hard time saying goodbye! They had some good bonding time! It's so special when your oldest nephew that you have loved and nurtured now in turn does that with your own daughter. It was so special!
Things at Velocity are wonderful, we are so blessed to be here! God has been teaching us many lessons and we continue to grow in our Faith. Please continue to pray for us-
1. our finances
2. our relationships to continue to build and grow
3. our neighborhood-specifically that I (Jessica) could get to know some of the women on our street-there are a few new moms on our street
4. My grandpa is very ill and he and our family need prayer

All our love!!! Please come visit us!!!!
Jessica :)

5 weeks!

Time has flown by!! We have had LOTS of visitors over the past 5 weeks which has made this time fly by so fast! Nataleigh is doing great and growing like a weed as you can see! :) We are enjoying every moment...it seems like we blink and she's changed again. Next week Chris is headed to Camp Illiana and I will be going to my parent's for the week. This will be very weird being apart for the first time as a family! Didn't want to try camp 6 hrs. away with a newborn. But I will get to be at camp with mom and dad and get to stay at their house-so not as much craziness. :) Will miss everyone, though while you are at Illiana! Remember to do some "Bible study" for me! :) aka Wii!! Ahhh, fond memories!

Nakey time :)

Daddy daughter time! :)

1st time to the pool! :) I slept and let mommy bask in the sun! :)

all ready for the pool!

Nataleigh Love Rupprecht is here and is 2 wks old today!

Well, she's been here 2 weeks now...but keeping up with being a mommy has left little time for blogging :)
After 33 hours of crazy laboring Nataleigh entered the world on Monday, June 8 at 2:22pm. She weighed 6lbs. 10oz. and was 20 inches long. She is a healthy growing girl and we love her so much!
Last Official Belly Pic-while laboring at home

Daddy had the honor of holding her first!!!

I can't even describe how incredible this moment was!

...or how incredible this moment was...

first family pic at home...

Lifting her hand high to Jesus :)

all ready for her first time to church...

...one day at home with mommy...

We have yet to witness our daughter's birth...but there are Spiritual births we will get to witness Sunday!!!!!!!!

No baby yet, but then again she's not late since her due date is tomorrow, she's just not early. She will come when God decides it's time. Please pray for us as we wait and try to do this patiently! :) We promise to keep you updated...most of you have facebook so that will be updated first.
In other news I haven't done a very good job at updating you on our church plant. There has been so much going on with this and I have been thinking so much about Nataleigh and updating about her and forgetting to share the awesome things happening with Velocity.
A couple weeks ago our lead minister, Scott talked about baptism in his sermon and since then we have had 10 people wanting to get baptized!!!!! He has been talking to these people for the last few weeks and 5 will be getting baptized this weekend and 5 next weekend!!!! We have borrowed a portable baptistry from a church and it's sitting in our garage. Chris is responsible for filling it up tomorrow and getting everything in order (where they will change, etc). It's so exciting to be a apart of and as badly as we want Nataleigh to come I'm secretly hoping she will hold off a couple days so I will be able to be at church on Sunday :) and Chris can still lead.
Another exciting thing is that 60% of our Sunday morning attenders are in a Fuel Group (small group). Our groups are exploding and we don't have enough leaders yet to break off right away. Until a few weeks ago we had 2 small groups, now we have 3 and our small group is getting ready to break off into 2. Chris will be the leader of the newest group and we can still use another 2 more groups right now.
Praising God for what He is doing in Cleveland! It's so exciting to be a part of and we are so thankful every day we chose to come here!
If you are interested in hearing Scott's sermons go to:
-www.velocitycleveland.com
-skip to main site
-resources
-media

Again, we promise to keep you updated on our Nataleigh blessing. Keep us in your prayers as we patiently wait for her and everything that goes along with her arrival.

39 completed weeks!!!

Hopefully this is the last belly pic (except the one before going to the hospital)...and I will be able to post our baby girl along with it!! :)
5 weeks:

39 weeks:

1 more week til d-day!

At the Indians game a month ago (wanted to get a game in before her arrival)

Well, I'm not going to lie! The last week has gone sooooo slllooowww!! I'm trying to stay positive and be patient. Who knows when she will make her grand entrance! I just can't believe June 6 is only a week away! That doesn't really mean anything I'm finding out-just means I'm close to something! I will have another appt. this Tues. and hopefully there has been some more progress. The last two appts. there has been some progress! The wonderful thing is that Nataleigh's head is down and she's all ready in her position! Praise God for this!
Well, I'm just babbling on. Please pray for us as we patiently await and that we would just take this time to enjoy our sleep (which I have been doing) and our last moments as a 2-person family! We are SO excited but know our lives are about to be turned upside down very soon!
Sending our love!