New photos of Kyah

Day 2 in the hospital is going swimmingly. Kyah is feeding like a little piranha and Abby is recovering well. Kyah is much more vocal today too.



Who do you think she looks like more, Abby or me? I think she definitely has Abby's nose.






I tell you what, sleeping in the hospital is a real chore. Between the feedings, rockings and burpings, there isn't much time to sleep. I can see how coffee can become a lifeline.

Kyah Mae's birth day

Meet our beautiful daughter - Kyah Mae Terpening. She arrived August 21 at 8:34 a.m., weighing in at 7lbs 10oz and measuring 21 1/4 inches long. You might notice, she has RED hair. Where did that come from?

Beautiful baby-bump photos

There are a couple beautiful photos of Abby and her baby bump on the Taylor Swedberg Photography website. You've got to see them.

As part of their gift to us, Taylor and Mindy gave us two photo shoots with them - one in-utero (as Taylor described it) and one after Kyah is born.

More pictures to come soon.

Less than three days before Kyah arrives.

Hotter and Colder

Do you remember that childhood game Hotter and Colder? If you don't, the basic gist of it works like this: I hide an object and then you find it by me saying hotter (when you get closer to it) and colder (when you get farther from it).

I was playing the game with the neighbor boys last night, who are five and three years old, and one of them made a comment that I just have to share with you. I found it quite amusing. It's one of those kids-say-the-darndest-things moments.

I had hidden two sports balls in their backyard and they were looking for them. After three or four minutes of me giving lots of help with numerous Hotter, Burning, Scalding, Cold, Colder, Ice Cold and Freezing remarks and them still not finding them, five-year-old Anthony remarked with a pouty face, "I wish there were hints in Hotter and Colder."

The best part is, we've been playing this game for more than a month now and they always ask to play it. It was a priceless remark. One of the many things I look forward to with Kyah.

Jersey of Christ

Today, Abby and I were baptized! We have now officially donned the jersey of Christ and are proud to wear it.

We want to send out a big-huge-giant-enormous thank you to all our family and friends who helped make the day so special. Thank you for toughing out the 90-plus-degree weather and for bringing food to the bbq. We are blessed to have such supportive and encouraging family and friends.

In the following video, Abby's Dad and Pastor Dave baptize Abby first and then me at Lake Samish. It was pretty special to have our father baptize us. (Thanks for the video, Peter.)


In total, more than 170 people were baptized today. Pretty amazing stuff.

A scheduled delivery...

Well, we had a bit of a surprise this week. Abby had a routine checkup with her doctor this week and they discovered that Kyah is breeched. What is breeched? It means that Kyah is head up instead of head down. Since we're 38 weeks along, it would take a miracle for her to flip around into the correct position. There's just not a whole lot of room left in Abby's tummy for her to move around. In order to deliver her, we have to have a c-section.

To make a long story short... After a lot of prayer and a big decision, we're scheduled to meet our little girl for the first time ever at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 21.

We are and will continue to pray that God will work a miracle and flip her into the correct position by Saturday so we can skip the surgery and have her naturally. We'd love your continued prayers for a safe and healthy delivery.

God has given us a tremendous amount of peace about the c-section.

Here's Abby at 37 weeks. We're scheduled to have Kyah at exactly 39 weeks - one week early.

Directions to our baptism

If you'd like to see Abby and I get baptized this weekend, here are the details. Simply click on it to enlarge.


A total of 175 people are getting baptized on Sunday. They're asking that people please arrive early and carpool if possible. Also, bring your own lawn chair. It's supposed to be a scorcher this weekend, so don't forget your sunscreen either.

We're going to BBQ at our house afterwards, if you'd like to come on over.