Week 12 (First trimester is a rap)

How your baby’s growing at week 12: The most dramatic development this week: Reflexes. Your baby’s fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you …

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The Right Time

Tonight marked our end to the Matchmaker series at Fusion. Lil’ tear. I thought about taking all the single people in the room and arranging their marriages. Jeff and I have told many people that if they would just listen to us, we could tell them who they needed to date and marry, and they …

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Week 11

Update on Baby Agnew as we stand on week 11 (my comments are in parentheses): Your baby’s organ systems are now functioning and he has a skeleton, nerves and blood circulation. Your baby’s tiny feet are fully formed and shaped and could stand on an adult’s fingernail (that is crazy – how amazing is God …

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Baby Agnew’s Heartbeat!

We just heard our baby’s heartbeat! I am freaking out right now. I am overwhelmed at so many things, so this could go on for a while. I have warned you. We go to the doctor today and the nurse takes out this instrument right away and it has this loud microphone on it and …

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Do You Know if You’ve Found Mr. or Mrs “Right?”

Tomorrow night at Fusion, we are going to be continuing our Matchmaker series as we delve into the topic of how do you know when you find the “Right Person?” I said this last week, that behind salvation, who you spend the rest of your life with is the most important decision you will ever …

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Week 9

Here’s an update on Baby Agnew. Next Monday, we get to go hear the heartbeat! Your Baby: This week marks the end of the embryonic period and the placenta is developing as well. Your baby looks like a tiny human now and is approximately 13 – 17 mm or about 0.51 – 0.66 inches in …

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God Prefers If You Stay Single

That was the Big Idea this week at Fusion: God prefers if you stay single. We started our dating and relationship series at Fusion called “Matchmaker” and this shocking statement is what started it all out. 1 Cor. 7 records Paul dealing with an issue with some Christians who were struggling with the role of …

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Week 8

Here’s the week 8 update on lil’ Baby Agnew (God is so incredible how He does all this stuff!): Your Baby: Your baby has a face! Your baby’s features are becoming more obvious, as his lips, tongue and nostrils, as well as the buds for 20 baby teeth are already present. The back muscles are …

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Baby Agnew on the Way

So, if you haven’t heard, Amanda and I are expecting a little one. I’m overwhelmed. I am beyond joyous. I have been an emotional basket case crying at every little kid I see. In the middle of finding out this wonderful news, we are trying to move into the worship center, and I am having …

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Three Years

Tuesday was my three-year wedding anniversary. Man, we are getting old! This has been the third year though that we have not been with each other the whole day. Amanda was having to stay at USC to work on her Master’s, so we celebrated by me cooking hamburgers out in the rain on Monday. Such …

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