Wow. The last few weeks have flown by! We have about 9 weeks left - give or take a few depending on when the little guy decides to enter the world. As I'm sure anyone with kids can agree, we've gone through a few different stages of preparing for baby. At first, it didn't feel real. I couldn't feel the baby, couldn't see the baby, wouldn't even know there was a baby if it weren't for my terrible nausea and the ultrasound that said there was in fact a baby in there! Slowly but surely I grew and grew. I started feeling the baby move around week 15 but didn't "pop" until week 20-ish. This began the stage I call
"OMGeeee, we're having a baby and I don't know if I can do this!" stage. It was mainly brought on by me reading into what exactly happens on the day of the baby's birth and the days, weeks, months following. It really freaked me out. Fortunately I have a wonderful loving husband who isn't suffering from
pregnancy brain and reassured me that women have been having children since literally the creation of man, so it will be okay. He also reminded me that no matter how I feel, the day will come when our little boy will be in our arms and all of that (referring to the birthing process) will be behind us.
Side note: I am thankful for the pain and suffering I had to go through with diving. Not that it is comparable to giving birth, but there is the similarity of "oh my gosh. I'm not sure if I can complete this daunting task in front of me, but by this time in ____ (amount of time i.e. x amount of weeks), it will all be over" type feeling.
Once we passed the freaking out stage, we entered a sweet stage of "Can't wait for him to get here!" Although we have never experienced child birth, we are anxiously awaiting our baby's arrival and I don't care what kind of pain I have to go through.
So here we are, just hanging out, going along with our lives like normal. I've passed all the "cool" pregnancy milestones so now the only things that happen aren't really that cool: Like getting bigger every single day, having to sit up in bed to roll over, accidentally peeing when I sneeze, going to the bathroom to pee every hour or so, going to the bathroom thinking I have to pee but I don't really, having Hunter take my socks and shoes off cause I can't reach my feet anymore, yelling "noooo!" when something falls on the ground because I know it will take at least 2 minutes to pick it up, etc.
A few weekends ago, my parents drove down so that we could all go to a 3D ultrasound by
Babyface & more. Hunter's parents got to go too, and it was a very special time for Baby, parents and grandparents to be. I now know what the author of Luke was talking about when he says that "Mary treasured these things in her heart" (Luke 2:19). We got to see the little guy's face, hands, feet and "man parts." He slept most of the time with his hands behind his head, but he did yawn for us! So precious! We also noticed he was sleeping upside down. That would explain the big bump I've been feeling above my belly button, all up in my diaphragm - his bottom! It also explains why I get spirit finger-type hand movement around my bladder.
This past weekend we were blessed by our dear friends with a baby shower! It was our only baby shower for Northwest Arkansas so we got to see many great friends that we don't get to see very often. It was the most wonderful few hours and we left feeling grateful and humbled by our friends. The hostesses did a great job with decorations, food and making sure all details were taken care of. The Lord has truly blessed us with some incredible friends in Northwest Arkansas that have taken us in as their family. We have been left in awe of how God provides!
April will bring more adventures, more memories and more moments that I'm sure you will hear about. Thanks for stopping by - hope you enjoyed!
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