Baby on the Way

We are officially 33 weeks pregnant with our little girl!  It's becoming more and more of a reality that around Valentine's day, we'll have the newest member of our family joining us.  We couldn't be more excited though, and are so ready to meet this blessing that God is giving us.  I would lying if I said that I wasn't nervous...nervous about the delivery process, nervous about bringing this precious person home with us, and a little nervous about the whole parenting process.  The thing that calms these nerves of mine is the fact that Josh and I make such a great team!  I am so ready to see him be a daddy, and I know that he's going to be great at it!


So, here's the story of the past 6 or so months.
In June, Josh and I went on vacation to visit family in Tennessee, and then went to Chicago for a few days.  Tennessee was fabulous, we loved the mountains and had a blast enjoying God's creation!  I had started to feel a bit tired, and was expecting my "visitor" soon.  We then headed to Chicago, which was a dramatic change in scenery.  We went from being surrounded by mountains to being surrounded by buildings and lots of people.  We walked and walked and saw lots of museums.  One day Josh convinced me to get a pregnancy test.  So, the next morning, I did the test, and it came back positive!!!  I waited until Josh woke up, and showed him the picture of the test, he wasn't sure what it meant, but when I told him he just smiled!


I made a doctor appointment as soon as we got home, and they confirmed that I was about 5 weeks pregnant, and due on Valentine's day!  We had fun getting to call our family and tell them that we were pregnant!

It wasn't very long before I started feeling sort of crummy, but was so thankful that I was on summer break so I could just veg out at the house.  It was about a month later, at our next doctor appointment that we got to see our little peanut!  It truly was amazing!  Then again in August, we got to see her again!

As I learned about all the changes that were happening to my body and all the changes that were happening to our little peanut, it made it so easy to be thankful for God being in control and for having such a wonderful plan!

Then, in September, we had another ultrasound and found out that we were having a little girl!  What an amazing experience, getting to see all of our little one's body parts and see how big she was getting.  I know that Josh was also amazed and loved getting to hear the sound of our little one's heart beat.

This whole pregnancy hasn't been too bad.  I really haven't had morning sickness, just been tired.  I know that I am getting really ready to meet this little one and hold her in my arms.

This is me at 24 weeks pregnant.