Showing posts with label baby #3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby #3. Show all posts

Dear Little One Inside,

This is probably one of the best days of this entire pregnancy so far!

When I woke this morning, I felt like it was Christmas morning. I couldn't wait until my scheduled doctors appointment. Today was the day I was going to see you and find out who you were!

I must admit, I was a bit nervous. Things had been so different this pregnancy. I was wondering if you were healthy or if something was wrong with me. I needed to see you and see what was going on inside.

Boy, did I pray this morning too. Asking the Lord to grant me the opportunity to find out if you were a girl or a boy. I am ready to call you by name. I am ready to continue making plans for your arrival.

Your ultrasound visit was amazing! You looked so good... all stretched out, showing us your long legs and your thin little fingers. The ultrasound tech, breezed through all the main things, showing us just how healthy you were! I almost cried, finally some good news - you looked perfect!

Before we got a good glimpse of you, the tech asked each of us what we thought you might be. Elijah (your oldest brother) replied, "girl." Z-man, second in line, said, "girl." And your Daddy and I both replied, it has to be a girl.

Just for the record, this pregnancy has certainly had its surprises.... so why not another one, right???

You my sweet one are a BOY!!! There was no denying it! You are all boy! And you are all mine! Was I disappointed? Not at all! Was I surprised? Sure was!

I want you to know this, I really think it is a privilege from the Lord, that he has given me three boys. I feel protected and loved and surrounded by strength. You are a gift to me and I can't wait to celebrate the day you arrive.

I have many plans for you. I'm going to hold you, snuggle with you, love you, and share you with your brothers! I can't wait to be your mama!

I love you Little One!
Oh, and don't worry, I know your name. When Daddy says so, everyone else will know too!

Posted in: on Friday, September 11, 2009 at at 1:15 PM 2 comments  

Just Thinking about the Holidays .... Already???


So yesterday I was having a three hour phone date with my mom. Towards the end of it, she brought up Christmas, asking if it was still okay with us that she come down! "Of course," I said, "We are planning on it."

She went on with talking through some thoughts she had, which included the idea of maybe having a children's gingerbread house party. Quickly I stopped her thinking about how pregnant I was going to be at that point.

And then.... like forging flood waters, realization came racing in....

Before I tell you that realization.... let me remind you of some historical pregnancy facts. I've been pregnant only two times. Both times I was on bed rest by 33 weeks. My first born arrived at 34 weeks, my second at 37 weeks.

And for just a quick reminder - I am 21 weeks... today.

Take a quick look at the calendar... just for kicks. Want to know the approximate timing of 12 weeks from now, which may or may not be when I could possibly (but hopefully not) be on bed rest???? It's the week after THANKSGIVING!

Oh and while you are thinking about turkey, stuffing, and all the fix ins just flip over to the next month and look at the last week of December... that would be when I hit 37 weeks! Yea, the main goal in my mind to make it to....

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

Return with me to the phone conversation I was having with my mother.... she's pleasantly thinking about gingerbread men and icing, while I suddenly had a spike in my blood pressure. Do you know what I need to accomplish in the next say... 12 weeks??? How about Christmas shopping, and freezer meals, and oh let's not forget the baby's room! Aaahhhh!!! Just mix that in with my absolutely. crazy. daily life already (that of course, I love)....

Oh boy... or maybe girl. Or whatever! I've got much to accomplish and soon!

(And just for the record - I do believe in miracles. I certainly may not be on bedrest. I just happen to be a planner... that is all. Of course, my overall plan is to NOT be on bedrest. I'd just rather be on top of things then behind... know what I mean?)

Posted in: on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 at at 8:01 PM 1 comments  

Dear Little One Inside,

I'm writing to you now, because I hope someday you look back on this letter and know in your heart just how loved you already are.

Within a few weeks of finding out that I was pregnant with you, I was laying in bed nausea's and exhausted, anxiously poking my belly to feel the hardness that begins with pregnancy. It was then that I realized that I already loved you. You weren't more then the size of a pea, but my heart was full of love and joy when I thought of you.

Someday, maybe you will understand this, but at 6-8 weeks pregnant it can be hard for me to really identify with the beginnings of a child inside of me. Yet, somehow I already knew I wanted you. I had been desiring you for years. Many times I would go to your daddy on earth and your Father in Heaven asking, begging them both, when would I hold my next child? Finally we heard the word, it was time and you were created!

I'm almost half way through this pregnancy. And my heart is overflowing with joy and excitement. Soon, I'll be holding you, singing to you, watching you grow up with my other two most favorite people in this world, your brothers!

Child of mine, I want you to know ~ you are wanted. You are an answer to my prayers. You are already cherished. You are loved. You, my child, are already adored!

Posted in: on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at at 7:00 AM 2 comments  

A Few of My Favorite Things


While I was on my hands and knees, this morning, scrubbing the kitchen floor, it occurred to me that I had completely forgotten about the nesting phase of pregnancy. Friends, I am full fledged, up to my eyeballs, loving every single second of it, nesting! Oh, glorious nesting... making lists, conquering them, feeling productive, and reminding my home of its true loveliness!

And while I was recollecting on the fact that second trimester pregnancies usually brings along the nesting phase, it occurred to me that there were several other things that I really, really like about being pregnant again.

So in complete random order, here are a few of my favorite things during this season of my life!

1. tomato sandwiches
2. cold crisp apples with cheese
3. cold sweet red grapes with cheese
4. ice water ~ extra ice
5. little flutters in my abdomen
6. dreaming of the baby's room
7. re-organizing closets, drawers, shelves and well, all the rooms
8. my kids asking me each week, "how big is the baby now, Mama?"
9. reading parenting magazines and not skipping the articles on infants
10. my husbands joyful servant heart at 11 pm at night, when I'm starving
11. protein - yummy!
12. knowing that summer is coming to an end soon, and I'm only half way there!
I can't wait to have a winter baby this time!
13. Clothes shopping ~ for both the baby and me!
14. air conditioning and fans ~ praise God for modern technology

15. dear friends and family and sweet new friends, who really care and show it thru acts of service (my not so secret love language!)

Did anyone else notice that I mentioned food several times. Oh yea, I'm loving the fact that the things I am craving are relatively healthy.

Well, I'm off to go tackle something on my "to do" list. Enjoy!

Posted in: on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at at 2:09 PM 1 comments  

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