Due Dates and Orange Pumpkins!

We finally took our week 40 pictures! We got to take my awesome orange pumpkin pictures, which makes me so happy! He can come any time now! Haha. The pictures turned out great, too.  I got a side picture taken where I held the giant (and very heavy) pumpkin alongside my belly – I was surprised at how accurate that size is compared to my belly and makes me feel even more huge than I already do! That pumpkin is BIG and my belly is just a tiny bit bigger! Holy cow! Right now it’s like there’s a little mountain taped onto my front and I can’t see hardly anything past it! 

40 weeks along! Happy Halloween!!

Little man is constantly moving and  beating me up! I can’t help but wonder if he’s going to be as feisty and ornery as he has been inside of me. He’s always beating up on me, he gets sassy when my kitty sits against my belly – I can’t tell if it’s playful and happy or annoyed, but he always gives her a pop or a shove.

Today I was looking over at the cradle, which is all cleaned and emptied and ready for him, and I thought about how in a matter of days/weeks I will have a little baby to lay in that cradle. I’ve gotten so used to seeing the crib, cradle, dressers, car seat, all the baby stuff we have and it’s just started to be part of the home décor… But to think that really soon we’ll have a baby to finally use/put in the stuff is crazy. But the other part of me is appreciating this time I have to myself – being on official maternity leave or whatever – and the evenings being a little bit normal still with Luke and I… I need to just enjoy this while I have it because he’ll come when he comes and it’ll be here before I know it, whether it’s tomorrow or in two weeks.

It's gotten harder and harder to see Luke off to work every morning. I enjoy my time at home, don’t get me wrong, but I really wish he could be here with me. I've joked about faking going into labor so he could work from home – lots of women have ‘false labor’, right? Additionally, my family has started to anxiously await my texts and calls, no doubt wondering if it's THE call every time their phone rings.

While a small part of me remains reserved and not sure if I’m ready, the rest of me is getting more excited and ok with the idea of it happening really soon – even today. Let’s get this show on the road and meet him already! Instead he seems very preoccupied with trying to get comfy inside of me and just hanging around for a little while longer. 

Ending Week 39...

Today while I was having my quiet time I was thinking/praying over Ps 139:13-16 again. I love that verse so much and I’m happy that I’ve had it to pray over him for most of my pregnancy. But I was thinking again about the part that says that God knew him inside and out and knew all the days of his life before he’d even lived one… it’s crazy to me because here I am, the mother of this child, I’ve had him inside of me for 9 months and no one else knows him like I do, and yet I still haven’t even seen him… I don’t know if he has a head full of hair or he’s bald, if his eyes are light or dark, what his face shape is… I especially don’t know things in the future like what kind of personality he’s going to have, what his likes and dislikes will be, or who he’ll be – and yet God already knows all of that. It’s a humbling thought to know that even though he’s my child and he’s inside me, he’s still God’s. God is the only One who knows him already. He knows how my labor is going to go, the ups and downs of us getting adjusted to having a new baby, how he’s going to grow and who he’s going to grow to be… It makes you wonder why you worry about so much when your knowledge and power is so limited and when God already knows it all. All I need to be doing is praying and letting go. God is giving me this child as a gift, I am to raise him and attend to him and make sure he is brought up in the Will of God, but he’s God’s child. I’m just a steward he’s bestowed this gift upon and I hope I never forget that… 

39 weeks pregnant... Almost there!

Busy Busy Busy!

The last few weeks have kind of flown by in a blur. Not only have I been working hard to get my to do lists all completed, I've been trying to keep up on my sleep (which is nearly impossible when you're this pregnant), prepare myself for labor, and keep myself from getting too caught up in check sheets forgetting there's a baby coming! I will hold my son in my arms in a matter of weeks, which is one crazy thought! 

We had our annual Halloween party last weekend. Yes, it was a little early this year but I didn't want to give Link a chance to crash the party. My costume turned out pretty well in the end. I had to take advantage of the opportunity, I don't know if I'll ever be pregnant around Halloween again. 

Happy Halloween!

 We also went and finished our registry at Target last weekend. Thanks to coupons, discounts, and our wonderful gift cards, we were able to get nearly everything we need and spend very little out of our pockets. It was such a blessing to walk away with so much stuff for baby Link without spending an arm and a leg! 

...after nearly four hours of shopping!

Throw in steam cleaning our carpet, working part-time, pumpkin shopping for our upcoming weekly shots, making sure I have everything my midwife will need to deliver my baby, and trying my best to keep up on things like the laundry and dishes, and you have a good idea of what my last few weeks have looked like. A busy blur of craziness! 

Luckily my to do lists are finally shrinking and I see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel... and just in time, too! 

7 Days 'til Due Date!!