40 weeks

On Tuesday the 24th I would have been 40 weeks (according to the drs). However, I'm now holding my baby on the outside of my body instead of in my womb. Will doesn't want pictures of Hank on the internet but trust me when I say... HE IS PERFECTION. Never has there been a more beautiful child. God's faithfulness has me in tears a lot lately. My labor, delivery, and breastfeeding could not have been more wonderful. I prayed about specific details all through out pregnancy and decided to trust in Jesus rather than in a doctor's educated opinion. Let me tell you, the Lord is good and he knew what he was doing when he made our bodies to birth and give nourishment to our young. Hank is a dream come true and I could stare at him all day long. So thankful the Lord gave him to us and I pray that we will daily give him back to Jesus. Gonna compose our birth story soon before I forget all the details. Until then, cheers to new life and our family of two becoming a family of 3!

Urgent

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Will has noticed how much I've fallen in love with this girl and the way she does life. Rightfully so.

38 wks

38 wks and 4 days. Several signs that I'm having a baby soon but still no Hank. Still feel great. Alabama is playing Texas A&M and touchdown dip (recipe from the chiro) with chips and fresh pineapple and watermelon is on the menu today. Possibly some homegrown jalapeno poppers and caramel brownies later. Loving the cool, dry weather. Also loving football season. Getting up early to work outside and getting our to-do lists done so we can relax while watching some college football. Odie has been following me extra close.. and I'm wondering if he knows we'll bring a baby home soon?

In preparation for a natural birth for my first born I have been reading a lot of verses about God's strength in our weakness. And I cry. At church if the song has a line about His strength and our weakness.... yep, I cry. I know that I am going to be at the weakest point EVER. This girl's most serious injury was an ankle sprain as a child. I will have to fully trust the Lord to bring us through the pain and deliver our son. I will have to constantly remind myself that labor does not last forever and that at the end I will get to hold and feed my baby boy. That women have been birthing babies for centuries and it is not a medical emergency. Hoping that someone at that hospital will see Jesus in us.

I am looking forward to family time at home with my baby daddy and my new baby. Also looking forward to a break from all my part time jobs. A time of rest. A time of learning to feed my babe. A time to relax and hibernate a bit.

The nursery still isn't totally finished. Maybe this weekend?

Landry and I got our nails done yesterday. I LOVE that little girl. She is so smart and so well behaved. We just hang out like besties. Hank, you're in for a treat. Your little mama is gonna make you rotten.

Can't wait to see Hank's little bum in his precious cloth diapers. I've been waiting to play babies "for real" my entire life. Come on little baby, let's do this thing :)

Where are you, Fall?

It is September 5th. Fall is right around the corner, I hope! I am SO ready for tunics (that I need -no-want to buy more of) leggings, boots, and scarves. I am ready to tote my first babe around all warm and snuggly. I am ready to bake my California mother's pumpkin pie coffee crunch cake and drink chai tea latte's (while breastfeeding? Not sure about that). Ready for crisp mornings, cool breezes, and trees that change colors. Ready for days at the park with Landry where we don't sweat uncontrollably. With every season I feel like the Lord just retunes my heart. He awes me with the newness of each season. I remember the first time I ever appreciated Fall. I was a freshman at the University of West Georgia. For the first time ever I didn't have to be trapped in a classroom. I sat outside on campus and read Redeeming Love on a blanket. It was wonderful! Then I remember the first time I missed Fall. My first year in SD (where there are no seasons). The girls started wearing fall clothes after Labor Day but the weather was still the same and the landscape looked the same. That's when I learned to trick myself into seasons. With warm drinks, changing wardrobes, different music, street festivals, etc.

I have been pregnant for all of 2013 and the very end of 2012. I have so enjoyed sharing my body with my little one but honestly, I'm ready to meet Hank. To hold him. To love him in the outside world. It's not that I'm "over" being pregnant- although it is getting more difficult to move around and bend over- I'm just ready to see what and who he looks like and tackle the sleepless nights with my main man, Willis. Bless his heart, he's ready for this part to be over. Ready for him to get here and for the both of us to be okay - aww :). Love that man.


So bring on the lattes, sweaters, football, boots, scarves, pumpkins, and mums! And Baby Hank, of course!