Early Labor

Contractions 10 minutes a part....more to come!

Happy Thanksgiving

38.5 weeks pregnant

Halloween pictures

Nate's Butt Farm?

No Bates Nut Farm! Marc and I, with both his brothers and their families along with his parents took a trip to Valley Center, California for a day on the farm. Marc snagged some giant pumpkin seeds from a smashed pumpkin in hopes that we can grow our own giant pumpkin patch next year!

http://www.babycenter.com/0_carpal-tunnel-syndrome-during-pregnancy_234.bc?page=1

Please refer to link to learn more about what they (who's they?) don't tell you about pregnancy.

Besides needing a little snack, the above is the reason I am up on the internet at 5 AM on a Sunday morning. More to come.

Recent photo

29 weeks

Psalm 139

One of the many scriptures that have comforted me in the midst of difficult circumstances has been Psalm 139. Verses 16-17 in the NKJV read "Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. How precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!" When I found out that I was pregnant I turned to this verse and took in the words of God's creation and His miraculous involvement in the conception of our baby. As soon as I knew the baby could hear our voices, I read this psalm out loud wanting her to hear God's word even before she is able to understand it's significance for her life. It was my goal to have this passage up in her room. I want her to know that even when she was a tiny embryo barely fitting in the palm of a human hand, God was covering her with His as she continued to grow and develop into a fetus and onto an infant. I want her to know that her entire life has been planned by a loving and sovereign God for a purpose. I want her to lean on these truths when life is hard and find them empowering when life is not.
Only God truly knows the challenges that she will face in her life. Only He knows the blessings and impact her life will have on those who know her. But I take comfort in knowing that they have all been planned out in the most loving and precise manner and that He is the one in control. I am blessed that I am not only being given the gift of having a child, but the awesome responsibility of being a part of God's plan for her life. I constantly pray that Christ would remain center and fill us so that we may be the parents that He desires us to be.