Blessed

My wonderful parents and sister's threw me two lovely baby showers. One this weekend and one last. We got a lot of really nice things for baby girl. Tons of adorable clothes and lots of useful items. It is amazing how many things such a tiny person needs! It makes things even more exciting. I am enjoying putting together her nursery and soon we will be meeting her and using all our wonderful presents. Thank you so much every one for your love and support for us and our growing family. We are blessed to have such a loving support system. I will be sure to post pictures of her finished nursery!

Sometimes you're the pigeon, sometimes you're the statue

I now have a 45 minute commute to work and 45 minutes back. Normally I hate driving, I always make Kellen drive everywhere we go because I just hate driving. I don't mind being a passenger but I hate driving. But lately I have welcomed this time. I spend almost every night driving home thinking and praying. It has led to some really good time spent with God. He has called me to deeper levels of faith and challenged me in some good ways. I've been reminded of his promises in scripture and convicted on many items. Many questions are still left unanswered, but its not for me to worry about. No matter what the answers are our future is secure in the Lord.

Its hard to believe that we are 8 weeks away from our due date now. I am getting so incredibly excited. I noticed at work tonight that I might be starting to "nest". I had a strange burst of energy and could not stop cleaning! We are finally putting her room together. I've washed the majority of the stuff we have for her and organized in her drawers. We ordered her crib ( a lovely gift from my parents) and I can't wait to set it up!! I love sitting in her room on the rocking chair and just day dream about her. Wondering what she'll look like and what she'll like to do for fun, what toys she'll like, what her first word will be. At my doctors appointment yesterday it hit Kellen how soon it will be until she is here. I can't wait to see him interact with her. She's going to be such a daddy's girl and I am certain I will fall more and more in love with him as I watch him father our daughter. I can't believe how different things will be in 2 months. I also can't lie- I'm excited to not be pregnant anymore. I continue to be sick and feel lousy and on top on it I struggle to sleep at night. I am so clumsy and forgetful. I don't recognize my self anymore. I'll miss the bonding time we share- but I won't be losing that its just changing how it happens.


As far as the title of this post, just a cute lighthearted saying I read this week. Sometimes you just need little reminders....

31 week pictures...

Hellllooooo bellly.....

Single Digits..

We are 9 weeks away from baby girl's EDA. Thanks to the hard work of my MIL (on her birthday) her room is all painted. I just need to decide to what wall decoration to put up for her owl theme. The first is from Target and uber cheap, the second is about $42 and the third (probably my favorite) is a whopping $73 bucks. Number 2 is a lot like our bedding though..hmmm What do you think?

We are also working on getting her furniture together. So much baby furniture is rated crappy or is very expensive. My dad suggested that I refinish our bedroom furniture for her and we get new stuff...very tempting but its a lot of work and time. At 8 months pregnant, I am not feeling extremely ambitious. Heck, I can't even get our house unpacked and organized. We have so much stuff its unreal. I just want to take it to the trash can and not deal with it.

Kellen's job isn't getting much better. He has some opportunities to move up at FedEx so we are hoping that one of those work out. Trying not to stress about it all but every day things become more and more unsure and every day we are one day closer to having a baby. Life sure isn't what I thought it would be. Some parts are better than I ever dreamed of and some are a lot worse and most are just plain different than I imagined. It just goes to show you can't plan everything in your life- its easier just to trust God and go for the ride.

We haven't been able to check out any churches since moving in. I've been sick every Sunday morning. We've listened to a few online sermons but you can't judge a church by that. I can't believe my morning sickness has returned. So frustrating!

Saturday night Kellen and I tried to have a nice date night and I ended up running from the dinner table and throwing up all my dinner. This is becoming more frequent. I have no appetite and sometimes struggle to breath- just more signs that the baby in me is growing big and healthy. We invested in a pregnancy wedge to help me sleep more comfortably and so far its been wise investment. I'm also concerned about my weight gain. I do not want to gain too much. At 29 weeks 5 days, I was up 16 pounds. They told me to gain 25-35 but that seems like so much. It seems like I am right on track to gain a pound a week. It just is becoming emotional draining to feel so large, unattractive and clumsy. I don't think there is a single part of my body I recognize anymore.

I'll post belly "mountain" pictures soon- well as soon as we find the camera!