Preparing to meet him...

Today I had a little time to myself and my thoughts while driving up to my midwife appointment without two little chatterboxes in tow. It got me thinking about how excited I'm growing to meet the newest love in my life. It got me thinking about the times growing up when I dreamed of when and how I would meet my husband and what he was doing with his life before we met. Then I thought about how that contrasted with having a child. I've felt this baby move inside me and I've been reading about how he's growing so I've known somewhat what he's up to every step of the way. I've tried to bond with him and talk to him while he's been in there swimmin' around but, he's been a little too preoccupied to respond back all that much. So my question is, has having had the benefit of knowing the approximate date I'm going to meet this little one officially, made me any more patient during the waiting process than I was to meet Andy when I was NOT aware of when or how it would happen? I think the answer is no, I think it's made it harder to wait, since it's something I think about constantly instead of every once in a while when I was waiting to meet my husband.
Part two of my comparison is that even though when this little guy is born he may have a lot of growing to do before we get to see too much of his personailty, isn't that true of all our relationships, they just take time! Even after 6 years of marraige and a year and a half of knowing Andy before that, I'm still discovering new things about him. I hope to always surround myself with growing people who have things to learn, share and teach. I mean I think about Noah and Fisher and all that they're learning about the world, themselves and others and I'm so blessed to be a part of that. What greater joy in life is there than the relationships we keep?



Other News:

On the Home Front: We're set to close on both our current house and the new one September 30th! "Wow," you say, "Isn't that like 10 days after your due date?" Well yes, now that you mention it, it is! We're not exactly sure how the moving process is going to work with an undetermined date of when the baby will arrive, but we know it's in God's hands and he has provided perfect timing every step so far, so why would we doubt Him now? The buyers of our house had the inspection done saturday. There are a two things they'd like Andy to address, but no big concerns and Andy is totally in agreement. We are totally in love with our new house, it's a great floor plan (my favorite thing about it), on 2 acres (Andy's favorite thing about it), with space to run (the boys' favorite thing about it). It's a spec house that the builder hasn't been able to sell for over two years, so it's brand new! There will be a significant amount of landscaping to do, but we'll move in just in time to see the leaves turn and then spend the winter coming up with a landscape design to start to tackle next spring.

This is the view from the turn around driveway. So to the left of the picture is the front of the house. The picture doesn't do it justice, so once we're settled you'll have to come visit to see for yourself what a great house this is for us!

Baby News: My ankles doubled in size over the weekend, other than that I'm feeling good. The midwife poked around at my belly today and guesstimated the baby to be around 8 pounds. I told her that it felt like he is resting his head on my bladder and his knees seem to be in my lungs so I'm not sure how he could get much bigger but her words were, "Well, I don't think he is as big as Noah, YET." That's okay, weight doesn't really scare me, Noah's birth was amazing and he came out 9lbs, 3oz. so we'll just have it go something like that again! I am anxious to meet him so I hope that he's more on Noah's time frame (a day early) than on his biggest brothers (10 days late), we already have plans that day :)

If you happen to think of all the craziness going on with us in the coming weeks, know that I'm going to do my best to celebrate the joy in my relationships in spite of it all and hope the same for you, regardless of the circumstances!