Pregnancy... and feet.

So, it's safe to say that I have had a completely blessed pregnancy! My first trimester brought the normal nausea, but I never had to throw up (except for that one time when I took Tylenol at 6:30am and my body said, What the heck! Where's my food?!... yeah.. that was fun! But my husband rocks, so I didn't have to worry about it!). The second trimester was great... non-eventful and I had plenty of energy! The third trimester has been equally as grand, as I have had those nesting moments when I get started on something and can't stop; however, I do have to say that, despite all the energy the Lord has given me to prepare for her arrival, I have been much more tired than I remember being in the first trimester!

Take yesterday, for example: We had those horrible storms heading our way, and I just KNEW they were going to begin hitting when I was getting off of work (btw... I was correct!). SO, I left about an hour early, which means that I got home around 4 to get hunkered down for stormy evening. And, honestly, what is a good thunderstorm without an equally great nap?! :) Let's just say, I slept for 3 hours... EASILY... never moved... never had to get up to use the bathroom (definitely a plus, at almost 38 weeks!)... AND, my sweet hubs had dinner ready when I woke up! Thanks, handsome! :) You would think I was up for the night, but no. By 11:00, our normal bedtime, I laid down and don't remember ever falling asleep! Before I knew it, the alarm was going off!

Now that we have established that I am a sleeper (in case you didn't already know that! ha!), my point to this whole blog: feet. My feet. MY BIG SWOLLEN FEET! I am so tired of the swelling. It really is my only gripe point consistently. I elevate them, watch my salt, drink plenty of water... it just doesn't matter. But, it could always be worse! The Lord has blessed me consistently with GREAT blood pressure, so at least I am not pre-eclamptic! :)

Sweet Lord, thank you for an easy pregnancy so far! I pray that it continues to be this easy, and that labor will go as smoothly as it possibly can! We sure can't wait to meet this sweet baby girl! What a blessing she already has been and will continue to be! Jesus, You truly are good! :)

How Great is Our God!

Last night at our Easter celebration service, we were standing and singing, "How Great is Our God." As I sang, I did what I usually do: sway (b/c my stomach is too heavy for me to simply just stand!) and rub my belly (b/c she is usually really excited when we are attending worship at church!). As I was singing, I started doing something else I usually do as I worship: I prayed the song we were singing over our baby girl.

Last night, as not only my voice, but my heart, sang "How Great is Our God", I began praying this over Evie Grace. My prayer became so much more than just how great our God truly is! I began praying that Evie Grace would KNOW and SERVE HIM, wholeheartedly; I prayed that through her life, others would see and sing about how great He is; and then, as I was praying all of this, I prayed that regardless of what her life held, that Alan and I would always say, How Great is Our God, because He is, and life's circumstances don't change that! I thought about how, graciously, He has given her to us for 37 weeks already, and what a precious and sweet gift that has been. I thought about how she has been given to us for this time, and that we aren't guaranteed another minute with her, but the Lord has graciously blessed us with yet, another day! My prayer became a focus time that regardless of the good times that we have with her, or the bad times, HE is WORTHY of ALL PRAISE, and I prayed that Alan and I would always, regardless of the situation, be faithful to PRAISE our GREAT God!

I pray that you take time to reflect on how truly great our God is, and also reflect on how precious life is, each and every day that it is given!

Evie Grace- 36 weeks!

Isn't this the sweet thing?! This 4-D ultrasound was taken at my 36 week appt (about 10 days ago). She is sucking her thumb!  We found out at this ultrasound that she is head down and getting ready! Oh sweet baby girl, we are so excited to meet you! :)