23 Weeks

We are quickly approaching trimester #3! I really am in disbelief just saying it! I am starting to look at my body and wonder where I am going to get the extra stretch for the remainder of my pregnancy! Sheesh--I better watch those chocolate chip cookies or I am really in for it! My next check up is Friday and I told the nurse I feel like I am on the TV show "The Biggest Loser" everytime I step on the scale--I feel like the lights dim and a spotlight shines down from above right smack on the scale!

Sweet Brent put the crib up this weekend and although we do not have a mattress yet, we went ahead and put the bedding on! I think we have most things arranged the way we want it. Now, all I need are blinds, curtains and decorations...oh, and a baby!! I love to wake up in the morning and peek into the room. Anticipating what will be in there soon. I try to imagine the sounds and sights, but my imagination is too small. I can't quite grasp the images to come. Still, I joyfully pray for our son and the life he will lead. I like to lay in bed at night and prod at Tristan, urging him to move. He seems to be pretty content, to my surprise, he does not kick as much as I would have thought he would. He enjoys his slumber. I am sure he is lulled to sleep with the constant chatter and movement by his father and me.

Many events this past week have made me realize even more how much God's timing is not our timing. He has all the details mapped out. These children are His children and not our children. I think about labor and how vastly it differs from person to person. In some ways, I think I could handle someone handing me instructions of exactly how it will go, step by step in detail. also but telling me it will be the worst pain, you can experience...for me, it would be easier that way. The unknown is what baffles and boggles my mind! You just never know what your labor will be like. I try not to dwell on it too much. I try to just keep myself healthy.

My verse this week is Psalm 121: "I will lift up my eyes to the Hills, where my help comes from. My help comes from the Lord. The Lord, who made Heaven and Earth. He said He will not let your foot slip, he watches over you and will not slumber; indeed He who watches over Israel will not slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you. The Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from harm-He will watch over your life; He will watch over your coming and going now and fovevermore."