We had a 3d/4d ultrasound last night. I am AMAZED at just how beautiful she really is. She looks like a real baby! It's all starting to become more real to me. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and she told me to expect to really pack on those pounds in the next 2 weeks. I have had an insane increase in my appetite. I want to eat ALL the time. So I guess that explains the expanding belly :) Take a look at this sweet little miracle from up above:She loves her hands up by her face!
She is puckering up :)
Precious little yawn! LOVE IT!
Still yawning.....
This is precious. She has her elbow up to the side of her face. I think she's pouting at all these pictures :)
A GREAT shot of her entire face. She has a little heart shaped face and the most adorable little button nose. And....HAIR!
She loves that hand :)
She did NOT want her picture taken. Hence the hand that is plastered to her face.
Fingers by her face!
Side profile picture-Joseph's favorite. Very artsy looking
I don't see how you can look at these pictures and doubt the existence of God. Forget that she IS a miracle to what we were told, ANY baby is for that matter. To think of how they begin from two little cells and then how God transforms the mother's body and works everything out just perfectly so that in 9 months time the baby is perfect and fully complete. Look at this picture from our very FIRST ultrasound:
How amazing is that? I can hardly believe how fast time has gone by. She is the length of a loaf of bread. Go pick up one and hold it-it's like holding an actual baby! She is 17 inches long and weighs about 3 1/2 pounds. I am feeling her kick and flip and roll all the time. I never get tired of that feeling. The thought occurred to me the other day to not wish this time away. As much as I am dying to hold her in my arms, I will miss the feeling of her moving around in my belly. It truly is the greatest feeling on Earth.
I could never get tired of hearing her heart beating. I am overcome with emotion at the thought there is a LIVING creature that I am carrying. I have so many questions about how to be a parent and what it's going to be like. It's scary at times to think that she solely will depend on Joseph and I for everything. And then one day really soon, she'll learn the only person she REALLY needs to depend on is Jesus.
I had a shower a couple weeks ago and got some really nice gifts. My sweet grandmother made a lot of different outfits for her, but my favorite was a bible with her name on the the front. And with that came the sweetest letter that made me cry as I read it. I read it to Ady that evening when we made it home. I know that once Tatay holds her, Ady will know exactly who she is. And I hope Tatay is alive for dozens of more years to watch her namesake grow and develop. I know I will make a lot of mistakes. I know that many times I won't get things right, but knowing that she is being lifted up daily by so many people and carrying the name Margaret-the sweetest and most God fearing woman I know, I will rest a little easier at night :)
It is crazy to think that here in just a few WEEKS, I will get to see her. I laugh when people ask me if I've thought about what to do the nursery in. Thought about it? It's been complete for weeks now? I'm so glad it's finished. I just walk in there and dream. I can't wait for her chair cushions Tatay is making to be finished so I can sit in there and rock.
I'm sad that we won't get to go on vacation this summer. If Joseph uses his vacation time now, he won't have much at all once she gets here. We felt she was much more important than a trip to the beach. And plus, this time next year we'll get to take her to the beach with us :) She loves to lay in the sun and when I get in the water she kicks like crazy!
We are just so excited to watch God's plan unfold in our lives and welcome the joy of the greatest gift of all-parenthood!
God is good all the time!
Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.-Psalm 9:10
