We are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made!

Thanks to all of you who have inquired about the pregnancy. Things are going well. I sure feel much better than I did the first 13 weeks. I am now 21 weeks and have been feeling the baby move and kick for a few weeks. That is one of the best parts!

The baby is due the beginning of December. And we have our 4-D ultrasound on August 11. I cannot wait! And, yes, we will find out the baby's sex.

When I was pregnant with Robbie, I considered letting it be a total surprise. Do it like they did in the old days, I thought. But as I was lying on the table and Bob and I were seeing this perfect picture of our first child, we just had to know.

These 4-D ultrasounds are pretty awesome. I'm not sure how many of you have ever had one. But we've been fortunate to have one with both Robbie and Eveley. If the baby cooperates, you can see the baby's face perfectly clearly. It's like their first photo shoot. I was amazed. I remember seeing Robbie's face and thinking he looked just like my dad in there -- weird!

Eveley's ultrasound was just as exciting. I took Robbie to get a red truck and a bus to play with while the ultrasound was being performed. He sat with me on the table while we looked at his new baby sister. The room had a large TV screen on the wall so we could all see her. She was sucking her fingers. And, believe it or not, when she was born, she had a few blisters on her fingers from where she had sucked on them. She still sucks her thumb but only in the bed.



We are very excited about this ultrasound as well. People have asked if I have any feelings on whether this one is a boy or girl. I truly don't. I will tell you that I am praying for a perfectly healthy baby. And I have asked for a boy!

I know that we will not be disappointed one way or the other. But I really want a boy. It's hard to explain but Robbie taught me how to be a mother. And I know that having a son first shaped me into the mother that I am now. To be viewed by others as the mother of two little girls just doesn't feel right. But, one thing I do know --

Psalm 139:13-18

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that very well.

My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.

All the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.


Thank you all for your prayers and kind words. I'm always amazed at the people I've never met who take the time to encourage me [Shout out to the Canadian Girls!].

I'm starting a baby poll on the sidebar. Boy or Girl???