Well, I am 27 weeks pregnant now and I haven't posted much in a while so I'll give a quick update and post some new pictures. Emma is growing fast and we are getting anxious and excited to meet her. Even though pregnancy is not my choice of ways to spend much of my life, she is going to be such a blessing to us and our families. I keep reminding myself that all of this torture, misery, and complications will all be worth it when we can finally hold her in our arms. Between the stomach "distress"for the first 4 months, indigestion that keeps me up all night, anemia that requires supplemental iron intake, emotions that change rapidly and dramatically, there is a baby girl who kicks all the time and makes me smile each time. I can already see her personality shining through as she kicks me consistently if there is anything on my belly (seat belt, arm resting, etc.) until that is moved. That is HER belly and nothing needs to be touching it! ;) When it's sonogram time, she won't be still long enough for them to see much and getting her to stay in one place to hear the heartbeat for longer than 1 second, forget it! She's way too busy to sit still. We love her so much already! Her daddy talks to her all the time and I sing to her! We cannot wait to see who she looks like, what her cry sounds like, to hear her laugh the first time, to hear the quesitons she will ask as she grows up before our eyes. We pray everyday for the guidance to raise our Emma to do what's right. We pray we do the right things, say the right things, and when we mess up, for we know we will, we pray He forgives us.
