Still waiting...

We have been getting everything ready- the room is there, my body feels there, our minds have turned toward baby. So, now we wait. :) (Here is Jeff getting the car seat together... he's a professional folks, don't try this at home...)

This time of waiting has actually been incredible. Last week I felt a weighty sense of loss about closing this chapter of it just being the two of us. I felt a sadness to let that go. I wondered "are we doing everything that we really want to do before baby comes"? In the last week I feel like we've really experienced the Lord's kindness in having amazing moments together. Because the doctor said "it" was coming soon, I stopped working a little earlier. Grace was amazing about embracing our family and working things out easily to support and accomodate this decision. Because my body has been a bit unpredictable with being dilated, having a couple of other things come up, and having a dropped baby, we've taken time to rest up. We've had time to watch movies at home and cook dinner. We've had time to see a movie, prepared the nursery, taken long walks... here are some pics of our almost 3 mile walk yesterday. (That seemed like a better idea than spicy fire sauce and taco bell to get things moving...)

I also feel excited about the way that a baby carries your love forward. I feel excited thinking that somehow God's design included 2 people in love helping to create life and the baby being evidence of that love. How amazing!

Here are some pix of our nursery (click any pic to enlarge) - other than needing a crib mattress and a couple of other things with that and collecting some of our around the world pix, we are pretty much all set! Yea!