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What a week it has been.  I was  continually finding myself near exhaustion at the end of the day. My daughter had come down with a cold and it was lingering in my own system.  The weather had  drastically been cold and rainy one day and then warm and sunny the next.  It’s ever a bother that my body never adjust to random spouts of hot and cold very well.

Tuesday was a planned night out with the ladies in my life group but because of my daughter’s cold, we had to put that on hold. I was a bit let down that this planned date wasn’t able to happen but more concerned with the fact that my daughter needed me home to care and love on her. I know that being two years old and not feeling well the best medicine is plenty of rest and mommy’s loving care.

Thursday, my daughter was over her cold and my husband and I were blessed with the opportunity to be ministered and encouraged at the Life Group leader get together for the year.  Great things are yet to come as we express the essence of Jesus through our church and the leading of our small groups to those around us. How encouraged I am to be part of such challenging radical movement! How we all should be people of mission together fueled by the Holy Spirit as we love God, love people, and serve the world.

…And though there were days this week where my soul became weary and my heart discouraged,  spending time daily talking with God in prayer and coming to His word my tired body, mind, and soul was once again renewed in Him…in his Loving Grace and in His encouraging reminders of the promises He daily pours  into my life.

The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

The LORD wil keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.

-Psalm 121:5-8

Where do I start? I had been anticipating my ultrasound since I knew I was pregnant with my second child. The week leading up to it and the day seemed to be slowest time has ever passed in history!

So I didn’t have too much time to think before my ultrasound let along get ready. Surprisingly I had fallen asleep and had no time whatsoever to do anything with my hair or put on makeup. I felt literally as groggily as I looked. And with five minutes on the clock to head out and drop my daughter off at my friends house for the next few hours I had to rush to get my bags together and redress my daughter whom was also just as asleep as I was.

I filled up my water bottle and started drinking all that water which I knew was going to cause such uncomfortableness in my body for the next hour or so.  To make things a little worse on that note, it was pouring rain when we left. Just my luck, a full bladder and nature against me!

We arrived at the Doctors on time and my husband was trying to make every possible crack that he could think of to make my full bladder situation worse. Why do husband’s think it’s hilarious to do that? I checked in, turned to my right to see pouring rain, turned to my left to see a little boy getting water, and well add that I had to keep sneezing… I know right? So I went to the restroom to blow my nose and the toilet was literally there to taunt me and guess what? I went because I was about to explode and it was really hard to only go a little bit but I knew it would help me not feel like I was going to absolutely pee my pants!

I had to wait about fifteen minutes before I saw the ultrasound tech. I knew it was going to be soon after seeing an extremely happy couple come out with baby girl pictures.  She was so happy because she thought she was going to have another little boy but got the girl she wanted after all. One very happy beaming mother and soon that was going to be me though I was settled on being happier whether I had gotten a girl or a boy, deep down I was hoping for a little boy.

The time was now mine to be seen! I was so happy knowing I’d be relieving my bladder more than I think I was to see my baby. And I know without a doubt that most moms probably feel this way at that time. I was so happy that after about 2-5 minutes of photos of my baby that ultrasound tech said I could relieve myself and I am glad it looked like my bladder was literally bigger than my baby!

I must brag and say I am very happy and blessed with my Doctor’s office and the ultrasound equipment that is being used. I know some mothers can’t always seen the monitor of the baby easily and with that being said makes all the poking and prodding of our bellies seem to feel that much more uncomfortable.  My husband and I had a monitor to look at of the baby straight in front of us. Our little one was squirming around in there eyes open and swallowing. It’s so neat to be able to see all that going on!

I don’t know if the ultrasound tech caught herself but before she actually pointed out the sex of our baby she referred to the baby as a HE. I later mentioned this to my husband and he didn’t even realize she had said it. Our little boy was not shy in the least bit in exposing himself… our tech called the boys part a tepee and a tripod? lol… Yes, quite amusing.

So the ultrasound tech found out the sex no problem, took plenty of pictures of the baby but there was set she was needing to get and our son would not cooperate! He had turned his back on the camera and was not to be bothered. This stubbornness resulted in a not so fun time for me. This was followed by me getting lain all the way down and sitting up quickly, rolling from side to side,  and pelvic thrusts ( yes you heard me right). None of that was working so she continued to push and prod on my stomach to get Owen to move. Yes it was uncomfortable and annoying. After about twenty minutes of that, he finally turned over long enough for her to get the photo she needed.  And then we were done. Thank God!

That was followed by my Doctor going over the results of the ultrasound which all look great. I am so happy for a healthy little boy and I can’t wait to meet him in person.

So tell me mommies, How was your ultrasound experiences?

There’s no doubt about it, I’m feeling pretty large right now. My belly button has officially become an outey and I’m actually missing looking down and being about to see my feet.   Bending over let alone squatting is a total pain (literally), and climbing over our baby gates is getting ready to be a thing of the past.

I’m glad my 2 year old daughter is somewhat helpful with chores. I can get her to help pull clothes out of the dryer and she’ll occasionally pick up toys and what not if I ask. These are two of the tasks I’m not going to be wanting to do for awhile.

Baby has been moving around a lot more lately but not as much as my first yet. Maybe that means this one will be less hyper? One would hope when I’ll be busy with my oldest too.

I’ll be having my big ultrasound in about two weeks * excited*. Totally not fair I have to wait a day before I am 21 weeks pregnant but that was the best time we could get for an appointment and it’s pretty hard to get those at convenient times on occasion.

I’m praying for the cooler weather to hit. It was and still is in the 90′s right now and that’s just not comfortable at all. I was already feeling like an oven before, now I’m in broil mode.  I’m totally ready for breezy fall days, hot cocoa, and nice walks in the park without the sun beating down on me.  Soon, I’ll see nothing but rain I’m sure for a good long while but I kind of miss it. I love the smell of rain and it’s calming and nice to hear on the roof at night while drifting off to sleep.  It’s nice to know I won’t have to wait too much longer.