Well, 40 weeks have nearly come and gone. We are 5 days away from our estimated due date, and I find myself a little anxious, very excited, and mostly just sitting around twiddling my thumbs...waiting for any sign that labor may be around the corner.
My sister-in-law has told me that little Olivia will come when I'm good and miserable. I don't think I've reached my breaking point just yet, but I will say that having a uterus the size of a watermelon and a bladder the size of a tangerine definitely has cut into my sleep-time. And pregnancy brain has most definitely got the best of me. (One day I put some trash down the laundry shoot and my dirty socks in the trash can...whoops.) Oh, and the special side-roll-push-up I have developed to get off the couch or out of bed would put some of our armed forces to shame.
On a serious note, this pregnancy has really been a blessing. The fact that this little one has hijacked my body (and my mind, my heart, my emotions, etc. etc.) has been a refreshing reminder that "it's not about me". Too often I allow our me-centered culture to creep into my heart and I focus my day on my needs and my wants, when there are people around me that I could serve with my time and my prayers. I pray that this "sacrifice" called pregnancy will bend my heart to make sacrifices for all the other people God has purposefully placed in my life.
Here are a few pictures to hold you over till Livie makes her grand debut:
12 weeks pregnant
38 weeks pregnant
Finished Nursery
We've read all the baby books, pacifiers have been sterilized, nursery is complete, and our bags are packed:
COME ON LIVIE :)
