entry #135

Dear Abram,

I'm so glad that you have finally arrived. You are so
adorable and your mommy and daddy and about
100 other people love you so much! Welcome to
this 'whole new world'.

(a little inside humor)

Dear Life,

You are so precious and should never be taken for
granted. I'm sorry that you are and wasted or
tossed aside. Every life (saved or not) is precious
to our Father and we should not forget that.

Dear quiet moments with great people in great conversation,

You are few and far between but I cherish them.
It's wonderful to get to know people you already
know even better by sharing from the heart.

Dear Faye,

Holding little Abram made me so excited to hold you!
I must admit though, the 6 weeks I have left seems
so surreal! Now I'm just full of curiosity as to when
and how you'll come. I'm believing in a wonderful
labor and delivery and focusing on getting the
experience I'm believing for. God is good! But I do know
that no matter the outcome, I'll have you and that's
what is important! Mommy loves you! Enjoy the little
time you have left in there! I can tell you're feeling
crowded though. Sorry about that. Mommy doesn't
get very big for swimming room.

Dear Amy and Dustin and Olivia,

Happy birthday to Amy and Dustin (yesterday) and
happy half birthday to our Olivia! Oh and a
big happy birthday to baby Abram! I'm so glad
that you've all graced my life with your presence.

entry #134

1. spontaneous trip to get things for a spontaneous
movie night at home with my kids while husband
worked late.

2. raspberry sorbet

3. the time i've been taking for myself everyday
at nap time. (since monday) it's really helped
with my insanity.

4. my daughter asking me if i can just not feed the
baby like i did with Liam (breast feed) and just
put it in a bottle so she can feed her baby sister.
i assured her i could do that sometimes for her.

5. trying out a new crochet pattern and it working
out. it's my new obsession. i love a new challenge.

today...

our friend's meet their son!!!!
i'm overwhelmed with such emotion for them.
this is something that they've waited a long
time for and the day is finally here!

we pray and believe in a safe and quick
natural delivery of little baby abram.

love you guys!

entry #133

1. getting the yard cleaned up and it looking spectacular!

2. cool weather. great sleeping weather for a pregnant mommy.

3. my homemade hot cocoa i'm drinking at the moment

4. seeing my grandparents last night from wisconsin.
love them!!!

5. my daughter's planning abilities. just like me :).
she's planning out her next birthday that isn't until
april 1st.

entry #132

Dear Husband,

Thank you for making my computer faster even if you did disable
the track pads abilities somehow for scrolling. I'll manage.
Also, thank you for putting up with me making you do things
on the weekends. I'm hoping after a few more years of this
that you'll just take over on your own! ;)

Dear Faye,

Now that I know that you are the one in there I am
so very excited to meet you. My anxiety is gone and
in it's place is pure excitement and anticipation. We
are all excited to meet you. Your big sister can't stop
talking about you. She's so excited that God answered
her wish. She's planning out all that you can do together.
We love you and will meet you in less then 2 months!

Dear Olivia,

Thank you for loving what I make for you and for
wearing it all the time. I'll soak that up. I'm sure you
won't love to sport anything your mom makes you when
you're a teenager.

Dear Stormy night,

Thank you for the peace you brought as I fell asleep.

Dear Lord,

Thank you for renewing of mind and spirit. Thank you
for the me that is me today and not me a couple of years
ago. Being at peace daily is a wonderfully freeing experience
that I know will not dwindle soon.

drum roll please.....

i am soooo pleased to introduce to you
our baby!

we were not going to find out what we
were having this time since we have
a girl and a boy. and i really thought
that is what i wanted.

last night i finally figured out why i
was having a hard time bonding with
the baby when i had NO problems with
our other two. it's because i had no idea
who was going to be joining our family
in 7 weeks! i hadn't seen it at all with
a sono. i didn't know if it had all it's parts
and was healthy. i didn't know if it was a
boy or girl. and i was starting to feel some
anxiety because my husband and i had just
decided we didn't like our original boy's name
and couldn't find anything we liked.

ahhh it was nerve wracking!!!!!
so last night i had a little emotional breakdown
and decided i needed to see our baby and know who
it was and start getting to know it by name.

so i called the dr's office today that oversees my
midwives and asked for a sonogram and they
luckily had an opening today!!! so of course we
went and saw our beautiful baby.

it's super healthy and perfect!!
it has chubby little cheeks.
it's so cute!
and we found out that we are
having a GIRL!

Faye Louise!!!

and a cute little fact about our faye and olivia...

me and my sister were named after
stephanie powers and her onscreen
name on 'heart to heart' - jennifer.
we aren't twins. we are 14mo apart and
my mom just really liked both those names.

well Olivia is a name i always liked but the
way i got my husband to agree was because
i said we'd call her 'Liv' which he loved.
he loved it because of Liv Tyler who
was in his favorite movie - 'That Thing You Do'.
and her character's name in the movie was...
Faye!

we are so excited to meet you Faye!!!

you are due in 7weeks but i'm counting on
59 more days!

oh, and thank you for turning head down. mommy
really appreciates it!

entry #131

1. lunch with my hubby yesterday at cyd's cafe.
it was sooo yummy!

2. getting quiet time to just think and re-group

3. watching my sister get her baby bump. love it!
can't wait to meet little parker!

4. getting our hotel booked for the hannah montana
concert we're going to next month. olivia is soo
excited!

5. having a wonderful conversation with my hubby
last night and making some important decisions.
i feel sooo much better!