27 Week Ultrasound of Mackenna Grace taken on 01.13.10
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
02.23.10
Tomorrow I will be finishing up my 33rd week of pregnancy! Time sure has flown by! Today when we were grocery shopping I bought some yogurt and told Dustin, "Do you realize that I will be on maternity leave before this yogurt goes bad?!?" I am sure that next week's grocery shopping will include an item with an expiration date beyond my due date... crazy! Since I have just started this blog, I thought I would post some pictures of our precious Mackenna Grace. The first two are from my 27 week ultrasound and the second one is from my 19week ultrasound. We may be bias, but we think she's pretty beautiful already!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
02.20.10
Believe it or not, it was another busy week for the Folden family. Dustin had a couple meetings, his community center work shift, and taught on Friday night at Purdue Bible Fellowship and then supervised an all-night lock-in. Today, Saturday, is Dustin's all-day community center shift. He is going to be a tired boy when he gets home this evening.
How did I spend my evenings this week? Well, honestly, I slept. I have been finding much joy in sleeping lately. Working all day seems to zap the energy right out of me during the last trimester of my pregnancy. I wasn't ever really exhausted until now. I can't believe how tired I have been getting lately. But, my schedule has allowed me to usually get to bed by 8pm. I feel old!
I am now almost 33 weeks along in the pregnancy. That means we only have about 7 weeks left! While I feel exhausted most of the time, I also feel bursts of energy and an almost frantic urge to have everything ready for Mackenna's arrival (including having everything at work prepared for my maternity leave). If you mix the long list of "To Do before Baby Arrives" with the unpredictable emotions that seem to have crept up on me over the last few weeks and there are times when I feel extremely overwhelmed. I now understand the phrase, "I could cry at the drop of a hat." It wouldn't even have to be my hat, or a hat of my favorite sports team; if it dropped, I could cry! At times, I feel like an over-tired two year old. Of course, being the mature 25 year old woman that I am, I limit my whining and pouting. Usually, it's only Dustin who has the pleasure of seeing me whine and pout. And he usually just smiles, tries not to laugh, and gives me a big hug. Hugs from Dustin have been able to calm me, even on my more emotional days.
As we count down the days until our precious girl's arrival, we are continued to be overflowing with thankfulness to God for this pregnancy. We are reminded more each day about the importance of our relationships with Christ as we prepare for parenthood. I am faced with the reality that I will fail miserably without a humble dependence on God. Humility is definitely something I need to grow in. I am thankful that God is patient with me and doesn't give up on me, despite my utter depravity. I am thaknful that through Christ, I am no longer under God's wrath; I can have a genuine relationship with the Creator of the universe and can, by His grace, grow to be more like Christ. It's so easy to get distracted. Even this week, I started out meditating on God's Word and exciting about growing and changing, and by week's end I felt discouraged and discontent. What happened? My focus shifted from being on God to being completely on myself. My prayer for today is that God would help me refocus on Him and find my joy in the relationship that I have with Him through Christ.
How did I spend my evenings this week? Well, honestly, I slept. I have been finding much joy in sleeping lately. Working all day seems to zap the energy right out of me during the last trimester of my pregnancy. I wasn't ever really exhausted until now. I can't believe how tired I have been getting lately. But, my schedule has allowed me to usually get to bed by 8pm. I feel old!
I am now almost 33 weeks along in the pregnancy. That means we only have about 7 weeks left! While I feel exhausted most of the time, I also feel bursts of energy and an almost frantic urge to have everything ready for Mackenna's arrival (including having everything at work prepared for my maternity leave). If you mix the long list of "To Do before Baby Arrives" with the unpredictable emotions that seem to have crept up on me over the last few weeks and there are times when I feel extremely overwhelmed. I now understand the phrase, "I could cry at the drop of a hat." It wouldn't even have to be my hat, or a hat of my favorite sports team; if it dropped, I could cry! At times, I feel like an over-tired two year old. Of course, being the mature 25 year old woman that I am, I limit my whining and pouting. Usually, it's only Dustin who has the pleasure of seeing me whine and pout. And he usually just smiles, tries not to laugh, and gives me a big hug. Hugs from Dustin have been able to calm me, even on my more emotional days.
As we count down the days until our precious girl's arrival, we are continued to be overflowing with thankfulness to God for this pregnancy. We are reminded more each day about the importance of our relationships with Christ as we prepare for parenthood. I am faced with the reality that I will fail miserably without a humble dependence on God. Humility is definitely something I need to grow in. I am thankful that God is patient with me and doesn't give up on me, despite my utter depravity. I am thaknful that through Christ, I am no longer under God's wrath; I can have a genuine relationship with the Creator of the universe and can, by His grace, grow to be more like Christ. It's so easy to get distracted. Even this week, I started out meditating on God's Word and exciting about growing and changing, and by week's end I felt discouraged and discontent. What happened? My focus shifted from being on God to being completely on myself. My prayer for today is that God would help me refocus on Him and find my joy in the relationship that I have with Him through Christ.
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