I received my very first Mother's Day card from my wonderful husband yesterday. (I also got a super special one from my own mommy!) I know I cannot truly begin to say that I know what it feels like to be a mother, but I'm excited for the journey. God is knitting together a sweet baby boy inside of me and I'm so excited to get to be his mom. We didn't do anything out of the ordinary for Mother's Day, but I really enjoyed our time at church!














I'm 34 weeks pregnant. That means I have approximately 6 weeks to go. Maybe less, maybe more. :-) Watson loves to move around... but mainly in a quiet room. He's still while my first graders are loud and moves like a maniac the moment they are out for recess, etc. (A co-worker suggested that maybe he is an introvert?). It will be fun to see if his personality is already being reflected while he is inside of me - once I learn more of who he is when he is on the outside.


Today I was reading "Building Her House" by Nancy Wilson - a book I picked up while at teacher training in Moscow, Idaho. Nancy is an absolute doll and was so excited when I told her I grabbed her book. I love her, her family and most importantly her love for Jesus. Anyway, as I was reading it today, I realized I have some pretty specific prayer requests for the labor process, that if you want to pray for and with me, I would be quite delighted.

Specific Requests - I'm praying these over myself (most of these are things Nancy wrote in her wisdom of sound doctrine and that I agree with).

• I pray that God will give me a gentle and quiet spirit as I enter into labor. I want to seek to glorify God through the process, both in preparation and the actual delivery. I don't want to be angry or sharp or nasty. I don't want to bite people's heads off (read: Seth's). I am typically quick to anger, I don't want this to be another opportunity to sin in that area. So I just really want to be prayerful over that process. (I know it will be pressing and hard and I can't even imagine what it will be like, but I don't want to be mad and angry, nor do I want to be overly fearful during the process).
• That I would remember that God has promised to keep his people and that he will never leave me nor forsake me - even when he is bringing a new child into the world. He longs to bless our family and provide for us in ALL our conditions. My job is to "rest" in Him.
• To remember that I may become frightened and weary and that is okay. I want to remember that God is sanctifying me, loving and teaching me even through this extremely taxing and crazy process!
• I want to embrace birthing Watson with wisdom and hardheaded obedience. I want to stay away from reading "stupid stuff" or listening to the foolishness of the world and the advice the world has to offer. I want to determine before God, by the grace of God to make my family proud of the hard work of bringing children into the world. I don't want to forget who I am or in whom I trust. 

a cradle a friend is letting me borrow! It is next to our bed and I love it.

my friend Gretyl made a sweet banner that currently resides over Watson's crib

Organization and washing of clothes has commenced

Us, our family, on Mother's Day

My friend Loren captured some amazing shots of Watson and me a few weeks ago. She is currently working on the rest and I am so excited to see them all. I'm blessed by her friendship and blessed by her generosity to pour time and talent into something our family will cherish forever.