Moving swiftly

It’s hard to believe I’m here at the half way mark in pregnancy ! This is a milestone, in so many aspects. I don’t even know where to begin.. and I still can’t even begin to comprehend Gods hand in all of it, watching our little baby move about yesterday at the ultrasound.

It all seemed unreal.

Our doctor took a look at his bone structure, his spine, his brain ! All the vital organs we need to survive were all there, but tiny.

Lately, when I’m all settled, comfy in bed or in my couch, I feel small kicks and flutters and I smile because those feelings are so very real, that it just reminds me, this is happening and I just know it’s all going to keep moving so swiftly.

The ongoing prayer is for Gods hand to continue knitting and perfecting every part of Owen. ❤

Gratitude

Ever since I found out about the miracle growing in my belly my heart has been overwhelmed with gratitude. All the moments I got phone calls back from the nurses at the doctors office, my eyes would well up in tears that we made it to another phase of this pregnancy. That God’s hand has been over this life from the very beginning , and it didn’t seem too long ago where I had a pile of negative pregnancy tests. In those moments where I felt I was losing control, where I felt completely heart broken and desperate, God did hear my cry. I think back to those moments and how he has picked up the pieces of where I felt broken and continues molding and perfecting me to where he wants me to be.

I catch myself, sometimes, complaining, about the aches of my growing belly, or how nothing fits me as I’ve cleaned out bag after bag of clothes I know I won’t be wearing for the next few months, but I step back and go into that place of gratitude, nothing else to do other than soak in every moment and every phase of this miracle .. it’s all overwhelming and all I have to offer is an anthem of gratitude , and it’s a song I hope never changes.