This week I received a package from my Dad that carried an extra special baby present from my Mom. It amazes me how far in advance she planned. She had written a card to me, a letter to our Baby Boy and had Cindy Durfee make a beautiful baby quilt with handkerchiefs she had collected. The collection included some from my Mom, Grandmother Meda, Great Grandmother Goss, Aunt Elsie, Edith Sims Norton, and Louise Palmer. As I opened and looked at everything, it felt like she was still in Portland and had just sent me a card like she always did; of course reading her words made me feel differently and brought me back to reality. I am very thankful that she did all this work to 'be here' for big moments in my life, but I do wish she could have been able to hold my baby and sing to him!
Last Thursday, Matt, Andy, Crystal, I, and Granddad, Alden, Niki, and kids (via iPhone Skype) watched the screen while the sonographer took all sorts of pictures, measurements and lingered long enough over a specific area to show us we are having a BOY! I definitely enjoyed having older brothers, so it was a nice surprise. I just hit the 21 week marker! Hopefully I am over half way there! He is moving around so often that I wonder when he sleeps :) I love it though. I just wish Matt could understand this feeling too! We moved our guest furniture out of the 'nursery' and set it up in the other spare room. It feels so good to have that done since we had been hoping to do that for some time, but hadn't had a chance to get to it. I've been thinking about colors, placement, themes, names...etc, but have yet to decide on anything. Through this whole process, I am continually reminded how GREAT God is! I am so thankful for the blessing of carrying this child. Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow.
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