13 Weeks and Counting...

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them." Psalm 139:13-16

Who would have thought that brushing one's teeth would ever be unpleasant? Or that Burt's Bees milk and honey lotion would make my stomach turn? Or this, pork sausage: yuck. Pork burrito: MAJOR YUM. Or worse: kissing doesn't appeal to me right now. Why do I have to smell everything and its country of origin? Thank goodness I am leaving my first trimester behind. But darnit... I can't wear the majority of my wardrobe anymore. Even my pants with elastic bands make my body ache.

But ask me, do I care??? Noooooooo.........I've been told it's worth it.

Already I sense the very strong bond between mother and child. This baby has been such a blessing to me, and to us as a couple, opening the door to new ways in which we express our love for each other, and Jonathan has been such a wonderful protector through it all, a most careful caretaker, concerning himself primarily for our well being; his babe and his baby (as he says it). It'd be very hard for anyone to be more possessed with excitement than I am, but if anyone is, it's my husband. He can't help help but smile every time he looks at my ever-enlarging belly, and he doesn't just kiss me goodbye every morning... he must "give junior a kiss too." I think it tickles him that he's going to be a daddy.

God has been so good to us these four months we've been married. To be able to feel his faithfulness in taking care of His children is an immense blessing.

"How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.

Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting!"

Psalm 139:17,18 and 23,24