A Tid Bit of Life

Ok its time for an actual update on how things are going in my little corner of the world. The past couple of weeks have held their fair share of triumphs and disappoints for our little family. After what must be almost a year we finally got our car on the road. The poor girl had been having trouble passing Aircare and since we couldn't insure her without it she was out of commission for quite some time. Thankfully though, we finally found a place that did what needed be done and now she is up and running! Yay for not having to bring your newborn home on the bus! Speaking of homes, however, there is where we have had less success. Adam and I (mostly I as he lives in Maple ridge during the week) have been living with Adam's mom, Holly, since May. I have to say first off that this has been a huge blessing and has made things a lot easier than they might have been. We are both so thankful that she was willing and able to give us a transition place where we could relax a bit and get things together while we planned for our little one's arrival. Recently though we have been looking for our own place again as we wanted to be all set up and settled before Bean gets here at the end of September and this is where things haven't been going so great. I literally check craigslist and various other classifieds every couple of hours and contact anything that looks remotely possible as soon as it comes up, but so far its all been for naught. We had a disappointment last week when a place that we really loved and that seemed pretty sure to turn out ended up turning us down. It was hard not to become disheartened, but now I am on the hunt again and praying that the reason we didn't get that place was because there is something better for us. Still, as each day passes and nothing seems to come up I have to fight of the frustration and anxiety that comes with not being able to "nest" properly. 
In other more baby specific news our little one seems to be doing wonderfully! All of our doctors appointments have gone swimmingly, I feel pretty great most of the time, and baby is getting so strong that I sometimes worry they will bust right out of there! Ever since the day we found out that we were expecting I have loved this baby deeply, but it seems that now that I am in my third trimester (ya, did I mention that before? Final stretch!) and I can feel them so clearly, now that I can tell where little feet are and see them wiggling around my anticipation for their arrival and my love for them has exploded again! Even though I can't see, hold, touch, or hear them yet, I finally feel as though I am getting to know them for the individual little life that they are. It boggles my mind at times to think that there is a whole life waiting to be lived inside of my body. There is a person who will have their own unique goals, dreams, desires, fears and struggles and they are spending their first months on earth tucked away inside of me. I am home to a being that has never existed before and never will  again! How crazy is that!? I guess that's why they call it the miracle of life, because its miraculous in every way.
As for me. Well, I am getting my fair share of stretch marks, heat exhaustion and general baby growing pains, but nothing I can't handle and definitely nothing that isn't utterly worth it. Pregnancy isn't easy, but I wouldn't trade the experience for the world. Its times like these that I am so thankful God made me a woman! 


And now of course, some pictures!

Completed and in progress home made receiving
blankets made from Adam's baby sheets :)

29 Weeks + 3 Days

A rose Adam grew for Bean. We dried it :)

I love my little baby <3