12 Days, 10 Hours & 35 Minutes until our due date!!!!

I figured I would get one more last post in before Landon makes his grand entrance! Our due date hasn't changed; it's still March 6! I'm measuring on track, and he's probably close to 7 lbs, which is certainly bigger than I would have predicted.

The last few weeks we've been scrambling to finish up his nursery, getting all the many things together we need for a baby (boy do babies require a lot of 'stuff'), and taking educational classes. Matt and I are 15 hours more educated in child-birthing, infant parenting, CPR and breastfeeding than we were in my last post! Those courses were worth every single second, and it made us feel much more comfortable knowing a little bit more about what to expect and what to do! We learned everything from how to properly position him to breastfeed, to how to correctly put a onesie on a baby.

I'm going to miss my little baby moving around in my belly. I LOVE feeling him turning, pushing and kicking inside. It's just so precious. Even when it's a bit painful, I love every second. It's the one thing I'm going to hate to give up when he's born.

A few weeks ago, my sweet friends from Sunday School threw me a baby shower!  It was absolutely perfect! The cutest theme ever..."Mom to Bee"....thank you so much Katie, Brianne, Dawnetta, Valarie & Brittany for putting together such a lovely shower, you ladies are as sweet as honey! And thank you to everyone who came, you all made it such a special and memorable time in my pregnancy!

We just have a few loose ends left before he arrives...the rocker should be delivered this week, we need to put window treatments up, there are still some pictures to be hung in his room, I need to pick up his coming home outfit from the embroidery store and I have a little more reading to finish up. And I won't even start on how far behind I am on decorating the rest of our new home. But of course all those things are not necessities, so if he were to come tonight, I can finally, honestly say, WE ARE READY!!!!!!!!

It can be terrifying as a new parent to think about the world we're bringing our baby into. Although beautiful in many ways, sadly, this is a world full of suffering and tragedy. That reality can make any parent-to-be worry about their child's future. One of my favorite gospel songs brings great comfort to me through its lyrics. As the Gaithers perfectly put it when they were expecting:

"...But greater still the calm assurance:
This child can face uncertain days because He Lives!

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone.
Because I know, I know, He holds the future
And life is worth the living just because He lives!"