27 weeks

Yesterday marks the beginning of pregnancy week 27! So far I am continuing to feel much better as long as I stay on my nausea medication. The last two weeks have been so fun for us because we can now see Emma moving in my belly. Before now we could just feel the kicks with our hands, but if I am laying still at night you can see her moving around, or as we like to think giving us high-fives.
We have continued to see God provide for our growing family in the last two weeks as well. We have been praying that Aaron would be able to leave his part-time job delivering pizza and find something full-time. Just last week he was offered a job doing security/front desk work several nights a week. We are beyond thrilled because this will not only provide for our family, but he should be able to use some of the time to get work done for school and church as well. Of course there will be some adjustment with working a job at night, but we are thankful that we can adjust to this schedule before Emma's arrival.
Next week will be my 28 week appointment, so we are looking forward to hearing little Emma's heartbeat and seeing if my belly is continuing to grow at a good rate.
We do covet your prayers for a healthy baby and a healthy rest of this pregnancy along with easing my fears about labor and delivery!!

And to at least include one picture, we got to finally have dinner with Brian and Heather Fleming and their son Isaiah on Monday night and since I forgot my camera I am posting a picture from their blog to show you how cute this little boy is! Emma and I look forward to many play-dates with you guys in the future!

Show Us Your Life - Favorite Children's Books

Over at Kelly's Korner, she often does a Show Us Your Life post about different things that people can include their blogs in and I thought I would participate this time. This Show Us Your Life post is about your favorite books, or children's books. Since we are currently preparing for our first child and my husband is very passionate about starting Emma off with a great library, I thought I would include some children's books that we have bought or would like to get for her.

The Jesus Storybook Bible is one of the best children's Bibles out there for younger children. We have already started reading this book to Emma at night and love the way each story points to Jesus. I would highly recommend this book.

The Big Picture Story Bible is another great children's Bible that we are still hoping to get. This one also does a great job of showing how unified the Old and New Testament in pointing to Christ and the Gospel.
We already have Big Truths for Little Kids as well. This is basically a book of catechisms for children that uses short stories to teach them biblical truths.
R.C Sproul writes some great children's books and we are hoping to get some of these for Emma's little library soon.
And of course, I had to include one of my favorite books from childhood, Anne of Green Gables. I can't wait until Emma is old enough for us to read through these books together.


These are just a few of the many books we have or would like to get for Emma. We are looking forward to reading a lot of books with her and hope that she loves reading as much as we do (especially Aaron)!

Week 25

This week will mark week 25 for baby Emma and during this 6th month she will be about the size of the eggplant above, at least that's what the Bump.com says. Here are a few things the Bump says that we can look forward to this month:

"Let your spouse put an ear to your belly -- he might be able to pick up baby's heartbeat (no stethoscope required). Inside the womb, the formation of tiny capillaries is giving baby a healthy pink glow. Baby's also soaking up your antibodies, getting the immune system ready for life outside the womb. Eyes are forming, and baby will soon perfect the blink -- perfect for batting those freshly grown lashes."

Every time I read about how Emma is growing and developing each week it makes me so amazed at the work of our Creator and the way he forms us in the womb!!

My aunt Jane ordered our crib, mattress, and dresser this weekend, which we anxiously await the arrival of around mid-July. Aaron and I have cleared out the spare room and will hopefully be getting it cleaned up in the next week or so to begin setting up the nursery, and we also finished (we think) registering for what we need at Target. Hopefully this week I will begin some projects for the nursery and I will post pictures when they are complete!

Chapel @ SEBTS

Aaron was selected to preach in chapel at Southeastern for student preaching week. This is an honor because only a few students are asked to submit a tape/link of a sermon and only two are selected to preach in chapel. He preached on Tuesday out of Galatians 6:1-5, and I think God was able to use him in a mighty way. If you want to listen to it check out this link:
SEBTS Chapel and scroll down to Tuesday, May 4th to download or listen to it.

24 Weeks

We had our 24 week appointment today and everything looks great! This is such a gift from God because, as you may not know, from the time I was about 8 weeks pregnant onward I have had severe sickness and had to get several IVs at the doctor's office and the hospital due to dehydration. In the last 2-3 weeks I have finally started feeling better and been able to do more things. But most of all we are praising God that baby Emma had a strong heartbeat and seems to be a healthy baby!!!

This month has been great because we found out we were having a girl and were able to see her with an ultrasound, Aaron and I have both been able to feel her kicks, and we are finally starting to clear out the office/spare room and turn it into a nursery!!
Since I don't have any cute belly pictures to post, I thought I would post some pictures of what we have planned for the nursery

Since we can't paint we're considering getting some removable wall decals such as these dots and putting them around the room or possibly a tree.


This is a picture from www.kellyskornerblog.com. I love reading her blog and this painting is in her little girl's nursery and I absolutely love it. I have asked my friend Caroline to help me paint something similar to this, so I will post a picture when that project is done.

This is the bedding we have registered for at Target. It was affordable and really cute, plus tulips are my favorite flower - so hopefully Emma will love them too.

And finally, this is most likely the crib we will have. My aunt Jane has graciously offered to provide for us a crib, a changing table, and a mattress and we are O-So-Thankful! This has been our favorite crib and we hope to order it soon!!