9 1/2 Months Pregnant!

I am so excited that I've been lucky enough to carry this sweet girl to nine and a half months! It feels great. My feet are swollen, I'm getting tired easily and I've officially starting having REALLY bad false labor pains. Lainey seems to be out of room in there and is making me quite uncomfortable. I'll be thrilled if she makes it to forty weeks because I want her to be as healthy as possible, but if she comes early that would be great too. Brian and I spent the weekend getting last minute things done and enjoying our time together. We went out to dinner on Saturday and then went to see Courageous. What an amazing movie! It was perfect to see with just a week or two before our first child is here. I can't wait to see God work in our marriage and family as we being this next phase of our life.

 Tonight I got to meet Amanda and Jeremy's baby Seth. It was so special to get to hold that precious boy that we've prayed for for so many months. Amanda and I wanted to be pregnant so badly for so long and then we found out within a week of each other that we were both expecting. To get to hold her precious little one was truly one of those moments that God opened my eyes to his amazing plan. Although we wanted to be pregnant so long before we finally were, God has always had a plan. I cannot wait to watch our sweet little ones grow up together. God is good!

While I was at work today I had several really strong contractions. One was so bad that my kids noticed. I could hardly get my lesson out and turned bright red because I was in so much pain. I don't know if that means anything, but I'm hoping it at least means that I'm making some progress. I went ahead and set my sub plans out just in case something happens tonight. I don't think that it will, but WOW, the reality that I could go into labor at work set in today. :) I am going to miss my students while I'm out. I'm so lucky to have a job that I really do enjoy. However, I'm looking forward to the best and most challenging job in the world, being a mommy to our little one. Here is my latest belly picture. I've really grown this week, it will be interesting to see what that scale says on Wednesday. :) I really am close to staying at my goal weight gain so I hope these last few weeks or days don't ruin it for me. I guess either way it will be worth it. Hopefully I'll be posting a 39 week photo next week, but if not pictures of our little one will be up soon. We can't wait!