What a Wonderful Life!

It's been a fun month full of fun things! For example...

1. Prenatal classes with my hubbie!

2. Thanksgiving!

3. My 29th birthday!









4. Two pregnancy photo shoots! (photos to come)

5. Finishing off day shifts at work! (Only evenings to go in November!)

6. Preparing for baby! (shopping, planning, nesting, cleaning, setting up the nursery)









Here's a picture of last Sunday's 34 week picture! This Sunday I'm already 35 weeks! The belly/baby is growing!

Awake and Excited....Again!

It seems I'm in the same place as I was two posts ago and find myself wanting to post an early morning blog. I'm just so excited. About everything baby. That I can't stay in bed because my excitement is keeping me from sleeping =)

I'm so excited to meet my baby. It's crazy that I'm due in 8 weeks and 2 days! Pregnancy goes so fast! I'm sooooo excited to snuggle skin-in-skin and get to know one another. I'm excited for morning snuggles. I'm excited to give of myself to care for the needs of my little one. I'm excited to learn more about the heart of God through parenting. I'm excited to find out who this little one inside of me is. I'm excited to know the gender and the name! I'm excited to see the personality come out and recognize some of those traits from how the baby is in utero.

This morning, all I can think about and daydream about is the nursery and baby furniture =) I want to have a nice place for our baby to live and a room where I want to go to, since I'll be spending a lot of time in there =) I want to sit on a rocking chair and enjoy my baby =) My goodness....I'm excited!

Here are a few pics from our IHOP trip the other week! We had a wonderful time! It was a whirlwind trying to fit so many things into only 3 days but it was worth it!

The 3 pics above are during a stretch break at a rest stop en route!

A reunion with Allison, our friend from our DTS who is from South Korea!

A girlie afternoon with two of my favorite ladies!

Sibling supper at Cinzetti's as we say "see you later" to my bro!

Blogger Review: Thank You, God, For Blessing Me by Max Lucado, Illustrated by Frank Endersby

Thank You, God, For Blessing Me is a cute children's book written by Max Lucado. The story is about a caterpillar named Hermie and the short, 5-paged book is Hermie's prayer all about the things he is thankful for. The purpose of the book is to show pre-school age children to remember to be thankful to God for the blessings around us.

The message of thankfulness is definitely portrayed in a clear manner. The book is interesting and I think would be helpful for its intended audience to provoke thankfulness in the hearts of children. It definitely portrayed a strong spiritual message related to prayer and thankfulness, something I would want my children to learn about. The illustrations were simple and colorful, which I would guess would draw the eyes of little pre-schoolers. I would recommend this book to others with children. I personally liked the message and the physical size of the book and the material it is made of (card board type material). The smaller and thicker pages make it easier for children to turn. My recommendation would be to make the book a little longer and incorporate a little more of a story plus the prayer. 5 pages seemed so short!

What a cute book and I'm glad I own it for my coming baby! When I received it in the mail, I immediately sat down and read it aloud to my unborn baby. Thankfulness is a topic that I feel very strongly about and want to incorporate into my home and parenting.

(Booksneeze provided me with a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions I expressed are my own.)