Latest Pregnancy Symptoms

   I am 8 months today!  Funny as it seems the past 2 weeks have come with it's fair share of..... Let's see here, HEADACHES. I think I'm misbehaving, AND I DON'T LIKE IT!!!
   At 32 weeks, my symptoms are mood swings, hot flashes, urinating like mad, lack of sleep (due to being uncomfortable), lower back aches, swelling of what sometimes are to be known as cankles, and lastly this large amount of energy that comes and goes.
                                         "This too shall pass (1Corinthinas 10:12)".
 Okay so you would think that with me becoming so energetic at times I would not get cranky. Boy have I been fooling myself. This is the first time in 4 pregnancies that I have endured such feelings.   
   Did I mention, I'm emotional as well? About EVERYTHING! Oh and I'm also having some Braxton Hicks now. Yep, while I walk, sit, eat, think, sleep, rest, and well did I miss anything? I feel like my mother did when she went through her "change of life". At least I think I know how she felt.
  Despite my raging hormones, there are those perks. I get to deck out the room with baby stuff again. I have the opportunity to reminisce on what my other 3 children were like when they came into this world. Their innocent angelic faces, their bare behinds, and their thick chunky legs, which I could have taken a bit out of! Their cries of knowing instantly that someone will be able to care for them. Being trustworthy of a person they just met seconds ago. Me knowing and enjoying one of the greatest gifts the Lord has lent me.
  As I write this, I'm feeling the little man kick. He seems to be taking a liking to kicking me in bladder by the way. You know he worships with us. In service when praise and worship starts, he does too. Sometimes I sit there in hopes that our worship leader will go just a little longer, so I feel him move just a little more. He's spirit filled and he isn't here yet! I absolutely love feeling him move inside me! He will grow strong in spirit! Praise God, Praise God, Praise God!!!
                                                                   (Psalm 22:10)
             " From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother's womb you have been my God."

 My motherly instincts tell me he'll be here sooner then we would like. I keep praying he'll stay in there till he's 36 weeks baked. I doubt he'll be born in the next couple of weeks but after that I'm not sure. I know my due date is were it should be and if anything, give or take a day.
  Do me a favor would you? Pray for me. I think I need it. I don't like that I fall asleep and wake up so cranky, even though I am good at hiding it from people other then my family. I guess perhaps I should make sure others are around so I don't cranky. Poor solution I know, but it might work.
              " For You have formed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother’s womb.                                       (Psalms 139:13)."
 

The news that everyone knows about!

Mike and I are having our 4th baby. For those that do not know; he came home on emergency leave July 15th. I was put in the hospital for about a week before he arrived, literally right before. While he was home for 2 weeks we managed to get pregnant. Amazing isn't it how God plans all this out?! I was pretty surprised, after all I hadn't been on birth control for about 2.5 years. A huge part of me thought it was no longer going to happen, boy was I wrong.

Here we are at 8 weeks pregnant. Every Tuesday is a new week and different changes. I have decided that on top of highlights I would actually write a (open) journal about how I feel and what my body feels and looks like as this little blessing begins to grow. Obviously that means there is going to be alot to read about.

Let's start by saying this. I'm actually in need of as many prayers as possible. You know a back up and protection for this little lima bean. Currently I'm having some "brown" spotting. I feel okay. I say okay because I am still having morning sickness, tiredness, and feeling bloated. All healthy signs of being pregnant. I know no matter what that this is only God's will and not mine/ours. I'm leaving it in his hands but prayers are VERY welcomed.

Moving on; One question, how can you be hungry and feel the need to vomit all at the same time? So far with all the nausea I've only "puked" once. When I eat my belly fills up pretty fast. With my other three I never did experience mood swings but this time around they are in full swing. Go figure, I have been working on my anger for quite some time, now I'm moody because I'm pregnant! I'm doing what I can to control it though. I'm bloated and I feel like none of my clothes fit me. Funny that they do but as quick as I get full I'm in no mood to wear pants that I have to unbutton while I eat. It's like a Thanksgiving meal every time food enters my mouth!! That's without swallowing too.

The worst part of being pregnant (speaking for myself) is morning sickness. By the way why do they call it that when it last all day and night? The best part is knowing that you and your husband have been given a precious gift from the Lord. You get to feel it grow inside you. A small innocent little life, inside you!