From Africa to the World of Motherhood

It has been awhile since I have posted anything new on this site.  Mostly it is because I didn't really feel like I had a whole lot of interesting things going on in my life, but now that I've been married for almost  9 months and little Edith Joy is on her way I thought I might try my hand at it once more.  I know there are several folks that would like to have updates and photos of the family, and since I (nor Chris for that matter) has Facebook I thought it might be nice to keep people posted through blogging.  So here it goes...For those of you who don't know I am around 22 weeks pregnant with our first baby!  WE were so excited to learn about this life and so far the pregnancy has gone great for both baby and mommy...and even daddy too. Throughout the beginning of the pregnancy Chris and I both thought this baby would be a little boy.  Maybe it was because of the way I was carrying, or maybe it was because of the foods I was craving, but I truly thought I was having a boy from the looks of things.  Chris and I both called the baby he because it was easier than saying he/she all the time and I just never loved the idea of calling our baby it, so he is where we landed.  Well our 20/21 week ultra sound rolled around and wouldn't you know he was really a she. Chris and I were sitting in that room looking at the big screen displaying our precious baby and the ultra sound tech said she was having a hard time finding a good picture to determine if he was really a he or a she.  While we waited to find out we learned that our sweet little one is healthy and around a whopping 13 oz.  While the tech was taking measurements I asked her what she thought the baby was.  She told us if she had to guess from what she had seen so far she would say its a girl.  And sure enough we are having a baby GIRL!  I think because I thought is was going to be a boy the news of IT'S A GIRL was so exciting and surprising.  I was completely surprised but in a I can't be any happier kind of way.  Chris is going to make such a good dad to our sweet little girl.  We are both so thankful for the way the Lord is providing for our family.  We know that he is knitting our daughter together and that he has plans for her life.  We pray on a daily basis that she will come to know the Lord at an early age and that she will always seek to bring honor and glory to the Father.

We are both so excited to meet our little Edith Joy in January.