Checking In

For those of you checking in, so far I have been able to hold onto this baby. I am doing my very best to be obedient to my doctor's orders to take it easy.

With each passing day, the more I move around, the more severe my contractions become. I spoke with a friend who told me a NICU nurse told her that at this stage of the game a week in the tummy is worth 3 in the NICU so that scared me out of the thoughts of running around the block that were dancing in my head.

And, those of you who really know me, know how hard it is for me to sit still...especially with a pending move. It has been incredibly humbling to accept the kind of service that's been offered me lately. For instance, on Saturday I sat on the couch watching Toy Story with my boys while my neighbor vacuumed my carpets because she knew it was driving me crazy to sit and look at all that dirt.

There are moments like those these days that are so hard to accept, yet at the same time make me feel so very loved and blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. Ones who don't ask what they can do to help, but simply drive over with their vacuum cleaners in hand and do it.

It’s such a crazy time of sitting and waiting. Murphy’s law says that after all this, I’ll probably wait another three weeks and give birth on my due date of March 5th. Whatever the case, it’s all in God’s hands now, which is exactly where it should be.