Merry Christmas...and a Happy New Year very soon. We finished up our Christmas week spending time with the Shipley's, driving to Grandbury to visit grandparents, helping with Christmas Eve Service at WM (with IHOP in between services) and another week old in pregnancy. The week of Christmas I was 19 weeks pregnant. Blake took the pic. below with my matching Christmas pajamas on...matching to his mom and sister, not Blake!
Cathy (Blake's mom) got us the little gift below. It is an angel holding a baby. It represents the baby we miscarried. It was very sweet and thoughtful. It is a special present.
I am about to start turning our guest room into the baby's room. I picked out the fabric below and it is being made right now. We plan to paint the room soon and start on some little things. I said I would start reading books and actually preparing for the baby when January came...It's here! So here we go...I'm excited to pull it all together. I hope I get to do a few craft projects a long the way. It brings me so much life, I love doing little things like that. Blake has the majority of the responsibility when it comes to painting, sanding, re-painting but after that I think I'll set him free of the decorating responsibilities. 
This pic. is of me at 20 weeks. Today! Half way there. We had a big sono this week and the baby is 9 inches long! Much bigger than "What to Expect" told me :)....The pictures are just awful from the sono so I won't post them. It was mainly to look at organs, bones etc. so he didn't really try and get any good face shots. Plus, the baby likes to look at my back..a lot! We still aren't finding out. I mostly refer to the baby as a he, mainly out of neutrality but also because if I tend to think one way or the other...I think it's a boy. And of course we do not have a boy name b/c the one we thought of 2 years ago...is used....a lot. We'll figure it out but it runs through my head 24/7. I mainly come up with names and Blake mainly says no! I am enjoying the pregnancy. I'll write more about that another time. What my little mind tends to go back and forth about. I think it's a little different for me being pregnant after infertility and miscarriage. Not sure how to put it into words...but different. Anyway- that is for later. Have a great break (if you are still on one like me)!!
3 comments:
Erynn, this was such a sweet post. I love seeing you pregnant. What a powerful reminder to me of God's gifts. I would love to one day hear you expand on what you said about it being different experiencing pregnancy after infertility and miscarriage. I have learned a lot through your vulnerability and the processing you have done on this blog. It is a great joy to know you. c
you look so gorgeous!!! its so fun not finding out too!! and i thought all mine were boys!! i cant wait to find out. when they hand you that baby and say "its a _!" its just too much fun! love yall and are so excited for yall!
you are sooooo cute! Thanks for the belly pics. I love them:) Cant wait to meet him/her. Still thinking its a SHE! :) Love you lots and am needing to see you again really soon. Come see me and baby soon. The car doesnt like me in it anymore-at least for more than 30 minutes! haha. OR is it my back that doesnt like the car?! Neway. We miss you and I need to kiss your belly from aunt Jessica:)
Jessica Bottomly
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