Monday, April 14, 2008

Baby O is 18 weeks (give or take)


Our little one is growing so quickly! I can't believe we are halfway to our due date already! I felt him* move for the first time April 2... I was laying on my tummy (I'm trying to enjoy that while I still can!) and it was such a precious, unmistakable flutter.

This photo of a baby about the same age as our little one- isn't it amazing how perfectly formed he is already!? Baby O has fingernails, loves to stretch & wiggle and can hear our voices! The children already talk to him and Andrew blows raspberries on my tummy regularly- which probably feels a bit funny to baby. I guess that's a good way to get him used to all the lovin' he'll get once he makes his debut!!

The miracle of the life developing in me is awesome- something that gives me just a glimpse of God's amazing creative power. It's easy to take grass and trees and flowers and veggies for granted- they've been around as long as I remember. But this new life forming inside me- this precious eternal soul that the Lord has seen fit to entrust to Chris and me... wow. I just don't have anything to say that can be more eloquent than God's Word- so I'll close w/some Psalms.

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them." -Psalm 139:13-16 (italics mine)

"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward." -Psalm 127:3

*him as in the universal, mankind sort of way

6 comments:

  1. Hi Allie! Just read an old email and found your blog address, Very Nice!!

    Take care,
    Erin

    This is a great way to keep up with the "Cheery O's!!"

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  2. It's quite amazing...and so very hard to grasp or even imagine. But the miracles that God sends in our lives are so very special. Congratulations on the "half-way" mark!!

    When is your due date by the way?

    Ttyl,
    Ruth Ann

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  3. oh, and that's cute about Andrew blowing raspberries on your tummy!! Such sweet big siblings...they'll be so excited. :)

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  4. Hehe Cheery O's really is so cute. *wink*

    Thanks for sharing the pic, pregnancy is such a special time!

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  5. So I forgot to ask you Thursday about what happened to the mouse?! I'm dying to hear the end of the story. :)

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  6. ahhh Jenifer...you don't know the rat story??

    maybe she'll keep you in suspense!!!

    ((actually, she told me, that a few days later she still felt sore about it so had to go sanitize the closet again!!))

    Well...I guess she can tell the rest of the story! *grin*

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