36 weeks!

These days I feel like my stomach can't stretch any farther!! Livy is getting really big, and it is pretty easy to determine what body parts she is moving around these days. She played footsie with Damein last night which felt really weird! You could follow her foot around my belly as she continued to push it out and scrap it up against me! It's fun wondering what she is doing in there sometimes!!

Baby Gear!

In the last 2 wks, there has been a lot of assembling of baby gear around here! Swing, pack n play, bouncy seat, etc! Thanks to Damein and my good friend Amanda, I think we have everything we will immediately need put together. This little girl is going to be set!

Getting Closer!!

Tuesday will mark 4 weeks from D-Day...hard to believe! Livy's room is coming right along...still need a few things for the walls, but it's shaping up. Hope she likes it!

Dance, Dance Revolution, STARRING: Livy and Kuyper!!

Well Livy and Kuyper already have a lot in common, particularly in their passion for dance, as you will see in the 2 video clips here:) Kuyper is showing of some of his newest moves (including some impressive hip thrusts) and Livy has a show of her own...the dance routine not as easy to decipher!
It was sorta difficult to capture the intensity of her movements on camera for some reason, but keep in mind the camera is not what is moving! Especially from the 20 second mark on, she is very active!

Our Backyard Tree

I'm pretty proud of the one tree in our 'backyard', and have especially loved it with its fall colors. I was too late to take a picture of it last year, but was not going to make the same mistake this year!
The picture just doesn't do it justice! :)

Morning Prayer Walks

Now that the weather has changed and we are being blessed with this crisp, cooler fall weather, Livy and I are taking full advantage! We wrap up with pants and a jacket and head out for a peaceful walk first thing in the morning. It's been a great time for me to pray and share some of my anxieties and also my joys and excitement regarding the arrival of our little one, as well as everything else that is going on!
We have a really well kept, paved cemetery next to our subdivision and it has been a quiet and peaceful place to think and walk.
As I was talking to Grandan (my 92-year old grandfather) the other day, he mentioned how much he loves his prayer walks, as he has been taking morning walks for longer than I've been alive. Like him, I love these times to revel in God's creation and enjoy a still heart focused on him and his love and goodness before the busy day begins.

Keeping Kuyper

We had the great privilege of keeping Kuyper, one of Livy's best friends (of course she has friends already:), for our friends Matt and Ashley last weekend. Damein had Kuyper cracking up....he's going to be a great daddy!!