Here is my belly at week 23 and now it has grown a lot!!
What has been happening- you ask? I will take you on a journey...I am now almost 32 weeks along and feeling big. Baby Lilly Ann is a girl of routine- she wakes up and is active for a few hours in the morning, takes a nap around 10 and wakes up for lunch time and goes back down for a nap around 2. It is amazing how she has her little personality so evident even still in the womb. She is either really shy or a major stinker and won't move when others want to feel her, but she is a mover.
We have had many tender mercies/acts of service done to us...a woman I work with decided that she was going to give me her very nice crib and high chair. My Cary Johnson(YW president I serve with) combined with her roommates (Michelle & Tonya) and bought me a car seat. I was really struggling with how I was going to afford to buy these items for Baby Lilly. Dan is still out of a job but goes to school so we are living off of my pay and off of unemployment, so money isn't just floating around. I am deeply grateful for these women in my life!!
I just celebrated my 27th birthday! Crazy, huh?! I remember the time when I thought 27 was so old and now I am here and I still feel quite young, although sometimes my body reminds me that I am not 20 anymore:)
My Kindergarteners are amazing! I think I am going to have a really hard time when they move on to first grade- I am very attached.
I also work with amazing Young Women! They teach me all the time. We have really good class discussions and they are so sweet and pure. It takes me back to when I was a beehive and the excitement I had for everything.
Dan and I will be celebrating two years in a few days and I will be honest- the second year of marriage has be far more blissful than the first year. We have learned more about each other and know each others pet peeves better. We are excited to be parents! I was a little worried because a few months ago I found out that Dan didn't know how to change a diaper but we have been using my cousin's baby as practice and Dan is getting pretty good at it. I am excited to see him as a daddy. He will be amazing!!