Baby on the Way

With a year of marriage tucked under our belts, we are preparing for a new stage of life. Parenthood.  Come June there will be three of us in our little family, and we can hardly wait!  It is exciting, but also very daunting to think about having and caring for a baby. 

The day we found out we are going to have a baby!  I'm not sick yet and not showing at 6 weeks.

Of course I want to be the perfect mom.  The one who looks well-rested despite being sleep-deprived.  The one who gets her pre-pregnancy body back within a few short weeks.  The one whose baby is always dressed cute and never cries.  The one who still keeps the house tidy and yummy food on the table every day.  If that is my goal, I'm probably going to be pretty disappointed when our baby comes and I can't meet even one of those goals. 

14 weeks.

Before we decided to start our family, it was tempting for me to think that every other area of life had to be perfect before raising children.  Our bank account should be big. Our marriage should be trouble-free.  We should live in a house instead of renting a duplex. I should get lots of work experience in because I won't be able to do as much once I become a mom. I should read at least 10 books about parenting.  The list goes on and on.  Thankfully we didn't wait until everything was perfect otherwise it probably would have been decades before we started a family.  By waiting until the "perfect" time to have a baby, we felt our priorities were getting out of order.  We are trusting God during this time.  Everything is not ideal in our lives, so we have to trust him.  We feel we can provide a secure and loving home for our little one, but we can't do it on our own.  Only by relying on God can we come even close to being the parents he has called us to be.

17 weeks.

We had a fun day of Christmas baking!  These are my dear friends Val, Heidi and Steph.

 Blessings to each of you!

With love,
Leah