Mary's Song

Being a recent born again Christian, there are many parts of the Bible that I am reading for the first time. Today our church sermon was about the Virgin Mary's song...which are her words (song) after being foretold by the angel about Jesus. Luke 1:46-55

And Mary said: "My soul glorifies the
Lord
and my spirit rejoices in God my
Savior, for
he has been mindful of the humble
state of
his servant. From now on all generations will
call me
blessed,
for the Mighty One has
done great
things for me—
holy is
his
name. His mercy extends
to those who fear
him, from
generation to
generation. He has
performed mighty deeds with his
arm;
he has scattered those who are
proud
in
their inmost thoughts. He has brought down rulers from
their thrones
but has lifted up the
humble. He has
filled the hungry with good things but
has
sent the rich away empty. He has helped his servant Israel,
remembering to be merciful to
Abraham and his descendants forever, even as
he said to our
fathers."

Even Mary considered herself a sinner...the very one who God chose to give birth to the Son of God! He lifts the humble...what an awesome God! Today it was revealed to me that lately I have been trying too hard to be 'of the world'....that I have gone astray....that I have not been humble. Thank God that He takes us back no matter what.

Also during church today the baby was kicking away. This is probably the most movement I've felt at one time. As Pastor Rod was reading through more of the story: "As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy" (Luke 1:44), I too felt that our baby leaped for joy!...almost as if he/she was saying 'Amen'!

Christmas Day

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful day and safe traveling. We had our Christmas early with my family and will hopefully have Christmas with Shane's family on New Year's Day.

Jeff's favorite gift:

Here are the grandkids on my side of the family. Jeffrey, Seth, Autumn, and Cady. Seth and Cady belong to Cindy and Steven and Autumn belongs to my brother Wade. The newest grandchild is known as the 'tie breaker' for the number of boys vs the number of girls. :)

Well, the plan is to start setting up the nursery today...if I can pull Shane away from the Wii!

Will post again soon!

Misty

Getting ready for Christmas

Christmas is officially one week away. Got most of my shopping done up to this point with only a few people left. My sister Cindy, her husband Steven, and my niece and nephew are going to be staying with us for about a week....can't wait!....they are coming tonight. We will be having Christmas with my family at our house this year which means NO TRAVELING! We have been traveling during the holidays for the last 13 years so needless to say this is a big relief for us. For those of you who don't know we went years without having family live around us....the nearest ones were 2 hours away in Brownwood. This year it seems everyone has is near us now. Shane's parents live 2 blocks away... his sister Stephanie lives in South Austin... my parents just moved to Fredericksburg which is 90 miles away. It has been such a blessing...especially with the baby coming.

I have had quite a few changes during this 18th week of pregnancy. I feel great both physically and mentally and the only 'symptom' I have is the excessive sleeping. Still no increase in appetite and I can still wear my regular clothes. I have felt a lot of movement and kicking this week. :)

Still waiting for Jan 6th!

Thanks for reading,
Misty


Merry Christmas!

17 weeks

Had it been 5 weeks since my last post?! Wow, the time has flown by. Time sure does fly when you're.......sleeping! Yes, my life has consisted of going to work and coming home to go to bed. I do have some days that I don't take a nap but those are few and far between. I'm glad to report that I am completely out of the nausea stage! No specific cravings and I haven't seen a big change in my appetite yet....I'm trying not to have the mindset of 'eating for 2' this time around. As far as maternity clothes...I'm in between on the shirts and still in regular jeans....a size bigger though.

My last doctor checkup was at 16 weeks and everything seems to be normal. The baby's heartbeat did slow down a bit.....145-150 beats/min compared to 160 last time. I assume that is normal since there was no concern shown about it. No searching around for it this time....the heartbeat that is. :)

We are really excited about the next checkup because we are doing the ultrasound. Get to see what the sex of the baby is! To me, other than the birth itself, this is the most exciting part! It brings the whole pregnancy to life...if you will. Especially for the father since they don't get to experience the little movements; although some do have all the other symptoms. And yes, Shane does. I tell him that's the least he can do to help out during the pregnancy. lol He is the one having the cravings! Anyway, the ultrasound is set for January 6th....I will be sure to post on that day.

Thanks for reading!
Misty

12 week doctor visit

I am glad to report that baby and I are doing fine. All the blood work is normal....they tested for my blood type, HIV, etc. I finally got to meet my doctor today and she is so sweet. In my previous visits I've been examined by nurses and midwives and they are awesome too.

The most exciting part was getting to hear the heartbeat....which made my heart melt. A woman's ability to create a child (with some help of course) is such a blessing and I thank God for our little miracle every day.

I think I am finally getting over the first big 'hump' of pregnancy. My energy levels are increasing and I'm nauseous 2 days out of the week instead of 7. Yay!

This will be a short post but I will post again soon.

Misty

End of nausea stage?

Hello to all my faithful readers who have been waiting for me to post. I'll have to admit I've been a slacker these last few weeks. Constant nausea and excessive sleeping will do that to a person.

I hope I am seeing the light at the end of the 'nausea' tunnel. Very little nausea these last 4 days! Woo-hoo! Finally starting to feel normal again! (Hope I didn't just jinx myself.)

Well in a few weeks we are going to be in the 2nd trimester. Jeff tells me that I'm starting to look 'plump'...lol. He always makes me laugh. True though, I'm getting the baby bump as Shane calls it. I'm going back to wearing my clothes that I wore before I lost all the weight on Weight Watchers. I have not yet announced it at work so I need some help hiding it for another week or so. I've already gained 3 lbs! A lot of it has to do with me not being on the diet anymore. I am craving all the things that are not on my diet list. Even had a hamburger last weekend! It's been ages since I had one but it tasted sooo good!!!!

We are starting to stock up on diapers and boy have the prices gone up on those since the last time I bought them. I am more of a 'sale watcher' these days and I've been getting some good deals. I have more of an idea on which ones are better quality this time around. If you come across some diaper coupons feel free to save them for me. Any kind will do. :)

Will post again soon! Thanks for reading!

Misty

9 week appt

Sorry it has been a while since I have updated you all. I am either at work or at home sleeping. :)

I had my 9 week appointment on Wednesday and everything is going well. We tried to listen to the heartbeat but it's not quite strong enough to hear yet. I've been experiencing the usual 1st trimester symptoms.....frequent sleeping, minor mood swings, and nausea. So far organic peppermints and herbal tea are the best for nausea. Whole Foods is a great place to shop for those.

Still not in maternity clothes yet but my jeans are starting to get a little snug. I'm going to wear my 'normal' clothes for as long as I can!

Well this will be a short update. Back to sleeping!

Misty