the last stretch - before we meet you - 7 weeks to go!

Boy oh boy has the time flown past! The last 2 months have just come and gone... been busy with getting everything ready for our princess! In between that got blessed & spoilt with the most amazing baby shower and had our first 4D scan - wow that was super special seeing her for the first time!

I will be 8 months (32 weeks) this week! Our caesar is booked for 8am on the 8th Feb 2012 - wow just around the corner! So far I have been feeling completely amazing and really feel that pregnancy is good for my body - I feel better pregnant then when I am not! No more pimples, no more migranes, no painful periods, no shoulder pain, no hectic mood swings & best of all no endometriosis can grow as pregnancy is a temporary cure for it... this pregnancy has really been a blessing for me - thank you Lord! Its just the last few days I have felt tired and a tiny bit nauseous again - think its just the last trimester and maybe also the heat does not help! Tummy getting nice and big now :) I just love feeling her more and more as she grows! I can already see her sleep patterns and when/what wakes her...she is a real blessing already and I just know she is going to be a wonderful little girl! I have also been recovering from bad flu, I decided to fight it on my own without and antibiotics, and so glad it passed, now its just getting strength up again and getting ride of the sniffles:)

It's that very special time of the year again - Christmas - the birth of our Saviour - I love this time of the year and my heart is bubbling over that I will be finally caring the best gift I could get - a baby girl! I remember that Christmas was always an exciting time for me but I always had this deep longing and burning desire for a baby - I would say all I want for Christmas is a baby! This year I can say that God has given us the best gift - firstly His Son Jesus and secondly a child of our own! "baby girl I really cant wait to hold you"

Her room is almost done - all her furniture has arrived and her cupboards are all packed - it looks absolutely dreamy - exactly what I dreamt it would look like - I could sit in there for hours - such a peace and happy place! I imagine sitting on the chair with her in my arms....her sleeping in her big cot....bathing her....so so special! Her daddy will be hanging her pictures and mozzie net this weekend - then all is done. The last few weeks we will spend washing all her linen and clothes. Hospital bags are basically packed - which sets my mind and heart at ease - should she decide to surprise us! we had a wall mural made with a scripture that was placed on my heart for our princess, it says, "For I have plans for you Summer-Grayce, plans to prosper you, not to harm you, to give you hope and a future." That is the desire of our hearts as her parents.

Here are a few pix from her 4D scan - she was fast asleep and really not in the mood to be woken up! I think now that I should have had some coke or sugar to wake here hehehe but never thought of it! I really think she looks like her father - I cant see anything of me :) It also looks like she has hair - will be interesting to see if she is going to be a little blondie like her mommy and daddy! I stare at her scan pix on the fridge and try and imagine how she looks but you just cant! I kiss her nose every morning....its all very cute!

26th November 2011 - Baby Blooms Baby Shower - wow what a spoiler of a day! It was a High Tea in the Loggio Room at the Westcliff Hotel in JHB. What a beautiful day! Always dreamt about my babyshower 'one day' and this was more then I could ever have imagined! Our princess got spoilt with the most beautiful gifts and I was totally showered with love, smiles and happiness over the joy of baby bloom! Our hearts desire created from prayer, a thought, a hope a dream....

As I write this I reflect back to the beginning of the year and even though I had a very expectant heart - I never imagined our miracle would be growing in perfection in my belly so soon...how God just made the way and how He has been with me every step of this pregnancy - I continue to pray for his protection and safe delivery of precious Summer-Grayce - it is only because of His grace we will have the honor of bringing up this precious child of His.

Merry Christmas to all our friends, family, fertili-friends & precious people that read this blog - may you too be blessed this Christmas and know that the maker of our universe is besotted with you and has only got plans to prosper you and not to harm you! - Jeremiah 29:11