I started the week hoping for they next day's night to come so I could go to bed early and catch up on sleep, but it seemed for whatever reason everyday there was something else to keep me up late. This brought me to Thursday when we left early to drive to Lansing for our last onetimeblind program before we have the baby. I didn't really think about it until I got to the church. I felt very tired, but I was excited to share with the jr. high students. It was a little challenging for me as we showed up on day 4 of a 6 day camp and so it's very hard to connect with the kids when you just pop in and out. They don't know who we are and frankly, they don't care. They don't really want to know us when we just show up in the middle of what they've been doing. I totally get that. I tried to talk to a few girls, but they were clearly not interested. Our program went well, but the kids seemed tired and very unresponsive. We know not to judge the audience by their response as God is always working despite what we see. After the program several accepted Christ and most of the audience when up front to rededicate and stand back up to love God and live for him. It was amazing to join in a weeks worth of ministry and see God work in the lives of these kids. A blessed last program.
When we were setting up our table we saw the band table that was next to us. When I went over to see what things they had I saw this amazing coffee cup. I didn't even know what to say. In 18 years of traveling I've NEVER seen a band sell anything about pregnancy, let alone something that says, "I'm pregnant and I know it". It was like God said,"Here you are at your last program before the babe comes and there is no more denying My Word. Your pregnant belly and the tiredness you feel is evidence that My Word spoken comes into being at My Kingdom time. Just look at you! Look at what I've given you! JOY!!! Joy in the womb! Love in the womb! Hope in your womb! Promise in your womb! And this is just the beginning. I've shown myself to you over and over and I will continue to show not only you, but your son Who I am. This is so very good."
I just felt like God wanted me to know once again how much He loves me. He shows up in the most amazing ways. He is awesome. For real.
After this wonderful night, I was tired with bags hanging on my face and a sweaty body. I knew I had to get up the next morning early and then drive to GR for shower #2! I was so excited to go, but so tired at the same time. It made me nervous to know I was going into the weekend this way but I just prayed that God would protect me and give me the strength.
I woke up and had to go find a few gifts to give to the people that were helping with the shower. Which btw is not the easiest thing to do I discovered. lol. We got to Drew's mom's house and everything was already decorated. She was - I don't even know the word to use. If any of you have met drew's mom, she's one of the most incredible women I know. There is no word to describe her energy level and love for living a fun filled life. She is always blessing people with her joyous smile and attitude. If I have ANY issue or problem I know she will immediately try to help me in any way she can. I am overly blessed to have her and the rest of Drews family in my life. So--she's a bit excited that after so long of waiting her son is having a son. :) And all of her friends and family are also excited. It was so amazing to watch her and step-daughter have a literal dance party the night before the shower. If I wasn't so busy recording and being tired I would've joined in. They were so excited for the shower and were having so much fun!!!! I LOVED it and even drew's step-dad joined in singing and dancing for a bit. Best memories.
I slept pretty good but woke about 4:30 as drew couldn't breathe very well. He was having an allergic reaction and his soft pallet was swollen and causing him to have trouble breathing. I've never seen drew freak out like this before. He was pretty scared. He eventually went to the hospital and they gave him meds and he was much better within hours. He wouldn't let me or anyone else go with him, so I laid down and text him and waited until he was feeling ok and then I went back to sleep for about an hour. SO thankful Drew was ok. He got back and rested for a bit and then visited some friends for the afternoon.
I was exhausted, but got up and ready for the shower. What an amazing time!
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| favors, old baby toys and food! |
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| Drew's mom's doll was wearing the outfit drew wore on the way home from the hospital when he was born. The yellow blanket was my baby blanket, the other was one that Granny made Drew. love it. |
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| more favors, baby pics, drew's shoes and my tea set |
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| Friends from my past! |
More people came than what we expected - what a blessing! It was an open house so basically people could come whenever they wanted and I would talk to them for a bit and then open their gift before they left. The decorations were a mix of my old baby stuff, Drew's old baby stuff and new clever ideas. It was so beautiful and fun! All of the salads were made by family and everything was delicious! As you can see in the pics they did a lot!
I was SO excited and honored because both of drew's cousins came to the shower. This was HUGE to me as I know it was a sacrifice for them to be there. One cousin flew in from Oklahoma and the other had just got back from an amazing trip to Turkey! It made for such a great day.
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| The amazing cousins Janine & Joni! |
Sadly I forgot to get a picture with them. But I did get one of them talking to drew. :)
I did a lot of talking (which I loved haha) and not so much drinking water, which proved to be bad later. I didn't eat much either which honestly I wasn't that hungry. (note to self: eat anyways) After being overly blessed the party started winding down. I started getting strange cramps in my right side and I figured it was because of feeling so tired. We went through all the gifts and drew packed the car. We started for home around 9. Drew had a canoe trip the next day so we had to go home that night. As we drove the pain got a bit worse but I wasn't nervous. I just didn't like the pain. When I would stand the pain would go away. That part was strange. I called my dr. just to make sure things were ok, and she thought I was just dehydrated and tired (which was true) and I could stop at the hospital when we got closer to home and they would hook me up to monitors to check the baby etc. But honestly, I felt like everything was ok and that I was just tired. I text a close friend whose a doula and asked her opinion too. She told me to drink as much water as I could and try to lay on the opposite side that hurt. I did this and the pain started going away! Then I fell asleep for about an hour and we were home. I was feeling much better. And I was thankful for everyone who loves me. And I feel thankful for God giving me a wise doctor who is available at 10pm and a wise friend who loves me. And I'm thankful for God's Peace that He continues to give me. He's so awesome.
This week = 4 days of work with Thursday having an ultrasound! SO EXCITED! I can't wait to see this little guy. He's moving so much and I love him more than I could explain. I hope we get pictures again. We will see. THEN, next weekend shower #3 with my family up north. I CAN'T WAIT!!! My sister will be there and lots of aunts and cousins. It's going to be SO fun! And I'm for sure getting more sleep this week. What an amazingly fun July!
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