feeling good

Well...i think i've finally made it out of the "morning sickness" phase....it's been a joyous almost 2 weeks without waking up and running to the bathroom or just the bucket. Yes, it seems I have entered the wonderful phase of the 2nd trimester. :)

We are in the 20th week now, looking forward to an ultrasound this week or next, and then we will tell you all if this baby buller is a boy or a girl...anyone have any guesses? feel free to post them.

i am in the "nesting phase" of trying to finish up some projects that have been sitting around since before i even left for Turkey 6 years ago! I was afraid if i didn't do it now, it might be another 18 years! :)

we just had a wonderful week with our friends the Stuarts...Liz and I are both pregnant, so we spent our week napping, eating and chatting.

Chloe looks like she wanted to get away from this stranger w/ no hair. :)

the sickest i've been yet

Who knew that pregnancy would entail so much upset and commotion for one's own body? I guess I had some whimsical ideas about loving pregnancy and that I would always enjoy and marvel at pregnancy if ever I were to conceive. I am still marveling, who couldn't...what an awesome miracle of God that an entire new human being is growing inside of my womb...but enjoyment, I still have yet to experience. I did have a couple nicer weeks, still accompanied with morning throw-ups, but this past week, I came down with food poisoning that still has left me reeling, and I can hands down say this has been the hardest and most discouraging week yet. BUT, we are almost halfway thru, their is a precious light at the end of this long tunnel. And that precious gift will be worth all the vomit. Many tell me I will forget; and though I know when I hold and see our little one that grace will wipe away the tinge of the suffering I have endured, I do not think I will forget this pregnancy, nor want to, really. Suffering produces value, and the most valuable things are the things most worth suffering for.