My, how the Time has Flown!

Happy Thursday to everyone! I am now 32 weeks pregnant and today am loving every minute of it. I was thinking this morning about how drastically our perspective of time changes as we go through life. Six or Seven months ago, when Tyler and I first found out that I was pregnant, it seemed like the weeks took forever and 9 months was going to be the longest time to wait! But here, as I say that I'm 32 weeks - meaning that I only have about 8 weeks left - it doesn't seem real. In the beginning we would be so excited to look on babycenter.com to see what vegetable or fruit he was like this week, and every week we marveled at the organs that he was growing and senses that he was developing. But now I can't think of him as a fruit or vegetable anymore... he's actually a BABY! He has little hands and feet that remind me of his baby-ness every day. I wake up every morning, and my hands immediately go to my belly as if to say "good morning sweet Joshua." I walk through the house rubbing my tummy and praying that after his delivery I still remember how it felt to be pregnant-the sweet way that my belly grew and grew with each passing week and now has formed into a watermellon-sized bump that gets in the way of normal activities. I am constantly amazed at how many pounds the doctors say that he is and how in the world he can fit inside my little belly with all of the other organs and things that I already had in there. (I'm also amazed when I hear about how he's going to come out of the nice little home he has made for himself in my tummy.... and I still am choosing not to think too much about that moment.) But today I have no complaints - just praises. I stand in awe of the miracles in God's creation, and with my whole heart I humbly thank Him for this blessing of carrying a child...not just any child but the one that He created especially for us, so that we can love him so much and teach him how to love the Lord. Ah... such a sweet and blissful day.