6 months quiet...and now only 8 weeks till big change!

It has been quite some time.  I think about blogging often, but something else always fills the extra time I have - cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping...and then if all the "have to's" get done, then I try to get to projects - sewing, pictures, reading, canning, fun with friends, etc.  I truly have felt blessed in these last few months, and that God continues to "fill our cup to overflowing" as a family.  So as you know, we are expecting...a little girl to be added to our family, sometime in the middle of December (later or earlier, is in God's timing).  These last 7 months of pregnancy, have been good.  God has showered me with blessings of feeling healthy and strong through much of this.  Even with my crazy gluten, dairy free diet, and scare of my colitis flaring again early in the pregnancy, God has been merciful --and cared for each of those things.  This little girl, is growing big in my belly (even though friends tell me "I look so small").  She is just the right size, moving, kicking, growing.  It is such an amazing feeling -- sometimes somewhat painful and awkward when she kicks my ribs or bladder, but so amazing to think of God creating this being inside of my womb.

I am now counting down the weeks under 10...that is if she arrives on time.  I thought I'd give you a taste of my changing belly.  We've been taking photos about every 2 weeks, with the corresponding fruit/vegetable "length" of the growing baby....I'm not sure how accurate they are given the range of vegetation sizes!

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