Feeling the love!!

Who am I to argue with Winnie the Pooh?  We sure felt the love yesterday as we celebrated with our families and friends for our baby shower.  The amount of love and encouragement was overwhelming.  It was so great to see everyone, even if we didn't get to sit down and visit too long.  Baby Andrew is definitely a blessed boy already.  Who am I kidding, this little guy has been blessed and prayed from the beginning.  With each kick and twist, I am reminded of the amazing gift that we have been given and how loved he is already.  There will be pictures coming from the festivities, but I wanted to make sure and share just how thankful we are for everyone!  Thank you cards have been ordered, let's see how long it takes for me to finish them.   

This verse could be tweaked for us, "For this child, WE have all prayed..."  It's really overwhelming to think about how much support, prayers, and love have taken place for our little guy, starting before he was even conceived.  Last week was National Infertility Awareness Week, so I spent a lot of time thinking about our journey and everything that has brought us this fear.  It's been a long and bumpy road, something that I wouldn't wish on anyone but looking back I can say I am thankful for our infertility because it has brought us closer together, taught us a lot about faith, hope, and loss, and made us appreciate every second of this pregnancy.  
We are going to the doctor every two weeks now for what have been pretty quick visits.  This Tuesday marks 33 weeks, it's crazy how the weeks seem to be flying by and yet going slowly. The last student day is May 23, which will be 36 weeks...I keep telling baby boy that he has to hold tight until then.  I may be waddling around preschool graduation, but I want to be there to celebrate with my families and say good bye to those going to kindergarten.
Please pray for us as we enter the last month of the school year, which is always crazy so I'm sure it will be quite an adventure as I get bigger every day!  Keep praying for Andrew to stay put and keep growing.
We are so thankful for everyone's love and support, there will never be enough words to express it!  Have a fabulous week!
Love,
Sarah & Joe

#storyofmylife

Ten more weeks?!?!?!

It's crazy and amazing to think we hit the 30 week mark on Tuesday!  Every day that passes, it becomes more exciting and less scary (unless I think about delivery)  that we come closer to meet Baby Andrew.  Everything has been going well, we are seeing the doctor every two weeks now.  Today, he actually cooperated so Laura (our PA-C) could get his heartbeat on the Doppler.  The downside was we didn't get a sneak peek on the ultrasound machine, but my future punter was a man on the move in the waiting room.  Joe has now gotten to actually see and feel the punting party in my belly.  We have taken the labor & delivery class, breastfeeding class, and care for newborn class (or "don't drop the baby" as Joe called it).  I've been a geek and signed us up for everything.  We still have the safe sleep class to attend, hopefully there's a spot in the evening session at the end of the month.  Joe is going to take one for the team and go by himself if there's only an open spot in the afternoon.  

The nursery walls have finally come down, new electrical work was done today, so it's time for the new walls to go back up.  It's a busy time of year as the school year comes to a close, add getting ready for our little miracle's arrival and we really kick it up a notch!

Continue to pray for Baby Andrew to keep growing healthy and to stay put!  Pray for Joe because I'm going to be an even bigger (quite literally) handful than usual as the school year comes to a close and we get ready to meet our baby boy.  Keep praying for me to be a healthy and safe place for Andrew to keep growing and keep as sane as possible being in the third trimester and the end of the school year.

We are so thankful and blessed to have such a supportive group of family and friends that keep encouraging us.  It continues to be such an amazing adventure!

Celebrating April Fools' Day with Labor & Delivery Class

Joe was a rock star participant and volunteered pretty quickly to try on the empathy belly.  Oh, and Pat McAfee responded to my picture with congratulations...awesome, right?!  I'm so going to put it in the nursery, which will surprise nobody.

#justbewarned