6 months! (and one day)

Wow. I cannot believe it has been six months! Only three left - I know they are going to fly. Ive noticed recently how used to my belly I am. To the point that I look at everyone else, who is not pregnant, and feel like they are about to cave in. Everyone looks so skinny! My mom said she has noticed that I am leaning back a smidge when I walk, so I guess I am subconsciously attempting to counterweight this belly of mine. Also, over the past week I have found it even harder to get up from a lying position or get out of a car. I dont like feeling helpless, and I know its only going to get harder!

Bennett dosed out a nice little rib shot yesterday, and for the first time I understood what everyone was telling me. It HURTS! I tried talking to him and telling him to move back down where he has been the last several months, but I dont think he heard me or he chose not to listen. I felt like he was happily tucked in my rib cage throughout last night!

All of those grumps aside, pregnancy has been so amazing and I look forward to all my friends experiencing this absolute miracle! I am loving every minute of it: every punch (ribs or not), every pound, every stretch, and I have to say that dealing with the headaches, backaches, and nerve pain just arent really that big of a deal. I think its because I know why I am experiencing them all, and it really puts it all into perspective. Bennett is already so worth it, and we cannot wait to get our hands on him. He has become part of our everyday conversation, and we are already starting to think of ourselves as 'three' (sorry Steele, I stand corrected, 'four').

Its amazing what God can do, and being pregnant has been the most spiritual experience of my life. I just dont think anything can top the knowledge and feeling that God is creating a beautiful new life inside of you, without your physical control and/or knowledge. Its so difficult to put it into words, and thats why I am already praying for my two sisters and close girlfriends, that they may experience this first hand someday and love it as much as I have. What an awesome God we have, that something so wonderful can come from the love two people have for each other...

There cant be a greater miracle than that.