C'mon, Little Baby!

I just got back from the doctor. I'm still a 3 and 80% effaced. We're go for an induction early tomorrow morning. Hopefully we can post news by tomorrow afternoon (I'm being optimistic about the length of this labor)!

Please, please pray for us tonight and tomorrow - for the baby and I to both be safe during delivery and for the baby to be healthy!

Today Is My Due Date

Still pregnant.

On another note, I bought some new crayons for Sophie and put them in a plastic container instead of the crayon box. You would think I bought her backstage passes to Elmo Live. She doesn't even really want to color with them; she just wants to take them out of the box and put them back in. It's nice to get something so right occasionally, even if it's on accident.

Uninspired

And still very pregnant.

As of today, I'm dilated to a 3. Induction scheduled for next Thursday, Feb 26, if Teeny Tiny doesn't decide to come before that.

If there's any news, I'll update you. Believe me, my husband is excited to make good use of the wi-fi at the maternity ward.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Last year's Valentine photo shoot - my sweet baby girl was 7 months old.

Splish Splash

Gotta love how easily Sophie is able to turn it on and off - what a drama queen! And please excuse my "Wicked Witch of the West" cackle...

38 Weeks Prego

Baby Tyson's official due date is two weeks from today (Sunday). I won't make any comments about the size of my belly - you can see for yourself!

I also wanted to stick in this picture below. This is my dear, sweet friend Sara. Sara was my best friend in middle school and although we lost touch after high school, we have been back in touch for the last couple years. Her little girl, Addie, is about 2 months older than Sophie, and Sara is due with her second little girl two weeks after me. It's so fun to watch our girls together (Sophie loves to go see "Alah"), and I can't wait to see the new sweet babes together, too!

Please remember to lift us up to the Father as we anticipate a Tyson-baby arrival any day!

God Does NOT Hear Whiney Voices

I mentioned in a previous post that I have been taking Love and Logic courses (some wonderful parenting courses). One of the suggestions they talk about in those classes is for use with whiney children. When the child is whining, you're supposed to tell them something like, "Oh, that's too bad - I don't hear whiney voices. If you want me to hear you, you need to use your big girl voice." I have tried this with Sophie, and although she's still a little young to fully grasp it, I do think it helps even at her age.

Yesterday I found myself whining to God. I was having a moment of extreme discomfort and wound up pleading with God to please just let this baby come now. No sooner had I uttered the words than I felt an immediate stirring in my heart as God spoke to me, "I don't hear whiney voices, either, my child."

Wow. Talk about humility. As I try my best to raise my child to be polite, loving and godly, how much must it disappoint our Lord when I turn to Him and do those exact things that I'm training Sophie not to do?!

Whining does not get Sophie what she wants. And it will not get me what I want. In Ephesians 3:12, Paul writes that if I have faith I can "approach God with freedom and confidence." I am given the freedom to approach God with anything! He does care that I'm uncomfortable. But He also wants to train me to be a gentle and quiet woman of God.

There Was Never Any Question - This Girl Loves to Eat!

Mmmmmm... Ice Cream....

Ryan sent this to me. I am amused. I might take out the "to kill you" and make the "nap" circle quite a bit larger. Other than that, how cliche can I be?


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