we were going to open our presents, I didn't want to risk seeing or even guessing at what my presents might be…Although now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure Mom and Dad made us crawl into bed with them and wait a half hour because apparently we'd gotten up really early that Christmas morning. I doubt that half hour earned them any extra rest though with four kids and two adults in a queen-size bed. :)
With a baby on the way, there is one surprise neither Taylor nor I want to spoil. We don't want to know whether we're having a boy or girl. We want to savor that surprise on the day of our baby's birth.
As far as pregnancies go, I can't complain at all. After watching my older sister puke constantly during her pregnancies, I am very glad to say that I have not had the same problem. Mostly I just had some nausea, but I was able to keep that pretty well under control by keeping a little food in my stomach. Now that we're into the second trimester, even the nausea seems to be lessening.
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| Our first picture of our baby. It will be fun to see it once it looks a little more like a baby. :) |
Speaking of food controlling nausea…I can already tell this baby takes after Taylor in at least one area - Taylor LOVES bread. And since I've been pregnant, bread and carbs were the things that helped the most to keep the nausea down. Pre-pregnant Lyndee only ate very limited amounts of bread in an effort to be healthy and watch her figure. Pregnant Lyndee has relaxed that rule considerably. ;) Although now that I'm feeling better, I'm going to have to start putting those rules back in place.
But at this point this baby also takes after me at least a little because it is definitely not a night owl. Most nights by the time I finish making supper and doing dishes, I'm usually ready to shower and go to sleep. The other night we went out to dinner with some friends and didn't go to bed until after 11 p.m. The next day I had to have an hour nap and it felt like it took me two days to recover.
Simply writing this blog post has taken me over a week because any evening I would sit down to work on it, after about 10 minutes I'd pass out. :)
One thing I didn't know about pregnancy was how much you dream (or at least remember your dreams). Nearly every night I have woken up from at least one crazy dream. One that stuck with me more than any of the others was a dream where me and my little sister were young again, but in my dream, instead of being best friends like we always have been, I truly disliked her and was mean to her. The next day I talked to her on the phone and had to apologize because of how much I disliked the feelings I'd had for her in the dream.
Western Kansas Fact: (actually this is more of just a cattleman's wife fact) Any experience you have while pregnant will be compared to that of a pregnant cow. Taylor and I both frequently refer to me as a "heifer" (a young, first-time-pregnant cow). We just laugh about it - it's the thing we are most familiar with that we can compare our pregnancy to, and I'm sure as time goes on and I get bigger, the comparisons will only increase. :)
A Scripture lesson I liked that I had read recently was Isaiah 38:17. You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
This Scripture reminded me that I will never have to stand before God in judgement. My sins have already been judged and the punishment for those sins was taken by Christ. I am free of sin in God's eyes because I have accepted Christ as my Savior. I pray I can live well for Him to honor His sacrifice and bring Him glory.
I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Lyndee
