Week 7 : blueberry

what's new this week....

well, saturday i started experiencing some nauseousness. something i never experienced with either one of the girls. i didn't think much of it because once i ate something it seemed to go away. yesterday however it seemed to last most of the day... as well as today. i've been able to stomach a peanut butter sandwich and some crackers. all i can say is at least i haven't been throwing up.  cross your fingers and say a prayer that i don't start now!!!

Week 7

this is probably the most unflattering picture of me... uggg

i look more like i'm 4 or 5 months pregnant

even though this is my 3rd baby i still feel as if it's my first. the first two weeks after finding out was a little nerve racking b/c i just didn't know how everyone was going to take the news.  but now i'm just so excited about bringing another little one into our loving home.  madison is super excited and although i know emma has no clue what's going on i know she will love the new baby too.  in a week i will have my first ultrasound and it can't get here any quicker... i'm just so excited!!!

madison pretending to have a baby in her belly!

I'd say she's excited!!

So here's what's up with our Little Blueberry

Baby's brain -- both hemispheres! -- is growing fast, generating about one hundred new cells every minute. Arms and legs are emerging as joints start to form, and a permanent set of kidneys (baby's third!) is now in place.

information from theBump

The Chinese Gender Chart

YEP!!! You guessed it

we are expecting

Baby #3

Due July 17, 2011

is it a fable or truth? we'll have to wait and see.

well just the thought of a boy makes me excited. :)

but another little girls would be GREAT too!!  i just want a healthy baby

according to the calendar i'm 6 wks today
(i really think i'm only 5wks but we will have to wait until the ultrasound to be certain)

according to The Bump #3 is 

The Size of a Sweet Pea

Growing like crazy, baby is starting to sprout eyes, ears, nose, cheeks, and chin. Those little hands and feet -- still webbed like paddles -- might wiggle by week's end, the heart is beating (almost twice as fast as yours!), and blood is starting to circulate.

Twelve Audacious Faith Confessions

From Pastor Steven Furtick's Book Sun Stand Still 

"There are going to be many points along the way when you're not going to have anyone around to motivate you or encourage you. And in those moments you'd better be able to open God's Word, look in the mirror, and remind yourself of the truth."

1. I am fully forgiven and free from all shame and condemnation.

2. I act in audacious faith to change the world in my generation

3. I have no fear or anxiety; I trust in the Lord with all my heart.

4. I am able to fulfill the calling God has placed on my life.

5. I am fully resourced to do everything God has called me to do.

6. I have no insecurity, because I see myself the way God sees me.

7. I am a faithful spouse and a godly parent - our family is blessed.

8. I am completely whole - physically, mentally, and emotionally.

9. I am increasing in influence and favor for the kingdom of God.

10. I am enabled to walk in the sacrificial love of Christ.

11. I have the wisdom of the Lord concerning every decision I make.

12. I am protected from all harm and evil in Jesus' name.

"How much difference would it make in our lives if we would preach these realities to ourselves?  Let's resolve now to preach God's Word in our own hearts daily, emphatically, convincingly!"

What I struggle With

Pastor Steven hit the nail on the head for me this morning. I always read his blog and today I knew he was talking to me. So here is what I read....

The Next Rep : by Pastor Steven Furtick

I am always worried about the future... 

....what will happen when i no longer have unemployment 

....how are we going to continue to provide for our family

....if we make certain decisions will we be doing the right thing, is it what God really wants for us!!

....and so on....

and so it was this part that really helped!!

"Being strong in the Lord is sometimes about just doing the next rep. Focusing on the next decision. Taking the next step. Making the next sacrifice."

in other words... don't think about months ahead.. or even years ahead... think about how will i make it through today... how will i let God change me today!!  

then i read...

Matthew 6:34 tells us “do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

that's exactly what i needed to hear!! So i went straight to my Bible and read it there... and what I found was the best advice... DO NOT WORRY

Matthew 6: 25-34 

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? ²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? ²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  ³⁰ If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?  ³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’  ³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

And here's the important part vs. 33 But seek FIRST his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Thank you Lord for today and for all that you have given me. Amen