Tuesday 21 August 2012

... and then there were four...

We have had a manic summer - its been lots of fun, but absolutely nuts. My "Get Good Summer" went totally out the window when I discovered I wasn't so much going to be growing vegetables this summer, as growing this...


Yup, you're looking at a 12 week baby belly! I've been a little bit busy feeling sick and tired, but hoping to be over the worst of it! Hence the serious lapse in my usual blogging regularity, the disorder of my home, and the wearing of baggy clothes to attempt to keep this baby under wraps! Baby number 2 is arriving some time in early March next year and we are just about over the initial shock now and have moved into the realm of over-the-moon excited (if not also slightly overwhelmed at the prospect of an 18 month age gap!)

Well, yesterday we went for our 12 week scan and were informed that our little one had "two arms, two legs, a brain and a little beating heart" before she added "this ones a fidget." No surprises there... every scanner we had for Ava also commented how much she wriggled.

So it is with great pleasure that we can introduce Bubba the II...


We are so grateful to God for this little surprise - a new little life to cherish and snuggle and grow. A challenge that at times slightly overwhelms me and I'm preparing myself to learn big lessons in grace and patience as I adjust to life as a Mama with "2 under 2". Obviously its still early days. I don't want to take this little life for granted, and we're entrusting it to God as it works hard to grow its organs and form together. A new life is such a miracle... a glimpse into the detail and design which God put into all of his creation. This little child belongs to him, and I know there are no safer hands I can leave it in.

- For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well (...) your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be -
Psalm 139: 13-14, 16. The Bible

13 comments:

  1. Congratulations and take care of yourself and bump x

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  2. Thanks Tina... just taking it easy and hoping to get my energy back soon!

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  3. Wow! I thought you were pregnant in the wedding photos... you were glowing.... and I was right! lol Many congratulations to you both. xx

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  4. How lovely! Congratulations. I'm assuming little one is now with you?!

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    1. Indeed she is! Two months old tomorrow... Feels like I wrote this post yesterday!

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  5. What a beautiful post. And how lovely that you have 2 girls 18 months apart -so do I! They can bring joy and also a lot of hard work....brace yourself :))

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    1. Lol. I'm expecting it to be a rollercoaster road. Ava is very sweet with Heidi at the moment... Log may it last! Loving the Oldies but Goodies linky!

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  6. Yay! This is such a lovely post, i love looking back on old posts x

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    1. I know... I love the challenge of digging out something old to fit the theme! Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. Congratulations, I don't know a lot about baby bumbs but that one looks okay to me!

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  8. I am having a bad day, I just wished you congrats, then looked at the date. Lovely post - lovely bump - bet it looks different now???

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  9. Ah how lovely... Bet it seems strange to look back on now? What a nice neat bump too, I don't think mine ever looked like that! :D

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  10. Such a lovely post - and one of the best things about blogging is being able to look back at your thoughts and feelings as well as being a record of your growing family of course. I'm impressed that you've found time for your super blog with little ones just 18mths apart

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