we broke the number 50!!!!!

it's getting closer and closer... this baby is coming faster than I ever thought possible. Patrick just said last night, "I wish she was here already!" But, I feel like "already" will be tomorrow at this rate! Before we know it, she'll be here... oh, I can't wait to see who she looks like! 49 precious days til she is due!!

I finished her nursery... and a menagerie of things outside around the house!

crib is ready...

 she now has an old rocker from her great-grandparents.

and her changing table area is ready.

grandma bought her the cutest diaper bag (mommy already filled it). 

someone else bought the most beautiful, pink-knitted jacket.

her book collection gets bigger weekly. she needs more shelves.

we only take time to sniff the flowers once in a while... they are beautiful.

here we are with only 7 weeks to go.

I'm not so sure there is much room left in there, but I know she still has a lot to grow!

   I am continually amazed by the way the Lord provides for us. He gives us good things, even when we aren't asking for them and don't necessarily need them. Just yesterday, I got a bookshelf that I LOVE! And, it was given to me... people sharing with us has pretty much been the story of our married lives. I only hope I live up to that sharing principle with other people!
   I would have put up pictures of the house, but this computer that I'm at isn't loading them very fast.... so these five pictures I put up have taken 35 minutes! I don't have that much time for it to load 10 more! But, we have been working hard on trying to FINISH projects started, so we won't have any "undone" projects when Brighton comes.... only projects that haven't been started yet. :)

49 and counting.... 33 weeks down.... around 7 to go! Patrick is still hoping for a fourth of July baby. Let the firecrackers begin!