Blessings from God

I've had this bouncing around in my head for a few days but haven't had the time to sit down and write.  So here goes...

I had my ultrasound on Tuesday.  After some confusion which caused them to be 1/2 hour late getting to me, things went great.  I had given the kids the choice to either come in with me or stay in the waiting room with my mother-in-law (she was down visiting for Easter and a few days).  Ethan decided to stay with her but Hailey came in with me.

The baby was very active which is always fun to see and the heartrate was 160 bpm.  Hailey was fascinated by watching the baby, I'm sure she's going to make a great big sister.  One of the "highlights" was getting to listen to the heartbeat.  I know it might sound corny or cliche but it's always emotional for me the first time I hear my child's heartbeat.  After chasing the baby for a few minutes the technician was finally able to get some pictures to measure how far along I am.  I was 10 weeks 3 days on Tuesday so my due date is October 18th.

After getting home the kids wanted to see pictures online of what the baby looks like at this stage. So we went online and looked at pictures and read about how developed the baby is at this point.  I wanted to share this information here:

(this was taken from www.babycenter.com)

Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches.

This just reminded me of what an awesome God we serve and how he cares about us and knows us even at our smallest.  This is such a comfort to me that God knows this child, it's unique personality, needs and path.  That God, in His Word,  has provided all the resources Matt & I will need for parenting 3 unique children.  I wanted to share a couple verses that I was reminded of while reading this description.

Psalm 139 1:1-18

 1O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

 2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

 3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

 4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

 5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

 7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

 8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

 9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

 10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

 11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

 12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

 13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

 14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

 15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

 16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

 17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

 18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.