the fulness of joy

thanks so much for all the comforting words you all left me in my last post.  it feels really good to hear my friends who have been through the same thing telling me there's really no need to worry and how it's all worth it in the end and my friends who haven't had kids yet say that they would be freakin out as well if they were in my shoes.

i'm so grateful for my sweet friends.

thanks again!

so brett just got called to be the ward mission leader in our ward and we're pretty excited.  that means he'll be teaching the gospel principles class, which is a class mainly for new members and investigators that teaches them basic gospel lessons.  we attended the class for the first time to get acclimated and so brett could get the feel of the size of the class (which was tiny.)

but anyways the lesson was on our Heavenly Father and His Plan for us and why we're here on earth.  it seems very basic but i often like re-learning the basic stuff cuz that's what helps drill it into my head.  

and something that struck me was that we need to have a fulness of joy.  it's almost like, a taste of heaven.  the teacher (brett hasn't begun teaching yet) pointed to me and said, bringing a baby into this world is an example of just that.  and that comforted me SO MUCH.  as much as i'm quite scared of giving birth, it made me excited knowing that i, this silly little girl, will be bringing a sweet life into this world, experiencing one of the most beautiful steps in life.  i feel truly blessed knowing i'll be doing this, knowing there are many people out there who struggle with having children.  so i'm now not as freaked out as i was in my last post.  yeah we still need some baby things but there's always time to get those later.  as long as we have the basic stuff we'll be fine.  i trust completely in my Heavenly Father and i know my baby will come when he's meant to.  baby's coming whether we're ready or not. 

37 weeks.

bring it on baby everton.

i'm now officially the urinator, going so often it's getting quite annoying.  we need to get more TP!  and the baby has truly bruised my ribs.  and my back HURTS.

it's all worth it though right?!