Today is the feast of the Holy Family. This also happens to be the name of the elementary school my brothers and I attended as children and is the name of the church Adam and I currently attend. It will be where our first child is baptized. From the start of Adam's and my relationship, the holy family has been a huge part of our lives. We have a beautiful figurine of the family in our basement above our fireplace and it was soothing to see the exact same statue in Fr. Jack's office up in Boston last spring as we wrapped up our Pre-Cana counseling with him. Needless to say, the holy family holds a special place in our hearts and I'm looking forward to attending mass tonight at a church Adam used to attend and one we haven't been to since Lent 2014 for our last mass in California during this trip. I recently stumbled upon this serene and beautiful image of the holy family in a tender embrace and wonder if Adam and I, too, will have a son? We will soon know as the due date is a mere 71 days away from today....!!! Below is a reflection from early on in Month 3 right before the fall semester started and I returned to work full time from being off in the summer. Happy reading!
Friday, 8/14/15
Last night, we had a friend over for
dinner. We had a lovely conversation
that didn’t end until close to midnight in spite of it being a work
night!! Throughout our conversation, it
slipped that we were expecting and it was really exciting to share the news
with Katy. She was excited and moved to
tears upon hearing the news which made me teary too! It’s such a blessing to have family and
friends who are so excited and happy for us and to have so many folks praying
for the little one.
This morning when emailing with
Monika about some of my worries, I had a bit of a revelation. In a way we're really being spoiled since we
get to see the baby so much with all these ultrasounds!! It will make it
hard in the future if we aren't high risk and "only" have two
ultrasounds total..haha! I guess if I had to choose, I would rather start
out high risk than to have a normal pregnancy followed by high risk if that
makes sense?
Last night was very rough as I've
not been able to sleep at all and the coughing I’m experiencing is way
worse. I started with the Claritin a few nights ago so that helps with
the congestion but the coughing is really
bad, especially when laying down; I used my inhaler for the first time since
last year around 3am which helped some. I don't know how I'm going to
handle going back to school if this is how tired I am now. How do people
do this especially with having other children to tend to as well?! LOL!!!
The baby also received his or her first
gift! Adam’s sister and family sent us
this adorable package in the mail. I
can’t wait to put the little booties on the sweet baby and snuggle him or her!
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