Brenda’s Pregnancy Journal

Only 100 days until May 12! I can hardly believe it!

My new favorite pastime is watching my belly bounce around when Elliot gets going, it’s so strange to watch your body being moved around by another persons little body. I love how active he gets when I read the Bible aloud each evening.

I came home from work on Friday to a DISASTER! We’d put the dogs out, but had accidently forgotten to lock the doggie door - which meant they had unlimited access to my bedroom all day - and boy did they take advantage. It was HORRIBLE. I could hardly see the carpet through the pieces of chewed up cardboad & other papers. A few of my dress shoes were also eaten up, as well as a couple wedding pictures (thankfully they were doubles). I called Charlie in tears, but soon after I got it together & cleaned it up. It’s strange - if we leave them home w/ access to the whole house they do fine, but when they’re stuck in just one room they become monsters! We really are having progress w/ Tucker too - keeping my fingers crossed that we get him fully trained before Elliot arrives….

here’s a pic of just a part of the mess:

After cleaning up that nightmare I went to the varsity game @ COHS with my friend Breanne who is due 12 days after me. We also met up w/ another friend. Unfortunetly they lost, but we had fun anyway. It’s nice to have a friend who is due so close to me - neither one of us bores of talking about pregnancy!

Saturday I got stuff done around the house & then in the afternoon I watched Charlie play basketball (he’s on a team w/ APU). I’ve been so motivated to keep a clean house lately - I love it - I’ve also been super good @ making dinners - which is something I have really struggled with - it’s hard to be motivated to cook after a long day @ work. They say pregnancy brings luck, but after dinner we played 2 rounds of Backgammon & 2 games of Skip-Bo & I lost all four of them!

I’ve been dealing w/ a lot of middle back pain in my sleep & when I first wake up - my solution has been to use cushions from the couch & sleep basically sitting up. So far it seems to be helping - I do hope it doesn’t get worse as I get bigger.

Sunday we went to Church of the Open Door again & the message was very touching. Part of it was on Psalm 127. The first part was a good reminder about how we are not safe from anything anywhere unless God is protecting us - and the second part was good to hear about children - they are a gift from the Lord - but not for us to hold on to - rather for us to sharpen to be “arrows” for God. The pastor mentioned a couple in the church who has wanted children for a very long time & announced that they are pregnant and asked the whole church to pray for the safety of the child. It was special to me to see that this is a church that cares about those who struggle to have children & pray for those who are with child. The other part I love about the church is their dedication to missions - having been a missionary kid myself it is an important area to me & it’s exciting to see a church so passionate about it. Next week I’ll have to go check out the nursery to see where Elliot would be spending his time!