19 Weeks!

Just a short update since computer's down for a few days. We heard baby today. All is perfect and I'm feeling sweet baby on a regular basis, usually at night before sleep overcomes. Bonding with this pregnancy and baby has been slow...as it was with Graham and Gatlin's pregnancy. Daily overcoming fears and giving them back to the Lord seems to have become the new norm for pregnancy. The fear never really dissipates once you have experienced the depth of loss we have. I honestly thought it'd be different this time after carrying our sweet duo so uneventfully....but it's not. So, I take it one day at a time and my heart leaps each and every time at the sound of a baby's galloping tiny heart. Measuring the usual 1-2 cm behind gestational weeks and all looks good!

I think we've finally decided on names, but, as of now, they're still subject to change. For the 1st time we've decided to wait for baby's birth day to make any name announcement. Since we don't know gender this time anyway it's not like we can call this baby by name yet. So we've decided to enjoy the element of suspense and save a name announcement for birth day.

To answer the very popular question...we have decided to stick with the G's for a boy....despite great consideration given to straying from it.

For a girl...we will be straying from a name beginning with a vowel but it will end in "ye" like the others, except for Aubrey-girl's which ends in "ey".

Very few people in our lives know that at 30 weeks while pregnant with Graham and Gatlin the Lord heavily impressed upon Brad's and my heart to give them a traditional Hebrew 3rd name. Just as the Israelites did as they built an alter in faith of what God was going to do or to honor a miracle He had performed on their behalf so we felt convicted to give them Hebrew names with great meaning of what He has done for us and what we are believing in faith. So, just as we did with the two of them so we feel led to name this baby as well. After much consideration and prayer we're pretty certain that we have a definite name for a boy or girl. Pretty excited.

I'll try to do another growing baby pic next Sat or so. 20 wks....the 1/2 way point!