Countdown: 15 weeks!

I can hardly believe that we only have 15 more weeks of this pregnancy if I go full term. When we were 15 weeks along we found out Walker was a boy...when I think of it from the perspective of how long it took to get to 15 weeks, it seems like forever...but when I think of it from the perspective of that's how long we have left it seems very, very short.
Are we ready? I have no clue...I guess we will never be "ready" necessarily because we have no idea what to expect or what to do. Suddenly I'm coming to the realization that life as we've known it for 27 years is about to be totally different. I'm experiencing all sorts of emotions, mostly excitement but every now and then other emotions creep in, some of which I honestly do not understand. Praise God that my hormones will eventually go back to normal. Whatever normal may be...

Cliff celebrated his first Father's Day this weekend. Walker gave him the ultimate present. Cliff got to feel him kick for the first time late Saturday night. We haven't felt it from the outside again yet today but last night at bedtime he was kicking up a storm. Of course, that trumped the Father's Day present I gave Cliff but I guess I better get used to being outdone. :)

I'm not sleeping at all these days. I've tried every bit of advice that you've all given me, everything I've read and even some things I created on my own. None of it works. I thought that I'd get to sleep a little now, but maybe this is God's way of preparing me for what's to come. I know a few very special people in my life have already gotten a kick out of thinking about how I will respond to lack of sleep because they know how much sleep I've always required. Thankfully, God provides everything we need to get through everything He brings our way. Otherwise, I'd be in real trouble!

Our trip to the beach was so wonderful. We really just enjoyed getting away and having the quality time to ourselves. We had the best time just being silly. If I'm being honest, probably about 75% of our conversation centered around Walker and our future. But, it was so fun just to have a chance to sit down and talk about him and not be interrupted by normal life. We kept seeing babies in the pool with their parents and wishing that our little baby was already with us. He's swimming elsewhere right now though and will be with us soon enough.

Our crib has arrived! Cliff, Cory and Jake put it together one afternoon while I was at a meeting for work to surprise me when I got home. I was very excited and it looks great. It's very big...much bigger than I knew it would be. We didn't actually see it before we ordered it, we just ordered it off the Internet so I wasn't sure how big it really was.

Cliff's going to put the finishing touches on the wall this week (the yardlines) and then we will start hanging some things up. I'm so excited. We just go in there a few times a day and sit and look. I think we're both still a little weirded out by it all. The other night we went in there. Cliff sat in the glider and I sat in the ottoman and Cliff read to Walker. The little guy really likes the Sesame Street books that Aunt Christie and Uncle Marshall bought him because he kicked away while Cliff read. Hopefully he will love to read but if he takes after his Daddy, he'll prefer sports and video games! That'd be just fine too because what wonderful footsteps for him to follow in!