Catching up...

Wow! It's been an entire month since I posted last... Oops. :) Well, over this past month, I've been extremely busy. I've been trying my best to get the house in order so that when Matthew gets here, he can just relax and enjoy his home. I've been extremely nauseated - constantly. I mean, I knew that I could expect to be sick... but geez! This is extreme! I don't think anyone could have prepared me for that.

Well, about the pregnancy... Wow. I feel like the most blessed person in the entire world when I start to think about this tiny life that is growing inside of me. When I got here to North Carolina, I had an appointment with my new doctor, and they did an ultrasound. I saw the baby's heartbeat, and I got to hear it as well. Nobody could have prepared me for the joy that I felt at that moment. It was an overwhelming feeling of love and sheer excitement that I could never describe to anyone and make them understand what I felt. I cried. I think because I was happy, but it may have been partly because Matthew wasn't there to experience that with me. I wish he could have been. I think things would be a great deal more real for him if he'd felt the way I did. That was at 6 weeks and 2 days, I believe. Today... I'm 9 weeks and 3 days. I have never been more excited in my life! We have another appointment on October 2nd, and Matthew will be able to be there with me for that one. I hope they let him peek at the baby. I know he'd love to see it twisting around in there. :)

About my family back home in Texas... Well, Hurricane Ike came through RIGHT where my family lives... My daddy and them were without power for 15 days! Thank God they had a generator. My mom and them's house is fine, but their fence blew down. I know my sister's place is fine, my brother's place is fine, and everybody themselves are ok. But I also know that my Uncle Jeff and Aunt Oma lost their house because of a tree, my Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw Fregia's house got messed up, and alot of other people's house were messed up on Elsie's side of the family. I can't believe that Ike caused so much damage... Those poor people in Galveston who lost everything... Gosh. I just pray for anyone who did lose everything, and everyone who is missing someone they love, and everyone who is displaced... I can't imagine that feeling. I don't want to imagine that feeling...

About the house... Well, I have just about everything in order except the office and nursery. But those things will come together when Matthew gets here to help me with them. I talked to Mrs. Mary and she's going to get us the bedding and some of the nursery decor! I can't wait to see it all together. My mom is going to get us the furniture since that's what she did for my little brother. Those gifts are BOTH way too much, but I guess grandparent's get excited just like parents do. :) I just can't wait until Matthew does get here... Gosh this place will feel so much more like a home... Oh well... Only 6 days left. I can do it... I know I can...