the last week is here...

I can't sleep, so I guess I'll put up a new message. It's official...I'm on my last week of pregnancy. Sad and exciting all at once. It's difficult knowing this is all coming to an end and now I'm moving on to another HUGE stage of life without Josh at my side. I think that's why I feel so sad about the fact that I won't be pregnant for much longer. It took me a while to figure out why I am feeling the way that I am, but I think I finally got it. Maybe now that I know that's why I'm feeling this way, I'll be able to deal with it a little better. Don't get me wrong, though...I am THRILLED to have Baby Girl Amen in my arms! I can't wait to be her mother and love her and kiss her and hold her! So, I'm thinking that once she's actually here it might be easier for me to cope with the sadness. I'm expecting a gigantic range of emotions when I see my beautiful baby girl for the first time, so I'll allow myself to feel a little sadness if I need to because I know I'll also be feeling complete joy and happiness along with it, too.

My mom and dad were over at my house to take care of the lawn on Saturday so I had them take a couple of pictures of me.

They also decided to take me to the mall so I could walk and hopefully bring on some contractions...no luck,though. I'm still hoping I can go into labor on my own before Thursday so I don't have to do the induction. But only God knows when this baby girl is going to make her appearance!

Since I'm being quite sentimental about these being the last few days of my pregnancy, I took a few pictures of me and my belly in the nursery. I put a couple of them along the right side of the blog down by the belly pictures. I actually ended up taking 20-some pictures of myself and my baby belly, but I won't bore you with all of them! There are a few that I think turned out really good that I'll probably change into black and white and frame, so I'm glad I took the time while I could to take the pictures.

Well, I guess that's all I have for now. It's possible that the next time I add a message to this blog it'll be to announce the arrival of Baby Girl Amen! Of course I'll also be announcing her name! (I know it's driving you all crazy...only a few more days to go!) I know I said this before, but say some prayers for me and Baby Girl Amen that she has a smooth and easy delivery into the world.