Good News & False Hope

GREAT news! Travis and I, as of Monday night, were able to purchase a new mommy car for me! We had originally been looking for an explorer or something similar. We found one we liked online and headed to the dealership to take a look at it. It was an '07 Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer. Looked awesome in pictures but once we got to the dealership, we were pretty disappointed to say the least. However, we got them to work up an estimate on how much they would sell the vehicle and also how much they would give us for Travis's truck as a trade-in. While they were working on that, Travis felt it was too nice inside and wanted to just walk the lot. As we were walking I noticed a different vehicle. It was a 2005 Eddie Bauer Ford Expedition and had really low miles for being an '05. I immediately wanted to test drive it. We did and after climbing in the vehicle, we recognized all its many features since it was an Eddie Bauer. It is fully loaded, with leather seats, 3rd row seating, power everything, and of course, a TV and DVD player for our future little stick. To make a long story short, we were blessed to have the right pricing and opportunity fall in our lap and we are now the proud owner of this pretty new vehicle:

I love it!!!! Thank you, Lord for giving us a beautiful day and giving Travis the desire to walk that lot. He truly put us there for a reason.

• Hope. To look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence. To feel that something desired may happen.

I have hoped for the last 3 months that I would just feel NORMAL. I have hoped that what everyone was telling me was true--that nausea is only for the first trimester, that in the second trimester you feel the best you ever will in your life, that headaches would subside, and other symptoms would just plain go away. I have since learned that pregnant women will NEVER feel normal while they are pregnant. Some of you may be wondering why I ever thought I would feel normal...remember, I'm new at this, okay? But, I've accepted it and with the Lord's help I have been reminded of the blessing growing within my sweet little nothing of a stomach. That's right! Still not showing...and while, yes, I am frustrated, I have come to know that while I listened to everyone's advice and false hopes, it is Him who I should be trusting and listening to every step of the way. The second trimester is definitely different. I can tell there's been a decrease in the nausea and such but I was thinking I would be done as soon as I hit 14 weeks. Maybe soon I will feel complete relief. Until then, I am resting in Him knowing that I have been blessed with this child. And even though his/her movements are still concealed, I know that I have a healthy, growing, BEAUTIFUL baby coming our way very soon.

Trusting Him,

The WalkingSticks