So yeah, it really is 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I've been awake for about an hour. Ugggh. Can't sleep. A nurse I met says it's the way I get trained to stay up all night once our Baby Lizzie comes. So, why the blog? Well, ideas like this come to your head at 6:30 in the morning but also I've been wanting to officially come out into the blog world for quite a while and I think I finally have a good enough reason now. I want to record our family's stories and what better way than here, as we hover over the brink of parenthood. Plus, my cousin Jocelyn says you can later convert your blog into a book, which I would love!!!
Why the name Paul and Nelda? Well, I have a very good reason for this. First of all, those are our names but second of all I think it's important for us to keep our identity as a couple no matter how many kids we have (I would love to have 4, btw). Anyway, I've been doing A TON of reading about raising kids and families and etc and I realize how important it is for us to have a solid foundation as a couple before the kids come. We do have that and I'd like to continue to have that so no matter what happens, we are a couple, and an eternal couple at that.
So we've been married about 1 1/2 years now and it's been wonderful! I couldn't be happier. I keep seeing how tough my life was just 5 years ago and I can assure you that my 26-year-old-self would have been absolutely astounded at the amount of happiness and joy God has blessed me with in this marriage. It is like night and day and maybe that's why those things happen, because you appreciate the way things are even more now. Expect many musings from me at 6:31 a.m. : )
Fun story, Paul was on a business trip for 2 days and Baby Lizzie (Elisabeth) hadn't really moved around much in my belly for the past few days but last night I know she recognized him and she moved A LOT. I was thrilled and Paul loved feeling her. We are convinced that she will be a daddy's girl. I love it! We get so many laughs thinking about tall Paul holding our little baby in one hand or swinging her around like a monkey when she is older. Hahaha.
On a more serious note, I was telling Paul how my desires and prayers have changed these days. I went to the temple last night and my main focus/prayer was asking the Lord to help me be everything I can be to our baby, most especially in the gospel. My greatest desire is to provide a testimony strong enough for her to learn from and to grow her own. Well, I won't say too much about this on the blog but it is what's in my heart and time certainly is ticking. As of today Baby Lizzie could be due pretty much anytime in March or, according to all those stories you hear/read anytime at all since I am 33 weeks.
Well, going to try to go back to bed where my sleepy Paco is dreaming and looking like the angel he is. I love him so. Toodles!
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