A Work in Progress...

But it's progress, all the same! Our nursery/office has been a huge question mark in this process of preparing for Baby C. First we weren't sure if we were going to be living here, then it was the question of for how long, then we decided to stay for the baby to be born, but all the while knowing that this room still needed to function as an office for me.

So basically I've been trying to figure out how to make that happen. A few weeks ago my friend Kelly and I painted the room a beautiful cobalt blue color (don't worry, VOC free paint), and Robert assembled our crib. Then two weeks ago I painted a cabinet from Robert's Aunt Lily's house white and am using it for tons of storage. No final pics now (again, because it's a work in progress), but wanted to give you a glimpse of what's to come. This past weekend I decided to take an unused canvas I had leftover from Christmas and paint one of my favorite baby-thinking verses. Just hung it up this morning, so wanted to share. Pretty excited about how it turned out. I have two more completed canvases waiting to be hung, but they require determining final resting places for furniture, which is a job that employs Robert these days. Don't worry, there will be pictures soon enough. In the meantime, enjoy...

Seasons

Many of you know, I love me some Dave Barnes. His new album came out a few weeks ago, and there are two songs on the album that I'm particularly fond of right now. And yes, I'm going with a cheesy lyric posting to tell you about them...

Mine to Love -
You’re mine to love
We have all been waitin’ on you
You’re mine to love
Come into these open arms
It took some time to wait it out
But I see it now, you’re worth all the dreaming of
You’re mine to love

Love Will Be Enough for Us -
Build a little cabin on a little tall hill
plan a little garden, pray for every meal
and we'll grow, and we'll grow
take a little nap in the butterfly grass
just you and I and the clouds a pass
and we're close, so close

we'll be living out where the river bends
where the grass gets green and the highway ends
living easy, easy
you and me baby and the daffodils the kids growing up in the rolling hills
and love will be enough for us

Yes, I realize that loving these songs make me sappy and a hopeless romantic. And yet, I'm not sorry about it. Maybe it's the pregnancy hormones, or the ways that the Lord has been convincing me that He's enough for us, but I'm really not sorry. I love the pictures of hope and joy and peace that come with those lyrics. They literally help me envision the story the Lord is writing for our family, and that brings me great joy.

The funny part about all of this is that as a family we are in more transition than we've ever been, with more details up in the air than any two people should be dealing with at once. And yet, it's a season that I'm grateful for. And yet, it's a season where I'm seeing God at work more so than many others. And yet, it draws Robert and I together into a place of dependence and trust. And that, my friends, is a good season.

Today we're 34 weeks along - as some friends reminded us last night, that means Baby C could come at any time! Let's just say we're praying he waits a little while...