Mother's Day

One of my favorite days of the year is Mother's Day.  It is such a sweet day to pamper and cater to your mother's every need.  This year was extra special for me.  Not only am I abundantly thankful that I can spend one more holiday with the most special woman in my life, but I was feeling the motherly love in a different way. I was able to spend the weekend with my sisters and my mom, who are all such Godly examples of motherhood.  Although, I have not given birth, I am a mother-to-be. OH my goodness, that word is intimidating.  Someone, in the near future, will call ME "Mama". It makes my heart smile so big I just don't even know how to contain myself.  As most people know, pregnancy is full changes, and well, hormones are taking over.  I am a mess.  I have always been a semi-sensitive person, but seriously I cry at least once a day.  Shedding tears while watching Iron Man 3... seriously MB pull it together.

I am 17 weeks, and baby Walsh is slowly making an appearance.  It is sometimes hard to watch my body change and gain weight, but remembering the reason I am changing makes the whole experience Wonderful.  My baby bump! 

So my second trimester has been pleasant!  I have the occasional exhaustion and nausea, but other than that, life is grand!  I am in the cleaning/organizing stage where I am slowly getting rid of things in my closet that needed to be gone 5 years ago!  Making room for my maternity section has been fun.  Too bad I can't fit in any of them yet! I don't want to rush my belly growing, but I sure am ready to show it off! :)  We have began making plans for the nursery.  Paint colors are selected, and we have agreed on a theme!  Now we just need to get to work!  And by "we" I mean Jonathan. He is, like, the best painter I ever saw ;) love you babe!
We find out the gender in 10 days! I can't quite place an emotion to how I am feeling.  I am excited, anxious, concerned and carefree all at the same time.  I honestly have a maternal instinct that we are having a boy!  I don't really have an explanation why, and all the "wives tales" are giving me reasons to think it's a girl... but either way there is absolutely no way to know until that magical sonogram reveals the truth! Jonathan and I haven't decided about how to reveal the gender.  We have agreed to find out with just him and I in the ultrasound room, to have our moment.  I love the idea of having a baby gender reveal party, super cute idea! and Wow, you people are getting creative! However, the thought of getting everyone together royally stresses me out.  We may do a short and sweet reveal at the house with just family, but that is to be determined...

In my next post, I will be unveiling the big question... Pink or Blue!?! 

What's your vote???


MB