13 Weeks and Counting!

Tomorrow marks the 27th week of the greatest journey of my life and Ethan's thus far. It is amazing how fast time has flown and the changes that have occurred in the past 27 weeks. Not only physically, but emotionally. In the past 27 weeks I have become a mother. I have not held our baby girl yet or looked into her eyes, but I am so very much in love with the little person growing inside of me. She is such a blessing to our lives already. Both Ethan and I are getting very impatient for the moment when we get to see her face to face. I know that she will be a combination of both Ethan and I, and will remind me daily of how incredibly blessed we are to know her.

There are some women who go their whole lives wanting to be nothing but a mother. They play house constantly as children and always have a slew of kids. They have baby names picked out by the time they are 10. But that was never really me. I mean, I knew I wanted to be a mom someday but it wasn't something I thought about a lot. That is, until I got married. Marrying Ethan was the greatest day of my life. Finally we could start our life together and I knew it was going to be an amazing journey full of  laughter, tears, and adventure... and kids! It's funny how things work. As soon as I started thinking about kids, and hinting at Ethan about how neat it would be when we finally did start having kids, I began to yearn for not a little girl just like me, but a child that would remind me so much of Ethan every time I looked at him/her. I keep envisioning Aria, and I know that she will have Ethan's amazing smile and sense of humor, and probably his insane need for clumsy and reckless antics!

27 weeks! I cannot believe we have come this far. July is coming fast, but not fast enough. There is still a lot to do and a lot to learn. So it's probably a good thing we get a little bit longer to prepare. haha I seriously need to stop buying her clothes. But I just cannot help it!! Ethan and I have become experts at thrift/deal shopping. Thank goodness for the Air Force and the Airman's Attic which is an amazing place where we can get used items for free. We have started to have a lot of fun with our weekend hunts for great baby deals. We are super picky, but it pays off in the end. I'm surprised that Ethan is still out shopping with me without going completely nuts, but he is actually getting into it more! (If he reads this he will kill me!) 

So only 13 weeks (or so) until we get to hold our beautiful Aria Isabelle Massey in our arms! Stay tuned!