Bottom line...

The bottom line is that we are having a baby in 5 weeks.
That's right folks, I have not just put on 29 lbs.
I didn't just let myself go.
No!  There was meaning and purpose and planning involved.
And yet somewhere in there I forgot that it all ends with having an actual baby.

I think I might be the only woman who ever went an entire pregnancy only to realize in the last few weeks that eventually this child has to emerge!
So what jolted me into reality?
The item that arrived in the mail today.

Our car seat for Bitsy Hitzy.
For some reason this item made me realize that we are really going to be bringing home a baby girl in a few short weeks.
Setting up the cradle a few weeks back seemed like a big deal, but maybe because I wake up next to it each day it no longer has an affect on me and I now just see it as another piece of furniture.
Or maybe it's because a cradle is something that even little girls play with as children whereas a car seat is not a normal childhood toy.
You would think that washing and hanging up tiny clothes would be enough to remind me that the inevitable is around the corner...but I guess that just felt, again, like playing house.
This car seat is the straw that broke the camel's back....it is my realization that my/OUR life is about to change dramatically.
Oh and let's not forget the even BIGGER moment I experienced.
When we put said car seat on the stroller base....I had to take a step back.

I will no longer be referring to this as a stroller, however.
I have a new name for it that sounds much cooler!
This is a baby mobility utility...BMU for short.
It's convenient, compact, light weight and cute gosh darn-it!
Oh and take notice of the purple and green hooks on the handle.
I ordered these because they make sense!
They hold a purse or other small bags so that you don't have to try to cram everything in the under BMU compartment.
And lest I forget to mention, this is probably the only item that I purchased (the car seat) that contains any pink.
That's right folks, I have been fighting the pink tooth and nail since we found out gender.
My husband has embraced it.
But, I did finally cave when it came to choosing a car seat.
It seemed that all the other car seats were patterns that would better be put as carpeting in bank lobbies, or safari prints, or uber boy themed.
The girl themed car seats were overly pink and girlie and I was searching a searching for something a little more classic.  That's when I found this beauty...no baby pink here...rather magenta!
Oh and the good news is that if baby number 2 (whenever that happens) is a boy I found a GREAT tutorial here that will show me how to recover this car seat (assuming this car seat still fits safety requirements) so that it fits my picky taste!

So to sum it all up...the bottom line is that our family of 2 (plus 2 dogs and a lizard) is about to expand.
Bud & I have had 7-1/2 years of marriage and nearly a decade of time together as just the two of us.  It's time to share this love that we've cultivated.  It's time to show that parenting is a blessing!  It's time to give God the glory and thank him for showering us with this blessing!

I hope you had a Blessed Monday!

This week's verse to memorize:

"Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ's body.  We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other."~ Romans 12:4-5