Two Sundays Before

So here we are, 2 weeks and 1 day before our due date.  Really though, our child could come any day or not for another 4 weeks.  It's so crazy how we actually think we can guess when a baby is going to come.  As a wise woman said this past week, "Do we really know the gestational period of a human down to the day?"  Babies come when God says it's time, ultimately.  

Currently, I, Shellie, am not nervous at all about the delivery.  Now, we will see if that changes when contractions start or my water breaks.  

For those of you who don't know: we did not find out the sex of our baby, so we are so excited to see what we are having!  My excitement and curiosity grows dail

y.  I do not have an instinct as to what it is, honestly!  We do have names for both, though.

If we have a son, his name will be Carter.  In honor of Scotty's maternal family.  It's meaning: "transporter of materials!"  Hopefully, legal ones!

If we have a daughter, her name will be Okalani.  It's Hawaiian and with our love for surfing and Scotty's obsession with Hawaii it fits us well.  On top of that it means "from heaven." Whichever we have, boy or girl, will be a gift from God!

We have not chosen middle names for either, as we want to wait to give our children names based on who they are.  We have many months to decide on the middle names (I think even a year).  Do you know how in the Bible, peoples' names were often indicative of who they were?  That's what I'd like for our kids--names that express who they are.  I wish I knew now what our children would be like, but since we don't, we will name them fully after they are born and here with us for a little while.  What's in a name?  A whole lot if you ask me!

We have a wonderful midwife, Alice, and great nurses, Meg, Penny and a couple others who are going to deliver our lil' P!  We are having the baby at a birthing center, where it feels like home, but where they have some of the "needed" extra equipment, just in case.  I will save the details of a birthing center for another post though.  Lord-willing, we will birth in water as well, which seems like so much fun!  OK, so fun isn't quite the right word, but have you ever seen a baby under water-it's the coolest thing!

Thanks for caring about us and being interested in our lives.  We pray that as we bring this life into the world that you will see how amazing God is and how much He loves you too!