Beautiful Surprise

I have to say it...and I know that every mother thinks this about their children...but I don't care...

I have the most beautiful baby in the world

I saw him today...and he is just perfect!

I went in for a normal doctor's appointment today. My blood pressure was great...urine looked awesome :)...I've gained 25 lbs...and I am measuring perfectly. But when it came time to check on Eddie's heartbeat my doctor couldn't find it! She looked and looked and looked. Usually she just puts the dopler thing on my tummy and finds his heartbeat without having to search. So when she couldn't find it today I got a little nervous!

She finally found my sweet man's heartbeat...however she found it up high on my tummy. She looked at me a little funny and said "this means one of two things. Either this is the echo of the heartbeat or the baby is breech. I am going to do an ultrasound just to see. Don't worry just yet..."

Ok...thousands of things were running through my head...ESPECIALLY since she said "don't worry just yet." :) So I laid back and asked the Lord for peace.

She brought the ultrasound machine in and there he was...Head down and butt up :) perfectly positioned! No need to worry...I guess he just wanted to surprise me :)

The last time I was able to see him was during the 27th week ultrasound...and that was 10 weeks ago. So to see him again brought on so many emotions. My doctor showed me his feet and tiny little toes. She showed me his belly and his arms and fingers. And then...his beautiful, perfect, precious, little face. I have never seen his face...just his profile. He has my nose (i think) and the most adorable cheeks. And his little ears are way too cute :) His head is full of hair and his mouth is just right...

He is my beautiful surprise...the sweetest thing on the planet...my son

Edward Charles Weimer

Edward Charles Weimer. Yes, this is my child's name. However this blog is about his father and the love of my life:

I remember sitting out on the porch one snowy Colorado night back in 2008. I just needed some time to myself. God had been asking me the same question over and over that month

"How much are you willing to give me?"

I thought it a silly question...I was in Colorado training to be sent overseas to share Him with the people of Nepal. I gave up school, family, friends...I gave Him my trust, my hope, my dreams. What else could He possibly want?!?!?

My friends had gone snowboarding (yes, at night...crazy people who I love dearly!) and I could hear them laughing and joking. I longed to have that kind of freedom. But instead I was "stuck" on the porch dealing with this silly question.

"What more do you want, Lord? What else is there to give you?"

And as soon as those words left my mouth He replied:

"I want everything. I want to know that if you never held a child again....if you never saw your family again....if you never became a mother or a wife...if you ended up scrubbing toilets for the rest of your life...if you never traveled the world...would you still follow me?"

I don't know how long I sat there...but I pondered these things. I weighed my options and the only thing I could say was “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." (John 6:68)

The next and last thing He said to me that night was

"Then take notice of the man that comes to the mountain."

I met Ed the next day...

I knew almost from the moment we met that this was the man God had in mind for me. He waited for and pursued me for 6 months (three of those months I was in Nepal and three months I was home in GA). And I guess the rest is history :)

I love this man. And I am honored to be his wife and the mother of his child. I look forward to our future knowing that wherever we are...whatever we are doing...and whatever happens...I will have him by my side.