Steve and Jenny Valentine

We went to the doctor today for our 35 week appointment.  Karis was very active during the appointment and everything still seems to be healthy.  We have been very thankful and blessed by a great pregnancy so far!  We were able to get a little look at our daughter (as you see above) and can't believe how cute she is already!  The doctor said I'm already dilated to 1 cm and could possibly have the baby early depending on progression over the next couple weeks.  This seems a bit surreal, but we are very excited to meet her for whenever the Lord has it planned.  We did find out she is not head down, so our prayer is that she will flip to be head down and ready for a safe delivery.  It is not our desire for a c-section, but our goal is healthy baby, healthy mom, however that looks over the next few weeks.  I start going to appointments every week now, so I will have another appointment in a week and we'll see where things are at that time.  ...

It has been a busy month in the Valentine home! Here are some things we're excited about: We're having a baby girl!  I'm 25 weeks crossing into the third trimester!  I had a moment the other day where this really hit me and I thought, 'oh no, I'm not ready to have this baby yet'!  Good thing the Lord has a plan and purpose for a pregnancy and Lord willing we still have 3 more months to prepare for our daughter's arrival.  We're currently attending birthing classes that we really enjoy and are both learning a lot.  The baby moves around all the time now and it brings a smile to my face whenever she moves around-even early in the morning!  (Pictures of me at 24 and 25 weeks below) Steve is almost done with his first year of seminary, I'm so proud of him!  He will take a break during the summer from classes and focus on raising support for his internship. We're moving into a house (if all goes as planned)!  When we found out our rent ...

After a weekend away in Georgia to celebrate our 2nd anniversary, contemplate the past two years we've spent together as husband and wife and dream about our future we started our week off by going to my 16 week doctor appointment.  It seems my pregnancy is right on target and everything is going well.  People have started to notice and comment on my growing belly!  But how can they not, take a look at the pictures below-taken at 15 & 16 weeks...it seems like my belly popped out over night!  We are excited about the next five months of preparation before the baby is born.  This has been a neat experience and we enjoy learning about the new ways our baby is developing each week.  I can hardly believe that the baby is the size of an avacado right now and will double in size starting this week!  What an amazing work the Lord is doing, forming a child inside a woman.  We have decided we want to find out the gender of the b...