Let's Get Excited.....

Yikes!  Only a few days to go!!!!!!!!

Sorry, for the lack of posting lately.  As you can imagine, we are busy getting ready to meet our Baby Boy!  This is how excited I feel:

Time has flown by since we found out about our court date in Uganda, and now its finally time to get there!

We have prepared... and... packed... and... prayed.  We've waited... and... wished... and... waited some more.  Baby Boy has been waiting too!

It thrills me to think that he won't have to go another week with out a family!

My emotions have been all over the place over the last week.  There have been times of pure excitement, almost too much to handle.  But strangely, I have also been sad to think about the changes that are coming and that our lives, just the two of us, will never be the same again.  I guess you could say I am mourning our loss!  It's just that I love our marriage!  I love the two of us.  I love everything we do together and everything we are free to do without the responsibilities of children.  It is so wonderful.  But the thing is, it is a season.

I am about to start a brand new, and wonderful, season!  Having a little one in our lives is something we've wanted for a while, so we are not sad about that!  It's learning to live in a new reality, for me.  It's me finding out all the wonderful new experiences I can have as a mother, and we can have as parents.  Yes, it means I will have to let go of a few "freedoms" of our life of two, but I hope to gain so much in different ways.

It's like what I felt when I was about to turn 30.  I was dreading it!  I got anxious about it, and thought my life was about to be over and going downhill!  And then I turned 30, I accepted it, and moved into a new season.  By the next birthday, it wasn't a big deal anymore.  Sometimes I can get all worked up prior to an event, and it turns out that I was totally wrong!

Among the other emotions this week are feeling overwhelmed about all that needs to get done before we leave, and feeling totally ready to go.  Mark said the other night, "I think this is the most prepared we have been for anything before."  It's true.  Believe me, this is an act of God!  The usual procrastinator in me is often up till 3am the night before we leave still trying to pack and get everything ready to go.  Or maybe you can call this an act of motherhood!  Nesting!  I haven't been able to fall asleep easily.  I can't imagine I will sleep much the night before we meet him.

As we get closer to leaving, I am just full of excitement and ready to get going!  I am hoping to post while in Uganda, but not sure yet how often.  Pictures will be coming soon!