Life is for those who LIVE!!!

Now that I have gotten my maternity pictures back I wanted to capture some last memories of that period of my life.  At the time it seemed so hard to sit here every day and look out my window at life passing me by.   But in reality i had life growing inside me....  yes i missed out on some things that I REALLY wish I could have done but now that Luke is here, it was so worth it. One of my most precious memories of being pregnant are laying in bed with Richie and having him put his hands on my belly.  Everytime Luke moved or kicked his gave his little laugh - it was almost a giggle really.  His excitment was so sweet for me.  It made me feel that much closer to him.  Also, while we were driving, he would reach over and put his hand on my belly as if to protect me.  He would drive like this for a long time.        Another precious memory for me was when Richie and I would lay in bed and read out loud to Luke.  I have a collection of old school Winnie-the-Pooh stories

At this point in my short relationship with Luke I've come to realize two things: 1) I love him more than I ever believed was possible to love another human being and 2) That he has been a little bit of drama from the get go.  The entire pregnancy has been laced with drama at every turn and I had hoped that after he was here, that would be the end of it.  lol little did I know how wrong that idea was.  He seems to thrive on a little bit of drama.  Not enough to make things really bad, but enough to cause a commotion.  I feel like I had a really good delivery.  When i think back on it, i remember just KNOWING that I could push this kid out once i started the whole pushing process.  In fact several songs were playing through my head during this time.  I don't remember them at all except for this one.  It was already a special song for me anyways and the day that I found out we were having a BOY and not a girl, I remember standing at the checkout desk at the Dr. office and this

There is nothing more beautiful than having photos done with your newborn.  It's such a fleeting moment in time and although it may cost a lot of money, it is so, so worth it.  It was important for me to get some staged photos of him         It was also really important for me to capture photos of us in our home.  Just as we were.       And some more staged ones in our home.         

It's so friggan crazy how much my life has changed in 7 short days!!  Let's go back to the beginning where the whole whirl wind started.  I had my last routine dr. appt Thursday, January 24.  My parents came with us to the sonogram so that my Dad could get the experience of seeing an ultrasound.  During the ultrasound, Luke was sleeping as usual and the sonographer had to shake my belly a few times and look around to wake him up.  During this process i could see this "S" shape looking thing in his belly.  I asked the sonographer if that was his intestines or something and she said yes.  I remember saying "that's funny.  I've never noticed that before."  The sonographer didn't say anything at the time.  I then asked if the baby was still facing inward toward my left hip and she said no that he was actually face up.  I remember saying "well i hope he turns back before i am induced next week."  We finished up and I went and got hooked