The other day Jason & I were in town at the Tall & Small, our favourite place in almost all of Antigonish, and as we were getting ready to leave for a walk Jason had the idea to drive out to the beach. Brilliance. We love the beach and found ourselves going from being there at least once a day in Muizenberg because we lived so close to never going at all in favour of a warm house because the beach wind can be cold on this winter coast. That day I think we just needed a bit of adventure so the beach was perfect. We chose the closest one so as not to miss the sunset and the closer we got the more we gaped at the beauty that unfolded before us. Literally mouths wide open gaping. It was like God held off the wind and painted the sky in the softest sunset colours just for us. Thankfully I had my camera and we were able to take a few pictures before our fingers froze to the shutter button. This was Baby Lewis's first time to the beach in Nova Scotia so of course we had to document.
It feels like time has been a bit of a blur these past two months as we prepared to leave South Africa and then as we prepared for our baby here in Canada. Pretty much anything extra has been pushed to the side in favour of walks and naps (lots of naps) and appointments and people and baby preparation reading. Last week was I can't believe I am 37 weeks already and this week is I can't believe we are 38 weeks! This baby is coming soon. Its funny how one of the worries I was often praying thorough and taking to God about was that the baby was going to come early. I think just because we were so far away from where we planned to have him the thought of him coming early was a bit too much even though I had no reason to think he actually would. And that would have been ridiculously early. Once we got to Canada it was much better but I find it so funny now that since he could come any day and we have basically made it to the end I don't think he is going to come for another week at least. I went from I hope he doesn't come early to yeah I don't think he is coming for a while. (I mean if I was him I'd want to stay in there a bit longer. He seems so happy and comfortable although my ribs would definitely beg to differ.) But we will see. We are very ready to have him and to see what he looks like!
Since being in Canada we have gotten to connect with some good friends which is amazingly life giving and heart filling right to the brim as well as travel a bit between Antigonish where we stay and Moncton where Jason's parents stay. We actually spent Christmas in both places and were blessed more than we deserved. We even got to see Jason's Oma who came to visit for the holidays from California which was very special. I was hoping for a white Christmas but it was one of the most mild days we have had since being here. We got lots of snow right after though and although I don't like the cold I love white and snow makes everything white and gorgeous.
As far as the baby goes everything has been great and he is healthy. He has grown tremendously in the past month or so and is always moving around in there. I love it. We had to get blood tests and an ultrasound so they would have all of that on record in their system on this side and they were good too. Our ultrasound was so fun. We hadn't seen him like that since my 20 week one and he was soooo much bigger. The lady showed us all his body parts and facial features and said one of his feet was up in my ribs and the other was pushing on my stomach. I didn't need an ultrasound to tell me that haha. I think my favourite from the ultrasound besides seeing he was all healthy was that you could even notice a little bit of hair on his head. Way to make my heart melt and freak out with joy all at the same time. It was just so cute to see those little wisps. We will see if he has lots of hair or not any day now.
Keep praying for us and for him as we approach labour. I can't wait. People often ask if I am afraid but I think honestly I can say I am not, I am mostly excited. It's a huge thing and on the other side of it we get to have our baby! We are also in amazing hands as our hospital here seems wonderful and our Dr. is one of my favourite women in the whole world and I have so much trust in God that He is going to be tangibly present. There are so many scriptures about labour and birth and they bring me so much peace. God formed this baby and He is going to bring him out. He is more excited about this than I am.
I guess that's my update. Happy New Year and all of that too. May 2016 be as wonderful as you hope and dream it to be.
