{Baby Bump — 22 week update}

outfit details: polka dot sweater + gray tee, Target | skinny jeans, Motherhood Maternity | boots, Payless | headband, Lady Like

So the craziest thing happened on Sunday…

I was flying home from Allume and I’m not sure WHY entirely but I was feeling super nervous about my two flights. I knew I was missing Zack + Bauer and was so ready to be back at home with them. The weather was shaping up to be pretty nasty {Hi, Sandy} and so that was probably on my mind… But nonetheless, I was not feeling all really-quiet-then-sleepy like I normally do when I fly. We boarded the plane and started towards the runway. Soon we were driving/flying past all the fall-colored pretty trees {OH, I MISS THE MIDWEST!} and then up! we went into the air. Usually by this time I start to tense up. I close my eyes and breathe and focus on how brave I am to get on an airplane when really it’s the last thing I want to get on. I remember saying, “I am brave, I am brave,” just like always — when all of a sudden the baby started kicking. I was like, shocked. I started rubbing my belly and smiling like such a proud mama, thinking to myself how earlier this year Zack + I got on an airplane with our Compassion friends and flew to Tanzania, Africa, and our entire trip to Africa I reminded myself how I’m brave, seriously so brave to say YES to God when really I wanted to tell Him N-O. And now five months later, here I am, sitting on an airplane, still brave but this time with a 22-week pregnancy belly joining me everywhere I go :) For 10 minutes the baby was kicking inside me, and for 10 minutes I felt like God was really making Himself known to me. It was such an amazing, inspiring feeling. Probably one of the best moments of pregnancy so far :) I can hardly re-tell this story without giant tears forming in my blue eyes… Sunday was an amazing bonding day for me + baby Whitley.

Everything else is going so smoothly!!! We had a monthly baby appointment Thursday morning and everything is perfect. My normal appetite is back and actually, I am super hungry nearly all the time. I have been eating lots of yogurt, fruit {apples, yum!} and drinking lots of water and milk. PB+J is my favorite lunchtime meal :) And brinner {breakfast for dinner} is happening quite often. Zack is happy ;)

Some baby furniture arrived earlier this week and so we’ll finally be putting the nursery together over the weekend. We’re probably doing that as you read this post! Tee hehe.

Oh, and the other night as we read in bed, Zack was able to feel the baby kick, which was sooooo crazy! It made me cry a little bit to be able to share this bonding moment with my man. Lord, you are so good to us! California is still a scary, new adventure but we trust You.

xoxo.