The honor is mine.

I am due in February with our second child. A baby girl. She is moving in me and with every motion I feel, it makes me even more aware of the beauty of all God has created.

By 3 weeks in the womb, she was a tiny little ball, ALIVE, and rapidly taking on a more human shape. She was taking in oxygen and receiving nutrients.

By 6 weeks in the womb, her nose, mouth and ears that we will spend so much time kissing, had already taken shape.

By 6 weeks, her heart that we already treasure, was beating about 100 to 160 times a minute- almost twice as fast as mine- and blood began to make it course through her tiny body.

By 10 weeks, her vital organs- including her kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver- were in place and even began to function.

And now, at 20 weeks, her little body is still growing and getting ready to function outside the womb.

I cannot WAIT to hold those tiny hands that I feel swiping across my belly. I cannot wait to tickle those toes that kick me every once in awhile. I cannot wait to hold my little girl, who's heart that was beating so early and fast, I treasure so dearly already. My baby woman, I cannot wait to teach her and guide her in all God's Ways, to be the woman He has created her to be.

We waited for her. We pray for her. And God chose THIS time, to be the time to bless us with this sweet miracle of His Creation- a baby to love and care for.

My awesome Lord- I will give her to Jesus. I feel honored to be her mother.

For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.

Psalm 139:13-14