32 weeks, 4 days...

I'm sorry that I don't have a picture for you guys as of yet! Justin reminded me I needed to take one and then we both forgot! lol.  Let's see.....I'm feeling okay these days.  I am now having to sleep on the couch because I need to sit up and lay on my back.  My hips are just done.  I'm thankful that we have the couch that we do, because it is totally conducive to being able to sleep sitting up.  it's part of our sectional.  It works great! 

We just finished refinishing our glider that we will use to rock Luke and use to feedings and what not.  It came out pretty good! It used to be a dark cherry wood that had a blue and white strip pattern for the pads.  We received it, for free, from our dear friends, The Westerbeeks! It was a huge blessing! They actually had given it to us a while ago, I think right when we were first starting to try for a baby (not knowing what we would have to go through to get there).  We had the pads recovered by the same company that made our crib bedding for Luke, The Baby Guy.  He is awesome! He's down at the OC swap meet and although his prices are a tad high, his quality can't be beat, and it's custom! He made covers that can easily be removed and washed, that was the best part.  All in all we spent over a 100 bucks on the redo, but it was still a lot less than buying a brand new chair.  Here are some pictures of how it came out! 

 It almost looks bluish, but it's all gray! 

 Those pillows are also from The Baby Guy! 

Justin thought it was pretty comfy!

Thanks Justin for working so hard on getting it painted! It came out so great! 

How I'm doing and how Luke is doing:

I'm feeling pretty good.  Every day is different and I always feel a different way.  Luke is moving....A LOT! 

He rolls, kicks, hiccups and LOVES to push off on my hips, digging those cute little feet into my hips.  

He is roughly a little over 3 pounds now, and its a little over 16 inches long! He's getting bigger! This is all according to my baby app on my phone.  We don't have an actual ultra sound until the end of June to find out how big he is and what position he is in. 

Many of you have asked when we are moving, and I really don't have an answer to give.  We have had so many set backs with Justin's situation with workers comp, that we have no clue.  God does, but we just don't.  At the beginning of this month, we were slammed again with bad news.  Justin's workers comp doctor changed his status from temporary disability to permanent.  Which cut his pay from full to a little over a 1/3.  Ouch.  All of our plans were put on hold.  My aunt is amazing and she is being patient with us.  It's giving her the opportunity to do some remodeling on her house while she is waiting for us to be ready to move in.  It's a good situation all around, but we have no clue in the interim what is happening.  We applied for long term disability, as we are not qualified for short term due to workers comp.  We are just waiting to hear from them to see what is going on.  

We know God has a perfect plan.  We know and are trusting that there will be a rainbow at the end of all this.  Luke is the biggest blessing of all out of all of this.   We are just so excited and it is a much needed distraction for when he comes.  Luke means light of God.  I believe that Luke is our little shining light in the midst of the chaos that has been happening in the last year.  His middle name is Matthew, which means gift from God. And oh what a gift he is to us.  God has shown us grace and mercy and favor through this entire situation that was placed before us, almost a year ago.  God is bringing light and blessings through Luke.  

We continue to pray for Luke and his health and that he will be a perfectly healthy little baby.  

Thanks for standing with us and holding us up on this journey.  We are so grateful for you all.  

What is your shining light this week?  Where do you find your blessings?