Lately...Luke's World

Luke has been a busy little guy lately!  Soaking up the end of summer with swimming, play time at the park, bike rides, working in the garden, etc.

This summer has flown by!  We registered Luke for soccer in the spring not knowing if fall would ever get here, and sure enough, Luke has already had 2 soccer practices and his first game in just a few days.  Umm, seriously, my son is so darn adorable in his little shin guards and soccer uniforms!  It's so funny watching the kids practice at 4 years old, they push eachother kick the ball, repeat lol.  

We took Luke this weekend, with his Aunt T, to the bubble fest at the science spectrum.  Luke loved every second of that.  We had to bribe with popcorn to leave.  He did not want to leave!  He always does the news reporter booth at the science spectrum for his Aunt T.  He is obsessed with her being on t.v. and now he wants to be so bad.

Luke got super nervous when I went to the doctor without him and they put me in the hospital.  So, now he is a constant companion at doctor appointments.  He asks tons of questions, holds my hand, pats me on the back, etc.  Its cute how protective he is, it also shows me what an amazing big brother and son he is and always will be.  He is constantly kissing my belly, singing , bringing me food, etc.  That is HIS baby, no lie.  He says it like 15 times a day.  "mom, you taking care of my baby?" , "My baby is hungry, lets get some food." Daily conversations lately!

16 weeks!

Baby White at 13 weeks

My mom texted me at 10pm last night...simple.  "Welcome to week 16 little mama, you did it!"

If you follow my blog, or know Justin and I personally, you know HOW HUGE this is!  Even during this pregnancy, there have been struggles, hospital stays, weekly doctor appointments, scares, happiness, celebrations...all in 16 weeks.  But, we are still going strong and me and baby are doing so so so good!

Baby White is still measuring 3 weeks smaller than the doctor would like.  I feel like I've already blown up into a full size whale, yet my doctor is increasing my calorie intake by 300/daily.  So, we have been supplementing fresh fruit smoothies and slim fast shakes.  

We are doing doctor appts every 2 weeks and probably will throughout the pregnancy.  Alternating between listening to the heartbeat and doing sonograms.  I love seeing the baby growing , but I do get exhausted from going so often.  Just being honest. :/  On the plus, we find out the sex on the 28th of this month.  HOORAY!  The whole family is excited and I predict there being 10 people in the room when we find out lol.  The support and love our family & friends have given us is...INCREDIBLE.  The prayers, the sweet messages, food dropoffs, visits, wow, beyond blessed we are.  

Our next baby update will be a sex and name update for our precious little miracle.  A miracle that I was told many of times over the past 3 years I would never have.  Yet, God knew something different.  I feel our miracle moving in my tummy throughout the days, I pray in complete thankfulness everytime.  Not something I will ever take for granted.  God blesses daily, yes He does!