Well, Biscuit officially "told" us 2 weeks ago that he will be our first SON! Tim and I are so excited to be having a little boy and even with his skeletal little face we think he'll be adorable!! :) We decided to name him Bauer Mark Smith. Bauer just because we liked the name and Mark after my dad. God continues to bless us abundantly!
Things have been great for the Smith family lately. I'm getting bigger by the day (which of course means Bauer is too :) and finally feeling good consistently. Our little guy is already really active. I felt his first little kicks around 13 weeks, Tim felt a nice big kick at 15 weeks, and he has been moving constantly ever since!! I have a feeling he will keep us entertained to say the least! Ha! At his ultrasound, the doctor said all of his vital organs are developing well, and he shows no signs of any problems, praise God! She also said he is measuring exactly on his due date at this point, so we'll see when he decides to grace us with his presence. I can't wait for that day!
The day Tim and I found out that he was definitely a little boy, we got to spend a wonderful evening together to celebrate. Tim had done some work for a friend and been given a gift card to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, so we decided to eat there. It tasted absolutely AMAZING and it was so fun to get dressed up and have a date together to just be excited and daydream about little Bauer. We already feel so blessed that God picked us to be his parents! We can't wait until we get to see him again in a few weeks on that tv screen, and then in just a few months face to face!!
I don't want to sound like I'm trying to be "annoyingly spiritual" or anything, but I can't help but think lately about the parallels between the process of growing a baby and life in Christ. Just as God planted a little egg inside my womb and started a new life, He put His Holy Spirit inside my heart so many years ago and my life was made completely new. Then began a long process of growing and changing- for Bauer and for me- which was not always easy. And just like a baby's birth comes at such a painful cost to his mom, so also my new life in Christ came at the most painful cost to Himself. But the best part- that wonderful, blessed, amazing day- when we meet each other face to face...that day makes the high cost SO worth it. And I have a feeling that both of those days will be filled with tears of joy! A friend of mine recently posted this on her facebook page and I LOVED the thought:
"What a day that will be, when my Jesus I shall see. To look upon His face, the one who saved me by His grace. When He takes me by the hand and leads me through the promised land, what a day- glorious day- that will be!"
Needless to say, I am counting down the days until I get to see my son's precious little face. And I can't help but think that maybe God is doing the same thing as He waits for me to join Him one day.
...and what a glorious day that will be!
