Belly Button Sweat :)

That's right, you read it correctly, belly.button.sweat. We have now reached the stage in Liliana's growth and development that her mama's belly button has become very flat. It is not an innie, it is not an outie, it is just straight across. For that very reason, I get a circle of sweat where my flat belly button is every time that I work out. We joke that Liliana is working hard too, thats her little armpit sweating. If anything pregnancy is verrrry good for humility!

I came across a beautiful quote the other day about pregnancy, so beautiful that I thought I'd share with you all. I know that every single mom, grandma, great-grandma out there will identify with it!

"Pregnancy is itself a symbol of deep hospitality. It is the giving of one's body to the life of another. It is a sharing of all that we have, our cell structure, our bloodstream our food, our oxygen. It is saying 'welcome' with every breath and every heartbeat. And for many others that welcome is given irrespective of the demands made on one's own comfort, health or ease of life. For the demands of this hospitality are greater than almost any of our own. And the growing fetus is made to know that here is love, here are warm lodgings, here is a place of safety. In hiding and in quiet the miraculous growth can take place."

Elaine Storkey

It is Holy Week, almost Easter! I can hardly believe it!!! Do you have anything special planned, our dear loved ones? It is always so hard being away from family during beautiful celebrations such as this, but Joe and I have been invited to Easter lunch and to a bbq on Easter Saturday, so we will be very well taken care of!

I'll leave you with a beautiful Matt Maher Song, to contemplate His sacrifice for us this week. We must remember that anything we have been through, He has suffered already for us! Pain, rejection, loneliness, fear...we should run to His arms.

We love you, our dear ones, and we miss you so deeply. We often lie in bed at night and day-dream about the next time we get to see you, and then we write down all of the things we can't wait to do with you and show you.

Have a beautiful Holy Week! xoxoxo