Update on Dana

Please forgive me for not updating in a while, I have been so busy!! My pregnancy is going very well and Dana is growing beautifully. We went for our 3d Scan yesterday and we got some cute pics. She is now 1.2kg and continuing to grow. Can you believe I only have 9 and a half weeks left before I meet her? Time really does fly by.

I will be going for my 30 wk appointment next week so will give another update then.

Till next time, keep the faith, keep on smiling, and live life to the fullest!!

ITS A GIRL!!!

Sorry I have not been around to update for a while, we found out it was a girl!!!! We are so excited, so from now on, we will be calling our baby by name Dana!!! My appointment went very well, all is good on her side and she is growing nicely. She weighed 443grams, which I am sure is much more by now...lol!! Her heartbeat was 163 bpm and growing well according to measurements. Mommy is also doing well, her blood pressure is normal and only put on 1 kg.
My next appointment is on the 7th March, time is going by so fast now, cant believe I have 3 more months left, I really would like it to go by very fast!!! Unfortunately I dont have a pic of the ultrasound, because the radiologist blessed the 2 grannies with the pics.
Here's some food for thought:

GOD'S HELP

God's help never fails and how much we receive depends on how much our hearts can believe.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You annoint my head with oil, my cup overflows. Psalm 23:5

Today your heart and cup can overflow.

Thanks so much for sharing this happiness with me, and coming along with me on my journey!!

Happy New Year!!!!

Well, it has been a long time since I have posted, come to think of it, it was last year!!!! Happy New Year to everyone. 2007 I know is going to be a year of blessings, prosperity for everyone. Everyone is proclaiming this year the LORD's year and I cant wait to see the miracles and God's awesome hand working this year.
Here is some food for thought:

QUIETNESS OF MIND

Give us through the coming year quietness of mind. Teach us to be patient. And always to be kind.

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. Psalm 40: 1

Today develop more patience and value the calm that can be yours.

Update on me:
I am now 20 weeks and 4 days pregnant. I cant believe that I am more than halfway and only have 3 more months to work until I go on Maternity Leave. I am so looking forward to it, and to hold my baby in my arms!! Oh, just 1 week and a half to go for my detailed scan, we are hoping to find out the gender, please pray that baby will play along!!!! We have already decided on names, so if it is a girl she will be called Dana, which means bright day and if its a boy he will be called Ethan, which means strong. It feels like an eternity to be waiting for next Friday, but hopefully it will be here soon, not many sleeps to go...lol!!!

I pray that all who read this blog will be blessed this year and that your purpose in God will be found. He loves you and wants the best for you no matter in what season you are in, hang on to that. Jesus loves you so much, that He laid down His life for you. No greater love has one ever found!!!!

Next week I hope to update with pictures of my growing bump and how baby is doing!!! Thank you for coming along on this journey.

Until next time
God bless!!

The gift of love

The gift of love...
"And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet: "Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means 'God is with us.'" When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. But he did not have sexual relations with her until her son was born. And Joseph named him Jesus. Matthew 1:21-25 NLT

Christmas is a time of sharing, caring, giving, but above all, it is a time to demonstrate the powerful and living force called love... God is love. It was His intense love for you and I that caused Him to send His beloved Son to earth. This was the greatest gift ever given through all the ages. A gift cannot be earned, cannot be bought, and is freely given. Matthew 10:8 says that "freely ye have received, freely give". One thing that you and I can give is love. Oh that we would all get a revelation of the power of Gods love that manifested and demonstrated through us has the ability to impact people’s lives.
Love never fails! When we love those around us, we can be certain that change will come. This is a time when families should be together, but through circumstances some have become fragmented and divided.

May God give you the courage to reach out to your loved ones and bring healing to your family at this time. May we all respond and share His love with the lonely, hurt and disillusioned.
Freely we have received from Him, let us freely give during the festive season.

The Way of Love1 Corinthians Chapter 13 (Message Bible)
1If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 2If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing. 3-7If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.
May this season bring joy to you and your whole family.
God bless

Christmas is approaching!!!

MEANINGFUL LIVING

If we lived Christmas each day as we should, and make it our aim to always do good, we'd find the lost key to meaningful living that comes not from getting but from unselfish giving.

They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed. Psalm 37:26

Today live by the principle, "It's far more blessed to give than to receive"

I really want to bless all of you with a wonderful festive season, I will be going on holiday soon and will pop in from time to time to update my blog, so till next time.....

Have a good holiday, take it easy on the roads and remember,

God loves you!!!

MY BUMP PIC

I hope you are all having a good morning, just thought I would share my 12 week bump pic with all of you, and some food for thought....

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

In counting our blessings, we find when we're through we've no reason at all to complain or be blue.

A faithful man will be richly blessed. - Proverbs 28:20

Today count your loved ones as your top priority and blessing. It is also important to be remembered by your loves ones. For which reason, characteristic, personality trait, or act of kindness do you wish to be remembered? Think about it. Work on it.

Hope you all have a blessed day, until next time....

My pregnancy thus far

I am now in my 13 week of pregnancy. I give all praise and glory to God for reaching this stage.

I will from here on out update you on a monthly basis along with the birth and lots of pictures, thank you for sharing my miracle in progress with me.

Baby is doing well, the nuchal fold is in normal range so no worries there, and baby is now 65mm, heartbeat 160 bpm, and moving all around. I saw the little hands and feet and spine. It was a beautiful sight seeing my baby, I am on cloud nine. My EDD LMP is 16 June and EDG is 19 June, so my doc says he will be doing a Caesar at 38 weeks, so looks like it will be in the 2nd week, around the 5th June. So my next appointment is in 4 weeks time again on the 12th of January 2007!!!

Thank you for reading my story and coming along on this journey with me, until next time.....