Estrogen it is!

Yes, It's a girl. 

Check her out!

She's lookin right at the camera. She showed us the goods right away(thankfully) then she got shy and was hiding her face toward my back, but we got the money shot.  A lot has happened since last blog. We've officially moved in and now I got some nestin to do. Our house already had a boy/blue nursery in it so i gotta add some pink but we'll get er' done.

We were so excited for the sonogram. It was like anticipating Christmas (for anyone who really knows me it doesn't get better then Christmas) The sono was on Friday and as each day passed in the week every morning Matt or I would roll over and say to the other "4 more days", "3  more days" "2 more days", etc. :-)  Friday comes and I can hardly stand it. For Saturday we had a "baby reveal" party planned with a few family and friends so we were really hoping the baby wouldn't be crossing the legs.

We show up for my appointment and its obvious there is some confusion between the nurse and doctor. Long story short they forgot to schedule the sonogram last time. They were able to schedule us for Saturday morning at ten o'clock. (The party was at 1) Needless to say we were pretty bummed. My husband especially was quite upset. Saturday morning I was getting a shower and just talking to God. I knew there was a reason he had me rushing around between the cable guy coming to install, Internet guy coming to install,finish some cleaning, and cooking chili before a oh-so inconvenient ten am sonogram appointment. I hoped I'd be able to make it back in time to  make my pink or blue cupcakes (depending on the baby's goods) before the fam got there. I said "God, I know stuff happens for a reason, even rescheduling this appointment so I'm not going to trip." He was going to show me...

While we were waiting in the radiology waiting room a woman came in. I could tell she was a little distressed. She was wringing her hands and kept closing her eyes and talking to herself, I assumed she was praying. So God and I start a dialogue. Right away I knew I was supposed to pray for her. I don't mean close my eyes in my chair and say a quick prayer, I mean get up and walk over to her and lay hands on her type of prayer. So my argument went like this. "I really don't want to embarrass this women or myself. I definitely don't want to make a scene." So i tried to ignore her. Yeah, God wasn't going to let that happen. As  clear as a bell it was "Audrey, this is why your here today." I felt nervous. So I thought what's the worse that can happen. She can say ," No i don't want prayer" and I go sit back down and the room is slightly awkward.  "Lord, I really don't want to do this."    'JUST BE OBEDIENT'   yikes...EXHALE...ok here I go.

I walked over to her and just simply asked "Can I pray for you?" "YES PLEASE" was the response and she started to cry. Her husband had just had a heart attack and she wasn't able to get a hold of any of her kids. So I prayed over her and her family Gods comfort, healing and love. She gave me a huge squeeze at the end and thanked me over and over.Of course right after I was asked back for my sono so I didn't have a lot of time to talk with her. I'm just glad I didn't miss it. 

Here's the thing. I'm disobedient probably more then I'm obedient and that is such a shame. There are divine appointments in our life, and if we miss them we could be causing someone else to miss out on their defining moment.  We can not let fear hold us back. God loves using people. Especially broken people to bring about his purpose. It's a humble thing to think God rearranged my 'so important' schedule so he could show this lady in her hour of need He was there to comfort her. At times fear runs my life  and I'm so tired of it. With a child on the way I know the enemy will have plenty opportunity to tempt me with fear. By God's grace I hope I don't ever become a stumbling block to his will in my life, my husbands life, my child's life, or even a complete stranger but that He will able to trust me.

So super cool my baby is already being used in ministry. WATCH OUT WORLD!

On a less spiritual note, LET THE SHOPPING BEGIN. Black Friday is around the corner and now I can actually buy that super cute baby outfit/stuff I see (finances depending).  I still have so much unpacking and organizing to do. I might just go do that now while husband plays old school Nintendo.  But it's super important because he has ten lives left and he's really far.:-) I love him so much.

I'll be better about updating now that we have Internet service at the house. Love you all.