Patience is a Virtue

It's Monday morning and I am still pregnant...this means I am officially 3 days over due. I took some time to reflect on this after doing some reading through all my pregnancy books as I worry about how big this child might be getting. Addison was 8 lb 9 oz and due I guess what would be considered 2 days late. I've been doing everything they say to do to "get labor going" - eating fresh pineapple, I got my foot rub, we've been going on walks everyday and I stay active, but only a couple contractions a day. Kevin and I keep asking each other each morning, "Is today the day?" and then when I head to bed at night I say "Better luck tomorrow I guess" But as we come to our last day of this Bank Holiday weekend, I started to feel guilty and I opened another book. My recent book club selection called "Lies Women Believe and the Truth that Sets them Free" because I remembered one of the Truths that I needed to review - It's not about me, it's about Him. God's eternal purposes and plans are far more important than the things that fill our vision and consume our thinking (p. 265) I have to remember that this baby will come on God's time and I need to enjoy each day that I have as it come, no matter what comes with it. We have had a great weekend so far with some lovely weather. We got Addison's new room put together pretty well, just waiting on her new mattress that is coming in Dobberfuhl's sea shipment. We got to go up to city centre on Saturday morning and get a hot roll and people watch...something we haven't done as a family for a very long time. Today we plan to have a picnic at Burghley House or something else that sparks our interest...whatever it is, it will be fun and we'll enjoy the last few times we have just the "three" of us. I need to "let go and let God" determine when this trio will finally become a quartet.