Sorry it's been so long since I posted on here. On Sunday, June 28th, David and I were getting ready for bed. I had just gotten out of the shower and I was getting dressed and my water broke. David called the hospital and explained what had happened. The nurse at Labor and Delivery told us to come right in. When we got there I was already 7 cm dialated. Things started progressing rather fast. We walked the hallways and I rocked in a rocking chair through the contractions. Around 3 am I was 10 cm dialated and they told me that I could now push. At 3:54am on June 29, Freedom entered the world weighing 8 lbs, 7 oz and measuring 21.7 inches long. She is such a wonderful blessing from God. Thank you so much for all the prayers. By the way, she was also born on my mom's birthday. :)

Went to the dr again yesterday and had my membranes stripped again. Dr said that she is sorry she was wrong but says I should be going at any time. We went out to an Italian restaurant last night for Eggplant Parmesan. It was delicious but as of yet, it hasn't helped. I am starting to have more frequent contractions but nothing that is painful or hard to handle. Freedom is still in there moving around like crazy! I'm getting so excited to meet her! Please continue to pray for us. It's so hard to not be anxious. David mentioned to me last night that he thinks God is trying to teach us a lesson in patience and trusting in Him that things happen in his time. :)

I went to the dr again yesterday and she said that everything is just right for her to come. I am 3 cm dialated and my cervix is thinned. She said that her head is properly positioned and I have a "bulging bag of water". Dr said that I could have gone last night or today sometime. Well apparently it didn't happen last night but I'm just waiting for either that water to break or for me to get these painful contractions that everyone is talking about. ;) Please keep David, Freedom, and me in your prayers as we go through a whole new experience! :)

We had a wonderful, encouraging, uplifting Gospel Meeting with Kevin Maxey last week. It was great to see him again since we haven't seen him since 2006. The meeting was from Sunday (7 June) to Thursday (11 June) and he stayed with us. Having him in our home was such a pleasure. There were also 2 brothers in Christ who came from other countries to be here for a few days. One (Gert) of them from the Netherlands and the other (Peter) from Belgium. It was great to have them here as well.

Also, as far as this pregnancy is concerned... I am officially 39 weeks 1 day. On Thursday I have an appointment to see how it's progressing and to possibly strip the membranes again. Last Monday (the 8th) I had this done and the dr said that I was 2 cm dialated at that time. Thank you for your prayers!!! :)

Now I'm 37 Weeks and Freedom is considered Full Term!!! Thanks be to God that she is doing so well and is growing just as she should be. David and I pray for her health everyday and I know that God answers prayers. :)

The baby shower on Friday was a great success. We had about 13 people show up. We got so much stuff that it took me an hour and a half to take off all the tags and it was 3 loads of laundry!!! We had a lot of fun though too. I have 12 T-shirts that people decorated with fabric paint. They turned out really cute! I'm really looking forward to our little princess coming but I'm still frightened knowing how big of a responsibility it is to train up a child in the ways God would have us do.

Thank you again for all the prayers! David thinks she's going to come early but I'm hoping she holds out until my parents and brother get here on the 26th. We shall see! :)