I've always said that you will never hear any news on this blog before you would hear it from me, and I think that rings true with our surprise baby news, right?
I'm not really the type of gal to go super in depth with baby talk. If you know me at all, or read this blog, you know that I'm not really the "aww, it's a baby" girl, and my maternal instincts are often lacking. You also probably know that because I don't exactly swoon over babies, my (our) desire to have a child has been about building a family, and not a severe case of the baby crazies (maybe more like fear of baby cooties...?).
And because you know all of this, and you know I don't typically babble on about baby stuff (ok, I DO babble, but not about this), I'm going to ask for a little bit of leniency just this once. I'd like you to indulge me for just a few minutes... Why? Because this is pretty much the biggest adventure (other than marriage) that Ryn and I have ever embarked upon, and I think I should at least do Baby Lindstedt justice by sharing some fun details about our journey so far. So read on, or don't, either is fine with me :)
- Baby Lindstedt is due Feb 2014... we're hoping it's not on the 14th, because that is a birthday that no kid will EVER live down! :)
- We're praying for a happy and healthy pregnancy and baby. It's been a bit of a bumpy ride so far, but we're choosing to live in God's peace and grace (as if there's any other way to make it through! :))
- We'll be finding out Baby L's gender (hopefully!) in two and a half weeks. Boy or girl, doesn't matter to us, just a healthy lil' peanut is our goal! The Lindstedt and Alsdurf patriarchs are at odds with their guesses - the Rando thinks it's a boy, Dan-the-man thinks it's a girl, so the question is, who will win the martini bet?!
- We're preparing for this new adventure with a lot of prayer! Ry is a "take it as it comes" personality type, and I tend to be more of the "planner" type, so we are striving to live in the present each day, be thankful for this opportunity, and not get stressed out about the future.
- We know that having a baby will change us, and for the better, but one thing that we are very set on is not letting a baby change our support and love of one another, our commitment to our friends, family, and community, or our dedication to our relationship with God. We know there will be a lot of change, much of which we probably can't even fathom at this point. However, we don't want having a baby to dictate how we live the rest of our lives. Instead we want to focus on how God uses change to grow us and how this baby will be a part of that... and of course treasure our chance to be parents!
Alright, I think that's enough baby-babbling for now! Thanks for your love, support and prayers, we deeply appreciate them - all three of us :)
