Waiting for Walt

Waiting is now all we have left to do.


Our hospital bags are packed, the car seat installed, and the house is cleaned to my white glove test, (bringing home baby/nesting!) standard.

Troy is now finished with residency and on vacation until mid July.  What a huge blessing, and such fun.  We will spend the next two weeks soaking up every minute of each other, before Walt arrives.

We are ready.

Now we just wait for our sweet baby.



I sit in his nursery a lot....

and wait....

.....wondering what he will be like.

Will he be shy and timid ......

or bold and brave?

What will be his likes and dislikes?

What will he enjoy?

Will he have dark hair or light?

 Blue eyes, or green?

What will life bring him?

What will he be?

Where will he go?

Who will he love?



The only negative pregnancy symptom I've experienced over the last 9 months, is insomnia.  On a good night, I sleep 4 hours.  The only good thing that has resulted from this symptom, is my prayer time.  And mostly.....  my prayers turn to Walt.

I've spent hours praying for our son.  A lot of prayers are for his health and well being.  Some prayers are for Troy and I....  that we are guided in raising him.  I've prayed for his safety, his childhood, and his teenager years.  I've prayed for his education, his friends....  and believe this or not, I've spent lots of time praying for his future wife.  I pray that Walt loves her as much as Troy loves me.

But more than anything....   I've prayed that Walt loves the Lord.  That he has a heart for Him, longs to know Him, and serve Him.

And I pray that he always knows how much he is loved...

how much he is wanted....

and how much of a joy waiting...and dreaming of him ....has been.

                  
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Reaching the End

Things were so busy the weekend of my baby shower (a few weeks ago), that I never posted about Troy's shower.

But that same weekend, Eric threw Troy a Diaper Party in celebration of becoming a new Dad!

Troy's closest group of guy friends got together for food, games.....

and diapers!

Thank you to my dad for taking these photos for me!

I love that Eric (and Sarah!) did this for Troy.  So often we forget about the new Dad to be.  The mommy is usually the one getting all of the attention.  Thank you Eric and Sarah for making these memories for him.  I know how busy you are with wedding plans and preparing for your own special day.  Thank you for being so good to us.  We love you!



With two showers in one weekend....  this is what our kitchen/great room looked like by Sunday evening!

It took close to a week to unpack and assemble it all.

I loved every minute of it!

It's been almost a month, and I'm still overwhelmed with all of our blessings from the shower weekend!



Here are a few other photos from the last couple of weeks.  I can tell I'm slowing down, because I've been terrible about taking my camera with me....I've missed lots of photos this month.


Troy is finishing up residency this week.  Dr. & Mrs. Parker (his program director), hosted a beautiful dinner to celebrate the outgoing residents.

Many tears were shed at this dinner (and no....not just by me!), as Dr. Parker does so well at honoring each resident.

This program has been so good to us.  Dr. Parker, and so many of the residents have become like family.  I will miss Troy being with this group every day.  I will miss hearing about each one of the residents, and how their day was.  I truly feel that during this residency, we've made a few life long friends.....  which is a wonderful feeling.

I couldn't be more proud of my husband.  He had a very successful residency and as always, made it look easy.

We now have two years of fellowship ahead of us!  After this is all said and done, Troy will have devoted ten years to the study of medicine, six of those years specifically for Pathology.

I've said it before, but the road between the White Coat Ceremony (the beginning of medical school), to the end of Fellowship... is a looooong one.  We don't thank our physicians enough!  They devote a huge part of their lives to studying and preparing to take care of us.

Troy- congrats on finishing Residency!  I'm the proudest wife in the land. ;)
This last year of residency was by far the heaviest, full of ups and downs.  We started your final year of residency this time last year, while dealing with my surgeries..... we lost Dad during this year .....  made a baby during this last year!! .....  you prepared for and took your Boards this year.....and you did all of this and still managed to be Chief Resident!?  You make it all look so easy, always putting me and my happiness first.  I love you, and can't wait to see what Fellowship brings!


Here are a few other photos from the past couple of weeks....


An afternoon in beautiful historic Midway with Cheryl S.....

Dinner with our favorite six month old....

And our last prenatal class!  Mom (Troy's) surprised us and showed up to do the last one with us :).

We also celebrated Father's Day at my Mom and Dad's.......

I could write forever on how good my Dad is to us.  He's made my whole life's happiness, possible.  If not for his selflessness, I wouldn't have had the treasured childhood that I did.  If not for his example and standards.....  I wouldn't have married the man that I did.  If not for his love, I wouldn't be.....me.

And Papa George.....   oh how we miss him.  Every single day.  As much as I despise the place (and as much as I teased him about it), I would have given anything to go to Red Lobster with him this weekend.  Or Famous Dave's.  His favorite Father's Day meals.  Life isn't the same without him.

  


And we can't end this post without a baby update!

Week 32 was done a month ago, but I never posted it.......

And here is this month's......  the FINAL month!!

In the midst of Troy taking the 36 week photo, I realized that it was our very last one.  The last time that I'll pose in front of this wall for a belly photo.  We are scheduled for a c-section at 39 weeks, so we won't take week 40.

I can't help but to get a bit emotional at the thought of my pregnancy ending.....

Carrying Walt has been such a joy!  I've cherished every moment of it.


What an emotional week!  Troy finishing Residency....  us nearing the end of pregnancy....

reaching the end of such milestones is bittersweet.

And oh so exciting.

We went for our weekly appointment yesterday, and I am 1cm dilated!

Counting down the days!


Thanks for reading.

Love,

Kristin

Babymoon Weekend!

I love the idea of a Babymoon!  It's such a sweet concept to me.  It's time away to focus on one another, the joys that lie ahead...  and everything you've created together thus far.

At least that's what a Babymoon was for us.  Time to reflect and relax.  

We packed up and headed away to our favorite weekend relaxation spot.....

With SO many memories here for us, there was no better place to spend our last weekend getaway, just the two of us!

I felt so pampered on this trip.  Troy wouldn't let me lift a finger, carry a bag, and he made sure that the resort gave us the room with my favorite view.....

As always, we enjoyed the resort to the fullest....

.....with so many conversations that started off as "when we bring Walt....."

We filled the weekend with our favorite restaurants.....

.....a movie, and plenty of shopping.

We visited the most precious boutique in Brentwood, Tennessee called, "The Plaid Rabbit."


Everything in it was so darling.....

I wish so badly that we had one here in Louisville.

I think Troy is thankful that we don't, as I wanted one of everything!  :)

I can't wait to go back!

Other than dining and shopping, we took lots of walks....

.....spent an afternoon at one of our favorite Tennessee vineyards (owned by Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn!)...

.....and left plenty of time for relaxation.  We were in bed (and renting movies!) earlier than any vacation we've ever taken.  Which was sweet to me.  It proved that life has already changed, already showing signs of a little one on the way.

I think my favorite memory from this trip was returning to the room one evening to find this.....

Such a nice surprise!


And I know I'll probably always remember the day we left.  As we were walking out of the resort, Troy said, "well..... this is it....  the very last time we leave our resort just the two of us....the next time, we'll be  a family of three."  I squeezed his hand a little harder, and then felt it coming.

For both of us.

I know we got strange looks as we paused for one last look around, a kiss,.....  and a few bittersweet tears.

Tears of reflection of the memories made.... and tears of anticipation and excitement of the memories yet to come.