Ready to meet our son.......

Well God is so good. I had a Dr. appt this morning and already dialated one cm. That just means we are under way. It means he could come tonight or next week. Basically
it is all up to Tanner at this point. Our little boy is already running the show. Ha Ha Billy and I are so ready to meet him and hold him. God is so good! We know he is in complete control. I am just staying busy and getting through moment by moment. His room is completely done except for putting up a few shelves and we hope to get those up today. I love his room because it is so peaceful and calm. We are so blessed with family and friends who have helped us and been there for us. We truly would not have what we have without all of you. So thank you! There are two scripture verses that I am clinging to at this point. "I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me." Phillipians 4:13 and "May the Lord continue to bless you and your children." Psalms 115:14 (THE MESSAGE). I know God is with us. I am posting a few pictures of his room so far and will post more later!

37 weeks and counting......

I am so ready to meet our son. I love this little boy so much. He is very active tonight and I know he is ready to meet us as well. His room is almost done and I love the way it is so cozy and calm in there just like I had hoped. I will post pictures in a couple weeks after it is completely finished. Just waiting for his chair and putting up a few shelves. Well getting close. I know God has his hands on us. The verse I am clinging to is "I can do all things through christ who strengthens me." (Including labor ha ha)

Sept. 24th 2009

Wow! Hard to believe that I am over 32 weeks pregnant already. Billy and I are so blessed. Today I thought I was meeting Billy at work to put Tanner on our insurance, go to lunch, and go shopping and turns out that they were having a surprise pot luck for us at his office. What a blessing and huge surprise. I am so grateful. Billy works with some wonderful people and we are so fortunate. I have my 33rd week check up on Mon. and then the following Thursday October 8th we go back to Shand's for another sonogram. I know God is taking care of our son. He moves all the time. No particular time of day anymore just whenever he feels like it. I feel great too. Besides getting tired. I know this will be a big kid. I know he will be so special and I can not wait to hear him call me mommy. Today was great and I thank God for all he continues to bless us with. Not only has my Faith been stronger through this I know what it is like to truly turn things over to My Heavenly Father. I have complete trust in HIM!

30.5 weeks...

We had a great visit at Shands on 9/11/2009! On a day we took time to honor and remember the fallen heroes of the United States, we had a chance to celebrate the upcoming life of our son! By measurement, he is weighing over 4 pounds! His left kidney remains enlarged, probably due to obstruction, but it has not enlarged much further since our last visit. The doctor was pleased with that, so we praise God for answered prayer! When the nurse was taking the measurements, Tanner was hiding his face behind his arms...playing coy peek-a-boo already...

When the doc came in, Tanner showed us his face! WOW!!!!! Here are the pictures we got to see...

Here is his mouth and nose! These are the same pics, we just rotated them...



Here is his little face!



And here it is rotated...


It is safe to say that God knows exactly what he is doing!

Ecclesiastes 11:5
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

29 weeks and counting........

Well Praise God I had a good check up today! All blood work came back normal and we are so happy about that. I go next Friday for another sonogram. Little Tanner is growing and growing. I am such a proud mama. His room is all painted. Thanks to his grampy. (Billy's dad) And his closest doors have been fixed thanks to his papa. ( my dad) And the room is all emptied out and clean thanks to his daddy and uncle Seth. This baby is so loved and everyone is eager to meet him. I am at such peace thanks to Jesus my Savior. He is in total control and for that I am thankful. Now we just get to fill up his room with all his new stuff. I can not wait for my church shower in 2 weeks. I am so excited to have a church family that loves us so much. Well that is it for now. God is so good!

27 1/2 weeks...

What a wonderful day we had today! We had a visit to Shands for a level 2 ultrasound today. We were very pleased. Tanner is weighing about 2.8 pounds at 27 1/2weeks! He has a blockage in his left kidney, but the doctors are feeling quite confident that it is not effecting anything else at this time. We have known about it for some time; we know that God is in control and continues to protect Tanner! We continue to be bold in our prayers, and know that God knows what He is doing and does not need our directions!

This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all.

~1 John 1:5


Here we are just after the ultrasound! I told Mendy it looks like we are showing off our catch from a fishing trip!


Look at my Spirit-filled wife! This is my best friend, and it is a privilege to see how God is moving in her, and through her!

And we had such a long morning, she posted up on the bed for a brief re-grouping!

As I approached with the camera, she and Nani, the guard-dog, looked at me like I was Paparazzi!

And here he is...

Tanner Heath Spivey!

God is so good!

My darling husband

Well I am 26 weeks already! Tanner is coming sooner than later! I love this little boy so much and I have not even officially met him yet. Billy is such a good husband. He bought me two more outfits tonight. So nice! I hope I do have another baby after Tanner just so I can get the most out of my maternity clothes. I am so blessed and I will not let the enemy rob me of the joy of being pregnant. God has blessed us with THIS child. His word tells me Chlildren are a reward from him. I know that to be true! Please continue to pray for our family and especially for our son Tanner!