Ultrasound

I first met you

across the sound waves of a foreign world. Through dark shadows

a pulsating beacon of light confirmed your small existence.

Flickering to a self-sustaining beat,

free and strong.

You were barley the length of a sesame seed.

Later, when searching for you in the hazy grayness you waved at me.

Tiny fingers bathed in white, grasping and fluttering.

How did you know it was me who was spying? I smiled and waved back.

At another time I found it no longer hard to find your glowing form on the screen.

More light than dark inside that world now.

I saw your face.

Your lips parted and your outlined tongue

slipped in and out. Like tasting the air or licking your lips, I'm not sure.

I am told when our worlds will meet. The separation of

time and darkness

will come to an end.

No longer will we wave at one another

through sound waves and computer screens, but we will finally touch.

You will see my face.

You will meet me.

A New Chapter

Well, this is it! 

Finally I have broken down and created a blog.

Honestly I have created... three... four?  I think.  But I always got fed up with, bored with, and lazy with them.  So I would just delete them.  Hopefully this one will stick.

The Stapley Saga has been quite an adventure.  The first chapter began on March 6, 2010 when Kyle and I got married.  Though, there was an eight year prequel of friendship that led up to that.  Now, we're expecting to enter into another 'page turning' chapter with a new main character added to this Saga's pages. 

Natalie

She's been a great tag-a-long for about 33 weeks, and is expected to finally come in the first weeks of May.  Though, the doctor measured her in the most recent ultrasound and she was measuring a whole three weeks ahead of what she should be.  We're not sure if she's planning on an early arrival, or if she's just going to be a very LARGE baby in May.

A little about her: 
     She enjoys being extra active around 3-4:00 each day,
     loves it when caffine finally get through me to her,
     doesn't enjoy loud noises or voices,
     and tries to hide from proding fingers of her daddy.
She's also been head down for the past month or so, and I can feel that she is always moving her hands. 

Another reason for this blog is to entertain myself.  I can't walk too well since being pregnant has given me a possible herniated disk in my back, sharp round ligament pain that doubles me over, and now the ribs in my upper chest like to come out of place if I sneeze, twist, or raise my arms above my head.  SUPER fun, believe me. 

Though, I can't complain long.  It's such a wonder to be pregnant.  To know that a littler person is growing inside.  Such a miracle.  Kyle and I can't wait to meet Natalie, to learn her personality and little quirks, and to hold and love her.   

What a huge and amazing new adventure to add to the Stapley Saga!