3am before a Newborn

Well it's 3am. I've already been up twice tonight to put a silly toddler back to sleep. He's been having some weird eating habits for the last two days and has been up a couple of times for the last two nights. I decided to give him some bread and grapes (it's 3am, I couldn't put together much more than that) and then we said a quick prayer that that would help him feel better and he'd be able to sleep the rest of the night. 

I'm laying in bed now. The house is quiet, except for Travis' light snoring next to me and the fan whirling above my head. As I've been laying here, I've started to think about the changes occurring in the next days and weeks. The smallest Moore will arrive soon. I start my weekly dr appts tomorrow. I start classes (online) tomorrow. Wesley turns 2 next month. We still need to finish the boys' rooms. We speak in church next Sunday. We both just got new callings. All of these things and more have me feeling so incredibly grateful. 

I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed by the thought of adding a new baby into the mix. But The Lord knows me, knows what I've been feeling, and has blessed me immensely with recent opportunities that have allowed me to feel at ease about being a new mom again. You see, I always thought "new moms" were first-time moms of one child. And they are. But every time someone has a child, they become a new mom. Maybe they're new to motherhood altogether. Maybe they are new to being a mom of two kids or three or 4 or 7. Whatever the case, I'm going to be mom to a beautiful new little boy that I'm so excited to meet. This miracle of life will bring to my life many challenges, I'm sure, but that's what life is all about.

 To learn and to grow.