Felt on the "Outside"

Well, it is official, I am not just fat. I am actually pregnant. Benji felt Grayson for the first time last night. His eyes got real big and he sounded like a little kid. "I felt him!" Then he went back to his normal joker self and said. "Well, I am glad to know there really is a baby in there and you are not just getting fat." Gotta love him right. Lord knows I must.
No seriously, Benji was so excited. He has been a little more touchy on my belly ever since. He says "I want to feel him again". He talks about how I have his little man in there. I really love it.
I am enjoying this so much, and I feel terrific. It is so amazing thinking about our son all curled up and snug inside my growing belly. Now that Benji has felt him, I think it feels more real for him too. We are on the downhill slide. I am right at 22 weeks. 18 to go if I go to term. Keep praying for us.
Love you!

Amazing!

So, I was talking to a friend today about how amazing this whole pregnancy has been, but how sad I am for Benji. As wierd as it may sound, I feel bad for him that he will never be able to experience what I am going through. I know God didn't create men to "experience" pregnancy. I know that Benji is still such a huge part of this time, but he will never feel what I am feeling. To know that you have this little tiny life inside of you, to be able to feel him when he moves, to see him on the ultrasound and know that what you are looking at is actually happening in real time; Benji will never know that feeling.
It is amazing. I am halfway today. 20 weeks. It is exciting and sad at the same time. I feel so incredibly blessed. I am amazed everytime I feel something move in me. I am so excited every time I get busy and stop and remember I am pregnant. I am responsible for this little tiny innocent being in me. God trusted me to carry one of his own. How incredible. God is so good.

Grayson Robert Frank

We have a name! We also swore that we would keep it a secret and that has just become too hard. Our little man will be Grayson (Gray) Robert Frank. We are VERY excited and love that we can call him by his name now instead of "it" or "him". So please, feel free to get things monogrammed:-)
Love you all!

Erin and Benji