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The waiting. . Yesterday was a first as I got to experience serving as a lead-worshiper while being certain I was in early labor and would find myself at the hospital later that day. . I’m grateful to @katiepeslis for capturing this moment during rehearsal of breathing through what I hoped was an early contraction and choosing stillness even in the midst of music all around me in the surrender and wonder that this might be it. And yet the hours and hours all weekend long of what seemed to be progress eventually slowed and now we are back again to the waiting. . It’s a strange thing to be hoping for the pain to return. But in a metaphor for more areas of life than we often want to admit, there is such an acute awareness in labor that pain and working through the pain is what leads to progress. And its ceasing before it accomplishes what it must - while more physically pleasant - actually reveals that progress is stalled or lost. . However just as this pain is progress and the very real invitation to new life, the waiting has its own gift if we are willing to be present in it and to it. And though I am praying for any indication that “the time has finally come to be delivered,” I am trying to choose to be present in the waiting - to gather my strength, enjoy uninterrupted time with my boys, lean in, surrender the expectations, and rest knowing pain and the progress it brings will be here soon enough and both the waiting and the pain will be worth it to meet this miracle who is preparing for her own journey as am I.

Forced myself to let my picture be taken even though I feel like a giant balloon and have officially graduated into the only wear flip flops stage of pregnancy. Haha. Only 7.5 weeks until baby girl’s due date, though we have a hunch she is going to make an early entrance, which we certainly wouldn’t mind! Also, y’all, I’m going to start wearing a sign saying “Yes, I know October is far away. Yes, I know I look full term now. Yes, I am sure it’s not twins. 😬” I know people, especially strangers 🤷🏻‍♀️, probably mean well, but...bless their hearts. Regardless, I’m so grateful to be carrying this little miracle, and @scottkcrider, Aiden, and I cannot wait to meet you, baby girl!! (And we promise to give you a name hopefully before you are born. Ha)

This is surreal to say the least. . Our brand new Christ Church Choir project, “Your Spirit,” just released, including a music video on Youtube to give you a taste of what we get to experience each week as a worship-leading-choir at @christchurchnashville. You can stream or download these powerful songs on all platforms through the link in my bio. . The arrangements of these songs, which I am honored and humbled to have worked on with @cpnashville & @philnitz were birthed out of a very difficult season for me last year as @scottkcrider & I walked through our two miscarriages. But these songs became an anchor of truth I so desperately needed. . And then we recorded the vocals for this project right around the time I found out we were expecting another child early this year, and again, these songs gave voice to my prayers and my praise. . I will never forget recording the vocals of the song "Your Spirit.”. That day there were early signs that I might have trouble with this pregnancy as well, and I was filled with fear, but I knew I needed to sing. And though I can hear shakiness in my voice that rose up from all the swirling emotions that day, I also hear the deliberate choice to worship as the song continues on. That day was not about performing for me. It was about letting this prayer well up from the depths of me, yielding myself to what God had in store for this project, sure, but most importantly yielding to the truth that it was "not by might, not by power, but by Your Spirit" that I would make it through this pregnancy. . Thank you @brentwoodbenson @mason_brown & @terrylpadilla for believing in us and for championing who we are as a Choir all these years - for honoring the incredible legacy of who we have been and also helping us see where God is calling us to continue to go in the future. And thank you so much to @davidmwiseguy for guiding me through these vocal days and helping me pull out a voice I do not always know is within me - to say it is a privilege to work with you is a vast understatement. . I pray these songs will help give voice to your prayers and praise as you listen and join your own voice and story with ours.

Here is a sneak peak of our new Christ Church Choir project releasing THIS FRIDAY!!! @christchurchnashville @brentwoodbenson

My little man turned 3 on Saturday, and we had the best weekend celebrating him!! (However we might have missed the mark when singing Happy Birthday for his breakfast and he burst into tears! Ha) I love getting to be his mom and learn who he is more and more, and I have truly enjoyed each stage with him more than the last - though I do know we are embarking on threenager territory 😬. We are definitely cherishing the last couple of months as a family of three, though I cannot wait to see him grow into the role of big brother!! Happy happy Birthday, Aiden!!!!

These three think they run @christchurchnashville, and I’m definitely not going to tell them otherwise! I love watching them become like siblings especially every Sunday morning when their moms drag them to band rehearsal and they learn the aisles of the Sanctuary are perfect for racing and playing. I am grateful for our community ☺️

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