Final Trimester

Whew, what a whirlwind the past several weeks have been. Nancy's had a couple more visits with the midwife. Everything has been just fine and reassuring. The most recent visit (Nov. 29) the midwife was able to feel Nancy's belly and deduce that the baby was head down already. She even let Nancy and I feel the baby's head! This was a little squeamish for me personally, but Nancy's continued to try and feel for it since! Nancy also had her glucose test and the results came back normal.

Nancy and I also spent our last Thanksgiving that was just the two of us. We were blessed with a visit from my Aunt Patsy and cousin Austin. The baby got a little taste of some Cajun deep fried tryptophan....mmmm. Nancy also graduated from her beginners sign language course. She was bummed to find out she missed one of the questions and ended up with a 96%. With a couple perfectionists as parents, our child needs prayers! Ha ha.

We haven't really posted anything about finding out the gender of the baby since October. We heard some great stories from both sides and received some good advice. After considering everything, we ultimately decided to not find out. Even after the baby's born, we don't want to find out...just kidding. Seriously though, we're excited about the build-up and surprise. We've told several people we know that the older we get, the fewer surprises we get to experience that are actually pleasant! So, we're gonna savor this one for as long as we can.

Nancy's got just 9 more days till Christmas break, then she goes back to teach on January 7th for 10 more days before taking her maternity leave. She's planning on spending plenty of time relaxing and working on the nursery.

Well, that's all for now. Our next post should be with single digit weeks left!