t-minus 8 weeks and counting

Another few weeks have passed. We have been getting some rain and thunderstorms, but nothing like the rain in Iowa where my sister-in-law and my cousin Katie live. Keep all of the flooded areas in your prayers. We have been fortunate enough to get just enough to keep the grass green and flowers happy without being saturated. For those of you who have heard about the tragic tornado at Little Sioux almost two weeks ago, Ethan was in Colorado that night so Nima and I were home alone. Luckily we did not get any tornados, but I was really scared. God was really watching over us. Keep the families of the Boy Scouts in your prayers as well.

As for us, things keep moving along. I hit the 32 week mark this past Tuesday and had a midwife appointment Wednesday. Everything is going great; I am measuring right on track still despite only gaining 6 ounces. I think the little one is growing because I have been feeling a lot more pressure on my bladder and colon and my ligaments are sore. I have also been more fatigued and have taken a nap after work almost every night this week. I haven't been sleeping well at night and this morning woke up with either a pinched nerve or very sore neck muscle. If I move the wrong way it will catch and almost makes me cry. Unfortunately my chiropractor is not open on Saturdays, so I may have to find an alternative for today.

Last week I had my first birth dream with delivery. I had a dream that I was at Bradley class in labor and said "HELLOOOO, I am having a baby over here, literally" and out came my baby...BOY. Yes, it was a boy in my dream. This is the first dream I've had where I actually had the baby and knew the gender. I have been thinking it is a boy most of my pregnancy, so we shall see.

Ethan is out golfing this morning and I will be going in to work later. I have been volunteering to be on-call some weekends to add to my PTO when the baby comes. I had to miss out on the fun of golfing, but Ethan thinks I am done for the year :(. He has more pictures from the video camera to post, so I will remind him to do that.

Have a fabulous week!

PS. I apologize for the picture formatting issues. The captions are a little "off".

Left: Nima by her tree in the back yard

Below: Nima got a haircut Monday and she was very tired

Left: A view off of our back deck. In the background is our small garden (strawberries, two tomato plants, two zucchini hills)

First Below: Our Bradley class (our last class was this past Tuesday). From left to right starting in the back we are in order of due date with me being the latest due date. I am in the front on the right. Also, the girl in the black shirt in the back on the left just had her baby Thursday. Congrats to her! She was in early labor at class; what a trooper. The one with the baby had hers very early due to HELP syndrome, but mom and baby are doing well and healthy and we all loved seeing the baby on our last day of class. It made me anxious!

Second Below: Our coaches, in no particular order. Ethan is second from the right in the back. The lady is the mom of the girl who just had her baby; her husband had class on Tuesdays so her mom was her Bradley coach.