First 'official' contraction

That's right! The end (and new beginning) is near!

During this morning's stress test (for the baby's health) a contraction was registered on the paper that the little machine/monitor spews out.

At the end of the session the paper makes it look like Nat was taking a lie detector test or something. Anyway, all is well with mother and child and I'm on call 24/7 as the designated driver.

: o )

How precious is this child? See:
Matt 10:30-31

Names

Not knowing the gender obviously doubles the struggle over names.
Fortunately, we've decided on a girl's name: Olivia Marie

Potential boy names (all with the middle name Edward):
Clayton, Colin, Gavin, Simon and Lucas.

The 'right' one changes daily (hourly).
Ugh!

Car seat & go-bag

We continue to inch closer to the happy day!

Got the car seat in the van (under supervision of an experienced neighbor) and have cobbled together a hospital 'go'-bag.

The baby continues to move and kick - ALOT!

We're amazed at the miracle that continues to grow inside of Nat and can't believe how close she is to delivery! Thank God that we're in the homestretch.

; o )

Passing week 37

Better late than never, right? Been meaning to get a blog up and running to detail our parenthood 'adventure' and archive lessons learned along the way.

We passed the 37 week milestone on Thursday, 13 March.

The baby is kicking like crazy!
We call those moves: 'baby tae-bo' : o )

So grateful to God for this creation; this child.
Can't wait to see this kid!

Boy/Girl? Glad we opted NOT to find out the gender...