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We are trucking right along in this pregnancy!  I am so thankful that Lady L and her family are doing so well.  We were able to spend a fun afternoon with them on Sunday, and yesterday we had another appointment.  Baby is measuring right on track now, and which makes us happy.  She must have had a growth spurt right before our last appointment when she measured pretty big.  She has a good amount of fluid, a nice heart rate of 136, and she is still a girl:)  We love seeing her on the ultrasound machine, as that's our time to connect with her.  Lady L feels a lot of movement, punching and kicking, but bebe must sense when we are around, as she really starts to behave then;)  I told Aaron I hope we get to feel her kick sometime, and he replied "you'll regret that phrase when she's 2 or 3."  Lol, totally not what I meant.
We have a few pictures, close to the same facial shots as last time.  We got a really cool view of her rib cage and heart pumping away, but no picture of that.

Next appointment is at 37 weeks (November 19th), and then will increase to weekly check ups.

Thanks so much for your heartfelt good wishes, prayers, and kindness!  Xoxo.

Quick One

I have just a quick post to report today.  I shared our very happy news with my students yesterday.  I showed a picture of Lady L and I, and told them they would recognize one of the people in the picture.  They were very excited, and said that it was me.  They started guessing who the other person was, starting with my sister, and quickly figured it was my cousin.  I told them that she is really special, and a few girls said that she has a baby in her tummy, and one of the boys corrected them, noting that the medical term is actually "pregnant."  Then, I told them that one of the reasons she is so special is because she has a really good tummy for growing babies.  My cousin found out that I didn't have such a good tummy, so she said that the doctors could put my (and my husband's) baby into her tummy, and let it grow there until it's ready to be born.  So, in December I will be leaving, and returning after 12 weeks of being home with our baby.  Most of them looks a little suspicious, like that can't really happen, but decided to believe me anyway.  One girl asked how the baby got there, an I told them I don't know, since I am not a doctor:)  And, another said that I would technically be a grandma once the baby is born, ha ha.  Here are a couple of pictures:

30 Weeks 

32 weeks, 5 days.