35 and 35

Today I'm 35 weeks with 35 more days til due date!

The kids have transitioned now to sleeping in the same room and are doing pretty well going to bed, but are now, oddly, waking up several times at least throughout the night (sometimes ten) for various reasons. I know God knows what I need... but I feel like what we all really need is a good night's sleep! I pray almost every night with the kids that we will all sleep well, with good dreams, the whole night through. I'm not sure this will happen anytime soon. If you'd like to pray with us, you can pray specifically that Lucy and Adam will create new habits of sleeping well throughout the night. I'm not so sure I can handle three children keeping me up all night, every night, for months. But like I said, God knows what I need and He is not surprised by our current season.

34 Weeks

I think this baby had a growth spurt this week.

43 more DAYS til due date.

Memories (old video of Lucy) + Appointment Update

Pete and I had a sweet time a few nights ago night looking through old pictures and videos of our kids (after our kiddos were finally asleep in the same room!). Our hearts just melted and we were reminded of how cute they were and how much we enjoyed them at that stage. Looking back and remembering makes us want to be more intentional about enjoying them now.

My prayer request yesterday at my church Bible study was for patience and wisdom for me and Pete in parenting. As I think about another baby joining our family, I eventually want to look back on this next year with the same sweet memories.

I had my almost-33 week doctor's appointment yesterday. As usual, thankfully, everything looks good. He said my personal glucose monitoring numbers looked good, and even confirmed that the head was down!

Here's a video of Lucy when she was Adam's age:

Go U NU!

Some pictures from our homecoming game day today!

The only one when Adam smiled.

 

Throwback to Fall of 2006. I was a junior, Pete and senior.

This is when NU wasn't very good at football, but we had fun going to games anyway.

Friends

Before a bowl game when I was 6 months pregnant with Lucy.

At the bowl game. I think it was new years 2010.

32 Weeks

Now that the first six weeks of the university schedule are over with and we have our Fall Getaway checked off the list, it seems we can finally start to prepare for this baby. Its been a whirlwind past few months and this week has been one of recovery as we battle sickness and try to catch up on sleep.

 One of our goals for October is to move Adam out of his crib and in to the toddler bed in Lucy's room. They both seem excited about this prospect but their parents are less optimistic that it will go smoothly. We expect less sleep, and much more discipline... but hopefully only for a short time. We've already moved things around just to prepare them for the change.

By the way, if anyone has any advice on moving kids into the same room, or transitioning to three, please send it our way! Any feedback is much appreciated!

The "new" bed is a fun place to play, read, and wrestle.