Thank you Joyce

Isn't this sweater just the most beautiful? My good friend Joyce from the wild north country [aka Maine ;-)] created this piece of wearable art for Lola. It came lovingly wrapped in pink tissue and surrounded by dried rose petals.

Thank you just doesn't do the gift justice, but thank you Joyce!

The final countdown - week 38

Maggie, Lola, and Mr Nay enjoying the great outdoors

Well we are getting down to the final couple of weeks! Getting the baby's room finished and just general preparation!

At this point we are having weekly appointments with the midwives, where they perform a biophysical profile (measuring the baby's size, health of the uterus and placenta via sonogram) each visit. As of last Friday, Lola weighed approximately 6 pounds 1 ounce - up from 4 pounds 9 ounces three weeks ago, so she's putting on about half a pound of weight per week. The baby is doing very well.

Maggie is also doing great. As usual she doesn't want to believe the pregnancy is impacting her ability to get around and do things, but the need for naps has gotten markedly greater. Lola is most certainly taxing mommy's resources already!

Finally, Maggie's been talking to Mindy about the smell of things to come: continued lack of sleep, feeding, good baby books, etc... She's been a huge help and an inspiration, we've been taking diligent notes!