Long Time, No Post!

That's why I named this blog "The Not So Daily Chronicles." Knowing myself all too well, I predicted that that my entries would be somewhat sporadic and often missing for lengthy periods of time. Anyway, I'm finally posting after 2 weeks.... for those of you who are still reading!

Life has been a bit crazy here. Tim has been exceptionally busy with work/school. He had an out-of-state interview for a post-doctoral position which went very well. He had a few research talks to prepare and has been conducting experiments in hopes that his committee will give him the OK to begin writing his thesis soon. For those of you who don't know us, Tim is in his 6th year of graduate school and is hoping to complete his PhD in Biomedical Science (specifically Immunology) by next fall. It has been a long and exhausting road and we are more than ready for a change!

I have been in extreme nesting mode. We are in the final countdown now - according to my due date, that would be 9 weeks from Friday. Samuel came 2 weeks early so we'll be prepared just in case. With Samuel I was on modified rest or bed rest from 24 weeks on. I have what you call an irritable uterus. It just contracts all the time and threatens pre-term labor. Well, I told that uterus that if she wanted to have another baby she would have to cooperate!! And she has so far - Praise to God! However, she's been a bit cranky over the past week. I'm trying to drink a lot of water and pay attention to any warning signs. I covet your prayers during these last few weeks!

Tim and I finally had a date last night and it was lovely thanks to a friend of mine who adores Samuel and wants to bless us. She came over with her husband and occupied our little guy while Tim and I enjoyed a few sweet treats at Borders. We poured over baby name books to come up with a middle name for a our little girl. We narrowed it down to 2. Her first name was decided on about a month or 2 ago and if you talk to me in person, I'll tell you but I'm not going to post it yet! Sarah, you should be laughing right now if Jordan filled you in on just how much we have in common with this pregnancy!!! We'll have to share a laugh over the phone!

And lastly, we enjoyed a wonderful visit from my mother this past weekend! She was so great with Samuel and gave this tired, pregnant mom a good break!!! I thought these pictures were just the sweetest of the two of them!!! We love you Mom!