9 weeks left to go

Amazingly enough, I only have 9 weeks left. Hurrah!!! As the belly gets bigger....my due date can't come soon enough. Working is definitely getting harder since I can't bend down to get those shoes off the floor too easily. I'm planning on working until May 17th...we'll see how long I last being on my feet so long. The past two weeks my ankles have started swelling after being on my feet for longer than 4.5 hours.
A couple of weekends ago, Tom's sister Carrie and her husband Jon came to visit us from PA. They came bearing many gifts for our little girl. It was really nice to spend time with them. These are the pictures from when they were with us.

So many gifts. They were so generous!! Thanks for everything Jon and Carrie!

I got to play around with Carrie's new toy from Christmas--Cricut machine.

Downtown in our city.

Carrie dyed her vernors green in honor of St. Patty's day.

Playing Catan...of course! We did get to introduce them
to the cities and knights version for the first time.

This weekend was birthday weekend. The big 3-0 for Tom actually. He finally joined the thirties club. Tom's parents came up on thursday to take us out for our birthdays and then my parents came over on saturday to take us out for our birthdays. We are so spoiled!! It was really nice to get to spend time with both sets of parents.

Spring Break

This past week was spring break for Tom, and we have enjoyed spending many days together since my schedule has been so light at work lately. Tom has been busy working on the crib we were given from his sister. He's been sanding it and getting it ready to stain. We also found a dresser on craig's list online for $13.00 and tom is going to do that in the same stain color after stripping the paint. He's working hard for his little girl and I'll make sure to post some pictures when he's done. My dad is working on building us a changing table. I know that it will be so beautiful when he's done. He always does such a great job. It's amazing to think that we only have 12 wks and 2 days left until our due date. Our last appointment went well and I'm measuring a little bit ahead but nothing to be worried about. I found out that when we had our 20 wk ultrasound that the due date given from that was May 31st. But hey, baby's come when they come. My next appointment is in 2 wks when i get my gluclose test done.

27 wks. 5 days

Today was also piano recital day. It was held at the local music society where my monthly piano meetings are held. There were 100 children participating in 6 different recital times from different piano teachers in the area. It's nice to have this option and not have to rent a place and get everything together. Three of my students participated this year. I think I get as nervous as my students do. All three of them did very well. I do have a praise about piano lessons.... This past month I had a new student begin with me and next week I have another one starting, so all together I now have 8 students. It's been a blessing to see the Lord bring in more students as the time gets closer to when I'll be quitting my job with Younkers in May and just teaching piano from home while taking care of our little girl. We know that He'll bring the right amount of students to help provide what is needed for our family.