A Snap Shot of Progress

The first picture was taken at 17 weeks.

The second at 25 weeks.

The third at 32 weeks!

Things continue to progress!

The crib has arrived

I know, I know - it's been so long since we've updated that many of you probably have given up on checking in. We apologize for that. Life has been especially full lately. We have been building a deck, I have started a new job and Pilar has been swamped with the start of a new school year. It seems like it was August just a couple of weeks ago. It is nearly impossible for me to believe that October is nearly half over.

What that means however, is that we are that much closer to January and the arrival of Baby Peigh. This past Wednesday we had another doctor's appointment. Pilar and baby are progressing very well. All is healthy and the heartbeat continues to be fast and strong. If old wives tales are correct and our intuition serves us well, we anticipate a girl baby Peigh. Of course, we have neither found out the gender for sure - nor do we intend to find out - so we are becoming increasingly excited to meet our child!

Last night we conquered what anyone with a child has suggested was "unconquerable" - we put up the crib! We've got a few pictures downloaded and available in our "flicker" (click the picture collage in the right hand margin). Overall I would say it came together nicely in just under an hour.

We have heard so many horror stories about putting cribs together. "It will take you days," several have said. In addition to personal testimonies of disastrous crib experiences, furniture stores go to great lengths to clearly communicate, "we DO NOT assemble cribs." I think this policy is partly motivated by liability and difficultly. However, besides the directions being printed in French (the crib was made in Canada), it was fairly straight forward.

So now we have a place for Baby Peigh to call home. And until his or her arrival, a place for Pilar and I to stand and stare - day dreaming about what is soon to come! Each passing day creates additional anticipation!