Merry Christmas

We enjoyed several Christmas gatherings with my family. (The pictures are from the 23rd and 24th of December.) Our choir performed a cantata for the service on the 23rd, so I sang and Tom played viola in a small string ensemble (which is why Tom is wearing a suit). I gained 2 pounds in the past week from all the Christmas food and goodies (or, more likely, the baby is growing). We had a great time at Paul and Vickie's party and gift exchange, with the funniest gift being a pillow that my brother's family brought. I won't go into details, just in case young people are reading the blog, but the adults can guess the subject matter. We "recycled" the Menopause for Dummies book that my cousin brought last year. It was only fitting that my uncle ended up with the book at the end of the gift exchange. We spent Christmas day baking cookies and had dinner at my brother's house.



Baby update: People keep asking me when I am due and if I am having contractions. I guess my walking gait has changed now that my center of mass has shifted so far forward. People are worried that I will go into labor anytime. I will say that it is a good thing that pregnancy lasts just 9 months, since my bladder wakes me up every two to three hours. Back to the due date - my original due date is January 18, but the ultrasound at 19 weeks moved it to January 13. So, I just tell people that I am due sometime in mid-January. As of now, I am through 37 weeks of pregnancy, so the baby could come anytime. If you want to guess a day and time of the birth, create a response to this blog with your guess and we can see who comes the closest. [Maybe we'll even send the winner a prize.]

We saw the doctor again yesterday and everything seems to be going fine with the baby. My uterus now measures 37 centimeters vertically (which is normal for 37 weeks of pregnancy). His heart beats 140 times per minute, which also seems to be a healthy number.

Enjoy the new year festivities and all the best to you in 2008!