36 down, 4 (ish) to go!

Here are some much delayed updates and pictures:

I passed my second glucose tolerance test! Hooray!! And the pregnancy has been relatively smooth sailing since that little road bump.  Baby B likes to kick and wiggle and stretch--which is something that can either bring a smile to my face or a grimace depending where those little feet are planted.

We enjoyed our trip to Green Bay at the end of March. It is always good to see family! Even better when it's both at once--thank you Mom, Dad, Shana, and Kyle for making it out for our second shower! And thank you Mom Baye and Aunt Nancy for giving me another wonderful shower! Since the shower was at the church in Bonduel, we even got to see the 340-year-old Bible that made the news earlier this year. Quite impressive!

When we got back to Michigan we had two more showers--one with all the people I work with at Trinity, and one with our St. Peter family. Both were more extravagant than I could have expected. We are definitely blessed here! We got just about everything we will need for Baby Baye--and then some! Which meant we had a lot of sorting and organizing to do in the nursery!

Lent and Easter were busy for Matt. He preached Palm Sunday weekend, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Saturday as well. I managed to sing with the Festival Choir on Easter Sunday--something I wasn't sure my decreased lung capacity would allow me to do...

Matt and I took a few days after Easter to get away--some much needed time away from work and time to just relax. We enjoyed our stay in Michigan's little Bavaria: Frankenmuth. Megan spent some of her Easter/spring break setting up the nursery. It's just about ready!

And spring finally found Michigan! I was worried that the tulip bulbs I planted in the fall weren't going to make it, but they finally bloomed a few weeks into May. (MAY!!) And all the trees are green again--hooray!

Also, some news on the church front: our senior pastor is taking a call to District. His last Sunday with us at St. Peter is June 19th. (Yes, 2 days before my due date... could be an interesting summer/year ahead.)

Here are the baby bump pictures to bring you up to speed too...

I'm 36 weeks today--and my doctor said that if I go into labor now, they won't stop it! (But realistically, I still have about 4 weeks to go...maybe even more.)

 

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