March 2013

Hey friends and family,

I know Jay usually does the blog updates, but I'm going to give y'all an update on what's been going on this month.

So, mostly, we've been spending the past month getting ready to bring Matthew home.  Jay got the crib set up and the quote put up in the nursery.  Also, we just had our second baby shower, hosted by my aunts on my mom's side, lovingly known as "the Queens".  It was a great shower with lots of great advice, and we got several of the "large items" we needed to be ready for Matthew (like a car seat, a stroller, and a high chair).  We haven't even had a chance to open all of the gifts yet.  It makes me feel a lot better to know that we have  the major things in place for our son.  We also attended our birthing class last weekend, which ended up being really informative.  We had an amazing instructor and I feel like I have a pretty good idea of what I can expect when labor starts.  And I think we have our hospital chosen.  For those of you familiar with the hospitals in the area, I think we're going to be delivering at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.  They have a brand new labor and delivery ward and we were very impressed.

That's mostly what we've been up to, aside from work.  Both of us are pretty busy these days.  We're at the busiest point in tax season with the March 15th deadline for businesses and the April 15th deadline looming not far behind.  I'm really hoping Matthew will hang in there until we wrap up the season...it sure would make it easier on everyone, lol.  Jay works lots of late nights helping the bank get ready to launch the system they've been working on for months.  I'd give you more details if I actually understood just what he does...but from what I can tell, he's involved in LOTS of meetings and conference calls and spends most of his days as "support" for the rest of his team, dealing with issues in the system as they arrive.  I'm really proud of him for how hard he's been working...but honestly, I'm really looking forward to him taking a couple weeks off after Matthew is born.

Okay, I think that's it for now.  If you're friends with me on Facebook, I post a pregnancy update about once a week.  I'm about to enter week 33 of the pregnancy and so far things are going well.  My blood pressure is a bit high these days, so they are keeping a close eye on it, but so far there's not reason for concern.  Matthew's growing and moving a lot, so everything seems good to me.

As Jay always says, if you're going to be in the area, let us know.  Things may be busy, but we'd love to grab coffee (decaf) or dinner with anyone passing through if we can.  Otherwise, we're looking forward to people visiting and meeting Matthew once he gets here.  We love you all and hope things are going great for you and yours.  Please continue to keep us in your prayers--I really attribute my wonderful pregnancy to all the prayers and well wishes of my friends and family.  So, thank you.