it's december!

here's an update on what's been going on with us.

Police Front:
i still haven't heard back from the detective...not that i'm really expecting to, though.

Baby Front:
we found out our baby bedding was on final clearance at pbkids, so we just went ahead and bought it ourselves...couldn't afford to wait it out for showers. it was so hard just finding that bedding. but the room is all set up (minus stuff on the walls). we went last weekend and started registering...2 1/2 hours into it, my feet were throbbing, i was hungry, and i think both of our brains hurt from over thinking everything. that is NOT something you just wake up one morning and decide to go do. there's research that needs to be done! if only i'd known! hopefully we'll finish up this weekend. next week i have my week 28 appointment...it's the big glucose test. i'm sure everything will be fine. this saturday also marks the beginning of my 3rd (and FINAL) trimester! it's flying by! still no pictures.... sorry. i'm afraid of the camera (it adds 10 lbs! haha) OH! and i think we might have settled on a name, but none of you will get to know it until she's born. something has gotta be a surprise, right?

Thanksgiving Front:
thanksgiving was actually pretty neat this year. we hosted at our house--had my brother, mom & dad over to ONE meal! i used to get really upset when my parents would say to just combine holidays--i'd think, "they can't have their cake & eat it too." but now i'm realizing, that given our circumstances, we're actually pretty lucky that our parents still get along and are willing/wanting to be a family at those important times of the year! so, we decided to do it again for christmas. YEAH!

Christmas Front:
still no tree up. boo! :( maybe this weekend.
drew & i leave for oregon in 3 1/2 weeks. pray for safe travel & that they'll let me on the plane. i'm not really big or anything (ha! i could totally be lying, and most of you wouldn't even know!) but i hear that if you look like you're due any day, the airline might not let you fly....say a prayer because i'm REALLY looking forward to this vacation. and driving 30 hours each way wouldn't make it nearly as fun.

Drew Front:
tonight is drew's first 7th grade basketball game of the year. and tomorrow is the 8th grade. he's worried about his teams this year--i guess there's not a lot of raw talent like years past. many of them have never touched a basketball, and it sounds like they forget everything he teaches them in 5 seconds. he needs prayer for patience (but really, i'd say patience is one of his stronger attributes!). he's a good coach. i say, by the end of the year, they'll be fantastic as always.

Other News:
my sister is 12 weeks pregnant! yeah! she finishes her first trimester the same time i finish my 2nd. i was sad that our little girl wouldn't have any cousins close to her age within a 4 hour flight, but looks like she will now. but keep praying for my sister. she's got a 3 yr old and a 4 yr old already...had some complications at the beginning of this pregnancy, but it looks like prayer healed her! i love how God does the whole miracle thing. it's great!

other than that, not a lot going on around here. we're just enjoying the last few months of quiet before everything changes dramatically. i think we're going to get a christmas tree this weekend, but we'll have to see how that fits in with our 3 christmas parties....

it's almost christmas!