Less Than 3 Weeks Until She Is Here........We Hope

37 weeks and counting. We saw the doctor last week and our little girl weighed 5 lbs 11 ozs and 19.6 inches long. Our next appt is Wednesday. Lately, I am feeling discomfort, especially at night. I woke up early this morning with a charley horse in my calf muscle. Ken being the great husband he is took excellent care of me. I have noticed swelling in both ankles when I am standing too long and some lower back pain. As for the decrease in baby movement - definitely not true in our case. Our little girl remains very active despite the lack of space. I told Ken a few days ago I think she is doing "cross overs" in my stomach. He laughed since I used an "ST" term.

Last week was very busy for Ken. He traveled to Puerto Lempira (a very remote region of Honduras) with Ambassador Llorens who inaugurated 3 schools the MILGP built using humanitarian assistance funds. Also, through the MILGP efforts, over $200,000 in humanitarian assistance funds was given to a local hospital in the same area for the purchase of a hyperbaric chamber. Even though this area is remote, it is on a beautiful coastline where many people suffer from sickness and even death due to the lack of education on diving. Now there is the ability to treat those suffering from the Bends and other dive related afflictions. I included part of the article with photos - you can't miss Ken. Just look for the "red beret." If you click on the image, you can see photos better.

Both of us seem to be on the go non-stop during the week and we take advantage of the weekends to relax. On Friday, about 20 of the Honduran military spouses hosted a baby shower for me. The nice part is the ladies from Ken's office were also able to attend. It was wonderful and very special! I have some wonderful keepsakes for our little girl. The shower was very similar to baby showers hosted in the states but it was very high energy. After 2 1/2 hours Ken arrived to pick me up so we could head to the Ambassadors house for dinner. By the time we arrived home we were exhausted and could not even open the gifts. The baby's room look like Santa came early to visit. We received some beautiful things, but most importantly we received DIAPERS!!!!!!!!!!! On Sunday, we invited the Honduran Navy Captain and his wife for dinner. Our Navy section chief also attended.

It is hard to believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner. We plan to have Thanksgiving at Ken's office. The nice part will be sharing it with my mom and brother who will arrive early next week. We are definitely looking forward to the visit and all the fun that is about to begin in the coming weeks.

On a good note, the senior defense attache's daughter gave birth to a healthy baby girl last week at the same hospital we go to along with the same doctor. We visited her, saw the baby and heard nothing but good words regarding the hospital, staff and care. Hearing this obviously increases our confidence when the time comes :)

Last week a friend came over to the house to take some photos of us and wanted to share.........