American Ultrasound

We had an ultrasound this week, and our daughter is quite large for her age (35 weeks). She's already estimated to be 7.5 pounds, with 5 more weeks to go! The doctor said we may induce a week or two early so that she'll fit. haha. It's fun to see the ultrasound pictures. She's smooshed in there and has cute chubby cheeks. That's her arm stuffed up under her chin. She must be so uncomfortable!

Thankfully, both Leif and I have found language partners to keep up on our Russian along with self-study while we're here. I really admire Leif because he's made a goal to read through the entire Bible in Russian before we return to Russia at the end of January. So far, he's on track! I think it'll prove to be helpful in so many ways, but boy is it time consuming! Many of the words in the Bible aren't words that we've learned in classes or conversations, so he reads along with his English Bible and his dictionary.

It's been good to be back in the States and fun to see many people that we love so much. The time is flying by! Especially if the baby is induced early, we may only have three more weeks of life as we know it! We're excited, though. And as I get bigger and bigger and my ribcage is more and more cramped, I think it'll be nice to meet our baby on the outside.

No Migraines!!!

We just want to give a little credit to where credit is due. Our amazing God has blessed us these last few months! Jami has not had a migraine since the end of April! That is almost five months without a migraine, and she used to average about one a week! This is an even greater blessing during this time of pregnancy because she is not able to take the migraine medicine that she used to. It is also amazing because one thing that used to trigger the migraines was being tired, and with all of the travel that we had and the tiredness of pregnancy Jami would have been miserable with migraines had it not been for God taking them away. Our wonderful God loves to take care of us!

Greeted by friends and family

We haven't even seen everyone yet, and we already feel very loved in our time back in the States! We had a wonderful couple of weeks seeing friends and family around the state, and are looking forward to settling into a bit of a routine in the next few weeks. It was great to see all of you that we have seen!!! And we look forward to seeing those of you that we haven't gotten to see yet!!! We love you all, and will continue to keep you updated through the blog (expect some baby pictures near the end of October!!!), so continue to check. There are more funny Russia stories as well as life here that will keep things interesting.