Well I can safely say, that I'm not any clumbsier than I was before. I do tire out much more quickly than before, and boy have I taken more naps in the last week what with all the work of moving. We are getting settled in here in Gainesville, starting to get some sort of a routine to life, though I'm sure that will all be rearranged when Britt gets back this weekend. It's nice to be able to sleep in a little, and snuggle on the couch and watch a movie with Gary in the evening. We are even thinking about trying to catch Eclipse tomorrow afternoon while we are still childless.

Ruth is around 3.3 lbs now, the size of 4 navel oranges (yummo). She is moving tons now, and you can see my stomache jumping around from across the room when she decided to readjust and roll over. I'm feeling more and more braxton hicks contractions, particularly when I've been up and working too much, without drinking plenty of water. There's just so much to do, that sometimes I forget to pace myself and may go all day without drinking water. My feet are killing me this week, I'm sure that has more to do with the concrete floor than being pregnant, but that and lower back pain are telling me that we are in the home streach now.

My weekly email tells me that it's time to back a bag for the hospital, but we're going to put that off a little while longer. I don't want to think about it yet, besides I'm still not unpacked from the move, why would I want to pack anything else. haha.

My favorite song that we did last year at singing school was He Leadeth Me. We learn to sing alot of more complicated songs in an effort to work our voices and abilities, which is always alot of fun. But to me, I really enjoy singing some of the more simple, yet beautiful harmonies.

I think in congregational singing it's far more appropriate to learn to sing well, blending together from the heart. Far too often the more showy pieces detract from the services because it's far too easy to pay attention to the fancy singing and forget about the meaning. And after all it's far more important to sing from the heart than whether we sing it right or not.

This song gave us a chance to work on blending our voices, and the words are very beautiful in their simplicity. I have to admit I really enjoyed splitting up the verses one for the women and one for the men. Hearing just the men sing was so very beautiful.

We do have alot of fun on Friday night, we get to dress up and show our parents and friends what we've been working on all week. We get to see what the other classes have been up to. We also get to do alot of congregational singing. Even better than Friday night though, are the afternoons were we just get together and call out songs that have special meaning to us.

One of my favorite songs is Child of Grace. It so perfectly describes our experience here and how we long to be home. I like to hear it lead a little slower, to really dwell on the meaning of the words, too often we rush it and miss out on the depth of the song. I called it out Friday afternoon, and I truely felt the Lord's presence with us.

Ruth is now as long as she will be at birth, from here on out she only be packing on the pounds. Right now she is weighing in around 3 lbs. Her eyes are starting to get color, though they won't be their final color until after they are exposed to sunlight, and the color can still change up to about 6 months old. She is starting to grow hair, and is beginning to lose the lanugo covering her body.

According to parents.com, I should be at the height of clumbsiness by now... guess I'll have to report on that post move. haha.

Yesterday, Momma and Daddy headed home to pack up all of our things so that we can move to Gainesville. However, I don't have to do any work, I get to stay with Ahna and Grumps. We are going to have a great time together playing and hanging out, then I get to go on a trip with them to Branson, Missouri, and then finally 4th of July weekend they will carry me to meet Momma and Daddy in our new place in Gainesville. I'm very excited about having Grumps and Ahna all to myself, even if Momma isn't wild about how long we will be apart. So, unless Grumps helps me out, don't expect me to be posting next week.

It has rained here in Alabama alot this past week, infact Daddy didn't get much of what he wanted done on the house, and Momma didn't get much done in the flowerbeds. When it's not raining is really hot, and super humid. Sunday afternoon I finally got to get in the little pool that Ahna sent Grumps to town after. I had alot of fun - mostly getting in and out of it, but also splashing around with a rubber ducky.

We are a little sad to not be making it to singing school this year. We always enjoy the week of good fellowship, away from the world, learning to sing better. Things just didn't work out this year though. Since we are busy packing and moving this week, I'll leave you a few post from some special songs from last year.

Today's video is of a song from last year that we never get tired of hearing or singing. This song is extra special because Bro. Bryce wrote it a few weeks before singing school with us in mind. The message of our liberty due to the work of Christ is a very comforting thought. No matter how bad things may get in this life, no matter what trials we face, no matter what persecution we suffer at the hands of the world, we are free from the eternal consequences of sin. Christ has given us the greatest of liberty, and for that reason we desire to serve Him regardless of the personal cost.

Hey Britt,

Ruth is approximately 15 cm long and 2 1/2 lbs, about the size of a butternut squash. Don't you love how they keep comparing tiny tiny babies to various fruits and vegetables, it makes me look at the produce section in the grocery store a little differently. She has enough cute baby fat to have dimples on her elbows and knees now. She's also starting to get a little crowded, she'll start bowing her head down between her knees the larger she gets, and her kicks are getting stronger. I feel her more and more often these days, and she currently seems to enjoy propping her feet up on the inside and to the left of my ribcage. I'm starting to wonder if I'm going to have bruised ribs by the time she's ready to move out of there.

We are still enjoying the pleasures of morning sickness, though last Wednesday at my doctor's appointment we got some phenegran. I like phenegran. They gave me that stuff with Britt and I slept 22 hrs a day, it was GREAT! We have hesitated taking it this time around for that very reason. However, with the zofran doing nothing for me, we got some this time. As long as I take the zofran in the day, and half of a phenegran in the evening, I'm not as sick. Additional bonus is that I'm sleeping way better at night too.

We are so very excited to see our Ruth, though at times it still doesn't seem quiet real. Something tells me that the summer will be flying by, what with us moving, Gary taking classes, and more doctor's appointments. Lots to do before she arrives in another 2 1/2 months.

I like blocks. I especially like knocking down blocks. Uncle Nicholas, Grumps, and Grandmother will stack them up over and over for me to knock down. If you haven't tried it, you should. Today, I even helped Uncle Nicholas stack them a time or two, but that wasn't as fun. Sometimes he would ask me to wait, and it was very exciting, but I couldn't always wait for him to get them really high, after all it's just too much fun to knock them down.

Delilah was so big, but I like to pat and brush her. She was very soft, especially her nose, but I didn't like it at all when she blew on me. It's almost as bad as when dogs lick on you.

Granna's latest procedure seems to have taken better than the last several. The doctors are still concerned that they might need to do something more, but right now she is doing better.

Megan had her baby girl, last Thursday on June 3rd at 3:46 pm. She has named her Mollie Alyse. She weighs 6 lbs. and 12 oz. and is 20 and ½ inches long. Both are doing well, and we hope to see them soon!

Gary and I went up to Gainesville on Thursday and Friday and have narrowed down our apartment search, we are excited to report that he will be starting on his Master's June 28th. Please pray for us, as we take this exciting next step.

Our little Ruth is about 14 and 1/2 inches long and around 2 lbs, the size of a head of califlower, as she begins her 27th week. If we could see her now, her skin would look less translucent and more pinkish, as her blood vessels are near the skin and as she gains little fat deposits. Also, her placenta is nearly fully formed.

Yesterday, we got to take our very nasty glucose test to check for gestational diabetes. We will find out how that went when we go back to the doctor next Wednesday. That stuff is so horrible tasting, I was very happy that I didn't get sick with it, after all if you throw up, you have to do it all over again.

It was exciting to read that if she were born today she would have a 90% survival rate. This makes me feel much better given the fact that we might be about to move 2 or so hours North of here. We are currently planning to keep the same midwives (I really like them so much, and hate the idea of looking for another one this late in the game), and the last week or two coming back here to stay with somebody just to be on the safe side. With everything else up in the air, each week that I see a higher and higher survival rate makes me feel that much better.