T minus 25 days.....

Hello!
Wow, we are getting so close to Charlie's arrival now. I cannot believe that we will be welcoming him in around 3 weeks. We are finally getting everything together, the crib arrived and Ben put it together, we're just waiting on the dresser/changing table to arrive this week and the nursery will be complete! I will take pictures when that finally happens...
We had our 36 week doctor's appointment today and things are still looking good. He is healthy and BIG....that is the only issue we are facing right now. I am having another ultrasound in 10 days to look at his size, at that point we'll have a better idea of what I will be facing during delivery. There is talk that I COULD possibly be headed for a c-section, but we're all hoping that won't be the case. He is measuring around 3 weeks ahead at this point, so wish me luck and keep me us all in your prayers...
Other than that, we're enjoying our time before baby. I am taking as many naps as possible, as it's become much more difficult to sleep at night. I am definitely starting to feel ready to not be pregnant anymore :-) I think Ben is ready for that too....he gets to listen to my daily complaints.
I am posting some recent pictures taken by Grandma Norine, you can see that the belly is expanding quite rapidly.
That is about all that is happening here. We did set up a "baby pool" where you can guess his birth stats, we'd love it if you took a minute to post what your guess is.
The website is:
www.expectnet.com/games/CharlieDaniels
Love to everyone, Ben, Tova and Charlie

We're in the home stretch...

It's time for another update :-)Here is what is going on with us... We recently moved into a bigger rental house to better accommodate our upcoming arrival in September. The move itself was not fun, especially at over 8 months pregnant and dealing with the Summer heat. We only moved a few blocks away from the other house as we really enjoy living in Castle Rock. Now that we are more settled, we are much happier in the hew house. This also means that we have more room for visitors...(hint, hint) Peter was able to come down and stay with us for about a week, it was so wonderful to have him here. We miss him SO much, I was very, very sad when I had to take him to the airport. Overall, we are both really starting to enjoy Denver, Ben's business is going well and we have already made some great friends. We just miss our family and friends all over the world.
As for the most important member of the family, we had another ultrasound last Thursday to take a peek at little Charlie. Our doctor's office has been really cool about giving us some extra ultrasounds, and we really appreciate it. Grandma Norine was in town to come to the appointment with us, so that was really cool. She came down to help us get settled and work on the nursery. Opa Larry and Oma Joan have generously offered to buy us Charlie's crib and dresser, so we are working on getting that ordered. We will feel much more ready once we have it all set up.
As for the ultrasound, everything went fantastic. Here is the good news, Charlie is already a BIG boy, with his estimated weight at 5 lbs 4 oz. He was in the 97% for most measurements (head, femur length, etc.) Here is the bad news, I have to BIRTH him :-) He is definitely taking after his father who was close to 11 lbs at birth. WHOA. We can also definitely see a family resemblance between Ben and Charlie, especially the massive cheeks. I wish we had a baby photo of Ben to scan in, it is pretty amazing. I am sure you will be able to see the likeness pretty clearly from the pictures I have posted. The first picture is a close up of his face, the second is showing him sucking on his hand, and the third is a picture of his ear with his hair growing all around it. I cannot believe how much hair he already has, now we just have to guess the color!!!
From now on I go to the doctor every 2 weeks, and then at 36 weeks I will start going on a weekly basis. We also recently started our baby preparation classes at Sky Ridge Hospital. The classes teach lamaze, birthing tips and much more, we'll see how much these techniques actually work during birth ;) We had or second class last night where we had the opportunity to tour the birthing center where we will deliver. The hospital is new and the rooms were very nice, so we feel much more confident about delivery (or as much as possible...)Time is really flying for us, but we cannot WAIT to meet our son.
Love to everyone.
Ben and Tova