37 weeks!

Alright, everyone, we are down to three weeks! So really, he could come any time!

Our midwife, Sena, and her intern, Arian, came to our house on Saturday for a home visit. I have gathered the things she requires for our birth, so they took a look at that. They also needed to have a good idea of how to get to our house and where to find what in the house. We enjoyed a two hour appointment with them going over things and going through the routine prenatal exam "stuff". They say he felt just under 6 lbs, so I hope he's in there for a bit longer yet. I want him as healthy as can be! What mother doesn't? :-)

Ryan's grandparents left for their house in Las Vegas on Saturday. That means they took the dogs, too. Little Maurice (the rescued and nursed back to good health Shi-tzu) and I had become buddies. He would wander upstairs in the morning while I cooked breakfast to say hi and try to get a belly rub or cuddled for a couple of minutes. So I'll miss him a bit. Now we basically have the house for ourselves until they come back next spring/summer. Not long after they left, Ryan's family (Dad, mom, brother and dogs) came to stay for several days while the floors in their house get a makeover. It's been great so far! The house won't be so lonely for a too long before our bundle of joy arrives!

An update on my tooth: The last month has been alright for that, accept I hated the antibiotics that I had to take to keep an infection from spreading. It caused some relatively irritating and minor problems that are slowly going away. However, yesterday I discovered that the tooth felt a little...deep. This morning it was starting to hurt a little, and pretty much immediately I began to pray that it was just do away! I somehow shoved a corner of my hand held mirror into my mouth, and with a flash light I saw that a small part of the temporary filling/cap had come out of the tooth! I hadn't eaten any super chewing things lately, and I don't remember swallowing it at all. It's too late in the pregnancy to make a visit to the dentist, so I'm thinking through my options here. It was suggested to me a while back that I can use bee propolis to hold off an infection until something can be done, and that I have been doing! I applied a liquid form directly to the tooth, brushed a few times, chew on the other side of my mouth, etc...and the pain has gone away in just one day! Praise the Lord! I have an appointment to see the dentist about two weeks after the due date to continue the rest of the root canal that he began last month, so we'll see if I can make it that far. So, be praying that things will go well until then, and that all will be provided for and cleaned/cleared up in the end! We want to avoid extra antibiotics if possible to avoid more yeast infection being this close to the birth.
Also, I want to know what any of you think about the filling coming out in just a month. It was temporary, but I made sure that I didn't eat anything that would yank a section of it out. Does anyone have an opinion on this? Ryan was thinking we shouldn't have to pay for the extra appointment being it's likely their mistake, but how can we argue that point?

In the case that any of you were wondering, we survived the snow last week! We had nearly 20 inches of snow, which is a lot for the end of October! Ryan and I enjoyed it, actually. It did put us both in the mood for Christmas music. :-) This week, however, there are piles of snow here and there and the temperatures will reach up into the 60's and possibly lower 70's! Denver is such an interesting place!

Thank you for your love, support, and prayers through our pregnancy. Keep praying for Ryan as he works and take classes. He has a few papers due this month, and a baby coming! Pray for a safe and healthy delivery of our baby. May we trust in the Lord with all that we have, even when it seems like things won't work out the way we want them or expect them, He is every faithful! Thank you, again, for all of your support.

Ryan, Amelia, and Baby Thompson