28 Weeks Down!

Today Jeff was off work so we got to celebrate "28 weeks down" with each other! Not only have we made it to another important milestone, but we have entered into the last trimester of pregnancy! Today Dana brought us some DVDs of when Jeff was born to around age 2! Jeff was such a cute baby and I am hoping little Tripp looks like his daddy when he gets here. We are starting to get really excited about his arrival and I cannot wait to hold this little man! He is going to have so much love in his life, I hope he can handle it when he makes his grand appearance.   

Our favorite nurse was working last night and she told us she was still amazed at what God has allowed to happen in our little boys life! She was our nurse when we came in at 22 weeks and she said at the time she was not sure we would make it to the first important milestone, 24 weeks! His little life has already become an example of the sovereignty of God to so many people and I could not be more thankful for that! I have been having a pretty good amount of contractions, but at this point they are not to worried because of my cervical length is where it should be. Tripp's heartbeat is great and they said it doesn't look like the contractions are bothering him to much. Our perinatologist has signed off on us so now the only doctor who has to see us daily is our OB. We are waiting for our OB to get back in town to see when she believes I will be able to go home, but I have been told by several of my nurses I should plan to be here until at least 33 weeks! One of the nurses told us she is nationally known and probably the best OB they have here so we should rest in the fact she knows what she is doing! Even though being here is hard, I know none of this has surprised Father.

Tripp has some really cool developments happening this week:

• He should be weighing 2.2 pounds by today (he currently weighs 2.10) and be the length of a large eggplant.
• He is blinking his eyes now and has fully formed his eye lashes.
• He should continue to gain 6 oz a week until 37 weeks!
• He can form dreams because his sleep goes into the REM stage now!
• He now has a 98% chance of survival and a 90% chance of no neurological issues if he came this week.

We continue to thank Father for everyday that he gives us! I cannot wait to meet my sweet little peanut but I know he will not come until the day that has been ordained for him to arrive! To God be the glory!