29 weeks down 11 more to go!!

Yesterday marked 29 weeks for baby Tripp, that is 7 weeks further than doctors thought we would ever be! God has shown Jeff and I his sovereignty over and over again through this process. Jeff and I talked Sunday about how at this point if Tripp came we would probably be carrying a baby home within a few weeks and how blessed we were for that! There are ladies around me that come and go and it breaks my heart! Some of them have babies in the NICU and some come in with a child and leave without one! I just cannot thank Father enough that he has spared little Tripp's life to this point! I cannot imagine the pain a woman feels at losing a baby at any point and I am so thankful God has spared me of this so far! This week we are having another protein test and they will be checking my cervical length again to see if it is still where it was or if it shrinking. If everything is stable the original plan was to let me go home Thursday. However, I have been having around 6-8 contractions an hour so I may be here until 34 weeks. I was all about natural child birth until these contractions started coming more often and more intense now I am thankful for scheduled c-sections :) 

Jeff and my father-in-law have been working hard on the nursery. Jeff officially has everything moved out of the room and the accent wall painted. All that is left now is touching up the other three walls. My father-in-law is building a train track that is going around the ceiling and Jeff's train from when he was little will run on the tracks! I have not gotten to see this in person, but the pictures look awesome! My mom and dad are sanding and repainting the baby bed I used when I was a baby and my mom is getting my glider ready! I cannot believe in 11 weeks we will be bringing a little one home! I tear up every time I see a baby or think about ours.... I think the pregnancy hormones have kicked in overtime! 

Before I go I will share this weeks major developments in little peanuts life!

• Tripp should now be weighing in at 2.5 pounds (he had that beat almost 2 weeks ago!)
• His brain is very busy this week forming billions of neurons.
• He can taste everything I eat and he can also respond to pain.
• He has milk teeth forming under his gums! 
• His eyes can now move within his eye socket.
• Tripp can hear things a lot better now and can distinguish between voices and noises! That mean my little sweet one knows his mommies voice!!

Not much longer now until I hold this sweet gift from Father in my arms! To God be the glory!