32 weeks down!!!

I cannot believe we made it to 32 weeks!!! God has been so good to us! To think just 10 weeks ago they told us Tripp was coming and he would not live, to now being told if he came this week he would just need a little oxygen and maybe a feeding tube for five to seven days. I am just so blown away by all of the miracles God has and keeps doing in my sweet little mans life. We have not really received any updates from the doctor so I am just counting down the days until June 11th so that I can go back to my bed at home. I know Jeff will be happy when we will be in our home together again. He has been such an amazing support through out all of this. The things he has had to do for me and the endless encouragement has just reminded me of how blessed I am that God gave me him as my husband! I know when Tripp gets here he will be an amazing father and a great leader for our family!

As far as development goes I have been STARVING the last few days and Tripp is still developing into a strong little man. The nurses are telling us he will probably have hair and a great set of lungs because of all the steroid shots he has been given. Jeff and I were joking he is going to come out talking and asking for milk since they have "beefed" him up so much. I just cannot believe in eight weeks (or less) I am going to be holding my son! I have always loved babies and children even at a young age I would "help" my mom in the nursery at church because I wanted to hold the sweet babies, but this one is mine!! While I get more and more afraid as the day approached I believe God has been preparing me for this for a long time! I know he knows each of his children's heart inside and out and he knows I have looked forward to the day I was a mommy for a long time. I am so thankful he has allowed this to happen in my life!

Before I go I will share Tripp's development achievements this week:

• Tripp should be weighing in at 4 pounds this week! I am eager for another ultrasound, I think he might be closer to 5!
• His skin is no longer see through and he will being accumulating fat from this point on.
• His toenail and finger nails are fully formed and growing.
• He should be "sleeping" most of the day, they don't know my son though he never stops moving!
• Although his lungs are not yet fully formed he is practicing how to breath for him life outside the womb.
• He is beginning to absorb vital nutrients he need for his intestinal tract.