A Room Prepared

Huff, huff, huff, puff, puff, puff... Okay, okay, I can slow down a minute now to finally get this blog post up. Everything on the Neely homefront is going well - busy, but well. We have taken all of our classes and have been cleared to be parents. I was expecting a license, certificate, membership card, ceremony with the queen, or something, but we got nada.



What we do have is a very cute little nursery that is all prepared and ready for Eden's arrival, and a mommy that is feeling the full joy of pregnancy at this point. While we don't have a lot of room to work with in our apartment, and Eden's nursery has to share space with scrapbooking supplies and computer equipment, we were very pleased with how well the nursery space turned out.

Kendall's mom and dad came up on Halloween weekend to help put the crib and changer together and to get the nursery set up. We could not have done it without their help. We've included pictures here to give you an idea of what it looks like. If you're wondering where that border on the wall came from, it's actually the bumper that came in the crib set. Since we weren't going to use it in the crib, we thought we'd try it on the wall and it worked out perfect! The theme is Tropical Punch by CoCaLo. Kendall did a great job picking it out.

We also continue to be blessed by friends and family members who have sent us adorable security blankets, clothes, and toys. The people at Kendall's job recently threw her a baby shower at the lab and were very generous in their giving to us and our soon-to-come little girl. Thank you all so very much!



We are looking forward to enjoying Thanksgiving in Tampa with our family. Kendall went to an appointment with the midwife today who gave her the clearance to travel. It doesn't appear that she will go into labor anytime real soon, but, of course, you never know and we are making sure to take the car seat and medical records with us when we go out of town just in case.

Kendall continues to do fine for the most part. We are considering buying stock in Tums as she has nearly incessant heartburn, and getting off the couch and painting her toenails is more of a challenge for her than it was before she was hosting a full-term baby in her tummy, but on the whole she is doing well.



Jeff recently returned from his job interview at the University of Texas at Arlington. He felt pretty good about it, but we shall see what happens. As always, we just want to be where God wants us to go. In the meantime, Jeff has plenty of work with his dissertation, teaching, grading, and other research to keep him occupied.

We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and life treats you well as we enter the rest of the holiday season.

That's the news for now. We'll keep you posted.