This week a shower was thrown for Emma at Elena's work. Elena and I cannot thank those in attendance enough for celebrating this very special time with us as we inch our way closer to our special day. Many people made many personal sacrifices to put it together for her and for that we are deeply grateful. Emma received a bunch of gifts including her bassinet which I promptly assembled. It is currently undergoing quality assurance testing by Emma the frog to assure it has been assembled correctly and is structurally sound. We also received a swing for Emma from her Aunt (Ann), Uncle (Sam) and cousin (Jessie). I slapped that puppy together as well and placed it in Emma's room.

This Saturday we hit week 30 of our 40 week journey. We are now over 75% of the way through. Somebody might want to tell Emma that though because she is acting like she wants to come out now. She has really been active lately; kicking, tumbling, punching. I'm not kidding... I am getting concerned that we won't last another 10 weeks if she remains this active. Elena is feeling a considerable amount of pain and discomfort at this point when Emma acts up. We try playing soothing music for her at night, lullabies and such, but Emma won't have it. She moshes and slam dances in protest. I am not sure how we are going to make it to the finish line at this rate. We did read, in one of Elena's pregnancy books, that the baby is most active between week 30 and 32 so I suppose what we are experiencing is normal. I just feel bad because I can feel Emma's strikes and stretches on the outside. I can't imagine what that feels like for Elena. Her facial expressions suggest it doesn't feel good though.

On Friday of this week Elena and I went to her OBGYN's office for a routine visit. Elena did her glucose blood screening. This is where they make her drink a cup of sweet sugary juice and then draw her blood an hour later. The test is for gestational diabetes. We will get the results later this week.