So we are down to less than 5 weeks until Carter comes to join our family. In typical Hoffman style, he was measuring larger than normal at my last visit, so today an ultrasound was done to check up on his progress. His body itself is, thankfully, an average size, however, his head is measuring big. He will probably end up following in his brother's footsteps and have quite a large head when he is born. Praise the Lord for c-sections! :)
On a different note, Austin has been in Pennsylvania visiting family since the 10th of July and won't come back until this Friday, the 22nd. He spent the first week with Jason's parents and the second with mine. Needless to say we have been told about quite a few toys that were bought and nights when 3 bowls of ice cream occurred, so we will need to have a detox session when he comes back! He seems to be having a blast since he hasn't wanted to talk to either of us since he left... :)
While Austin has been away, Jason and I have been trying to clean, organize and prep our house. Other than being completely overwhelmed by the feeling that we will soon be a family of 4 instead of a family of 3, the prep work has gone over well! We have some wonderful friends from church who helped us move furniture around last Sunday, and things are beginning to find new homes throughout our house.
The next few weeks will be fairly busy (when are they not in this house), but they will also be such a blessing. Some neighbors are throwing a shower for me this Saturday, Austin has a big sibling class that same day, on Sunday we are celebrating Colombian Independence Day with a Colombian dinner at a neighbor's house, the following weekend Austin has a birthday party to go to, and the weekend after that our church has an event at a local lake and everyone will be here for Austin's birthday party. It is hard to believe that he will be 5 this year...I really didn't understand how quickly time went by until I had a child...
That's about it from our end. Please continue to pray for us in the coming weeks as things get even more chaotic in our household! :)