Big Baby!

Well the nursing prof whose shower I attended a few weeks ago had a baby boy yesterday. She had opted awhile ago to have an elective c-section. Well it turns out she probably would have ended up having a c-section anyhow as her son weighed 10 lbs 7 oz! YIKES! I hope my daughter doesn't get that big before she's born. :-) This is her first baby at the age of 40 after ttc about 8 years. I am so glad her ttc journey finally had a very happy ending!!!

Our house is being shown 3 times today. I hope one of these 3 decide to make us an offer. We shall see! If they don't, I think sometime next week we'll drop the price some as the house will have been on the market 4 weeks as of next Thursday.

I should clarify about getting tired of people asking me if we've picked a name yet. I love when people ask how I'm feeling, if we know the gender, when I'm due, etc. It's not that I don't like being asked pgcy questions. It's just that I already feel frustrated on my own that we haven't picked a name yet and so it's hard when I get asked so many times a day particularly as some people ask me every time they see me (even if that's daily!) or every time they email me.

There are so many things I am thankful for - of course my daughter comes very high on that list! I also would have to add I am so appreciative of the friends and family who have been praying for her and sharing in our excitement through the pgcy whether that's "in real life" or those of you who take the time to read this blog and post comments. Really it means a lot to me!!! Today I want to focus on something else for which I am very grateful. Some of you know that there was a stretch of about 18 months where I was really in a stressful situation at work due to interpersonal conflicts within my dept. I wanted to leave the university, but of course since I have been the primary (and at times exclusive) breadwinner the past 2 1/2 years that wasn't possible. Well the first big improvement happened about one year ago when the dept chair stepped down and the administration appointed a new dept chair. Life has been so much better for me at work under his leadership. The former dept chair completely left the university after the fall semester as she decided to retire. The other individual who was behind a lot of the conflict had no intention of retiring any time soon. Well he got himself in trouble (again!) but this time he realized the end result was going to be different. So he beat the university to the punch and announced his retirement this week. My two closest friends in the dept transferred to other depts in 2007 over all this "stuff." I wish these two retirements had happened one year earlier so my friends would still be in the dept, but honestly I had zero hope that both would be gone within such a short amount of time. What a relief! I am so grateful!!! Although work will not be my main focus in the next year (being MOMMY will be instead), I am still very thankful for these drastic improvements in my work environment.