First Finals

Clayton took his Criminal Law and Contracts finals this week. He has two more to go. Thanks for your prayers.  He has two more and then he gets to take a few weeks off. Yay!

Nicole had a work out buddy this week. It was nice. Nicole is feeling a lot better and more able to function as human being. She is even doing the dishes now, without a mask. She takes great care of Clayton while he studies. At twenty-four weeks Nicole can still fit in most of her clothes, but her friends tell her that she is hardly showing at all.

On Sunday, we had a couple, who both attend law school with Clayton, the Sessions, over for dinner. We had lots of fun with them. It was very therapeutic to talk about finals and freaking out about law school. Its nice to know he's not the only one freaking out. We made a yummy dish we learned from Nicole's Cousin. Clayton made some delicious fudge sauce to go with our ice cream sundaes. The Sessions said it was the yummiest fudge sauce.

We will see you all soon. We are excited to spend Christmas and New Years with you.

С наступаюшем празником
("with the coming holidays" a traditional Russian holiday greeting)

It's a Boy!

This week we found out, for sure this time, that the baby is a BOY! The best part about the ultra-sound was that we got to watch our baby kick, yawn, punch, and infuriate the tech by hiding. The tech said that the baby was really stubborn. Baby must take after Clayton, because Nicole is not stubborn at all.

On Thursday, Clayton turned in his final paper and completed the last day of class. He has two weeks of intense finals and then a break. We are looking forward to visiting family in Kentucky and Utah. Clayton really wants to dust off his ice skates and play hockey.

Not much else happened this week, and we thought you all would rather look at baby pics.

Baby's Arm and Face

Look at that foot!

Baby Mouth Yawning

Baby Mouth and Nose

Peace and Blessings