The Growing Family

The little guy's crib with his collection of toy animals. The Qatar camel is a favorite.

The nursery is not quite complete. Pictures and mobile need to be hung. I am sleeping in the room for now, so the space is a bit tight. But it is fun imagining that in a few weeks at most there will be a new little life inhabiting the space. Katherine looks great. She has done such a good job of watching her weight and she seems to be suffering very few of the typical discomforts that women who are nine months pregnant suffer.

She and Gabe had some beautiful pictures taken. This practice seems like a lovely way to document this stage of their growing family.

Gabe's humor is always a delight. 

Tonight, we are staying home and doing some serious talking about the birth plan. Gabe and Katherine are still trying to decide on whether or not to hire their birth class teacher, Larson, as their doula. Another friend, Kat, just recently delivered and wrote to Katherine about how wonderful it was to have Larson present for the birth of their son. We got to see Kat and Will and baby at the hospital when we visited Wednesday. The baby was delivered a bit early and weighs just over 5 lbs. He was tightly swaddled, so he looked like a large peanut when we met him.

My favorite picture of the ones they had taken is this one- two beautiful people in the beautiful place where they live.