Everybody that saw us this week gave us wide-eyed looks and asked why the baby isn’t here yet. Sorry, folks, we aren’t in control of that. Elisa promises not to pop in front of you if you promise not to stare. BTW, updated pictures of the maternal gut are online. (I hope that’s not irreverent to her sacred gift of life).

We tried to stay active. We had my new manager Pal’s family over for raclette. On Friday we went out with Alvin and Dani. Elisa went on a lot of walks this week. Everyone who called while I was out got all suspicious.

Today marks our 4th Annual Cereal Party. This year’s theme was mixology. We didn’t invite a lot of people over because we didn’t know if labor would interfere.

Tara and Sophie are scheduled to arrive here in Zürich this Saturday. But there’s bad news. The stress levels around the Church household are running too high right now. Mom’s got the shingles! 😡 Poor thing was told by the doctor right before she left that she should stay away from pregnant women and infants. What the jimmy? We are still hoping that by Saturday Tara won’t be contagious anymore. Otherwise we don’t know exactly what the backup plan will be.

Maybe it’s the pregnancy hormones talking—but it is true anyway—I am just so happy to be with someone that I think the world of. Chad gave an amazingly good lesson today in church, in GERMAN! He is doing so fantastic. I have so much fun seeing him and knowing he is mine and I am his. I am super proud of who I married and feel so lucky and blessed to get to share everything with him. Plus he’s dang sexy.