hello mister helo pilot

John deserves to be mentioned first. He finished Primary (the school he has been in for what seems like forever) and selected last Thursday (selected = found out what type of aircraft he will fly for his career). He will be a helicopter pilot which is exactly what he wanted! God is good and has His hand in all that we do. Helo school will start in mid to late February and is here in Florida, so we will be Pensacola residents for at least ten more months. Finishing Primary is a pretty big deal. John is amazing.

In the meantime (before the next school in Feb), he has finally has some free time and has found some new hobbies. He has decided to take up bow hunting, and he is hoping to take a trip home before our baby arrives. Maybe he'll even find time to figure out how helicopters work, and then he will hopefully be home with me and baby for several months. How spoiled am I?

Very. And very pregnant. Thirty-one weeks today and can hardly wait to meet baby Lynch! I am so thankful that this pregnancy has been so good to me. Pregnancy brain is a new experience that has made teaching tenth graders quite entertaining. Forming sentences takes work. And I have started leaving myself numerous notes in order to remember what I told certain classes.

In other baby news ... I had a baby shower last weekend that my mom came down for AND MY SISTER! Tori surprised me and flew in for the weekend. Such an awesome surprise and I am not an easy person to surprise! Only thing that could have made it better is if she would have decided to stay for at least a month :). The shower was perfect and I have such wonderful friends down here that made it that way.

We still have a few essential items to buy from our Amazon registry, but it will all come together in due time.

Some of the latest belly shots:

28 weeks

31 weeks (today!)

And a little something I love more than my growing belly ... baby Lynch moving! This baby rarely stops moving (we have started praying for parental patience). Baby moving (click for video).