Vanity, China, and the Final Countdown

On Sunday after doing Jennabee's hair for church, I caught her standing in front of the bathroom mirror kissing herself and saying, "pretty". Who knew vanity could start so early? I'm sure all the flattery her older brothers shower her with has something to do with it. Everytime she puts on a dress and gets her hair done, they tell her how pretty she is. Now she wants to put on a dress every morning when she wakes up and she smiles at herself in the full length mirror while twirling the ruffles of her dress. It's a good thing this little girl is getting a sister because she definitely needs a little competition to bring her back down to Earth!

In other news, Joe is in China again for a week. He actually left early Tuesday morning. He'll be spending most of his time in Shanghai and the last couple of days in Taiwan. We hope he doesn't get sick this time!

And I am counting down the weeks now....only one month to go until my due date (Jan. 8)! Tomorrow I will start my weekly appointments until the baby comes. I'm sure it's going to breeze by so fast with the holidays. I'm very excited and have started "nesting", even though we are in a small apartment and most of our stuff is in storage. I managed to find the carseat, the baby clothes and blankets, the bassinet, and am starting to wash everything up. I also bought some newborn diapers and I think I'm good to go.