Just 2 weeks to go!

Hard to believe it, but we are now preparing to head back home. Mom and baby are doing well, just had another checkup with the doctor and all is normal. Next week is another ultrasound appointment, so that should be fun. Baby is really moving around. It is amazing when I watch Jill's belly with all the protrusions, lumps, and bumps that appear and disappear. It's been fun to try and speculate what's going on in there.

It was great to have Grant and Jessica come visit last week. They had a chance to see the sites around Melbourne as well as taking two drives in the greater area. The 28th was Grant's Birthday, and the 29th was Jessica's--so it was fun to celebrate with them.

Last weekend, we went to "Derby Day" as a part of the Melbourne Cup racing event. This is one of the yearly big events here in Melbourne. They have been having horse races for the last several days. Saturday was the day we attended. It was fun to see everyone dressed in their finest. The ladies wore lots of hats or headpieces, and the men were all in suits and ties. The races were great too. The down side was that it rained very heavily, and we had to find some more seats and fight with the weather the rest of the day. We saw one chap make a slip-and-slide out of a tarp in the vacant general admission area. All these races culminate to the race for the Melbourne cup that we watched on TV Tuesday. My favorite, Americain, won! Too bad I don't know anything about betting (or punting as they call it here).

Mom and Dad are flying in tomorrow. We're excited to show them around. I've posted several new photos at the end of the album in the photo section-linked HERE.