Some New Gifts, and Almost Time to Close our Virtual Shower!!!

All - This is the last reminder to bless Baby Jude with some love before he makes his big arrival! As many of you know Julie is SO ready for him to come. Let's join her in prayer that he makes his appearance sooner than later. She has some extra amniotic fluid, so pray that her water breaks and she goes into labor SOON! Jude is measuring at an estimated 8 lbs., and Julie's doctor is not ready to induce until 39 weeks (or December 17th). The great news about that is that he should be a great sleeper out of the gate! They say babies are physically able to sleep through the night at the 10 lb. mark.

Let's do one more special thing as we close out this shower. Let's all keep Jake, Julie and Jude in our prayers daily, but let's also each commit to a day to pray for them specifically on each of the days between now and 12/17. There should be plenty of us to cover that period of time. Please sign up for your day in the comments. If we have more people than days, please just start extending past the 17th. I know this is a busy time of year, but all the more reason we should make time to talk to our savior, right? Please review the comments and choose a date that hasn't been taken.

Finally, Julie has received a couple more gifts. Carrie Williams went all out and got the following adorable gifts, PLUS she sent a bunch of special toys and things that belonged to her girls - all with adorable post-it notes explaining each one.

 And here's the nursing cover and blanket that I made and sent to Julie along with a lot of 12 month hand me downs from my son, Nathan, who Julie watched every Monday for several months when he was little.

Julie was really touched by the fact that Jude will get to use things that other kids she loves (the adorable Williams girls and yes - my sweet Nathan) have used. Passing things on is a beautiful thing!

I will post any other photos of gifts Julie receives here, and I think it's fitting that we also post some photos of Jude once he gets here - you know, for posterity. But otherwise, thanks so much for participating in this virtual shower! Don't forget to "sign up" for your day to pray, and I hope you and your families are extremely blessed this holiday season. Come on, Baby Jude!!!!