Getting Excited for Christmas

All, just thought I'd start a new blogg strand letting you all know how excited we are for the Christmas Holiday. As many of you may have known, Sofia went into the hospital last thursday as she was in premature labor. She is officially 4 weeks from having little Elena, and they did an amniocentisis (sp) to check to see if they could deliver due to Sofia's accelerated contractions. Turns out little Elena's lungs were not fully developed, so they built a few medicinal concoctions for Sofia to reverse the labor. (we were in the hospital for 3 days...) It worked, and we are home, although Sofia is constantly having contractions and in a lot of pain. She is also on bedrest, extreme bedrest, so life is great for all (yea, right!). Anyhow, the baby of course is oblivious to all of this, and chilling out in utero, although apparently longing to exit said utero as soon as medically possible. Long and the short: we are expecting a baby any single day now. Please keep little Elena and Sofia in your prayers lately. Our doctors say that even if we deliver tomorrow, things ought to be OK, but every day in the womb predicts a better and healthier baby. That's the word for now. THanks for all your calls and prayers, vistits, etc. We have a wonderful extended family, and we greatly appreciate it.