Monday, November 24, 2008

Growing Girl













I definitely look (and feel) pregnant now!! I'm about 24 weeks along, and I think Julia has grown a lot in the last couple of weeks. I had a doctor appointment on Thursday and everything is going along just fine. It was a neat session too, because we talked about different relaxation techniques we can use throughout the pregnancy, and espcially during labor. We also talked a lot about nursing and the benefits to that.

These are pictures of our house/apartment too (I'm not very good at blogging because I kept accidentally deleting pictures...so all the photos are sort of out of sequence...). It's much smaller than our old house, but very cozy, and perfect for our little family :). I think the cats sometimes get cabin fever, but we'll make then outdoor cats when we move back to the states, so I'm sure they'll much happier in a couple years!

Everything is going well for us - Tom is doing great at his training and is in the final stretch! I've started my new job and it's going really well. I'm doing 12 hr. shifts, but overall it's less hours and more days off than my last job. I really like the work and the people I'm working with too, so that's certainly a plus. It's also gotten very cold here in the last few days, and it's even been snowing! It had all melted by this morning, but I just looked outside, and it's snowing again. Hopefully, we'll have snow for Christmas too :). Enjoy the photos!

Monday, November 3, 2008

Baby Bump!


I finally started showing, but just a little. A couple weeks ago, Tom said I look like I just ate a big Thanksgiving dinner, but what a cute Thanksgiving dinner!! :). I am wearing maternity clothes now, particularly pants (a lot of my shirts I can still get away with, for a little bit longer). I am wondering though, why we don't wear maternity pants all the time? They're so comfy! I'm definitely saving these suckers for the many Thanksgiving dinners we have ahead of us (can you tell I am thinking about food a lot?).

Everything is going very well for Tom and me. I'm moving to a new job in about a week, with hopefully less hours and a little less stress (at least once I get settled in, that is!). It'll definitely be a good change for our family. Tom is also doing well, he's been going fishing a lot with one of his buddies he met at training, and just enjoying being in the States - albeit, away from his family. We did find out a little bit ago, though, that he'll be coming home a few days early, so we're very grateful for that!