Is that a big surprise to any of you? I still have our huge suitcase filled with clothes sitting on my bedroom floor. I am still living out of that suitcase which should really be motivation to me to empty it. But, I've got a page full of excuses that I won't bother boring any of you with.
The water heater is fixed, but I feel like I am living in a construction zone. It really isn't a big deal, but I feel like there are just a lot of little projects unfinished and I just want them to be done. Now. There just aren't enough hours on the day for me to deal with a lot of the things, or being pregnant with my ever growing belly prevents me from doing a lot of things. But, in due time, things will get done. I would just love to be able to enjoy the finished result before the Army moves us elsewhere.
As for our trip to MI, well it was overwhelming and great. We managed to see just about all our family and the girls were showered with love and attention and gifts. I had the chance to sleep in a few days and that was the best gift I could ever have asked for. Sure it was only 0800, but that extra hour makes a HUGE difference to me. I don't think I took a lot of pictures from our time in MI, I spent more time just enjoying the experiences rather than attempting to take blurry pictures of it all. We visited the zoo in Lansing for their festival of lights, the MSU museum (don't remember what it's called) but there were dinosaurs and an elevator there and that's all that really mattered to Ivie. We also shopped, dressed up, played and just really enjoyed being with family.
Mike had been able to call quite a bit, however he has recently started rotating to his outpost and he doesn't have any telephone or Internet access there. He doesn't have much of anything there but lots of work, oh, and three dogs.
And our biggest news, we're having a boy!My friends C and S joined me at my ultrasound Friday and we all got to see the little guy squirming around and playing peek-a-boo and being very healthy. The ultrasound tech said everything looked to be very healthy and normal. She printed off TONS of pictures for me, including doubles for me to send to Mike. I did manage to have a 5 minute conversation with him prior to him leaving for almost 2 weeks to tell him the big news. I did hear some excitement in his exhausted voice though. I cannot wait for him to return to the FOB so we can actually talk more about our new little soldier. I did manage to get some of the ultrasound pictures on our flickr site so check it out! At my last check up, it appears that I have a little bit of a minor health scare, but I'll follow up that when I hear the results from my CNM (which will hopefully be super soon). For now, please just keep me and our little one in your prayers.
I am hoping to accomplish a lot this week around the house and just get myself back into my single mother groove. I've been so blessed to have so much help the past month that I am definitely feeling a bit overwhelmed again. One day at a time, though. I have started feeling my nesting instincts kick in (a little early if you ask me) so I have a lot of extra things I'm adding to my daily routine. I am anticipating having a lot of toys, and some other baby things like strollers, diaper bags, etc and am wanting to find a great place to donate as much as possible. In the past I have used Salvation Army, but if anyone knows of any other deserving organizations, please let me know. We have always been so blessed to have our needs met and then some, and I just want to pass along the blessings.
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