SOLD

We finally sold our Audi!! Such a relief. I'll be honest, this wasn't my favorite car. It's been a headache most of the time. In other news; the baby will be 12 weeks tomorrow and I have my second doctor's appointment. We will be able to hear the heartbeat for the first time. Just in case you're all wondering, we don't know what it is yet. Out here in Idaho they make you wait until you're 20 weeks along to tell you even though I know you can tell by at least 16 weeks. Lame! So, any guesses or name suggestions?

New place and more space.

As some of you may know, we have owned this town home for about six months. We've been renting it out to the people we bought it from while they were having a house built. It will be so nice to finally have more space even though Owen will probably continue to follow us around everywhere. This will be our home until we move to NJ and then we will be renting it out to beauty college girls. So FYI, we now have a guest room! I know you all want to come visit..

A recommendation.

Really cute movie. I guess it came out last year but we watched it for the first time this weekend. If you haven't seen it, it's rentable material.

And the winner is...

After much prayer and thoughtful consideration, it feels great to finally have made our decision..





Many of you may be shocked and were probably thinking Hawaii was such an obvious choice. However, Joe lived in Hawaii for a year and a half so we were able to be a little more realistic about the situation. Let me list a few major concerns we had about moving to Hawaii:

Joe having to work 5am-8pm an hour away in Honolulu,
an hour car ride to the nearest sanitary hospital,
$1000/month for an apartment the size of our closet,
a homeless Mr.Owen,
and bottom line, I don't want cockroaches carrying my baby away.

I wish I could have taken a picture of the lists of pro's and con's we sat down and made the other night. New Jersey far outweighed the others in pro's. We are so excited to be able to live close to family.

So New Jersey, here we come!

Our little one has graduated to a fetus.

Today marks ten weeks for our little peanut. Let's take a look at what will be happening this week, shall we?


"Though he's barely the size of a kumquat — a little over an inch or so long, crown to bottom — and weighs less than a quarter of an ounce, your baby has now completed the most critical portion of his development. This is the end of the embryo period and the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in his body rapidly grow and mature.

He's swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs — including his kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) — are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout your pregnancy. If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.

In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. His hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over his heart, and his feet may be long enough to meet in front of his body. The outline of his spine is clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from his spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on his head, which measures half the length of his body. From crown to rump, he's about 1 1/4 inches long. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size — to nearly 3 inches."


What the heck's a kumquat?

Need a little humor in your life?

Check out this goofy Japanese game show. It's not necessary to watch the entire thing, just enough to get a good laugh.

The decision has arrived..

Here we stand at a crossroad in our lives looking in three directions..


This way..



This way..



Or this way..



Because THIS...

"Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected for admission to Brigham Young University-Hawaii. You have shown that you are academically prepared, and committed to upholding the high standards of this university.

We look forward to having you assist in our prophetic mission: preparing graduates whose 'influence will be felt for good toward the establishment of peace internationally.' We look forward to having you on campus."

...has just arrived.


Do we stay here in the frozen tundra? Do we move out east? Or do we call Hawaii home?

To be continued...

For those of you who may not know...

This little ball of flesh is going to change our lives (and possibly yours, depending on who you are) drastically come October. Yes, that's right people, we are expecting a monster. Actually, we think it's going to be a pretty cute one.

I have been really lucky and have only gotten sick a few times. I definitely feel nauseated more than not but I have to remind myself, it could be worse. For the most part, I have been able to continue my normal routine.

I was just telling Joe last night about how blessed I feel to be pregnant. There are countless women who will never be able to experience what I am experiencing (and will experience). If being pregnant isn't a miracle (and doesn't testify to you that there is a God) I don't know what is. Okay, I know, I'm getting kind of sentimental. I'll get off my pregnancy soapbox.