Working, at last! And, a life update...

Sorry it's been a while...
I did get my license, the day before my birthday. Since then, I have been extremely overwhelmed working on the many backlogged evaluations, IEPs, therapy sessions that had just been waiting for me. Work is going well with the exception that about 3 times a week, I feel like there is NO way I will be able to complete everything I need to. But, then, it falls into place, so overall, I am happy.

Personally, we finally moved out of my parents house. It was just too frustrating to have James leave the house at 5:25AM and come home at 7:40PM. By the time he ate and got comfortable, I was ready for bed. We settled on Belmont, a mid-way point for us. His commute has been cut in half (from 2 hours to 1 hour) and my commute has increased by 5-10 minutes, depending on traffic. I will take it. We are still in boxes - for those of you who have been to our house, we moved from that to a small 2 BDRM apt. so trying to find a place for all our stuff is hard. Goodwill and the Salvation Army have benefitted - we are actually donating really nice stuff, but can't use it. We really like our apartment, and although we have only signed a 6 month lease, we would feel comfortable staying there longer. Please come visit!

I had my last birthday BC (before child- hopefully!) so that was fun. I got an ipod nano from James and he got my old ipod. I also got some gift cards, which will be WELL used, a board game that we look forward to using once we have a horizontal area to use (tables are full of stuff), and some home decoration goods. I also got some birthday cards and notes from Reuben Lindh-ers which was really nice. And, I got some cool post-its with one of my birthday cards.

The baby is moving- a lot! We decided not to find out the gender, so we have been going about 3-4 weeks talking about he then she - right now, he is a he. He is dancing or playing soccer with my internal organs - I can't tell, but it does feel good to know he's still moving around in there. We are both pretty excited about him, although knowing about friends losing children during pregnancy, shortly after and later- I find that I am probably more cautious and worried than the average pregnant woman. James does a good job of acknowledging my concerns as valid, but bringing his typical optimism into it, which helps.

The belly is growing so much that I now look pregnant and just this week went maternity shopping - the pants are SO much more comfortable than buttoning the pants below the belly. At some point, we will finally upload pictures and I will post some. We haven't taken pictures lately of my belly, but if we can clear off enough space to take a picture,we will do so this weekend. Did I mention that we are pretty crowded and still in boxes here?

Hopefully less time will pass between this post and the next one!