surprise baby lunch!

i have to say that i have not enjoyed living in las vegas one bit, but one thing that has made these five months more tolerable is the awesome group of girls here. they are going through the same transient situation and can relate to the frustrations of living with almost nothing in an apartment for six months and not being able to find a job for that time as well. some of them will head back to the base they just came from after their husbands finish this schooling, but others will move somewhere new, like us. i wrote where they came from and where they are headed from here under the first picture below. anyway......we usually meet for lunch about once a week or every two weeks, but this week they surprised me (hence the reason i'm in running clothes) with a beautiful little baby celebration! i was so shocked...and i feel very blessed to have them here with me! the flowers are absolutely gorgeous and still in full bloom on our counter...the cupcakes were to die for and almost too pretty to eat....and they topped it off with a sweet card and gift card for brant and i. i think we may use it to get a baby carrier called the ergobaby. very exciting, i know. :)


back: jen (utah to utah), julia & colton (south carolina to south carolina), brooke (kunsan, korea to japan), alison (italy to japan)
front: megan (japan to phoenix), me

24 weeks & parkour

we had our 24 week OB appointment this week and everything went well....baby's heartbeat still at 155 bpm and my belly grew a few centimeters. at our 28 week appointment in june, also our last appointment before heading to germany, we'll go over my glucose test (which i take before memorial day) and an ultrasound (also right before memorial day) checking on my amniotic fluid. since my last ultrasound, i have drank no less than one gallon of water every day and let me tell you....this baby is a drinker! i'm never fully hydrated until after i finish my last 32 ounces... i may up my intake to a gallon and a half this summer per my midwife's suggestion. the extra hydration keeps the baby unbelievably active. i'm obsessed with watching it move! sometimes i wonder if she/he is reorganizing her/his room in there, fighting with a twin we haven't noticed yet, running laps, practicing martial arts to defend itself on the streets of orenhofen (where we'll be living), i don't know, but if you've ever seen or heard of parkour...i think we may have a baby that's already practicing for it...



here i am, all popped out!





p.s. i also had my first prenatal massage this week and it was heaven. the masseuse is also a doula and she showed me how to move the baby if it starts to hurt my ligaments by resting too much on one side...she also showed me it's shape in my belly and said that it is head down right now. the baby complied when she moved it from my right side to the center, but then after the massage, went right back to it's favorite spot. :)

22 weeks

i just got back from a few trips (miami, key west, michigan...), so this is a bit overdue. :) it's starting to get a bit uncomfortable to fly, as i realized on my flight home from michigan two days ago. the little chinchilla is as active as a pinball machine - always poking around and adjusting her/himself...favoring the right side of my belly, yet sleeping when i run...so thankfully i have been able to keep that up. we have our 24 week appointment next week, so i'll be sure to share how that goes.

ciao for now,
sara