Rainy day

Call me weird but I love rainy days. I dont like it to be dark and dreary all the time but the occassional "forced-to-stay-inside" dark and rainy day is just fine by me. Maybe I spent too much time in England but days like this just make me feel "home-y". I want to snuggle up, happily on the couch with a cup of tea or coffee and read a book, or knit, or just watch a movie.

Speaking of knitting, well more crochet in this instance, I found an old baby blanket project that I started several years ago and never finished. It originally was meant for a doll that I was sculpting but about I got burnt out on making dolls so the blanket project got packed away and forgotten. Now I have new incentive with baby number 3 on his or her way. It's being made from fluffy, bulky yarn, it's sooo cuddly soft. I love they way it's turning out. I'm about 1/2 way done with it now, here's a sneak preview. :)

Oh! and my passport arrived today... 1 of 3 we're waiting on! It came so quickly! It's such a relief and hopefully the other two will follow quickly. Everything else we need to get done is basically just waiting on our medical screenings to get approved, which hopefully should be next week. I cant believe how fast time is flying. Before we know it, we'll be in flight to our new home in Germany! :)

Blubba Blubba

Oh boy, do I feel SO fat today! I've felt like this since Saturday, actually... well... technically all my life but I feel ESPECIALLY fat now LOL. I cant even lean forward towards the computer. Is it bad to feel like you're 9 months pregnant at only 2 months?! I even got off my tush this morning and made it to step class but it didn't seem to help much. I guess I'm just stuck with this feeling for a while. ;) I shouldn't complain, I least I have the baby to blame it on and not just the Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robins that I was forced to eat this weekend. LOL

Nausea has kicked in full swing now too. Oh my goodness, has it ever! And of course the lawn care guys just happened to lay down a fresh batch of fertilizer around the house. Dashing to the car has taken a whole new meaning now.

The boys have a dentist appointment tomorrow and while we're there I have to make an appointment for myself so that I can get that "box checked" for my overseas screening. Have I mentioned how much I hate the dentist? Not only does my avid imagination make them out to be crazy masked clowns with instruments of torture but the fact of anyone near my mouth just makes me want to gag! My mouth is incredibly sensitive. Not necessarily sensitive like "ouch that hurts" but more like causing gag reflex or just plain out right pissing me off if you touch or go anywhere near my mouth. LOL And dont even get me started on that "sucky thing" they use to clean up with... that's the absolute supreme torture device to me. *shudders*

8weeks pregnant and 8 weeks til we leave...

What better excuse to start a blog than when you find out you're going to be moving overseas. I've been wanting to start one of these for a long time. It'll be a great way to record all our travels, experiences and complaints and share them with you.

So far, everything has been crazy and exciting around here. I mean, not only are we surprised to know we're pregnant but now the new surprise, moving to Germany. It's all kind of scary and exciting and stressful all wrapped into one. We only have 2 months to get our passports done (which we started today). We have to get medical physicals completed - which I'm stressing over, me and my "white coat anxiety" (there goes the blood pressure). Not to mention the obvious: getting the house packed out, figuring out how to get Copper over there safely, shipping the car, etc, etc. Of course there is the biggest stressor on top of it all, if we don't get everything done in time, they could send D. over on his own and the boys and I will have to meet him over there (possibly traveling without him) at a later date - that'll be a blast! LOL

I'm trying not to worry about this stuff too much. God put us in this and He has His plan. It'll all work out perfectly, I know. There are pro's and con's to D. leaving before us. I would rather us all be together but if he does have to leave before us.... he's taking that dog with him! ;) LOL!!

On a happy, less stressful note, the pregnancy is going great. I'm nauseous pretty much daily now - which believe it or not, I'm embracing. It's reassuring to me to know that my hormones are in full swing. I never got to experience that with the boys and I was a little sad that I missed out (haha! weirdo, I know). I'm not quite sure when I'll be seeing an OB. I'm guessing I'll find out more when we have our physicals - in about 2 weeks. Just think, by the time we get over to Germany, I'll probably be far enough along that we'll be able to find out what the baby's sex is going to be!! :D

Well gotta run, I made chocolate chip cookies and one is calling my name!!! (shh dont tell)