Our house

We cannot believe it, but they accepted our offer!!! They didn't even counter us! We are still in shock. I had myself convinced that something would go wrong and we wouldn't get it. This is so exciting! We will be closing on August 14.

22 weeks

Yes, we are in yet another hotel. At least this time we are in Colorado Springs! We have been here since Wednesday night. House hunting is not as fun as we were hoping it would be. Thursday we met our realtor and spent time with him driving around different neighborhoods to see what we like. After that, he printed out every house in the areas we liked that were in our price range and met our criteria (at least 3 bed, 2 bath). Mike and I went through all of those Thursday night and made a list of 25 houses that we wanted to see. That's what we did on Friday. It was a LONG DAY, and eye opening. We learned that everything looks good on paper. Most of them were disappointing for one reason or another and some were obviously getting ready to go through foreclosure b/c the owners trashed the house and took everything from appliances to door knobs! After Friday, there were four houses that we knew we could live in. Saturday we looked at those houses again and a couple others that were a little out of our price range. That narrowed it down to two houses. We spent Saturday afternoon making Pros/Cons lists and the decision was clear. SO Monday morning we are going to go sign the papers to put in an offer. Keep your fingers crossed! We really like the house and the area it is in. It is actually just out of town, but that is where the city is heading. It's a great community.

We have not had a chance at all to tour the Springs like we thought we would. It is beautiful here. The mountains are right there! The city is clean and really nice. We know that we are gong to love it.

Here I am at 22 weeks. Time is flying. I don't know which is harder, finding a house or finding a crib! I am having the hardest time picking things out. All that baby furniture is so expensive.

This picture is from the ultra sound I had a couple of weeks ago. It is of his little feet, like the one I put on here at 12 weeks. They are A LOT bigger this time, and stronger! He has a little routine that I have picked up on. I know the times of the day that he will be up and moving. He loves to get his WHOLE body on my right side. It pinches when he does that but it looks so cool b/c my tummy is really lumpy looking. We felt him kick from the outside for the first time yesterday! I noticed he was kicking really hard and laid my hand on my tummy just to see and sure enough, I felt it. Then Mike had to keep is hand there for a little bit until the baby kicked another good one, and he felt it too! That was exciting.

Look hard, you will see the bottoms of his feet.

It's a boy!!

We are sitting in Mike's truck outside the Comfort Inn stealing the wireless Internet connection right now. You gotta do what you gotta do when you're a gypsy! I'll have to make this one short because it's getting hot out.

We are so excited to be having a boy! Mike’s biggest fear was that it was going to be a girl, then the next one would be a girl, then we would try again…and it would be a girl. He is so relieved.
We did not get to see the doctor because he was called to the hospital, but everything looked great on the ultra sound. The baby was moving around so much that it was hard to get good pictures. He loved sticking his little feet in the air and playing with his toes. It was so sweet! He weighs 15 oz so I will obviously be getting a lot bigger.


This past Saturday we went to Glacier NP to spend time with family. It was nice to see everyone. There was still a ton of snow up in the mountains which made the scenery gorgeous.

We are supposed to be in Colorado Springs right now, but we’re in Great Falls instead. Mike’s orders still have not come through, so he was not authorized to have his time off to go find a house. We are hoping to leave Wednesday and stay down there for a week.

We are staying at our friend's house right now while they are out of town. Tomorrow we have a hotel room on base for one night and then we will move again. See, we are gypsies! We are very grateful for the friends that have helped us along the way.

Even though this is a very stressful time, we are trying to enjoy our time off. Yesterday Mike went golfing with a friend and I walked with them. Tomorrow we are going floating down the Missouri with a group of friends, which is one of our favorite things to do in Montana. Can't wait!

19 weeks!

We cannot believe we are going to find out what we are having NEXT WEEK! It has all gone by so fast. Nothing new has happened this week. Just starting to prepare ourselves for moving out of TLF. We check out Saturday morning. Things are going to be crazy from there. I will certainly try my best to keep up with the blog.

This past weekend we went to visit our dog. He seems to be doing just fine. Our friend said he didn't mind keeping him for as long as we needed, so that is a relief. We also went to see the movie Up. All I have to say is take some tissues! It was a killer. Great movie though.

Whew. I feel like it's been a month since my last blog. We have had so much going on. We are out of the house and staying in TLF (temporary lodging facility) on base. As it turns out, I did not cry when I left our house. I was so happy to be done with sleeping on that air mattress that I didn't think twice. To get off of that thing I had to roll off of it and get on all fours. It was a pitiful site.

By the way, our new address is:

General Delivery
Malmstrom AFB, Montana 59802




We have reservations at TLF for 10 days and then we will be kicked out. It is such a busy time of the year b/c there are a lot of military moves going on. My poor dog's address is:

Homeless
Great Falls, MT

They didn't give us a room that allows pets! We were so mad, but we had to keep our reservation. He is staying with one of Mike's friends right now, but we'll have to do something else with him by tomorrow.


So here I am at 18 weeks. I don't feel like my tummy has grown very much over the past few weeks.



Our empty living room

Sold!

Things are going to stay pretty hectic for a while. My last day at work is next Friday, June26. We are going to meet up with Mema, Papa, Aunt Nancy, Uncle Bob, and Emilee at Glacier NP from June 27 to July 1. Very excited about that! Then we come back to Great Falls, have a doctor appointment July 2 (we'll find out what we are having, finally!), and head to Col Springs to house shop for a long weekend. THEN, we will have to come back to Great Falls again so Mike can finish things up at work for a week. Probably the 13th we'll head back down to CO for another week. Then on to Alabama! It's a lot. I think I am going to have to buy on of those travel toilets for girls. Oh! Let's not forget that we have a 100lb lab that is going to be with us! Nightmare. We know everything will work out eventually. Our realtor in the Springs has been sending us listings that we may be interested in and we already have a great wish list. We are really excited about finding a new house!

We are also really excited about our appointment on July 2! They moved it up for us since we will be leaving so soon. The baby has grown and changed so much since the last time we saw it. This appointment is going to be amazing.

A lot of things have happened in the last couple of days... #1 my cousin Melissa found out SHE'S HAVING A GIRL!!! So Exciting!! #2 Mike and I found out that we are leaving Montana sooner than we thought. Long story short, he is trading training dates with another guy who really needs to go to in September. So Mike has to be in Alabama at the end of July. Every week is going to be jam packed until then, including going to Col. Springs to find a house.

Tomorrow the packers come. Our house is destroyed right now, and it's only going to get worse. We feel like we have tons to do, but we're not really sure what. I guess the packers will take care of everything.

So here we are at 17 weeks. I have started to feel the baby move around a lot. It's so cool. I felt it about two weeks ago for the first time and I knew exactly what that little flutter feeling was as soon as it happened. It happened one more time about a week after that, and this week it has happened a lot. I love it!

This past weekend it snowed! Nothing stuck to the ground, thank goodness.

So starting Thursday we will have nothing in our house except an air mattress, a small TV, and our clothes that we don't want the movers to take. Sunday will be our last night in our first home.... I'm sure I'll cry!

16 weeks

It's been a long week and a half! Mainly because I think I have been awake the whole time. This past Friday I must have picked up a bug. I could not keep any food down and I was up most of the night. Saturday I stopped puking, but still did not feel very good. Sunday I finally felt better. I have been having a hard time sleeping. I just can't get comfortable. My work schedule has changed to working in the mornings, so the nap I used to take before work is no longer an option. It has been difficult.

Since we live so close to Canada, we get a lot of their geese. One of my favorite parts of springtime here is when all the babies are hatched. They are tiny and surprisingly bright yellow. I have been meaning to get some pictures of them before they get too big and turn into normal annoying geese, but I manage to forget my camera every time. Well, Mike and I were on a mission Sunday to find them, and it wasn't very hard....

They are getting big now and are not as yellow, but still pretty cute.

Last night we had our second annual MS Fundraiser. It has been a lot of work to get it together and I am so happy it's over! We had a live band and lots of food, beer, and people. Everyone had a great time. My boss does such a great job of helping me put this together. She knows so many people around town that are willing to donate the things we need to make it all happen. We raised $2,427.00 in just one evening.

This is my boss Jo. I am 16 weeks.

Today I had another doctor's appointment. My normal doctor was not there so I met with a nurse midwife, who is actually one of my clients. I was REALLY hoping for an ultrasound, but I have to wait until next time. I wanted to see if we could tell the sex of the baby, darn it! We did get to hear the heartbeat. As soon as she put the thing on my tummy the beat was there, but the baby didn't like it and started to move all around. Everything checked out just fine. We have to wait 6 weeks for our next appointment! That is going to feel like forever.