Baby, Baby, Baby!

Derek is doing well! My belly is getting bigger and bigger by the week and we're able to see him move from the outside a lot better now. He was kicking up a storm yesterday morning and Mitch was actually able to feel him move! Derek seems to know his Daddy because he usually quiets down when Mitch puts his hand on my belly. It's a nice trick to use when he's moving a lot and keeping me awake at night. We're excited to welcome him into our family - I'm hoping he comes towards the end of December. :)

Update on the kidney situation: We've got the last ultrasound scheduled for 20 Nov early in the morning, so watch for a post that day. The plan is that the ultrasound will be used to determine whether or not Derek's kidneys are severely blocked and filled with urine and, if so, whether or not to take him up to a month early (around 14 Dec). Unfortunately, 14 Dec is the first day of finals, so we'll be working with the Dr.s to see if we can delay it for a few days. Most of my finals are scheduled, but I think my professors will allow me to take them early.

Mitch had to work late last night and Austin and Liz invited me to watch their co-ed volleyball game. I was able to go and help babysit Katelyn, John and Jenna's little girl. She really didn't like it when Mom and Dad left and was crying pretty much the whole 40 minutes or so. She seemed to get a little better towards the end, so I'm looking forward to trying again next week. John was pretty confident that Katelyn would start feeling more comfortable about the third time I babysit. I'm hopeful. Austin and Liz's team won the first 2 games pretty much hands-down. I wasn't able to keep track of the scores, but the opposing team was pretty uncoordinated. :)

Watch for a belly picture post coming up, probably later this week or even tonight. We'll see how Mitch is feeling when he gets home.

Hope you all are doing well!

Moving Update

The NCOs finally got our reporting info! We report to Maxwell AFB 14 May for ASBC. Not sure if we're going to move in and then accompany him to ASBC or what, but we'll see. Then we report to Laughlin AFB, TX on 04 July. So, we'll be in TX for approx 6 months (and hopefully be able to celebrate Derek's 1st birthday with all his extended family) though it might be as long as a year. We'll get to experience the blazing hot summer of TX - yay. I hope the A/C works!