Sunday, 15 February 2009

• Currently Crepusculo (Twilight, Spanish Edition) By Stephenie Meyer see related

  25 weeks and counting

  Not much to report here. 
   
  Brandon is really busy with school since he is taking nineteen credits this semester, but we are excited that he will graduate in May.  The plan is to stay here another year after graduation.  We had wanted to start ministering with RUF, but to make a long story short, there will most likely be no openings for us this fall.  The more we have become accustomed to the fact that we will not immediately have a job after graduation, the better the decision has seemed to us.  We are not really in a good market to sell our house and I would have to pack up nine months pregnant.  We also have been really happy here in Saint Louis and have found a family in our church and friends here, so we are not in any hurry to leave.  Brandon will continue working for URS Corporation, the engineering firm he has been with since graduating university.  They really seems to like him there and asked if he could stay on even once he becomes a pastor since he will only be working on Sundays.  (Ha!)  Actually, they like him so much that the ten hours a week he had planned on working throughout this semester have multiplied and turned into thirty.  Hopefully, things will settle down because between school and work, he doesn't have much time for anything else.  He is excited about his big vacation next weekend: he, his best friend, Jon, and a few of Jon's friends are going skiing in Utah for five days.  I will really REALLY miss him, but I am glad he will be able to take a break.
  
  This past weekend we chaperoned a lockin for the high school students at church.  I still wanted to be involved, but knew there was no way I could spend the night on the floor.  I ended up volunteering to prepare the breakfast so that I could be there for the evening activities and morning.  My friend Amanda generously offered me her home for cooking and sleeping since she lives five minutes from church and I was able to get a good few hours rest before making the coffee and popping the casseroles in the oven.  Poor Brandon was so tired that he didn't even make it to breakfast.  We spent the rest of our Valentine's Day napping.  We did make it out for some delicious ice cream from Maggie Moo's and came home for dinner and a movie: steak, baked potatoes, and salad - yum! 
  
  I am still working every day and feeling mostly fine.  My only trouble is sleeping at night sometimes, but I have been attempting to solve that by unwinding for an hour before bed.  It has been nice to have all the extra time I used to devote to extracurricular activities.  I try to make it to bed on time and am able to cook most nights of the week, which has really been a relief.  I love planning our menus and shopping for the week.  The baby has become extremely active.  I used to only feel the kicks at night, but now I even feel them during the day and they have sure gotten stronger.  At my last appointment, on Tuesday, the baby's heartbeat was 150 bpm and my belly was twenty-five centimeters!  The baby still loves to take advantage of when I am resting and kick like crazy - I read that walking around makes the baby feel rocked to sleep, so my quiet time is the baby's active time.
  
  Last weekend, we were excited to hear the news that we have a new nephew - this time on Brandon's side!  Nathaniel Christopher was born on Saturday, February 7 and will be Baby F's older cousin by four months.  We are so happy for Siobhan and Steve and can't wait to meet the new little Brown.  I guess we have to choose some names soon for our little one or we will be in the hospital trying to decide as we are checking out!  At this point we don't even have possibilities, but my favorite suggestion so far has been Moxie CrimeFighter and her brother Knox.  (Apparently Moxie CrimeFighter is the actual name of some magician's daughter).  I have already though up a series of children's books based on Knox and Moxie CrimeFighter for kids grades four and five.  Brandon does not love this name for our child, however.  Oh well, back to the drawing board. . .
  

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