The Baby's Heart is Beating!!

I get so annoyed when other people don't update their blogs frequently enough and then I realized, wait, I haven't posted since August 11. Oops. But, we have had a decently good excuse since we were moving. Anyway, this is just a quick post to let you all know that we are alive and doing well.

We moved into our apartment on August 14 with the help of Bryce's parents. Since I am pregnant, Marilyn didn't let me do much in the way of lifting boxes, but I did get a lot of them unpacked. The apartment is still a work in progress, but we're getting there. Hopefully our couches will come within two weeks and we will get the pictures all hung up. That will hopefully make it feel more like home and that we're settled in.

Bryce is doing well with school. He has lectures from 8-10am, then a dissection lab from 10-12. After that, he's got the entire afternoon and evening to study. He's been doing pretty good, but as we all understand, needs to take breaks every now and then. His first test is on Sept 15 and will cover all the material up to this point. Thankfully subsequent exams aren't cumulative so once a test is done, it's over. Except for one future class and then of course the boards, that is. At any rate, he's liking school and glad to be making progress towards his goal.

I have been busy getting all of the odds and ends in order (all those things that need to get changed and settled when you move to somewhere new). The last major task is to get my car registered, which I will hopefully have done by the end of the week. I am also working for a temp agency, hoping to get an assignment soon here that lasts a few months. I have one day left at my first assignment. It's been difficult. I answer the phone (which rings maybe once an hour), let people in the door (today it was only the mailman), and occasionally mail a letter. Other than that, I'm allowed to read. I've finished one book already and will probably be done with a second by tomorrow. It's not significantly different than what I would be doing at home, except that I get paid to read a book there.

We enjoyed a nice Labor Day weekend down in North Carolina with some of Bryce's family. His parents, brother Mark and family, sister Kim and family, and sister Erin and family were all there. Erin was there for the week from Utah so it was a nice bonus to get to see her, Chris and Max in addition to everyone else already down there. Bryce enjoyed golfing with his dad and brothers-in-law. We (Marilyn, LaDonna, Erin, and I) subsequently made the boys watch the kids so we could go to lunch. It was nice to get away and talk as girls.

So today we went in for our first appointment with our OB out here. Everything went well. I'm about 15 weeks along. We finally heard the heartbeat and it sounded good...fast and strong. So, I guess I should start coming to grips with the fact that I will be a mom in six months. It's becoming real as my clothes (even the big ones) are getting tight and the bump is forming. I'll post some pictures once it's more obvious that I'm actually pregnant.

Well, this is boring, but at least it's something. I'll try to come up with something more interesting to say soon.