Our Mini-Shmoop

So it's been a while since I last made an entry. A lot has happened since then and I just could not find the time.

Short list of the important occurances in my life over the last 3 weeks:

* My niece, Claire Maddison, was born on May 5th - my brother, Michael's daughter. And then 9 days later, on May 14th, my niece, Ashley Dawn,was born - my sister-in-law's, Amber's, daughter! Very exciting stuff!

* When I went to see my niece, Ashley Dawn, in the hospital, a very kind nurse offered to let me listen to the heart beat of my baby. It was very neat to share the experience with the Hart family and, of course, with the new baby!

* I went on my one week vacation from May 12th - to May 21st so that I could pack up the house. I got a lot done and I also got some great relaxing time in.

* While on my vacation I went for my 1st SCHEDULED ultra-sound (I already went for one in the Emergency room once!). Ken and I were able to share this experience together and it was amazing! We were able to tell right away that the baby has my greek nose! I was hoping this would not happen! hahahahah! I really love Ken's cute little button nose and I was hoping the baby would inherit it!

* We made our "big" move into the new place on May 24th. We still have a "little" move left - we need to make a trip to the dump, a trip to the bottle depot, pick up a few odds and ends that did not fit in the first move, and do a great cleaning of the place - basically a days work left! But, the bulk of our stuff is in the new home and we have been living there for the past 4 days! The place is amazing! It is like being on a permanent vacation all the time! The beach is literally our front yard. We can look at the ocean from our living room and often the inspiration to walk along the beach will hit us! It is very easy to get in 4 our 5 walks a day! Why not? The beach is RIGHT there!

* I am very excited about my maternity leave. I only have 2 more months to go and the baby will be here in four and a half months! I cannot wait to walk my baby down the strip or along the beach! It will be great exercise for me and it will be good for the soul!

* May 31st is just around the corner - our 2nd year wedding anniversary! We get to find out the gender of the baby on our anniversary! It was not planned! It's just the way the dates worked out and I take it as a very good sign! Some would say "a good omen" but I don't believe in those! Our wedding anniversary will consist of hearing the gender of our baby and then completing our "little move" out of the old place! It will be an exciting day but it will consist of a lot of hard work. But it's allllll worth it!!!!

All I can think of these days is: "Is it a boy or a girl?". It is like a broken record in my head! I am torturing myself! I just can't wait to hear the news! Either way I am going to be very excited and happy! If it is a girl I think my reaction will be somewhat like this: "I knew it! I knew it!". And if it is a boy I think my reaction will be like this: "Wow! I'm so surprised! Wow!".

Until next time (with the news of the baby's gender screaming across the page, that is!)............