Moved

Hi all! Aaron, the Peanut and I are all moved into the new digs. We love our new apartment! We have twice the square footage of our last place, central air and a swimming pool! I don't see getting tired of this place any time soon. There are still plenty of boxes hanging out but the majority of our things have found a home and the apartment is starting to look and feel less like someones else's. I've been swimming a couple of times and just can't imagine a time that we will get bored with this. I went and bought myself a sexy prego bathing outfit which is composed of granny style undies and a tank top! If I hadn't of told you, you wouldn't have been able to tell it from a real bathing suit and it certainly cost me a lot less. Maria, Matt, and Maya are coming over for dinner and a swim tomorrow - our first bit of entertainment in the new apartment. This is one of the things I think Aaron and I are both looking forward too again. When we had the house we used to love having friends over to cook for and then in the dinky apartment it just wasn't possible (although we tried and our friends were always dear enough not to complain!). Now Aaron has a big kitchen to cook in again and I know he's happy - and so are the stomachs of the peanut and I!! Whenever I find the box with the camera in it, I will take some pics of the new digs and post them. The cats are happier too and I am hoping with the greater space the fat one will get more running around in and will eat less out of boredom. That's the hope anyway. I swear she got bigger in the time I was in Japan.

Aaron and I started Lamaze classes on Wednesday. Somehow that made it all real. We are having a baby and it won't be too long before it happens. WOW!! As of yesturday, we are 30 weeks prego. That leaves us 10 weeks to prepare for the great adventure. Although all the women I know tell me there really is no way to really prepare for it. Gulp. We found out lots of good info in the class (and did some breathing!). It is my hope to make it through au naturale, at least as much as I can. We found out that if our income is low enough (this is most likely true :) we can get a doula for free. For those who don't live in such a hot bed of crazy fun modern liberalism as Ann Arbor, a doula is a professional birth coach. The doula will work with the mother and father to help them have the best birth experience possible with out using drugs unless of course an emergency arises. Aaron and I are all about it and we actually have a friend who moved down here from GR who does this - so I'm gonna give her a call today.

I am hanging out at the coffee shop with Maria because the move instigated a internet emergency and we are not hooked up at home right now. ARGH!! After spending 2 hours or more on the phone with SBC we determined that our modem took a dump so we have to wait 3-5 busimess days to get back online. So if I am not as responsive as usual this is the reason. Well, take care all and I will see or post to you soon.