all sorts of new-ness

Well, a lot has happened in the past few weeks.

First off, we moved out of our 1 bedroom college apartment and into a very nice and spacious 2 bedroom/ 2 bath condo (still in College Station). It's almost double the square footage and CHEAPER! woohoo! The other bedroom is kinda like a guest bedroom/study/storage/room for Joshua's stuff. He will just sleep in our room in a pack & play for his first couple months since we will be moving about 2 months after he arrives in our world! We have all of our own furniture now and this just feels more like home to us. I can't wait to bring Joshua here for his first home. I ordered his dresser online and we've received it. We just need to put it together. That we will try to conquer here soon. It's really the only thing we have left to do. Daniel did an amazing job organizing and finding a nice place for all the stuff we hadn't got to yet last Sunday while I was at Chelsey's baby shower. It was so sweet and awesome of him.

Also, last Friday we went to the doctor for another check up. Everything was great still. My blood pressure was great, measured accurately, no swelling, and got to hear his beautiful heartbeat (my favorite part). I saw a different doctor this time since my doctor was out of town, but the guy I saw was super nice and great. His wife and him actually started this doctor's office back in 1997 I believe he said. It was nice seeing another doctor in the office since depending on when I go into labor, any of them could be on call and deliver me if my doctor isn't available. I think there's like 6 or 7 doctors that could potentially deliver me. Oh, and I got an 86 on my glucose testing from the last time which is very good (one of my doctor friends even said it's like one of the lowest scores she's ever heard - which is a good thing!) because anything over 130 or 140, they make you do a 3 hour test that involves fasting- not fun! No gestational diabetes for me. Praise God!

We've also mailed in our registration and money for our childbirth & breastfeeding classes! I'm pretty excited about them and just to learn more about everything together as a couple. We will do the breastfeeding one Sept.8th in the evening & the childbirth one on Sept. 11th all day. I believe I will also be having a baby shower Sept. 12th, so that should just be an exciting week!

My (Amanda) last day of work will be August 19th. I'm sad because I will miss the two sweet kids I nanny, but I will need that time to rest and prepare for Joshua's arrival. Plus, some real exciting news is that Daniel has accepted a job with Terracon Engineering for the fall. He starts Monday, August 16th, and will work for them until we move to Virginia. They are very understanding about his commitments with the Marine Corps, but look forward to having him as their full-time guy for the fall, since most of their employees are grad students who take off or go part-time for the fall semester. Daniel was very excited to put in his 2 weeks to HEB after being with them for 7 years and 1 week. It's time for him to move onto a big boy job where he can actually use his degree. This Thursday will be his last day (YAY!) and then we are going out of town for the weekend to celebrate our 1 year anniversary! WHOOP!

All the praise goes to God for everything. Without Him, we would be nothing and none of this would truly mean anything. We are blessed and oh so thankful! =)