Even More News!!!

You might be thinking that we know if we have a boy or a girl right now. And if you are... sorry :( not yet, give it about 2 more weeks. But there is some new exciting news besides that. I talked before about Troy's new job and how we will be moving to Waukegan. That has caused some stress for me since I then needed to get some sort of a job as well. I had been thinking about substituting in the schools up there, like I was doing in Chicago, but then I realized that once the baby came I would be totally out of ideas of what to do. I had a day off this Tuesday and decided to start a serious job search in the almost-Wisconsin area that we will be moving to. I opened up my internet, went to a site that I use to look for jobs, and the first one there was a job that sounded very interesting to me. I called up the contact on the posting and scheduled a meeting with her about 2 hours later that same day. I drove up and discussed the job, we talked for about an hour. Then I scheduled a second interview for Friday. I went up Friday, spent 2 hours there, we both got all of our questions answered, and I was offered the job about 3 hours later on the phone! I have no idea how I got a job that quickly but I am very excited about it! I will be working at a Christian Day Care Center doing Kindergarten enrichment and an after-school program. I will work 11-6 (which works great for me since I HATE waking up early) and the best part about it is there is infant daycare starting at 6 weeks right there so I will only be 2 doors away from my little baby while I work! I figure then we can take our time in the morning, drive to and from work together, and it will be an answer to so many prayers! So the plan is I will start on Tuesday (I have to go get my work physical and TB test on Monday) and Troy starts his job on Monday! We will both be starting jobs within a day of eachother and we will be commuting out there together until our place gets rented and we can move out there for good. This time has been reminder after reminder of how God really is in control and you just need to let him. On that note, we are waiting for someone to sublet our apartment. We really need to get out there within the next couple of weeks so please pray that that happens soon!!!

Also, I figured I would update you on my upset stomach which is... dun dun dun duuuun.... going away! I am only sick in the very late afternoon if it has been a really taxing day. Other than that I am pretty good. It is such a relief to not feel so bad anymore.

oh, and did I mention I CAN FEEL THE BABY KICK! :)

Still Sick but Excited About the New News!

Well you can tell by the title that I am not in a wonderful place yet in my second trimester, even though it is already 1/3 done. I thought that my morning sickness would just go away but it really hasn't. I would say it has decreased by maybe 1/4 or 1/3 but that's it. It is also being replaced with a lot of headaches and being really tired all the time. This might have something to do with the class full of devils that I was put into for the last 2 weeks of subbing but I'm not positive! Besides the crappiness of my everlasting morning sickness I am getting some fun perks from being pregnant. For one thing, I totally show now which is nice. People are asking me and some don't even ask they just assume or know. My stomach is getting rounder every day to hold our little baby inside and it's exciting to get to wear maternity clothes and feel that my stomach is getting harder and more solid. I am also getting really excited about finding out what sex it is in 4 weeks!!! I can't wait! Then we can start figuring out what names to chose from. I told Troy last night that the day we find out the sex I want to go buy his/her "coming home from the hospital" outfit. I have had them picked out for like 2 months now! :) I know, I'm a dork.

Besides baby news we have some really exciting news!!! Troy has accepted a new position at a company called TC Furlong out in Lake Forest. For those of you who don't know where Lake Forest is, it is basically out by the huge Gurnee Mills outlet mall and Great America. We will be living in Waukeegan which is right next to Lake Forest. We will be so close to Wisconsin you can actually throw a rock and hit it! Ok, I am exagerating, but not by that much. We will almost be cheeseheads... oh well! The place where we will be living is BEAUTIFUL. Besides the actual living places being great there is also a heated pool, work out facility, tennis courts, clubhouse, internet cafe, business center, playground... it honestly feels somewhat like a resort. We are so excited to move out there and will be doing so sometime within the next month or so. For now we just need someone to sublet our current place, then, we're outta here! Can't wait to be in such a great neighborhood.

Well I guess that's about all the news right now. I will try to get some more pictures on here soon. I better get better about taking pictures when the baby comes!