Laowai

Well I gues it’s been long enough since I last posted. I’m not sure why I haven’t posted – it’s not that I haven’t had news to tell the world. The big news is what B and I have been calling #3. We have a baby on the way. I’m in week number 14. According to my baby book the baby has gone from being the size of a large lime to the size of my fist this week. At some point the book will tell me that the baby is the size of a stick of butter – I can’t wait for that day. And with all the ice cream I’ve been eating the baby by that time will not only be the size a a stick of butter but will probably have much the same constitution.

By now B may have purchased our tickets to China. He is there now and will return on Wednesday, September 6th then we’ll scramble getting our stuff packed and head back to Shanghai together on Semptember 11th or 12th. We’ll stay for about two months so we are back in the US for Thanksgiving. Then after the baby is here we can decide if we really want to move to China for a few years or not.

My days are kind of quiet lately. I go to bed late and wake up slowly. I read. I go for walks and watch the ducks lined up on the edge of the pool at the park. I walk downtown for something to eat most days because I get sick of cooking for myself. I look forward to emails from B. I send emails to B and report on baby progress. I watch TV – MASH, David Letterman, Little House on the Prairie (when I can stomach the sweetness of it). I think about our baby about every other second and still have to remind myself it’s real. I look at myself from the side everytime I pass a mirror – just to check to see if I look preggers yet. I keep a list of things to remember to take to China. That’s about it.

I’ve also had some fun days visiting with family this summer. Here are some photos to prove it.

Mom and dad visited and we went to the Chicago Botanic Garden on a beautiful day.

I was lucky to witness Jenna’s first swim when Jennifer invited me to Tawas for a couple days.

I’ve loved every moment that I’ve gotten to hang out with Jenna. Here she is working hard to hold her head up – she’s a pro at this now.

Here’s B and his mom and dad on a visit earlier this summer. Doug was showing us a nice new area of development behind their old house at Dow Gardens.

I hope to be posting lots of interesting photos from China soon. And maybe one of these days when I start to look pregnant I’ll post a picture of my belly.