So Where Did Summer Go????

That truly is the question. This by far has been one of the busiest, but most exciting summers I can remember. It all started with this little miracle that we have coming in October. Our family and friends couldn't be happier for us. We are having so much fun planning Baby K. We have registered, and we already bought the bedding. Then we had a great trip to San Fransico, and Palm Desert and spent some time with Jim's family out there. San Fran is such a cool city. We did a lot of sight seeing, and Baby K cooperated the whole time. We had some of Jim's friends come in from TN, and we kept them busy all weekend long. From going to the Cubs vs. White Sox, BTW, GO WHITE SOX!!!! To spending the whole day in downtown Chicago going to the Sears Tower, Millenium Park, Shopping down Michigan Ave, Gino's East for pizza, and then meeting my sister and brother at Navy Pier for fireworks. That was just June. July was just as busy. From my cousin Lisa's wedding, to NASCAR weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. I can't believe summer has come to an end and that Jim starts classes again on August 4 as an OMS-II!



We have so much to look forward to for the rest of this year. Jim starts his second year, a baby shower in September, Baby K arriving in October, and finding out where Jim will be doing his 3rd and 4th year rotations. With all this, Jim and I will be together everyday from September to the end of the year. This is going to be so much fun and another adventure Jim and I will do together.

Ultrasound #2

So we had our second ultrasound on Friday. We have a very active and healthy baby. We opted not to find out what the sex of the baby was. My due date did not change, so we should be expectng Baby K around October 19! We got some really good ultrasound pictures of the baby, and Jim was able to be with me the whole time. We are so thankful that Baby K is doing well. I am still feeling good. I have been walking around a lot more because I am really tired of sitting inside after I come home all the time, plus I want to stay moving around.

This weekend I spent the day with my mom and my sister. We went out and bought some clothes since this belly of mine is getting bigger by the day. So we found some pants and some shirts that will last me for a while (I hope).

This Tuesday, Jim and I are leaving for California for our last vacation before the baby comes. We are going to San Fran. and Palm Springs. We are so excited to go to Palm Springs, because we will be telling Jim's grandma she is going to be a great grandma! It will be a fun time for Jim and I, plus we are going to have a good time with family as well.

Pregnant!!!!!

Well today has been a very interesting day. I had a doctors appointment with Dr. Williamson this afternoon as a follow up to my appointment in January. In January I was diagnosed with PCOS (poly-cystic ovarian syndrome). With this, Dr. told me that I would have a hard time getting pregnant, so he put me on medication that would help if I were to get pregnant. Well like 2 days later, I was pregnant (according to the conception date), so we are figuring that this medication help me continue to stay pregnant. So I am now 5 months pregnant and my estimated due date is October 19! I know this sounds wierd that I didn't know I was pregnant, but with my past history, and being stressed during tax season, it wasn't wierd that I was getting my period. I didn't have any morning sickness or any other symptoms. So today I was going to talk to Dr. just to ask question and find out what the next step would be, and to our surprise, the pregnancy test came back postive!!!! At this point we were excited but yet nervous all at the same time b/c we didn't know how far along i was. I ha ven't gain much weight, but the baby is healthy. We had an ultrasound done and all the measurements came in fine. We are very excited.

Baby K at 20.5 weeks!

Updates

So a lot has been going on since the last post. Tax season is complete. I didn't get to see Jim to much, but we are together now, so that is good. Jim has only a week left of his first year....can you believe it...I can't. Last weekend we had the 1st annual DCOM Spring Gala. We had a lot of fun. It was held at the Hilton in Knoxville. Jim and I decided to get a room at the hotel for the night, so that was nice as well. The Gala was nice. They also had a Casino held at the same time. Each student/guest received $25,000 in fake money to use, at the end of the night the money was turned into tickets for raffle prizes. Things that were up for raffle were a Kroger gift card, a Mars chocolate basket, purse, overnight bag, and the big prize was a 52 plasma TV. That is were all of our tickets went to.



Jim and I have schedule a vacation to San Fransico for the summer. We are going in June for a week...it will be a lot of fun to get away by ourselves. We are also meeting a student that is going to part part of DCOM 2012, so that will be fun. Then we are going to Palm Springs to spend some time with Jim's grandma and Uncle.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

HAPPY 3RD ANNIVERSARY JIM

THESE PAST 3 YEARS HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH WONDERFUL MEMORIES. I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN 3 YEARS. WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOUSE, WE ARE SELLING OUR FIRST HOUSE, WE HAVE MOVED TO TENNESSEE, AND BEST OF ALL, YOU ARE ALMOST DONE WITH YOUR FIRST YEAR OF MEDICAL SCHOOL. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR US FOR THE NEXT YEAR. I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY!

LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Wedding Party

Recption Hall

My Sister and Brother

FINALLY !?!?!

Well, I think it is offical. I think i am going to be moved to Tenn by this weekend! I just have to get through 2 more partners here at work, and I think then we are good to go! We are hosting a Christmakkah party this coming Wednesday! I am so excited to be able to be down there for this. We are going to have a great time. We are catering food from Portillo's, since no one has ever had it before. It is going to be tasty!!!



On other news, Jim is coming to the end of his first semester for medical school! Can you belive it? I can't. He has done so well so far. He just needs to get through 2 more sets of exams. WE are goign to be putting up our Christmas stuff this weekend at the house. Christmas is my favorite time of the year.

MOVED IN

Well, sort of. I am still in Chicago, and Jim is in TN. We moved into the new house in Harrogate, what a trip that was. Dad and I drove the truck down on Thursday, Nov 1. we get down there walk into the house and there was crap all over the place. The contractor who was doing work on the house never cleaned anything up. Jim call the landlord and asked him what was going on. Needless to say, we couldn't start unpacking the truck like was orginally planned. So we drove back to the other house in LaFollette that night. Friday, the contractor was supposed to show up at 8am...he didn't. Dad and I started cleaning the house with the cleaning supplies I could get that was in the front of the truck. As this was going on, DirectTV came to install our cable. Pest control came to take care of the mouse problem (yes, mice!), and a cleaning crew came in later in the day to clean what I was NOT going to clean. Friday afternoon we were able to finally start emptying the truck. Jim had a couple of buddies come and unload the big stuff. So Friday and Saturday were very busy days trying to get the house in order because Sunday, dad and I were flying back to Chicago. Here are a few pictures of the house.

Kitchen

Front of house

dining room

our bedroom

guest bedroom/office