Random tidbits

Well, we are under two months until our new little girl shows up. We are pretty excited about it, but sometimes wish it didn't take so long. I guess if it wasn't hard everyone would want to do it and believe me, there are far too many screwed up parents already. I have time to write today because for the last week I have been fighting the flu and yesterday I woke up and could fight no more. It only knocked me out for about a day. Today I have already removed myself from the couch the couch, so that it a plus. It is not fun. I would suggest not getting it, but I can't complain because it wasn't really that bad compared to everyone else up here.
What else is new? Well, I added some new music. There is some pretty good music out right now. We are excited for So You Think You Can Dance again, but hope they don't turn it into a gimmick. I hate when everyone has some random story to get them by the judges. I know some are legit, but really, it's a dance show, not a soap opera. I figure we have enough of that in our lives. It seems that lots of facebook, myspace and blogs these days are only to whine and complain about things we dislike. So I will try to be more optimistic so I won't be one of "The Complainers"! Intramural soccer has started again and so far we are doing really well. We have won two for two. I have the shin bruises to prove it. Ballroom has also started. It looks like it will be the best year we have had so far. I hope it keeps going.
Soon enough I will start looking for jobs and figure where Chantal and I are going. That should be fun! I can't really think of anything else so I will write again another time.

and a little bit more

I'm just writing the post because lately I have been a little more down. It is frustrating. I have been to five doctors and all of them have no clue how to do their jobs. So I came to a new doctor and he did a great job and he had tons of ideas about my ribs and how I tore the cartilage between them! Well life was going well. We finally knew what was going wrong and how to fix it. Then this morning I received a call from the doctor. The radiologist went over the xrays and was kind of confused. He said my chest looked like I had bronchitis. So he asked me how I was feeling and of course I am still terribly sore, but I have not been sick really. They checked my white blood cell count to see if it was a gallbladder problem and it isn't. They checked my blood oxygen levels to see if that was a problem. They checked my liver and everything else and so far have drawn lots of blood, but no conclusions. SO basically what this is coming down to is we could use all the prayers we can get right now. If anyone has any ideas other than that I am very much up for the suggestions! Thanks
Trevor

Baby Baby

This one is crazy that you can see her skin and bones. The doctor said she looks great! We are going to go in and get the 3D pictures in a few weeks so they will be even more clear.

This is my favorite. It's the I love you picture!

So people keep asking for the ultrasound pictures so here are a few so those of you who don't live out in the middle of nowhere moscow can see. We were finally able to scan them on the computer. Happy Days!

Today

So, if you ever wondered what people do without jobs I will show you. Chantal and I decided it was time to go outside and do some sidewalk chalk art. It was fun. If you can't already tell I was the creator of the Tide art. Beautiful!


This picture below is Chantal at 22 weeks. In all reality she is kind of pushing out so she looks pregnant. The baby just hasn't yet decided to jump out yet. That is completely fine with us.
This last video is moscow water. We cleaned out our water heater and boy did it look delicious.


What else to add. We won our first two softball games. We knocked off the number one team. It was 24-11 and we 12 runned them in the 5th inning. Now I am just picking out music for next years ballroom team so I should probably get going.

The incident

So, my mother says I should be blogging every day and because I have nothing to blog about Chantal and I decided it would be best to find things. So....we parked our car in a nice little spot and someone ran in to it. It was our 2005 Mitsubishi Galant. It was chillin out on the corner when I worker from Auto Hills Apartments was backing out. For months they had told the company the power steering was going out on the big steel truck. Fortunately nothing was ever taken care of. As he backed out somehow he got going pretty fast and the steering went out and boom he smashed into the front and side of the car. We are not sure yet what the total damage is, but it is going to be quite a lot. We actually thought it was pretty funny. I mean, you can't go back and change time anyway, so why be mad. Hopefully soon we will find out the entire outcome of this wonderful event.

My Mistake

Ok, babies only stay in there for like 40 weeks. So in the lower post when I said 17 months I would only be saying that if we were a herd of elephants, because they take two years. On the other hand, we do not take two years to have a baby, thank goodness, so I meant 17 and 19 weeks. Thanks Roxy, I know at least one person actually reads our blog :)!

Life

Life has been crazy lately. Chantal started babysitting for this family on Thursday and loves it. She said their house is amazing and is getting ideas for when we can possibly have one. One year and counting! I have a big interview with a company called Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories on Wednesday and I am hoping to get the job because I would be working in the HR department. I have already done the first interviews and now it is down to the four or five of us. It started out with a much bigger group, but I have made it this far. So everyone wish me luck and pray for me :)! We got baby pictures which I will put up. She is a beautiful little girl. She kicks very hard. Chantal could feel her kicking when Chantal was only 17 months along and I could feel her at 19.

Softball isn't going quite as well. Our team is in third place this year. I am happily batting about .900 or more though. I was on a batting streak of 19 with no outs until I choked :)! I have also caught some sweet dives this year.

We have been to many yard sales and bought a 75 dollar brand new grain mill for three dollars. It had never been used. We also got tons of baby clothes and items. I have finished choreographing a lot of ballroom dances for next year and have started putting things together for when we start our studio next year. I am pretty excited about that! Well, for now, I say goodbye!