An interesting week...

The past week and a half has been interesting. Kevin and I parted ways last Thursday (June 19). Before I left for Connecticut on thursday and he left for the Dominican Republic on Sunday we enjoyed a nice dinner out. I had given him a "coupon" to have dinner at our favorite restaurant when I was feeling like I could handle the food. So we thought before we left on our trips it would be perfect timing. We got all dressed up and went out!


Here I am right before dinner...Is that a bump???? Kinda. And since then I have popped out a little more and felt the baby moving around. Last night especially! It is the neatest feeling.


Me and Kevin right before heading out. We have not figured out how to take a picture of us together with the new camera. Much bigger than the other one. This is the best we could do!

Here is Kevin down in Dominican Republic checking a patient. I can't tell you much about his trip at this point. I downloaded this picture off the website the leader has been updating. I have not talked to him since before he left last Sunday. It has been a challenge. I received a few texts from him last night and was so excited I couldn't go to sleep. So baby and I enjoyed a nice PB and J sandwich at 1 in the morning and watched a movie till I fell asleep! I cannot wait to see him tonight when they all get home!!!!!!! More on his trip when I hear it from him!

And here I am in Connecticut! I had a wonderful time being with my dad, step-mom, sister and brother. I felt like I had quality time with everyone. The baby sure liked it up there too...I felt better than I have in months! We celebrated Jaci's graduation with lots of parties and otherwise just hung out as a family! It was a great time. I also got to see Kevin's sister Wendy for lunch. Jaci and I met her in NY which was a nice treat!

So the Lin family is doing well...I'm just very anxious to have us under one roof again. Gracie is ready to see Kevin too. Everytime I let her outside she runs up to his car. She will be so excited tonight!

Pictures as requested...

OK so after having a rather humble conversation with someone who will remain nameless...uh, hum Big Brother... I finally learned how to download pictures from my new camera and can post them on the blog now. Apparently our blog is a bit boring so there has been a request to see more pictures of our life. I thought pictures of just Kevin and me would be a bit boring, but my mind has been opened to other options of photos. So I hope you enjoy...in only about 5 months I know all people will want to see is Baby Lin, but until then here is our life! ABOVE, is our apartment front door (requested). Good ole 1002...we really like where we live. It's tucked away and really pretty this time of year...very green!

Kevin and I went to the golf course a few weeks ago for him to get in a round. The deal was if I went I got to drive the cart. No worries only minor damage done to the cart...just kidding. Kevin was a little afraid we were going to go airborne a couple times though. He still played good and learned a new Golf swing from a guy we were playing with. Look out Tiger!

Kevin's birthday was nice and relaxing. We went to my mom's house and celebrated with her and Grandma. Poor Grandma had just had her pacemaker replaced so she was a little more sluggish than usual but when we pulled out the cake she was ready to party! Some family went in together and Kevin was able to buy two pairs of shoes he has been wanting for awhile. I also gave him a "rain check" to go out to our favorite restaurant when I am feeling like I can handle a rather heavy meal! It was a good day for him!

We have truly been blessed with an amazing small group. We love getting together outside our tuesday meeting and Kevin and I love having them over to our place. This past weekend they came over for game night. Kevin put together a Connect Four tournament thing and the winner got a book he had. It was pretty competitive you know! Then we all played Mario Party on the Wii. Lots of fun for all.

Little Gracie...our pride and joy. We had to give little Dixie away because she was having a hard time adjusting to me being married. She was nice to Kevin but would always pee if he approached and she would not let him take her outside. It was extremely sad giving her away but I know with the upcoming events her strong dependence on me was only going to get worse. So Miss Gracie had a rough day Sunday adjusting to being an only child. She was in trouble most of the day but I think she has adjusted now. We did finally break down the cage and she is a free dog when we are gone. We had trained her that when we said "Cage" she was to go get in her cage. So when she is not behaving now we tend to say "Cage" still and the poor thing doesn't know where to go. She is a smart one though...when we say it she crawls under the coffee table till we say she can come out...or we turn our back. She is funny and keeps us on our toes!

And yes...Baby Lin has a bed. Kevin and I went to Babies R Us this past weekend to look at beds and found one we really liked. It happened to be in stock so we brought it on home with us. Then it was just sitting in the box in the guest bedroom and we were dying to see it put together. So to work we went last night doing just that. And the bedding was given to us by some friend's of ours so why not see what it looks like in the bed! I love it!!! The guest bedroom/office/nursery is a little cramped now but we have plenty of time to get it all sorted out and moved! It's a good reminder to me of why I feel so yucky when I look at the sweet bed that our little angel will be in in approx. 5 1/2 months!!!

So there you have it. I nice picture update. From now on I will post more pictures with the blogs! Hope you enjoy!!!

A card that says it all...

This past Sunday I was down about still feeling yucky and yet being past 12 weeks. Kevin and I decided we would try a pretty strict diet to try to help with the nausea. But I was still down. Then on Monday Kevin brought in the mail and handed me a card I had received from "Aunt Beth and Uncle Bruman". On the front it said "Pregnancy is the best reason in the world to feel like crap!". What perfect timing to receive such a card. The statement couldn't be more true! That card will definitely be making it into the baby scrapbook!!! Thanks Aunt Beth and Uncle Bruman (and pups too)!!!!