Housing in California

We have been looking for a house out in California and I have been getting pretty worried. I thought we would be getting bah (military housing allowance) for San Diego which can get us a nice sized house, however, since we will now be stationed north, even though it is only an hour, our bah drops. So, I am been really worried, thinking we will end up in a tiny apartment. However, since Camp Pendleton is so huge, they have a ton of housing and it is really nice as well!!! And we don't have to be there to get on the list!!!! On every military base we have been stationed at, we had to actually be there in person to get on the housing list or into a home. I guess the Marines do things a little different and realize that people need a home BEFORE they actually move. So, Will sent in the info today, hopefully we hear back soon!!!!!

Confused

Yesterday the lady who did my ultrasound said that everything looked great. However, I just received a phone call from my doctors office saying that the baby looks good but that I have quite a bit of bruising on my uterus which could cause some bleeding so I just need to take things easy. I don't know if the lady yesterday didn't notice and my doc looked at it more closely or if she couldn't say anything since she is not my doc. It just makes me nervous. I know the baby is fine and will be fine but until the bruising goes away I am nervous.

We Have A Date!!!!

We just got our hard copy orders this morning and we are able to leave her on February 11!!!!! So, in about 145 days we can leave the bitter cold of winter in Illinois and head out to warm and sunny Cali, woo hoo!!!

We Saw The Baby!!!!

Well, as I mentioned in my last post, last night while I was working, I fell. So, this morning I called the doctor and they wanted to see me. Will was able to get off work to come with me too. We got to hear the heartbeat at the office, it was 169 which I guess is good. Then they said to make sure everything was ok, they wanted to have me go for an ultrasound. So, we drove over to that office and got to see the baby!!!! It was moving quite a bit, and then once it started to settle down, it stretched real big and curled into a ball, with its butt in the air, so cute!!! And we got about 3 different pics. I swear in one of them I see little boy parts, we shall see, but that made me happy. And seeing it move and hearing its heartbeat was amazing!!!!

My First Old Moment!!!

I was working at Gymboree last night doing inventory and there are a couple girls who are 17 there and some just a little bit older. One of my managers is just a couple years older than me and we started talking about a band from the 90's, it was a pretty popular band and were all over the radio. As we were talking about them, most of the girls said "who?"........I thought they were joking at first but the girls had no idea who we were talking about. Of course I couldn't remember a single song, I kept thinking of every other song I know. But, I felt so old, they had no idea who I was talking about. And to make matters worse, my manager said, well, they were out around 1994, one of the girls then said "Oh, well I was probably only going on 5 then", oh gosh, I feel old!!!

Also, while I was working last night, I fell. It wasn't a big fall but when I hit the ground I had a huge pain shoot through my belly. So, as soon as the doctors office opens this morning I am going to be calling to see if I should come in, it makes me nervous!!!

We Have Orders!!!!!

We will finally be moving back to California in February!!! Will is going to be stationed at Camp Pendleton where he will begin training with the Marines in March. That lasts three months and after that, we don't know what will happen. He could be deployed, we will have to wait and see. However, he will be home to see the baby born!!!!!

Also, today Will had an upper GI Scope, they took some biopsies and he is pretty out of it. Please keep him in prayer. Hopefully we can find out what has been going on with him....finally!!!!

Is It The Weekend Yet?

Wow, as yesterday went on, it got even worse. I got a phone call from the school counselor telling me that Cassidy had run away from school. However, I didn't even get the phone call until AFTER they had found her and brought her back to school and calmed her down and sent her back to class!!!! I was so mad!!!! She hates this school so much that she is willing to just run away and try to find her way home. I obviously talked to her when I picked her up about how wrong it is and how something could have happened. But when I tried to talk to the principal, she didn't seem to think it was that big of a deal. I don't know if it is going to take a kid running away form school and actually getting hurt for them to care. I cant transfer her out of the district and we cannot afford private school, I just wish Wills orders would hurry up so we could move out of here.