30 Weeks!

Baby is squirmy! I don't really feel him kicking as much, mostly just squirming. I feel him pretty much all day long, which is a comfort to me! I feel him get bigger every day. I wake up every morning and feel my belly and think, "you grew!" From now until 37 weeks, baby will gain half a pound every week! Crazy!

David has been interviewing like crazy this last week. He has interviewed with companies in Dallas, Austin, and Albany, NY. The Dallas company is another start-up company, and have been annoyingly persistent about wanting to hire David. David does not have good feelings about working for the company, not to mention that we are still waiting to hear from the other two companies. The Dallas company is pressuring David to make a decision now, rather than respecting the two weeks that David requested. They bugged him all weekend about how his interview with the CEO went, and now they are bugging him to make a decision. Very annoying.

The other two companies are much more professional, which is nice, except the fact that it involves a lot of waiting. We have been waiting for a full week to hear from the Austin company, and we were told that it would be "a week or so" before we hear anything from NY. Please pray that David made an impression on at least one of them-- he has a lot of competition! We are realizing just how competitive these jobs are, and just hoping and praying that he gets an offer. It's perfectly realistic that neither of them will offer him a job. But we are prayerful :)

29 weeks- an eventful week!

This week has been good for the job search! David has interviewed with 2 companies, and will be interviewing early next week with a third!

We are excited at the prospects of having three companies to choose between, assuming they all offer him something. We definitely have our preference between the three, but we will see who offers what.

God is definitely keeping our needs in mind. We are very blessed! The chances are good that if we need to relocate that it will happen before I'm too pregnant to move. Thank goodness!

An update...

It's really nice that there are laws, agencies, and insurance companies that exist to protect me, but it stinks that situations arise that necessitate their existence in the first place. David and I have been having to take advantage of too many of these resources lately. I am so glad that they are there, but I wish that we didn't need them to be there.

Sorry that's so vague, but i can't really give any more details than that.

I met my new baby doctor yesterday. He seems very knowledgeable and flexible, so I feel comfortable with him. We got to see our little baby again! We even got some 3d and 4d images taken, but because of how he was positioned, the images are not that great. Baby is still a boy, and is in the 53rd percentile. He weighs approximately 2lbs 14oz right now! And he is head-down, which is good news. Doctor estimates he'll weigh around 7 lbs at full term. We will see!

We also toured the hospital where I will be delivering the baby. The hospital is very nice and seems to be very accommodating to different ways of birthing. The hospital is also equipped to care for any baby born after 25 weeks, which I have already passed, so that is good!

David's job search is going decently. There are several companies interested in him, so hopefully one of them will pan out and will end up in a job offer! Preferably soon, so that if we have to move we won't be doing it at the same time that we are expecting the baby to arrive. Something within the next 6 weeks would be ideal. The sooner, the better!

I haven't been posting belly pictures lately because my computer is being repaired, and I use my webcam to take those pictures. My belly seems to grow bigger by the day. My bellybutton has flattened out, and half of it sticks out when I stuff myself with food and sit or stand in the right position. A couple more weeks and the bellybutton should be protruding no matter how much I've eaten or how I'm standing or sitting.

Pictures I took in Ohio

Oh, just wait until....

I am realizing that the world is full of people who are anxiously awaiting to tell/remind you that life will only get harder (and worse) as you get older, as if I haven't been told that my whole life.

When it comes to parenting, I'm learning to just keep my mouth shut, because people love to tell you how much worse it will be in the future. For heaven's sake, can you just have some sympathy? Why kick someone when they're down? Just say, "I know sweetie, everything will be fine." I sure hope I remember this feeling and that I never give in to the temptation to discourage a new (or soon-to-be) parent just because they haven't been there yet!

Maybe it is because I am an optimist by practice, but I prefer not to look at life that way. I prefer to tell/remind people how much BETTER life gets as you get older! It does not mean that life gets EASIER, by any means, but definitely better!

Not to mention that you NEVER know the whole story, that there is most likely something else going on in their life that you don't know about.

Here's to a healthy dose of optimism!

Baby's Kicks on Camera!

Click here to see a video of baby's kicks!

I tried to upload the video directly to my page, but it never finished uploading, even after like 12 hours, so I gave up. Dang blogspot! Oh well :-P

26 Weeks! (Almost 27)

Well it's been a while since I have updated. David and I spent the week after Christmas in Ohio with David's family, and we had such a great time! It was so nice to get away from the stresses of being unemployed during the holidays and have a chance to just enjoy ourselves a bit. It was so refreshing (and much needed) to let loose a little bit. We tried our best to make it through the holidays with good spirits even though a lot of things have not been going our way lately.

With David's absent paychecks and the legal issues from that, applying for the various welfare programs, switching baby doctors, and dealing with car insurance from the accident, we have had plenty to do since we got home from Ohio! It's keeping us busy, even though neither of us are working currently. It has been nice to be able to spend so much time with David, since from what I hear, our alone time will be seriously compromised once our little bundle of joy makes his debut in April.

On a more positive note, this week has been productive! We've gotten a lot taken care of, and we are finally beginning to hear back from people about positions he has applied for. Granted, they are all rejections thus far, but at least we are hearing from people and not feeling like we are throwing his resume out into some deep, dark abyss of nothing. We have heard from several recruiters this week that saw his resume on Monsterjobs, so we'll see if any of that pans out. The search continues...

Baby has been SUPER active the last couple of days. I mean, like he's kicking or hiccuping or squirming pretty much all day (and night) long. Most of the time I enjoy it, especially when I can see him squirming. It is pretty entertaining to watch my belly contort and pop with his movements. He is getting so strong that sometimes I feel my whole midsection pop in one direction, almost to the point where I feel like he is trying to get me to scoot over in my seat or something. I would love to get it on video, but I haven't had the camera nearby when he's doing it. I'll start keeping it around so that I can capture it ;-)

Other than the craziness that accompanies unemployment, there isn't too much else to report. I have some pictures from our Ohio visit that I will upload sooner or later.