the hartsteins

The holidays are on their way ... and Dan is still in Iowa. I hate being apart from him. He is my best friend. Thankfully we have our cell phones to stay in touch, but it's just not the same. Thank you, Lord, for making it feel like it's going by quicker than I expected! Hopefully, Dan will be able to take his law exam in the next few weeks ... and then come home to me! It's crazy to think it's been almost two months that we've been apart. But it was important to me to change doctors as soon as possible. Who wants to change doctors near their sixth month pregnant?? Not me. Changing at four months was bad enough.

Well, several things have happened since my last post. Dan had the swine flu. Yay :) (I'm just glad that someone in our family got it over with and survived!). Thankfully, I didn't get sick with it (I don't think). I suppose I might have mistaken a mild case for my common pregnancy symptoms (stuffy head, drippy nose, queasiness, etc). I haven't had a fever that I'm aware of. Although a couple times I thought I did. My doctor put me on tamiflu, and since then, I still seem to be fine. I haven't gotten my H1N1 vaccine. I'm not terrified of it (you've heard the stories), but I don't think I'm really ready to go out of my way to get one. If my doctors have one I can take in the office, fine. But otherwise, I'm thinking I'll take my chances. We'll see. If there's another huge outbreak in January ... well, I just might change my mind. I did get my regular flu vaccine. So that's good.

Dan has gotten all the way through the transfering process - mostly. All he has left is his law exam. Talk about a long, expensive, stinking process. But we'll soon be a family back home in Indiana :)

I went out to visit him in Iowa the week of the 9th. It's crazy how fast it went.

What else... during my 18th week pregnant, my aunt did an ultrasound on me, and we found out we're having a girl! Yay! I have another ultrasound tomorrow (this is my 21st week), and I'm holding my breath, waiting to see if anything has 'changed'. It's totally possible. When I told my sister I'm having a girl, she told me she'll believe it when she sees it, because she has a picture of TJ's labia, too. Let's just say I'm holding on to all of my receipts.

I finished my baby registry. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I need. So to all of you moms out there who have been combing through my registry to give me some advice - I have SO appreciated it!! And a big, huge thank you to everyone considering getting us something for the baby from the registry. We know you don't have to do that, but it will really be a big help to us - who knew babies could be so stinking expensive??

I'm trying to rack my brain for any other important news. ...... None comes to mind :). But after tomorrow, I will certainly have a bit to gab over :) I'll be baaaackk!