Updates

We are almost at 33 weeks and things are definitely creeping up on us fast. I feel like we went from 20 weeks to 32 weeks over night! I am enjoying being pregnant though even with all the fun stuff that comes with the 3rd trimester.

Aliyah likes to move around and Austin & I get lots of entertainment watching my belly move like a wave pool. The midwives said that she is super active and we can hear her heartbeat from anywhere in my belly! She was the same at our 18 week ultrasound. In the 10 minutes we were in there, she moved into so many different positions and in the 3d picture, her hands wouldn't stay still-she's going to be fun!

As for the pregnant side of me, I am no longer working as a nanny which is great because I have been able to concentrate on our own home, my husband, Curtishots, getting prepared mentally and physically for having a baby and just being able to let my body be on the schedule that it needs to be. I mean this is the only pregnancy that I am going to be able to take a nap whenever I want to or go get a massage (Thanks Abby & Leslie for my gift certificate!).

Austin is working full time at Position Tech as a web designer. He gets to work with his friends and grow as a web designer. He is also still working at the dojo (Martial Arts Family Fitness), which means he works from 8am-2:30 at PT, then goes and teaches at MAFF, rides his bike back to PT and works until 7:45/8pm and then rides his bike back home. To say the least, he is working his butt off and realllly providing for us. So please be praying for him for strength and joy. He comes home and pretty much passes out. So when you see him, give him some love!

Hmm what else....We're having an Orange County baby shower at my parents home in Anaheim on Sunday, May 18th at 2pm. It's for guys and girls and Austin and I will both be there. It's going to be pretty awesome, so you should come! Contact me or my mom.

Blessings to you all!
Dara