Paris Life
Sometimes France doesn’t like me.
We had a fun day today. I bought my first baby thing. It is a cute little sleeping bag type thing that all the babies sleep in here. We have to bring three with us to the hospital when I deliver, so I bought my first today! Below is a picture of the little sleeping bag thing! When we got home from this shopping spree we found that our neighbors had taken our name off our mailbox because it was not printed on metal, but typed on a white piece of paper. It felt so wrong for someone to do this without warning us and letting us know we need to change it. We have almost had enough of this place. Today I told Justin that I am ok with putting in our three month notice. Scary not knowing where we would live, but it is so obvious that our…
Read MoreA Very Random Blog of My Day
Tonight was a fun night. My sister (Amy) had long ago sent a package filled with Mexican food that I can make over here. Tonight I finally made enchiladas with the enchilada sauce from Trader Joes! YUM! Justin and I invited over a few friends and had yummy Mexican food with homemade guacamole (that Justin made)! It was so fun. One of the friends that came over was Ursula. I love her. Ursula is so sweet, so stylish, such a great cook, and always there when you need her. She is English, although she grew up in France and she has the coolest, most proper English accent! I just love being around her. We haven’t seen each other in days as she has been on holiday with family and I have been… well… I don’t know where I have been. I guess I have been somewhere in a pregnant world…
Read MoreThings are Good
I feel good. Today I was walking around Paris looking at all the gray. The buildings, the clothes, the ground, the sky. With all the gray color surrounding me, I didn’t feel so gray. I am feeling more like a bright yellow. Even though it was only 57 degrees today, I am feeling yellow! How amazing is that?!? Justin and I have been talking a lot about our attitudes. We have realized that we really haven’t been HERE in Paris for some time now. Although we have physically been here, we haven’t been here emotionally. More so me than him. We have been lost somewhere in our thoughts of where God has us next or in what we are unhappy or stressed about. It was as though a light bulb went on and we realized WE LIVE IN PARIS, FRANCE! We are here for a reason and God called us…
Read MoreTears, Tears, and More Tears
My friend Michael just blogged about tears, so I thought I would join him. Today I have cried for so many stupid reasons. I wonder if my blood sugar is low and now I am extra emotional. Or is it my question for the last three months, Is this the baby? I first cried today for some silly reason of being annoyed at something. I cried next because I desperately want to go on a vacation with Justin. I was trying to explain this to him as I burst into tears. We haven’t been on a vacation just us two in two years and with the baby coming it will be even longer if we don’t go this summer. We may have to forgo our vacation and return to the states to fundraise if things continue as they are financially. Finally, I just cried looking at the ten day forecast…
Read MoreOur first picture of Turkey Jr!!
As you can see we had our first picture taken of our little turkey today! The internal ultrasound experience was everything I expected it to be. Undressing in front of the doctor and Justin, not understanding barely anything of what the doctor was saying, and walking half naked to my little table/chair thing that is in the same room as the desk. These were all things I had expected (thank goodness). It was all very interesting… to say the least. Americans are so modest (me included!), but I think I handled it all quite well. If you just pretend to know what is going on and act as if you are comfortable, it isn’t so bad. I almost forgot how awkward it was once I saw the baby! SO CUTE! It was amazing to see the heart beating and the hands waving and the legs kicking. How beautiful. Justin cried! …
Read MorePee Shy at the Doctor’s
Justin and I are in the bestest of moods today! I had my second doctor’s appointment today. It was actually just a little blood taking and urine peeing. There is a lab just down the street from us, so we headed on over this afternoon. I knew that I would have a urine test, so I purposely drank a lot of water (so I thought). The lady at the front desk (who also took my blood) was SO VERY nice! She let us stumble through our broken French and was very patient with us. It is a whole other deal to communicate in medical terms! She brought me back to the back room, while Justin waited out front. Everything was normal as she stuck the needle in and began drawing blood. I think she took about six vials of blood. I am being tested for the works. All STD’s and…
Read MoreParis Paris, Oh How I Love Thee…. or NOT!
Today was an interesting day. A nice little trip to Ikea turned into a nightmare. We did some shopping there that took about three hours. That is pretty good for Ikea, right? We made our way back home by catching the bus to the RER (train) station. It is always fun when the train is there waiting for you! So we ran to get on really quick! PHEW! We made it! Yeah, about 45 minutes later, we are still sitting there on the same metro. This is the ONLY way any of us knew how to get home and we didn’t understand what the train guy was saying over the loud speaker, so we just stayed on the train along with the rest of the Frenchies. Finally we are moving!!!! One stop. We wait about another 15 minutes before the announcer says something else in French and half the train…
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