Posts by Jen

Sometimes France doesn’t like me.

By Jen | June 24, 2006 |

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…

Seven things I want to share with you…

By Jen | June 22, 2006 |

1. I feel like there is an alien living in my belly. The kicks are starting to be strange to me as they happen in the same place every few hours. I can already tell the sleep pattern of this baby! And is it normal to kick ONLY on the right side??? 2. Justin felt it kick! I can no longer say I am the only one to feel it. (Yes mom, IT!) 3. I am going to call my baby an it, not on purpose, but "it" comes out of my mouth without thinking about it. Sorry mom. "IT" is my it and I love it. 4. I ate some really great Mexican food tonight. Thought I’d let you know, because I love Mexican food. 5. Had a WONDERFUL date with my amazingly precious husband. We had a blast walking by the river and catching up on some much…

My Baby Likes Pilates Too

By Jen | June 20, 2006 |

At our ultrasound about two weeks ago (sixteen weeks pregnant) the tech was very surprised at how the baby wouldn’t stop moving! We could see it kicking, waving, and turning. I was so surprised to see this since I hadn’t felt it one little bit yet! It was really a miracle to see! About a week after the ultrasound, I felt the baby kick for the first time in Rome! It was so exciting! Rome was exciting as well, but the baby! WOW! This really is amazing having a little person growing inside me! I love it! Since it first kicked, I have felt it a lot more. In the last couple days I’ve been feeling it very often. I think I skipped the whole "fluttering" feeling and went straight to feeling kicks. This doesn’t surprise me that our baby is so active, even so early. I am only 18…

Out of the Funk and into Freedom

By Jen | June 7, 2006 |

Funk. It is weird when you are in a total and complete funk and don’t even realize it. I think I have been in a funk for the last year. Seriously. A WHOLE YEAR! Maybe I am still in it and just don’t realize it yet. But I do feel like I am happy again. I was talking with my friend Danielle the other day and said, "I finally feel back to normal." Her response was something like, "Jen, I have heard you say that so many times." WHAT?!?! It is true. I just feel like this year has been so up and down. A lot of down, but definitely some ups. Last summer was way up, well until the bad haircut experience. I am so thankful for grace. I know I am sounding like Justin now, but seriously, I have been given so much grace this year. Grace by…

A Very Random Blog of My Day

By Jen | June 2, 2006 |

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…

Things are Good

By Jen | May 30, 2006 |

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…

I am boring

By Jen | May 23, 2006 |

I seriously just wrote the most boring post ever about maternity clothes and then had to erase the whole thing for the sheer fact that I sounded like a mom. I know I am going to be a mom, but it is NOT ok to write like one. At least not yet. I was talking about the huge panel in a pair of maternity pants for goodness sakes!!! Don’t worry people, I didn’t buy them! WHAT HAVE I BECOME!?!? Who wants to hear about that?!? NOT ME! I don’t want to! I need to pull myself together here. I promise to be the fun, light hearted writer you know and love! I PROMISE! At least I will try. But maybe you will just have to hear me out with my crazy experiences of pregnancy in France. Sorry boys…