Enjoy the video of Audrey! She's 2 months old and that is her Grammy talking in the background
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Hooray, Housing Soon!
Well it's only a week until Christmas! I can hardly believe it. Hubby and I are still in hotel number 2, however we have good news! We had an appointment with the housing office this past week, and we get to move into our townhouse on post on Decemeber 22!! Yay!!!! And, all of our household goods from the states have already arrived, so they will be delivered to our house on the 22nd as well. We are both super excited. We are going to set up our Christmas tree first thing, so that we can enjoy it for a few weeks. I will enjoy unpacking, and finally having a place to call home again.
As for the baby, everything seems to be well. I had my 36 week appt on Dec 11, and the doc said that everything looked really good. I see him again for a 38 week appt on Dec 28. It's getting so close now. I'd have to say, out of all the months of pregnancy, the 9th month is my least favorite. Having a huge belly definitely makes it difficult to do normal, everyday things. Plus, you have all sorts of little aches and pains. I'll be relieved when baby finally decides to make a debut.
Last night, Hubby's company had an adult Christmas party. It was really fun and the food was great. We even did a white elephant gift exchange. That is always interesting, it's fun to see people steal other people's gifts, haha! Today, the company is hosting the kids Christmas party. The company buys each kid a present, and Santa shows up and gives out the presents to each kid. And they will have food, music, etc. So it should be fun. Even though our kid isn't born yet, we still have to go because Hubby got picked to play Santa this year! HAHA! I can't wait to see him in the Santa suit!
I had a raging head cold this week. I'm finally starting to feel better. For three days though, I was feeling pretty rough. I still have a little of the sniffles, but nothing major. The irony is that two days before I got sick, I was thinking to myself how lucky I was to have not gotten sick during my pregnancy.... well I suppose I jinxed myself! But anywho, life goes on, and I'm feeling better now. Hubby had the cold too, so we were both pretty pathetic for a couple of days.
Hope you all enjoy the holidays!! We'll be thinking of you as we unpack and get settled in our new place over the holidays here.
As for the baby, everything seems to be well. I had my 36 week appt on Dec 11, and the doc said that everything looked really good. I see him again for a 38 week appt on Dec 28. It's getting so close now. I'd have to say, out of all the months of pregnancy, the 9th month is my least favorite. Having a huge belly definitely makes it difficult to do normal, everyday things. Plus, you have all sorts of little aches and pains. I'll be relieved when baby finally decides to make a debut.
Last night, Hubby's company had an adult Christmas party. It was really fun and the food was great. We even did a white elephant gift exchange. That is always interesting, it's fun to see people steal other people's gifts, haha! Today, the company is hosting the kids Christmas party. The company buys each kid a present, and Santa shows up and gives out the presents to each kid. And they will have food, music, etc. So it should be fun. Even though our kid isn't born yet, we still have to go because Hubby got picked to play Santa this year! HAHA! I can't wait to see him in the Santa suit!
I had a raging head cold this week. I'm finally starting to feel better. For three days though, I was feeling pretty rough. I still have a little of the sniffles, but nothing major. The irony is that two days before I got sick, I was thinking to myself how lucky I was to have not gotten sick during my pregnancy.... well I suppose I jinxed myself! But anywho, life goes on, and I'm feeling better now. Hubby had the cold too, so we were both pretty pathetic for a couple of days.
Hope you all enjoy the holidays!! We'll be thinking of you as we unpack and get settled in our new place over the holidays here.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
December already!
I can hardly believe it's already December! Christmas and baby will be here before we know it. So, here's an update on our past week.
We've been in the new hotel now for a week. It has been interesting to say the least because it is off post in a japanese town. The stove top, oven, and microwave are all in Japanese and Celsius! So I don't really know how to operate them, I just turn dials and hope I don't burn the food! Needless to say, we've gone out to eat a lot this week for dinner because of the issues with the appliances, hehe. I will take pictures so you all can see what I mean about it being complicated.
We also heard this week from the transportation office, and our household goods have arrived! Yay!!!! They weren't supposed to get here until Dec 23rd, but it was running ahead of schedule. So, all of our furniture and stuff from the states is sitting in storage until we get in to permanent housing. Once we get into housing, the transportation department will deliver it to our town house! Woo hoo!!
Speaking of housing, we have an appt with them on Dec 17. On that day, they will tell us what our definite move in date will be. I'm so excited! We haven't lived in a permanet place since October 3rd, so it has been over two months of temporary places to live. Ugh.
As for baby, everything seems to be going okay. We attended a childbirthing class at the hospital on Saturday. It was informative and now hubby is ready to be a super coach! I have my 36 week appointment with my doctor this week, on friday Dec 11. It's getting so close!
As for an address, we went to the post office this week to get a PO Box, and there is 3-4 week waiting list! So, we still do not have a personal address. If you need to send us something before we get our personal PO Box, email me (it's my first name and my maiden name all as one word @yahoo.com), and I can email you either Hubby's work address, or a friend of ours' address.
On a humorous side note, we had our first bad dining out experience this week! We went to this place, and no one spoke english and nothing was in english (that's pretty normal though), however this time it got us into trouble. Each table had a little gas grill on it, so we assumed they cooked your food for you there. WRONG! They brought out a plate of raw vegetables, and a plate of "mystery" raw seafood, and we were supposed to cook it ourselves at our table! Doh! The seafood was strange too because we didn't know what some of it was... I don't know if i want to know. Anyway, we laughed about it and vowed never to go back. There are plenty of other delicious places to go here. Live and Learn!
We've been in the new hotel now for a week. It has been interesting to say the least because it is off post in a japanese town. The stove top, oven, and microwave are all in Japanese and Celsius! So I don't really know how to operate them, I just turn dials and hope I don't burn the food! Needless to say, we've gone out to eat a lot this week for dinner because of the issues with the appliances, hehe. I will take pictures so you all can see what I mean about it being complicated.
We also heard this week from the transportation office, and our household goods have arrived! Yay!!!! They weren't supposed to get here until Dec 23rd, but it was running ahead of schedule. So, all of our furniture and stuff from the states is sitting in storage until we get in to permanent housing. Once we get into housing, the transportation department will deliver it to our town house! Woo hoo!!
Speaking of housing, we have an appt with them on Dec 17. On that day, they will tell us what our definite move in date will be. I'm so excited! We haven't lived in a permanet place since October 3rd, so it has been over two months of temporary places to live. Ugh.
As for baby, everything seems to be going okay. We attended a childbirthing class at the hospital on Saturday. It was informative and now hubby is ready to be a super coach! I have my 36 week appointment with my doctor this week, on friday Dec 11. It's getting so close!
As for an address, we went to the post office this week to get a PO Box, and there is 3-4 week waiting list! So, we still do not have a personal address. If you need to send us something before we get our personal PO Box, email me (it's my first name and my maiden name all as one word @yahoo.com), and I can email you either Hubby's work address, or a friend of ours' address.
On a humorous side note, we had our first bad dining out experience this week! We went to this place, and no one spoke english and nothing was in english (that's pretty normal though), however this time it got us into trouble. Each table had a little gas grill on it, so we assumed they cooked your food for you there. WRONG! They brought out a plate of raw vegetables, and a plate of "mystery" raw seafood, and we were supposed to cook it ourselves at our table! Doh! The seafood was strange too because we didn't know what some of it was... I don't know if i want to know. Anyway, we laughed about it and vowed never to go back. There are plenty of other delicious places to go here. Live and Learn!
Monday, November 30, 2009
4 day Thanksgiving weekend!
*** Picture Slideshow at Bottom of Posting***
I hope all of you back in the states had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. Hubby and I sure did. We took advantage of his 4 day weekend and got out to see the island a bit.
Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, was actually really fun! We were invited over to the house of someone hubby works with. They had a fairly decent sized get together, with tons of really delicious food. We got to meet some new people, and stuffed ourselves on turkey (baked and fried), ham, all the sides and fixins, and dessert. Coming to Okinawa has been a good experience so far. We only just got here, and already we were treated like family. We stayed there all afternoon and most of the night. As the night progressed, the drinking continued and we played some really fun games. Lucky for hubby, having a pregnant wife means always having a designated driver :)
Friday we tried a sushi roll express place called Delicious Sushi. It definitely lived up to the name. We ordered three rolls and shared, and it was wonderful! After lunch, we rode the huge ferris wheel on the island. It's 5 bucks to ride, and it takes 15-20 min to go all the way around. The slide show has a few photos of the view. After the ferris wheel we went to a japanese do-it-yourself store... very similar to a Home Depot back in the states. We got a second copy of the car key made, woo hoo! It's always an experience trying to communicate with the locals :)
Saturday we checked out an 18th century famous home called the Nakamura House. There are tons of photos of that in the photo slide show. It was probably one of my favorite things we've gone to see since we've been here. I want a house like that, it was so cool! After that, we drove to a huge something.... we aren't sure exactly what it was, but it was this enormous temple building, and there were monks there. And you had to climb a whole bunch of stairs to get to the temple at the top. Inside the temple were a whole bunch of religious looking objects and incense. No Buddahs though, so we were guessing maybe it was a Shinto temple? We really have no idea though, because nothing was in English and no one spoke english. We didn't take any pictures either because we didn't know if that would have been culturally acceptable or not. But, nonetheless, it was an interesting site to see, and a pretty drive to get there.
Sunday we relaxed, and picked up a Pack N Play for the baby! Yay!
Today, Monday, we moved out of our hotel because they were full and our reservation had run out. We moved into a different hotel, off post, and that's where I am now. It's actually quite large! It's a three bedroom apartment!!!! It makes our old hotel seem like a tiny little shoebox! And we have a huge balcony, you can see the ocean from it. I'll take some pictures soon and post them. Anyway, we will be here until around Christmas time. Our permanent housing is really nice, but we can't move in until around Christmas because someone is currently living in it. Slowly but surely we will get settled here.
Here is the latest of pictures taken over the weekend. Click the purple "PLAY" button to view it.
I hope all of you back in the states had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. Hubby and I sure did. We took advantage of his 4 day weekend and got out to see the island a bit.
Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, was actually really fun! We were invited over to the house of someone hubby works with. They had a fairly decent sized get together, with tons of really delicious food. We got to meet some new people, and stuffed ourselves on turkey (baked and fried), ham, all the sides and fixins, and dessert. Coming to Okinawa has been a good experience so far. We only just got here, and already we were treated like family. We stayed there all afternoon and most of the night. As the night progressed, the drinking continued and we played some really fun games. Lucky for hubby, having a pregnant wife means always having a designated driver :)
Friday we tried a sushi roll express place called Delicious Sushi. It definitely lived up to the name. We ordered three rolls and shared, and it was wonderful! After lunch, we rode the huge ferris wheel on the island. It's 5 bucks to ride, and it takes 15-20 min to go all the way around. The slide show has a few photos of the view. After the ferris wheel we went to a japanese do-it-yourself store... very similar to a Home Depot back in the states. We got a second copy of the car key made, woo hoo! It's always an experience trying to communicate with the locals :)
Saturday we checked out an 18th century famous home called the Nakamura House. There are tons of photos of that in the photo slide show. It was probably one of my favorite things we've gone to see since we've been here. I want a house like that, it was so cool! After that, we drove to a huge something.... we aren't sure exactly what it was, but it was this enormous temple building, and there were monks there. And you had to climb a whole bunch of stairs to get to the temple at the top. Inside the temple were a whole bunch of religious looking objects and incense. No Buddahs though, so we were guessing maybe it was a Shinto temple? We really have no idea though, because nothing was in English and no one spoke english. We didn't take any pictures either because we didn't know if that would have been culturally acceptable or not. But, nonetheless, it was an interesting site to see, and a pretty drive to get there.
Sunday we relaxed, and picked up a Pack N Play for the baby! Yay!
Today, Monday, we moved out of our hotel because they were full and our reservation had run out. We moved into a different hotel, off post, and that's where I am now. It's actually quite large! It's a three bedroom apartment!!!! It makes our old hotel seem like a tiny little shoebox! And we have a huge balcony, you can see the ocean from it. I'll take some pictures soon and post them. Anyway, we will be here until around Christmas time. Our permanent housing is really nice, but we can't move in until around Christmas because someone is currently living in it. Slowly but surely we will get settled here.
Here is the latest of pictures taken over the weekend. Click the purple "PLAY" button to view it.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Car Photos and Trip to Katsuren Ruins
Click the purple "PLAY" to see the photo slide show
In the above slide show, I have some photos of the car we bought. So far, we like it a alot. Saturday we took a trip to another island over a really really long bridge, called Sea Bridge Road. Along the way, we took a pit stop at a place called Katsuren Castle Ruins. It was free to see, however, it required a ton of walking up a huge hill, and quite a few staircases. Let me tell you, that really gives an 8 month pregnant lady a workout! But I did it! Woo Hoo! So, there are photos of that as well.
This weekend we also checked out a restaurant called Arin Krin, and an "American Style" Ice Cream parlor.
We are still in the hotel. Hopefully we will be getting permanent housing this week.
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In the above slide show, I have some photos of the car we bought. So far, we like it a alot. Saturday we took a trip to another island over a really really long bridge, called Sea Bridge Road. Along the way, we took a pit stop at a place called Katsuren Castle Ruins. It was free to see, however, it required a ton of walking up a huge hill, and quite a few staircases. Let me tell you, that really gives an 8 month pregnant lady a workout! But I did it! Woo Hoo! So, there are photos of that as well.
This weekend we also checked out a restaurant called Arin Krin, and an "American Style" Ice Cream parlor.
We are still in the hotel. Hopefully we will be getting permanent housing this week.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Woo Hoo a Car!
As the title states, we have a car! Yay! Freedom from bus schedules at last. Thursday, we purchased a light blue 2000 Mazda Demio. They don't sell them in the states, but it's a small-ish 4 door car with a hatchback in the back. Surprisingly for being 9 years old, it only has about 40,000 miles on it, and it's super clean and in great shape. We like it a lot, and it will be a great family car for the upcoming baby. I'll try to take some pictures of it today and post them on the site for you all to see what a Demio looks like.
Wednesday evening was the Company's annual Thanksgiving celebration. Everyone from Hubby's Company attended. It was held in the super secure facility where hubby works. We had to walk through so many locked doors and gates (I think 6 total) that I felt like I was the agent in the old TV show Get Smart. Ha! But the food was fantastic. Everyone brought something, and there was of course, way too much. I totally stuffed myself and it was delicious. I got to meet several other wives, all of whom either have small children or are currently pregnant. So, now I know some other mothers or mothers to be on the island. And they were all very nice.
Tuesday evening was a "mandatory fun" event for Hubby's Company. We all went to the bowling alley and had pizza and bowled. The purpose of the event was a "Hail and Farewell." This means that there are several people leaving the company, and several people who are new to the company (including us), so the event was to formally say goodbye to those who are leaving and introduce the newbies. We had a good time. I used a child's bowling ball, so as not to be lifting anything heavy. It was still quite hilarious trying to bowl while pregnant because my center of balance is off. Also, I can't throw it as hard as I normally would. I bowled a 73, which even though that's not very good, I still didn't get last place! You can ask my hubby who got last place... muhahaha!
Hubby went golfing with the company one day this week. He said that the course was great and the "19th hole" (the restaurant) was awesome. He said the restaurant is up on a hill, and it overlooks the flight line, and there are constantly F15s and F22s (fighter jets) landing and taking off right in front of you. The whole restaurant has windows for walls. Also, since you are up on a hill, you can see the ocean! I can't wait to go there with him and see it for myself, and take pictures to put up on here.
As for housing, we are still in the hotel. Our housing counselor is working on our housing offer right now as I type this. She will either be offering us something this afternoon, or very early next week. I am eager to get into housing so I can go head and get the baby room set up with everything we will need. More to come!
Wednesday evening was the Company's annual Thanksgiving celebration. Everyone from Hubby's Company attended. It was held in the super secure facility where hubby works. We had to walk through so many locked doors and gates (I think 6 total) that I felt like I was the agent in the old TV show Get Smart. Ha! But the food was fantastic. Everyone brought something, and there was of course, way too much. I totally stuffed myself and it was delicious. I got to meet several other wives, all of whom either have small children or are currently pregnant. So, now I know some other mothers or mothers to be on the island. And they were all very nice.
Tuesday evening was a "mandatory fun" event for Hubby's Company. We all went to the bowling alley and had pizza and bowled. The purpose of the event was a "Hail and Farewell." This means that there are several people leaving the company, and several people who are new to the company (including us), so the event was to formally say goodbye to those who are leaving and introduce the newbies. We had a good time. I used a child's bowling ball, so as not to be lifting anything heavy. It was still quite hilarious trying to bowl while pregnant because my center of balance is off. Also, I can't throw it as hard as I normally would. I bowled a 73, which even though that's not very good, I still didn't get last place! You can ask my hubby who got last place... muhahaha!
Hubby went golfing with the company one day this week. He said that the course was great and the "19th hole" (the restaurant) was awesome. He said the restaurant is up on a hill, and it overlooks the flight line, and there are constantly F15s and F22s (fighter jets) landing and taking off right in front of you. The whole restaurant has windows for walls. Also, since you are up on a hill, you can see the ocean! I can't wait to go there with him and see it for myself, and take pictures to put up on here.
As for housing, we are still in the hotel. Our housing counselor is working on our housing offer right now as I type this. She will either be offering us something this afternoon, or very early next week. I am eager to get into housing so I can go head and get the baby room set up with everything we will need. More to come!
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