What's going on?

Britta: hanging out in Seattle, trying to keep myself occupied. I just hired a Doula, which is cool. 

Thaddeus: currently getting a bit too big for his current apartment and is considering moving.  He loves being photographed weekly but even more he loves to wiggle right at the moment where the ultrasound tech is getting the perfect picture!

Matthew: is working hard to get everything together to come here with the girls in a few weeks.  He should be getting a TDY status which will allow him to take care of me and the baby without having to go into work every day. 

Emmaline: is so glad Grandma is there to spend time with her. She loved hanging out with a bunch of different friends but she has moments that show she is getting stressed out with all the change.

Lottie: also enjoyed hanging out with friends. She is learning to string words together and get her needs across. She does struggle a lot with mom being gone and is very emotional.

Gabriella: Is learning to talk and babbles constantly. She picked up on walking super quickly. Her hair is growing so long and if we don't put it in pony tails every day it gets in her eyes.  Daddy says she misses her mommy but she isn't as emotional as her sisters, which is probably good.

In the near future Matt is going to bring Emmaline and Lottie here by Space-A flights . My mom is going to being Gabriella here on a commercial flight.   When they get here, my medical care will be transferred to the University hospital, which partners with the Seattle Children's hospital.  The doctors have said I could deliver anytime after 36 weeks so then we will just all be on baby watch. 

After the baby is born we will be dealing with the possibility of him being in the NICU. But he could also be strong and healthy enough to come home for a few weeks before needing surgery. So life will be up in the air for a while.  

As a planner, it is really difficult to not have any idea what is going on in the next few months. And the idea of planning on not having a plan makes me laugh. Obviously God is making me work hard on relaxing and taking things as they come.  

I'm so grateful for all the families in Guam who are helping to take care of my family, I think this all would have been even harder without all of them! 

Guess where I am!

Wanna guess where I am? Here are some clues!

When I got here I realized that having only one pair of socks is not going to work. My pants will get wet walking around and my toes will freeze.

I am excited to go to the two zoos that are nearby.

The view of the mountain is amazing fom many places on base.

The trees are evergreen but the grass is ever-brown!

I felt really really weird driving the speed limit on the freeway. I could drive 30 miles and cover the entire length of Guam without even tapping the breaks!

Guess yet? No?

Well, I'll definitely want to visit the needle, ride a ferry and visit my old stomping grounds.

What about now? Figured it out? Well, I'll tell you. I'm in Seattle, at Joint base Lewis-McChord.

Matt is working on getting orders to leave Guam, but we have no guarantee that he will be sent here. And no guarantee that he will even stay in his same job.  I will be delivering at the Seattle Children's Hospital and Thaddeus will have some amazing doctors.

Life has been incredibly herd lately, I have felt like things are completely out of my control. But I have dealt with difficult thing before and I'm choosing to trust God in all this. It's always better and easier if I do that.