Morning Sickness

I am gong to blame my lack of writing on my lack of energy!!! I get on to start, but between not feeling good since February, and being completely exhausted (or distracted by an active 3 year old), I havent written.

This will be short, too. Just the headlines.

JOEL'S NEW JOB!!!

Joel got hired on as an assistant signal person at Union Pacific RR. He is excited. I am too, but he will be gone a lot, so it will take some adjustment. Today is his first day, but this week is just all the orientation stuff. I am so proud of him. He worked so hard not only to find a job, but to get this job where he knew it would be stable and something he would enjoy.

CHARLIE

Charlie has been potty trained since January, he is continuing to learn so much, and has more energy than ever. He is so tall, over 40"! He LOVES church, and he reads his Book of Mormon stories board book almost daily. He loves to count and try to read, and he loves games on the computer and my phone. (Photo: Charlie helping make banana muffins)

BABY!!!

We found out in early March (?) that we are expecting a new addition. We found out a few weeks ago that it will be a girl. She is very active and healthy. Charlie has loved helping set up the nursery. We got a ton of stuff from our amazing neighbor's daughter-in-law who has 4 girls and is done. She had a garage sale and I got first pick. We cleaned house. ;) We have quite a few clothes, and most of the big stuff already. Charlie has been trying to help us pick a name, too. I think we are down to 2 names, but I just can't choose. Good thing I have almost 4 months.

IOWA

We are still loving our house here in Carlisle. We have great neighbors and live in a great area. We recently enjoyed a houseful when my family came. It was SO fun. We had 15 people in our house for a couple days, and besides not being able to keep the AC low enough to cool us all off, it was wonderful. We are still roasting. It has been in the high 90s all weekend with heat index over 110, and will continue this whole week. Then lower to low 90s with thunderstorms. The rain will be good, and after a few days of storms hopefully we will get some cooler weather.

KARIN

I recently enjoyed girls camp with my ward. I was the camp director and worked hard to get everything organized and have fun. It was hot, which made it that much harder going pregnant, but I enjoyed it! The girls were amazing and we had some great experiences. Other than that, I am just trying to get the house set up for a baby between naps on the couch.

Well, not too short. I will try to update again before the baby is born, then after of course. :)

(Me at almost 21 weeks.)