A Foreign Place

Every time we come back to the States, it is more and more obvious to John and me that this is not where we live.  Here's one recent example for you:

I went grocery shopping at ALDI yesterday morning for my mom-in-law.  The total was $19.10.  So I gave her a twenty dollar bill and a dime, a little bummed that now I was going to have 4 quarters to carry around in my wallet since there's no such thing as a loonie south of the border.  Then she handed me a ONE DOLLAR BILL and for a second there I was just shocked.  Oh yeah!  There are one dollar bills here!  I had totally forgotten.

Baby!

Our other big news is we're pregnant!  

Baby, as he/she has been affectionately named by Helena, is due June 21st.  We are super excited to have another child and super excited to give Helena a sibling.  We're not going to learn the gender of the babe, but we did learn from the ultrasound technician that Baby is very very active. 

Most of the time Helena tells us that she wants a baby when we ask her if she wants a baby sister or baby brother.  We can do that, Helena!  And when we look at the picture of Baby, she's always quick to tell me that Baby has purple hair :)

ABD PhD Candidate

This Monday was John's last day of school.  LAST DAY.  

 

He came home with a new title - ABD PhD Candidate.  He's now All But Dissertation - you know, all he needs to do now is get his dissertation done! 

After 21 1/2 years of going to class, studying, and taking exams, a celebration was in order. That night included Gourmet Burgers and Blokus.  But the rest of the week is full of fun exciting things as well, the best being the simple fact that John is around!