Our Home in Honduras

We finally moved in!!!!!!!  And we have our furniture.  A lot of progress has been made the last 5 days with the unpacking in large part to our housekeeper, Karla.  She is a very hard worker and is always asking me what to do next.  While Ken is at work, I am keeping busy at home.  With Karla around my Spanish is getting better.  

Ken's birthday is 16 August and we plan to go to Soto Cano for the weekend.  It will be a nice getaway from the city.  Also, the commander, Col Rich Juergens' birthday is 15 August so there will be some celebrating :)  Meanwhile, the MILGRP deputy commanders wife and myself hosted a surprise birthday party for Ken and her husband, LTC Tony Espinosa on Friday.  It was a luau theme with a Marimba Band and tacos.  Besides the MILGRP folks the Honduran military leaders showed up too.  It was a wonderful way to get together. 

23 Weeks and Growing

75% Sure It's A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess our child received the stubborn gene from me :)  Ken and I saw the doctor today and saw some great butt shots of the baby.  From what we could see it looks like we are having a girl.  It was hard to tell for certain because the legs were very close together and we could not see any boy plumbing.  The doc seems to think it is a girl, but obviously wants to wait til the next ultrasound.  So the suspense will carry on until Sept 1st and we hope to know for sure.  The wonderful news is the baby is very healthy and weighs 1 1/2 pounds.  My weight is 123 so I can't complain.  Safe to say the belly is starting to show :)

In other news, the house is coming along.  We were there all day today getting ready for the furniture to show up tomorrow.  Our housekeeper, Carlota was cleaning away and does an awesome job so we are thrilled to have her.  There are a few minor things the contractor has to finish but Ken and I are pleased so far.  After Wednesday we should be in the house permanently.  I will be off line for a few days until we can get internet capability at the house.  So more to come.....................

HOUSE NEWS!

Hello Everyone!  Good news is our house is ready to be occupied.  Our kitchen appliances will be delivered Monday and our household goods are coming Tuesday.  Next week is going to be very busy for us.  However, we moved the baby appointment a day early (Monday) so we can concentrate on the house.  So we will finally know if Baby Rod is a boy or a girl.  We are so excited.  The baby is very, very active and I can actually see my skin move.  I now have a small "beach ball" and it is funny how it just suddenly appeared.  I feel great!  Ken is doing well and always so supportive.  Well, we should have an update Monday evening with our baby news and will post some photos of the house.