Back in the USofA

I realized that I have this reticence to post entries on here without pictures- it just seems like that's the part people would want to see anyway- but I've decided that something is better than nothing so I'm going to try to post at least every few weeks even when I don't have our computer hooked up enough to get our pictures ready for the blog.

We're back! And adjusting pretty well to the differences of life here- things that have been strange to us coming back this time include:
-not taking our shoes off before going into this one house we visited (a complete no-no pretty much everywhere we've lived)
-the choices in the grocery store- for example Diet Cherry Vanilla Berry Dr. Pepper (whoa!)
-understanding strangers and their friendliness- like a random conversation we had in the airport in Chicago with some guy from NC
-blending in and seeming normal
-Americans seem to be a lot calmer about pregnancy than Indonesians- I wasn't even asked how many weeks I am when I flew up to Boston yesterday but in Asia I was asked that at 4 months

So it's been great to be back- to see friends and family and to get ready to have this baby. We went to our first real prenatal appointment on Monday (though we've been tracking along the way with various health professionals) and heard the heartbeat loud and clear. It was so amazing! Now we can feel the baby's feet and back pretty much all the time and that's cool too. Yesterday, my sister 'played' with her niece or nephew for about 20 minutes- chasing the movements around my belly and pushing back when he/she kicked. I'm reading a great book that my friend Becky lent me which has 1-4 page stories of natural birthing from a bunch of women and it's really interesting to see the trends in their experiences.

If you're looking for a phone number to call us while we're back- email us in a few days- I think we'll have one then :-)