Job!

Justin got a job! He has accepted a position as full-time teller at the Dillons branch of First National Bank of Hutchinson. He gets a ton of great benefits and makes decent money. He is hoping that once he finishes his degree he can slowly move up in this particular bank - they have an average turn over rate of 12 years and love to hire within.

He is SO excited to be back to work - the hunt has been long and tedious. Funny thing is, now that he has a job, all the places he has applied keep calling and giving him offers! Kind of annoying.

He will work four, ten-hour days - so three days with me! That will be nice especially once Jane is born :)

So, congrats to my perserverant husband on his new job as a banker! I'm impressed.

Jane

We are having a little girl and her name is Jane :)

She is so sweet already. She turns and tumbles a lot lately and we LOVE to just sit and feel her in my tummy.

Oh, and we live in Yoder/Hutchinson now. I love my new Starbucks and my co-workers are lots of fun. Justin and I have joined a small group at Westside Baptist Church and we're studying the Song of Solomon. Justin is job hunting and planning to continue school (mostly online) next semester. We are giving birth at the Yoder Birthing Center and we LOVE it there. We see a midwife once a month and they are very helpful and friendly. We are so anxious to meet our little Jane!

Jane is currently 25 weeks - the size of my favorite chinese dish - Eggplant!

That is a brief update...very brief.

vomit

Last night while driving home from dinner with some friends I had my husband stop in a random parking lot so that I could get sick.
I felt like a drunk girl leaving a bar...but alas, I am pregnant, not intoxicated.


It was yucky.

all kinds of shriveled up grapes

Justin hates raisins and I am not a fan of prunes - BUT we are both very excited about our little prune sized fetus this week :)

The Chinese Gender Predictor says we are having a boy...we'll see.

Our prune-sized-fetus' vital organs are beginning to function this week. If he/she in fact is a "he", he is also producing testosterone already! Also, arms and joints are now working. That means baby can begin perfecting dance moves to perform for mom and dad as soon as he/she exits the womb! She/he better have a good routine - we are not easily impressed ;)

I am feeling pretty good this week. Other than having a bit of a sinus-infected-head, I have energy and don't feel like puking. I am also feeling my "breasts" (boobs) getting bigger along with a nice little pooch forming expanding on my tummy. {I am insinuating there has always been a pooch :) }

The Villmers really love these things this week!

-Playing video games (Lego Batman and Left4Dead)
-Watching the rest of LOST (we are on season 6 - I have already seen it, but I love re-watching it and watching him find new things out about the crazy sci-fi world of "The Island")
-Night Light (we bought this devotional and we are really enjoying it. It is really short and simple, but good for us right now)
-Listening to music on our Zune (Justin bought me a Zune! How sweet.)

FETUS!

fe·tus

[fee-tuhs] 

–noun, plural -tus·es. Embryology .

(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.

For some reason a few years ago, in the beach house, the word fetus became my favorite of all time. I think because it is such a weird word and makes people feel a little uncomfortable. Now I have one inhabiting my uterus! How fun.

Our embryo is officially a fetus and is the size of an olive or grape.

I am very irritable lately! People annoy me constantly and I cry about stupid things. We have this tea cup in our bathroom that holds Q-tips and I really love the colors and pattern on it. I was sitting on the sink yesterday and accidentally knocked it off the counter and it broke to pieces. I made a sad face and Justin said, "honey, please don't cry" and I proceeded to cry over the broken, BEAUTIFUL tea cup. Ha.

another dream

Last night I dreamt that I gave birth at 8 weeks (my current pregnant state). It was a boy. I was freaking out because we don't have a boy name picked out. The little boy I gave birth to looked just like Braden Rew (as in a 3 month old baby boy).
Quite impossible - all of this - I realize. Once again, my dreams are crazy.

pillow talk

Justin woke up from a bad dream at 5:30am today. He told me all about it and we just laid in bed for at least an hour chatting and cuddling. It was sweet bliss.
I love pillow talk.
And yes, that's what they call it these days ;)



I am currently in week 8 of pregnancy.

We just got back from the OB. We were able to hear our little raspberry's heartbeat! It was so fast compared to mine and so faint. But SO awesome.