Must be in the Blood

I just checked out blog for the first time in over a month. We are still unable to check the blog at home. But the past month has been busy as ever. Last week we moved to a new apartment. The locals here don't hardly ever move. Some of the people in my office have an hour and a half commute each way to work and I've asked them why they don't just move. They always look at me like I'm crazy. When we signed the 1 year lease I knew that we would move at the end of the year. I only intended to be there one year. Anyone who knows my family knows that we have no problem moving.

At first I thought it was just the locals that thought it was weird that we moved after one year. But then we told our friends at church and many of them gave us the same strange look and asked why on earth we would move. My response was simple. Why not? Plus, there was a light bulb burnt out in the old place and it seemed like a good reason to move. We love the new place! We are on the 22nd floor of a 31 story building. In our complex there are about 6 of these 31 story apartment buldings. The new place is only a few minutes away from our old place.

A few weeks ago I had a long business trip. I didn't like to be gone so long but I had to get it out of the way before the baby came. All of the countries were close together so it made sense to do it all at once. The countries included Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. This was my first time to 3 of the 4 countries. It was so interesting to see the differences in each place. Interestingly enough, my meetings in each country were in Chinese. Who would have guessed?!?

Jen has turned into a fish lately. She is really enjoying swimming. She has been swimming about 1,000 meters per day. The baby is due any day now but she did another 1k this morning. Most of the men at the pool know her by now and tell her that she is awesome but most of the women still give her strange looks. Her belly sticks out pretty far. From behind you can't tell she's pregnant but then she turns sideways and HELLO there it is. Looks like a skinny girl stuck a basketball underneith her shirt. We'll post pictures later. She has been having a few contractions but not a lot. We are hoping this baby comes sooner than later since the doctor estimated last week that the baby was already 7.92lbs. Big Boy.

That about sums up our last month or so. Once the baby comes we will post pictures.