Third Trimester

28 weeks!

Woohoo - I've made it to the third trimester!! Less than 3 months to go, and now I'm suddenly feeling more and more tired and anxious. Nesting has definitely kicked in and I just feel like everything needs to be done NOW. Guess it just comes with the territory!

Shane's ship pulled in to Busan, South Korea last week which gave him a chance to see my growing belly on skype - I REALLY love technology!! I think he had a really good time there and definitely enjoyed the chance to relax away from the ship for a few days and experience another Asian country.

I had a second ultrasound last week to check the location of my placenta (it was previously very low). Great news - it has moved to its proper location and I will be able to deliver naturally and on time! YAY!! Everything else is going well with the pregnancy...I'm definitely growing as you can see from the picture and little bit is moving more and more every day. We're working on narrowing down names, but haven't made any decisions yet. We're also still hopeful that Shane will get to be home for the birth, but of course nothing is definite. I'm taking MBA classes to keep myself occupied for the summer and it's actually passing faster than I expected. I can't believe the end of July is approaching and I only have 2 days left in my 20's!!

4th of July Surprise!

My 4th of July surprise - I got to spend it with Shane!!! The GW came home for an unscheduled visit over the 4th of July weekend and though they've already left again, it was absolutely wonderful to relax with my hubby!!

Shane had duty on the 4th but we made the best of it. Since he was stuck on the ship, I went and hung out with him for a while! He took me up (and up and up) to the bridge so I could see where they drive the ship and we had a picnic dinner.

View from the bridge of planes on the flight deck.

Move out of the way - I'm driving this monster!

More planes on the flight deck with Yokosuka base in the background.

Having our 4th of July picnic dinner in Shane's stateroom!

While home, Shane performed his first reenlistment for EM2 Boegli. I know he was really honored, and I thought it was pretty cool to see him on the other side of a reenlistment.

Keeping with an American themed weekend, we decided to go see a movie - our first time at a Japanese theater! We watched Ironman 2 (in English with Japanese subtitles) and for a true movie experience you HAVE to get refreshments...these were some of the combo options, BEER COMBOS!!

We went with a more traditional popcorn and coke combo - but got half regular and half carmel popcorn, yum!!

Shane got a chance to feel the baby move a lot more this time - and leave it to him to find a way to pick on the baby before she's even born!

He thinks it's hilarious to gently shake/tap my belly - especially if it causes her to move. I on the other hand am not very fond of this little game since I AM attached to the belly he's messing with! Silly guy!!