We have some exciting news to share this week! I (Brittany) was offered the position of Disability Specialist at UNI on Monday. I gave my verbal acceptance the same day and submitted all of my paperwork to UNI's HR office Tuesday. Everything is all set to go--just awaiting the results of my background check, but I am not anticipating any problems there. :-) So, we will be making a move to the Cedar Valley hopefully within the next couple of months. I am really excited about being only 45-50 minutes from my parents again!!! You wouldn't think 2 hours would be that far away, but it's amazing how much more I saw them when we lived in Cedar Falls vs. Maynard. With baby on the way, it will be nice being closer to family and friends again. It will be hard to say goodbye to our staff at UIU, as they are all amazing, but I know this is the right move for our growing family. So...in the spirit of this exciting new adventure...we have pictures of the UNI onesie Baby Warren will sport soon after his/her birth!! We've only had this onesie for over a year now. Hey, it was on sale and I hoped we would have children of our own someday who could wear it. :-)
As far as the pregnancy goes, things are still going well. I think I am progressing ok. My belly seems to stick out more and more each day, which is AWESOME! I ask TJ multiple times a day if he thinks it has grown from the day before. :-) One new development over the past week or so--my new craving. I want to eat pickles on a daily basis!!! I love the Claussen kosher dills, they are amazing!! I am limiting myself to two slices a day, which is one serving, because I know they are high in sodium, but man oh man do I love them right now!! I even ate two immediately following my PB&J toast for breakfast on Saturday.
Another exciting development with the pregnancy--movement. At first I wasn't sure, but I am thinking that I have been feeling the baby move since last Saturday. I started to feel something an inch or two below my belly button on Saturday morning. I tried to give myself a "butterfly kiss" on the hand to compare feelings because everyone says it feels like a flutter. I don't think it feels like that necessarily, but it does feel like a quick, faint poke. But, it's so quick I don't even have time to touch my belly to pinpoint the exact spot. I have felt this a couple times each day since Saturday. Since the "poke" is lower, this leads me to believe it is baby saying hello.
We are only approximately two weeks away from finding out if we will be buying tutus or capes. Can't wait!!! We will post a picture at the start of the week (week of May 7th) so you can see one more picture before you want to vote.
17 weeks, 2 days
Congrats on the new job!
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