Update

Kurt is doing great at his new job with dental sales. The first few days were challenging but since then everything has improved by leaps and bounds. The guys on his team are great and encourage him daily and he has really learned a lot about sales. He will be leaving again next week for an entire week, so we continue to appreciate prayers (which we have truly felt in the last weeks). 

I am off work now, which has been such a blessing. I have been able to rest a lot and slowly but surely get Wes's room ready. Below are some pictures of something else I've been doing, playing with Bella. She especially likes going down the slides at the playground. 

Prego update

I went to the doctor yesterday and they took me off work, yay, so that I will be able to rest. Work was definitely hard, my feet were swelling a ton and not being able to sleep well anymore made it even harder. Fortunately, the swelling has nearly disappeared since my last day of work last Friday, so it should definitely help. Unfortunately, the sleep has not gotten any better, but that is unavoidable and typical at this stage of pregnancy. 

The doctor is also concerned that I may be at risk for hypertension and toxemia (preeclamsia) so they will be keeping an eye on that. So far I am fine and the doctor said that rest should also help keep this condition at bay. 

The doctor said that Wes is ready to go, according to measurements he is a tall boy. In her words, "the sooner he comes the better." I'd like him to wait a little longer, though. =)

Yay!

Kurt got a job! He will start on Thursday with New Line Dental, a dental sales job. He will certainly need prayer as the weeks ahead will require much learning and growth. Thanks to all those who have been thinking of and praying for us in these last months of job searching. We are truly hoping this one is a career. In case you are interested, you can check out the company he will be working with at newlinesmilenetwork.com. Kurt also requested that I post a funny picture to go along with this, so here it is: 

Bella the Wonderdog

Last week some weird things started to happen around the house. To start, I was in the living room in the middle of the night (I haven't really been sleeping well these last two weeks, so I get up a lot in the middle of the night) and this bright flash/spark went off. I was pretty sure it was from this one outlet, but it was also 2 in the morning and I was tired, so I just brushed it off. The next day we heard this sizzling noise coming from the same area, again, we weren't too worried. Later that night I was laying on the couch and Bella kept climbing on top of me and sniffing the wall behind the couch, it was so weird, she's never done anything like that. The next day, one of our lamps started turning on and off on its own, even though the light switch was turned off. We pulled the couch back (same place Bella wouldn't stop sniffing the night before) and saw that the outlet looked like it had been burned. We immediately called Paul, Kurt's dad, who is an electrician. Even though he was terribly sick (so was Kurt at this point) he checked out our outlets and found this in two places! The outlet was burning from the inside out..yikes! Here's another pic of Bella sniffing things out with the help of 'Daddy'.