the glory and the horror

So Kathleen said something quite amusing in the car the other day in reference to her inner Asian, which we joke about, as she loves Chinese food and Indian food, and is of course, married to a Chinese guy.

Now, however, that phrase means so much more, since she has both a figurative and literal inner Asian.

That’s right. She’s pregnant, and we’re right at the 12 week mark. The above ultrasound is from a few weeks ago, and I’ll post a few more recent ones when I get the chance. Yay for the baby!

I know it’s been a long time since I last wrote anything of significance, so here come a few things.

Christmas/New Years was a lot of fun. My parents and siblings came out for a week, and it was the first time the whole family had come together to visit us in Houston. Everyone has come separately in the past, but this was a real treat because everyone came together for the holiday. It was a little bit crowded upstairs, but we put my parents in the guest room, quite comfortably, and my siblings in the office with inflatable mattresses. Of course, that meant that my brother actually slept downstairs most of the week. He did complain of Buddy waking him up when Buddy woke up and wanted to be let out.

It was very nice to have the whole family together again, one more time. It was nice because just about everyone was on some sort of vacation/break. Granted, Kathleen and I were both working, but because of scheduling, she had Christmas Day off, and was post-call on Christmas Eve, allowing her some good family time and the chance to go to the Christmas Eve service at church.

Anyway, it’s been weeks since then, and the tree and decorations are all put away, and we’re well into the new year with new rotations, and the next big step, moving to Denver. That means cleaning up the house, getting it ready to sell, and then buying a new place. If anyone is interested in buying our house in Houston, let us know!