We went to the doctor and heard the heartbeat twice. The first time it was 160-170 the second time is was down to 140ish. Which is really good and healthy.
On Sept 10 we'll get to find out if it's a boy or a girl! We're really excited.
Plus school starts tomorrow. I've figured out how to finish school with the baby. I'm going to finish my music minor this fall, and do my Psychology capstone. In winter I'm going to take two Independent Study classes English 315 and Psych 350, that will finish my Psychology major and general education requirements. I also want to get a Family Life minor (Michael is getting one, so he already has to graduate in August and I apparently already had 2 of the requirements done). So I'm taking a class for that now, and then I'm taking the rest to finish it Spring semester, and then I'll be done! It's weird to think that I'm almost done with my Bachelor's. I am very ready to be done with school.
So our plans so far for after that are:
Fingers crossed, I'm hoping really really really hard that Michael gets into and wants to go to ISU (Illinois State University). The area is nice, it's in the midwest, but not freakishly far away from anything interesting. Plus it's located in a town called Normal. How funny is that? Then I can move to Peculiar, MO and I'd have a well rounded personality. haha
Another nice thing about that is that I can go home to visit MO during summer term and then drive up to IL to find housing since Michael will have NO breaks between winter, spring, summer, and starting grad school. Considering how much fun it would be to have one or two weeks to not only move, but to also have to find the place to move to. And maybe while I'm already in that direction I can swing by Nauvoo. It's only 3 hours away from Normal anyway. ;D
Plus, I'm guessing people in Sedalia might want to see the baby. So going to visit would be fun anyway. Yes, it is weird to think about having a baby to bring home next summer. I try not to freak out too much though.
So those are my hopeful plans. I think that's everything so far. I'll post again when we find out if it's a boy or a girl. Oh, and we have names picked out: If it's a boy we'll name him Michael Eric (Eric is Michael's dad's middle name), and if it's a girl we'll name her Emma Ray (Emma is for Emma Smith and Ray is because of my dad). That's it! Maybe I'll write again in the next decade.
