The countdown is on!

Well, I am now going to my weekly doctor visits. First one was this week and the doc says I am progressing, which is not normal for a first pregnancy. Wow! Well, I have been talking to Miss Bambina about coming early if she wants (now that she is considered "safe.")...so maybe she will...

Daddy Wil says it has to be after the World Cup is over on July 9. Fine with me, still would make her about a week early. The nursery is finally coming along and it really looks like a baby's room. I love to walk in there and just imagine her waking up from a nap or to see her peacefully sleeping in her crib. I know those moments will come soon.

We've gone to all of our classes, birthing, parenting, breastfeeding ... so I feel really prepared. It also helps spending all day taking care of babies. Daddy Wil has even practiced changing a few "fake" diapers in class and learning all he can to comfort his little one. He's going to be such a wonderful dad.

IMMIGRATION
I had to mention that Wil and I had our immigration interview this week for Wil's permanent residency. He should have his "green card" in just a few weeks. What the government really calls this is a permanent resident alien. I find the term hilarious, so Wil is my permanent alien. Just as long as the baby doesn't come out green! The interview went really well. After spending quite a bit of time gathering the required paperwork, the "officer" wanted to know more details about the baby, how we met, etc. She looked at every single picture from our wedding album. It wasn't quite the interview we expected. But we could tell that she was asking key questions to make sure we were a legitimate couple. Wil and I thought just looking at my tummy would do the trick!

Still going steady....

Well, the past few weeks have just zoomed by. I finished teaching ESL at Kearney at the end of May for the school year. While it was a great experience as far as being challenged as a teacher, I was pretty anxious the last month or so for the year to end. I think I have been more excited about just getting one more step closer to little Bambina's arrival.

Since finishing the year in Kearney, I have been working full time at the Ford Child Development Center with babies! It's the same place I have been subbing at since coming back from El Salvador and I really enjoy it. It also gives me my baby "fill" each day.

As for my doctor's appointments, they have been going great. Still measuring and weighing right and Bambina's still kicking away. Wil's work threw us a shower this past week and it was so nice. I can't believe how supportive his co-workers have been without having known us for very long. There is a really great and unique group of people that work in his office, I guess maybe we both enjoy it because there are a lot of foreigners!

This past weekend we picked out the baby's crib (graciously bought my Wil's mom, the Salvadoran Grandma!) and Wil did his daddy duty by assembling it. Her room is finally starting to look like a baby's room.

The weather is starting to make me really miss Salvadoran weather, my church family and my Salvadoran family that I lived with. Wil and I haven't even turned on our air yet. I guess I am so used to hearing outside noise, keeping the windows open and breathing fresh air. Now if I only heard the sound of the lady on the street selling tortillas and the bread man honking his bicycle horn, I think my "homesickness" would go away.