Expanding Our Family!

We found out near the end of October that the Spencer Household would be expanding!  We officially found out on November 29th that we would be adding ONE Baby Spencer.  Sorry to those of you asking about twins but it's NOT happening! Our quiet family of 2, and 1 spoiled cat, will have to make room for our 1st kiddo June 27, 2013.

 

As of this post Julie is almost at 18 weeks and finally showing a little baby bump.  Thankfully, there was only nausea and exhaustion in the early stages.  Other than that, things have been going pretty well and we have all been thankful for that.  Béla has been putting in extra snuggle time with Julie and the kiddo since a week before we found out.  Perhaps animals really do know things we don't...We think she is trying to teach them how to purr and perhaps meow. 

We have not found out the gender yet but are hoping we will find out on February 1st at our big ultrasound appointment so check back in to find out!  The doctor/Captain (we are going to a Navy base after all) tried to take a look around week 12 and apparently we have a gymnast/yoga master on our hands!  The kiddo was doing a headstand with legs crossed.  Fingers crossed they have learned to be more cooperative this next time around.  If you haven't noticed, we have continued our favorite theme of browns, greens, and white/creme :) 

In the mean time, Julie was just offered a permanent substitute position at a local high school and will start on Monday.  Permanent substitutes out here report to the same school every day and fill in where needed throughout the building.  This is a step up and hopefully more to come from it in the future.  Curtis will be reporting back to his original command next week after a few months of having been on a temporary assignment duty (TAD).  He will hopefully be earning his Aviation Warfare wings in the very near future and also become a plane captain (PC) where he can launch and recover the F-18s on his own.  We are both making progress in work which is always a good thing!  Béla is still a freeloader, of course, and is still playing fetch and being a good little girl! One new trick that she accomplished with training from her Uncle Jim was chasing after the laser light, jumping up the wall and turning on a light.  True story.  It has happened once with us and once with Jim.  Whether it can be performed a third time, who knows!  All in all, we are all doing well and looking forward to all that is to come.

Our wonderful families are also in the process of putting together two baby showers for us in IL, one in Northern and a second in Central.  We are VERY THANKFUL for them taking the time, effort, and putting in all the hard work to make this happen.  Julie is excited to make the trip back to Illinois, but sad that Curtis will not be able to join her, and see the final results of all the hard work.  Again, thank you to both of our families for doing this!

Be on the lookout for Baby Spencer's gender!!