Charlotte!

We are now in Charlotte for the summer. Brett is an intern for Bank of America for the next 10 weeks. He really likes it a lot. He is a learning consultant... I don't know exactly what he does, but he gets paid and likes it, so it is all good! We are living right downtown - well, they call it uptown here - so it is kinda like being in NYC, but there is not as much going on. The bank put us up in a great apartment that we like a lot. We have laundry and a bedroom, a regular bed, a walk in closet - it is heaven! Brett can walk to work, so that is nice. I am nannying for the summer. It is definitely something to keep me occupied. This weekend we decided to take a little road trip. We are hoping to take quite a few this summer. We went up into the Blue Ridge Mountains... and camped. I must really love Brett to have done that :). I am not a camper, but marriage is about compromise, so I have to do it once in a while. We didn't really camp I guess - we slept in our car at a KOA. We did have a campfire though. We woke up really early Saturday and went mountain biking - quite a feat for a pregant lady - to a lake and walked around downtown Asheville. We stayed with Brett's cousin Saturday night, went to church Sunday and then came home. It was a great trip. I guess compromise isn't so bad.... Our next trip is to a beach though. :)

Random

Here are some random pics from our trip

1. Christie and I went on a sister date with Lorraine and her little sis. We went and had tea... herbal, of course!

2. So, one of the things that we need to buy whenever we are not poor students anymore is luggage! Brett's bag fell apart in the airport and we had to tape it back together!

3. Alvera ( I don't know how to spell it) Street in LA.

Also for a random side note, Brett and I saw the musical Wicked in LA. It was AWESOME! Probably my favorite ever. I encourage all those who can to see it!

The Elder Whites are home!

After spending the last 2 years counting down the months, weeks, days and finally minutes, my 2 brothers returned in all their glory from thier missions. Brett and I got to visit his brother and sister in law and their 2 cute girls in Denver, then spent about 10 days in UT with the rest of the Andersen fam and got to CA 2 days before the big return. Michael came home on Monday the 21st. It was so fun to go to the airport with our signs and balloons and pick him up. I think that he was a little shell shocked to be home and we just spend the whole day just watching him and listening to him talk. It is like when there is a baby in the house - you can just watch it and be entertained... that is how Michael mus have felt. Then we got to do it all over agian on Wednesday for Danny! It was awesome to do the airport thing twice. It was amazing to see my brothers all grown up. I mean, they are very much the same, but there is a maturity and a spirituality that was not there before. It is pretty cool to see. Brett and I were in CA for 3 weeks, so we just hung out with the bros the whole time. We had a great time... I think they were a little tired of not doing much, but we had fun just hanging out.

We have an announcement to make....

Ok, so most of you know already, but we will make it offical with a post... we are having a baby! The offical due date is November 23, 2007 - so I am about 18 weeks along. However, when I went to the doctor in Charlotte for the first time, they didn't have my medical records and informed me that my due date is November 9th. I would love my due date to be the 9th, but my mom is pretty sure that they are wrong - and encouraged me to get a doctor that can do math - so Nov. 23rd it is! The first 6 weeks were great - then week 7 hit and I all of the sudden didn't like food anymore. It was the weirdest thing - I LOVE food - so when I couldn't even smell it, I knew that I was not just fake pregnant. I hated anyting that smelled like anything, too. When Brett would come in from school I would make him change his shower, change his clothes and brush his teeth before even coming close to me! OK, I didn't have him so all that, but I would have him change his clothes. For those of you who have been in NYC - it often smells bad, so those smells would come in with Brett. Anyway, I am doing much better now and again like food except for salad. I have posted some pictures of my belly - the first is at 16 weeks comparing my belly to my brother Michael's belly and the 2nd was today - so 18 weeks. I think that I have grown quite a bit in the last 2 weeks, but I still don't look pregnant. I just look fat. So, it will be nice when I am past this stage( at least I think so now - some 9 month pregnant ladies might inform me otherwise). In conclusion, Brett and I are very excited about our upcoming adventure and would love any parenting advice you can give!

It has been way too long!

And far too much has happened! So because so much has happened I am going to do 2 or three mini posts instead of one HUGE one because it will be eaiser to read... so get a snack, find a comfy place to sit and get ready to read... that is if you care enough to really do those things!