Quick Recovery

Hey everybody! So sorry it's taken so long to update you. I'm forever yelling at my pastor to write on his blog weekly or else people begin to lose interest... and here I am, wayyyyyy behind on my own blog. Well, I promise I have a good excuse! As most of you know, we just got back from camp last week. Odego 2009 went down in Cocoa Beach, FL this year - an amazing year with 100 students from all over the state of FL. This year was a special year as we celebrate 10 years of camp. Bry took over this camp 10 years ago... and here we are. Once known as "Camp Daytona" we had to re-tool when we decided to move camp to Orlando... probably a little weird to do "Camp Daytona" in Orlando?!? Anywho, Odego (loose Greek for "move") was born and the name is sticking no matter where we go. Seeing as how we've been in Orlando for the last 5 years, making the move to Cocoa was a little nerve racking... it came with many technical obstacles for the room-design, lots of fresh meat when it comes to hotel staff, and learning how to "do our thing" in a new town with new people and new businesses. Needless to say, year 10 just may have been the smoothest year yet! (I know, crazy!) Anyway, it was a great week.. exhausting as usual, but great!

It's always amazing to watch students transform throughout the week and just grow closer together like one giant family. This year I had the pleasure of bringing 15 students from my church as well as our 2 volunteer youth leaders. Half of these students are like my own adopted children, so to watch them change in small ways throughout the week was cool. Probably the highlight of my week was watching a handful of my students closing their eyes with hands open and singing with all of their heart... WOW! I know I'm over-emotional being prego, but I was like a proud mother watching them from the stage as I lead worship with the band... so awesome! The icing on the cake was interviewing the students this week and hearing their feedback about camp and how it changed their views of each other and grew them closer to God. Maybe I'll post those interviews when I finish the video... check back ;-)

Well, you're probably tired of hearing about camp, so I'll bring you the baby update... We are already at 19 weeks! I can't even believe it as I type it! The time really does pass so quickly, I can't imagine how quickly our baby will grow up!?! So, this coming Thursday we have our big ultrasound. I want to wait to find out the baby's sex and Bry wants to find out... which means... we'll find out. Let's be honest, Bry is the planner of the family and if we want anything to get done around here, we let the planner plan! haha. So, hopefully this time next week I'll be announcing whether we'll have a little girl or boy... hmmmmm. We're taking votes, so let us know what you think it'll be. :-)

I still haven't had any "major" food cravings... I'm still a big fan of pickles. I've always liked them, but when you find yourself opening the cabinet doors and saying "mmmmm, pickles" you know something has to be a little different. So, I'd say that's my biggest craving so far.

I'm finally getting fatter! I had to break down and get maternity clothes this week. I don't really need maternity tops, but I definitely need the stretchy pants! I got tired of hearing myself whine about how my pants are too tight and moaning and groaning as they dug into my gut... SO, I called my mom on our day off and to the mall we went! I spent far to much money, but I do have a really great wardrobe that will last me all the way through the jumbo belly. The most entertaining moment was strapping on the little "pillow belly" in the dressing room. My mom and I were rolling, we were laughing so hard! The scary part is we were laughing and that's exactly how I'm going to look. Needless, to say it made the whole process fun... considering how much I love to shop, we needed a good laugh to keep me happy ;-)

Hmmm... I think that's all the good stories for now. OH, wait! I think I finally felt the baby move. I say THINK, because it's so quick and subtle. BUT, I'll keep thinking... it'll be fun when we can see a hand or foot move across my belly or when Bryan can feel it too, but I'm enjoying the journey. Thanks for reading, I'll dig up some pictures to post soon. Bry's already gone to bed and I'm pregnant so I should probably be sleeping now.

We'll talk again soon... I promise! Happy 4th of July!