Miami

This past week Brandon and I got to go to Miami to look for an apartment to live in. My mom came too to help us look which was really nice. Miami is so beautiful! I have never lived so close to a beach before, it will be so awesome! The weather was about 80 degrees every day and sunny. The beaches are so clean and amazing. The water is very blue and pretty warm. The apartment search could not have gone better. The first day we flew into Miami we started looking at lots of apartments. We wanted something close to the medical school so that Brandon would not have to go so far to get to school every day. It suprised me how much it costs a month to rent an apartment. We found lots that were junky and were still around 1000$ per month. But we ended up finding a great place called Park Place which is about 1159$ per month. It was a little more than we wanted to spend on an apartment but it was so much better than all the other ones we looked at. We got a two bedroom apartment and it seems pretty big inside; it was a great deal! The apartment is really close to the medical school; only about 5 minutes driving and within walking distance of the metro that takes you to the school. We are on the third floor and have a balcony out the back. We also have a pool and hot tub right outside in a courtyard area which is really nice! I'm really excited to move into our own place. It feels weird to be growing up so fast and having a baby and moving across the country but it is really exciting at the same time. I need to learn how to be more independent and how to make it on our own so it will be a great learning and growing experience for me. The ward we are going to go to is a bilingual ward. Some people get up and speak in Spanish and some get up and speak in English; its really interesting! It will be great for my Spanish. I am suprised how much I can remember and understand of Spanish I just have to get the guts to talk to people in Spanish now! I really hope to become bilingual while we are living in Miami, it is a great opportunity for me :)

Weeks 12-16

I went to the doctor again and got to hear the heartbeat for the second time. Everything is going great for me and the baby :) The doctor said I need to gain more weight though in the upcoming weeks, I have only gained a pound or two right now. So I have been trying to eat as much as I can, haha, its harder than it sounds! My belly is finally starting to show and I have had to buy some new pants even though its not very big yet. I am still feeling sick every now and then. I get sick especially when I don't drink enough water so I am making sure to keep hydrated. I mostly am just really tired all the time! It is hard to keep going to school and working hard to end out the semester. There are only about 4 more weeks of school and then I am done with college! It seems to have come so fast! I'm really excited to be done with school and get to move on with life; its so hard to keep studying and working so hard. Right now I have decided not to do a dietetic internship because there would just be no time for me to do it right now. Brandon will be going to medical school in Miami for long hours and I will need to be home with the baby. I'm not sad that I am not doing an internship, I have always wanted to be a mom and now I get to be one and am really excited. I am getting my degree and am happy for that. Someday I may decide to do an internship and become a registered dietitian but for now I am really excited to learn how to be a good mom :)