Safe and Sound

Billy left on Monday and made it safely to Izmir. He is 7 hours ahead of us, which makes it really tough to talk during the week. When he wakes up, we're sleeping. When he's going to bed, I'm barely getting off work. When we're going to bed, he's sleeping. We've been able to squeeze in quick chat while I'm at work, but it's nothing more than a few minutes. I can't wait until he gets a place to live and sets up his computer so we can skype. That will be a lifesaver on the weekends! Noah and I already miss him terribly, but we'll manage. Billy always knows how to lighten things up... he's already shared a funny story about his encounter with a bidet and the water pressure in his shower! He's far from settled, but everything seems to be okay so far.

We've all managed to survive the first couple of days. Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers!

If you're interested, I've added a clock to show the current time in Turkey and at the bottom of the page is a countdown ticker that shows how much longer he'll be gone. It's still a long ways away, but it's going to help me to see the days decreasing.

You should also be on the lookout for more pictures soon. I have to post July's 12 on the 12th, the pics from our family photo shoot on the beach, and the pics from Billy's surprise 40th birthday/going away party. They should all be coming soon!!

Pictures from New York

Noah in the airport ready to go!

Grand Central Station

Noah eating his first ice cream cone on his own




Central Park

We went on a 3 hour boat tour

Statue of Liberty - we only saw it from a distance

Billy and I getting ready to go watch Wicked - LOVED it!!!

Had to make a stop at the Toys R Us at Times Square

Billy and his mom on top of the Empire State Building

It started raining while were on top of the Empire State Building

Me and Noah

Me and my baby again

The fam at Times Square

So much to do, so little time...

We've been in New York City for the last 6 days enjoying some time together. We took in a lot of sites, watched a Broadway show, enjoyed the weather, and ate a lot of food! Noah loved the hustle and bustle of the city. He was always ready to go! Hopefully I'll find the time to put up some pictures soon. For now, I' m just giving you a quick update. There is a lot to get done and Billy is leaving two weeks from today :( I usually don't wear waterproof mascara, but I had to go out and buy some a couple of weeks ago because I knew what was coming. The mascara has already come in handy! The next two weeks are going to be pretty hard, especially since there is still so much to do and we really just want to enjoy our time together. But we'll do what we can and figure out the rest!

Lori and the Boys

When I was pregnant with Noah, I really wanted to have a surprise and not find out if the baby was a boy or girl. Billy, on the other hand, wanted to know, but he was patient enough to let me have my surprise. I told him with the second baby that it would be completely up to him if we found out or not. He liked the surprise enough the first time around to want to wait this time, too. However, since there's a possibility he might not make it back for the birth, he decided to find out. So we had our anatomy scan on Wednesday, and it looks like I won't be needing to change the name of my blog!!!

June 12 on the 12th

1. Noah not wanting to get out of bed in the morning
2. Crossing the Ashley River on the way to day care
3. Noah saying "cheese" with his new sunglasses
4. A huge Elmo that was given to us and hangs out in our living room
5. Got out of work early and had to find some pregnant walking shoes
6. Grocery shopping at the commissary
7. Noah enjoyed a homemade mini pizza. He was eating sauce with a spoon!
8. Billy's in Vegas
9. Since we were taking pictures of shoes...
10. This is why I want a maid
11. Me and my big belly after a day of work, shopping, and 45 minutes on the elliptical
12. Watched the first episode of True Blood