Meeting Charlie

This whole week I've been in the training class, from 8:30 to 5:00 everyday. I actually enjoyed the prolonged lab training, very hands-on. Monday night, we finally got to meet little Charlie. David and I brought the vegetable lasagna, salad, and bread to Jeff and Kyri. Kyri looked wonderful given that Charlie is only 10 days old. Charlie was sleeping in the living room. We got to adore her for five minutes. Then she was wakened by us although we tried to talk in barely audible voices. She started to move and get fuzzy. We knew the next thing might be crying. Jeff picked her up - it was time for her feeding. Kyri told us Charlie has been very easy. Sleep and eat. We'd love to see her nursery. But we thought we'd better leave before she cried. So we left their house pretty soon. We went to Babyrus in Lewesville and saw that they still had two rolls of the wall borders left. One of them was opened but absolutely new. The manager gave us 10% off for that. With a $10 coupon and 15% off, we finally bought the whole roll for $8. Then we dropped by BBB and bought some containers to organize the closets. It was a very productive evening.

Granny's church mailed us the CD of her memorial service. David and I listened to it Tuesday night. Hearing it was like watching a movie in my mind - replaying all the love story between Granny and Jesus. It was great to hear Granny's voice too. They played an interview of Granny several years ago. One of Granny's friends said when she saw Granny in the hospital, Granny showed her the V sign. She asked Granny what it meant. Granny told her "That's victory in Jesus!" So they sang the song "Victory in Jesus" in the service. That brought tears in my eyes.

This week we had the 32nd week checkup. Everything seems to be normal. Emily's head was at the bottom and she curled up when we listened to her heartbeat. Now the doctor can hear her heartbeat without any gel. David could even hear her heartbeat without any equipment, just by putting his ear to my tummy - that's amazing!

One of the interns I trained last year went to QingDao to do the LST project. I mentioned Nicole Green and Jean Guo. She replied right away that Nicole was one of the people that went to the airport to pick her up - small world!