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Subject: JONO!!

Author:
Heaves

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Date Posted: 05:36:21 04/02/13 Tue

Good to hear from you and that all is well.

Our Turkey trip was excellent. We saw so much neat stuff, but our favorite thing was the culinary walking tour we did on day 2. We literally ate from 9:30 to 4:00 and nearly every bite was delicious. We did not like the pickled date and some of the cheeses we tried. We saw plenty of mosques, the cotton castle of Pummakale and the ancient roman/greek ruins of Ephesus. It was great seeing all that, but I'm a big fan of lazy vacations and this was not one of them. Photos coming soon for those interested.

This past 4-day holiday weekend was a mix of restful and busy.

- Thursday I stayed up super late to watch some very boring MM games.

- Friday, I managed to put together our baby furniture. That took all day. As a reward, I talked Kate into letting me purchase 40 chicken nuggets (with a coupon) to help wash down a bottle of red. Kate helped by putting away 13 nuggets. I took care of the rest. I have no regrets and surprisingly felt fine the next day.

- Saturday we braved the chaos of the grocery store that comes with a 4 day holiday weekend. Grocery stores are always closed on Sundays and holidays. So Saturday was the only day people could buy food here over a 4 day span. Crazy!! We also picked up a rug for the baby's room. I spent the rest of the day finishing up taxes, opening up a new US bank account with CITbank with better interest rates, and other various chores. We ended the night by watching Syracuse stomp on Marquette (with the volume down) while finishing the Pacific.

- Sunday we had Easter dinner with the Brits. They roasted some chickens and not hams, so I had a lot to be thankful for. Wait, wrong holiday. In any case, it was delicious.

- Monday I went into the alps for some skiing instead of studying German and uploading vacation photos like originally planned. It's about time to pack up the skis until next season.

Kate and baby are doing really well. I think we are exactly 12 weeks behind baby G and so we should be starting the 3rd trimester on baby G's due date. It's taking forever! Seriously, time could not be going any slower from the "come on baby, get here already" point of view. I can't imagine what the wait is like for the Gushues. 10 days!

We will be having guests starting July 11 through August 15. First Kate's parents for 2 weeks, then mine for 2 more, and finally Kate's sisters coming in for 1 week. It's looking more and more like Kate will be not working after the baby. At least not while we are in Germany. The best part is that the German government may pay her maternity leave for a year. It's not a ton, but it's enough to make us reconsider her working part time and paying for part time day care. If all goes according to plan, I'm hoping to make it back for both weddings.

Vic, what's your official wedding date? I would like to know so I can start looking at tickets and make a pitch to my boss for time off for two weddings.

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