Great News!

We’ve had the greatest time this past week…having spent a wonderful time with family and friends in CA during Thanksgiving, and Danno graduated TBS yesterday! Yay! We also got confirmation that we will not have to leave to Okinawa until April..phew!...which means a little more time to pack up our VA home before Danno leaves to NJS, and that we’ll get the chance to see everyone again before we go. We’ll be catching up with a couple of posts to recap and share photos of our good times this past week, but for now we’d just like to announce that we’ll be bringing along some extra “baggage” to Okinawa since I’m confirmed to be 2 months pregnant. We are so excited and looking forward to both adventures of relocating overseas and becoming parents for the first time!

Here’s some pics of the first sonogram. Since we don’t know if our baby is a he or she, we call it our “ko kuma” (pronounced koGUMA) which means “bear cub” in Japanese. Seemed fitting considering we call each other Mama Bear and Papa Bear. Haha. Anyways, it was so nice to hear the strong heartbeat and see that something is actually growing inside of me! It’s truly a blessing. We’ll keep you updated as time progresses. For now my greatest challenge is trying to gain weight! The doc told me I have to at least gain 30 lbs! I’m sure returning to CA will help me accomplish that.