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Well we have been living in England for over a month now. It is wonderful, and there is so much history in every town. We have had the opportunity to visit a couple of of towns, we went up to the Cotswold's, and up to Bath! They are wonderful! We took the train there, and it was so much fun. I am getting used to the public transportation that everyone uses around here. It was tough at first, but now I can get to any place in Oxford by bus. For the most part I still have not made friends, but am working on it. The grocery stores have so much less than the states, but everything seems to be very fresh. Most of the food does not have preservatives in it so it spoils quite easily. We have to go shopping just about every other day. One of my favorite things to do on Wednesdays is go to city center and hit up the farmers market! They have everything and some things there.

(Museum in Oxford)

We are on the NHS medical system, and everything is free. It is different and a little weird, but what can you do. The way they have it set up is by location. If you live in Summertown for example you go to the Summertown Clinic and they have a variety of GP doctors. Once you have one then they refer you to which ever doctor you may need to see.

The reason we have been to the doctors much is because we are going to have a baby! That's right ladies and gentlemen, after much trying and seeing the fertility specialists, it has finally worked. On August we went and had an IUI, the last one before our move, we weren't too hopeful, but since our insurance covered it, we figured why not. Well so far, so good. I have had a little complications nothing a little bed rest cant help, but its worth it! Hence the part of me not making friends yet, its hard to make friends when you are stuck at home. Baby Bowerbank is due May 9. Let me tell you it has been a bit of a hassle to explain my IUI and all the medication I had been on to my GP and Midwife. We are excited, and he/she will be born here in Oxford.

(Me the Day of our IUI)


(The baby at 10 weeks) (The Baby at 6 weeks)

Mike:

He is working hard in school right now! The second week is almost over, and is reading so much. He has also been doing more than his share around the house, cooking, cleaning, and making sure all my needs are met. His matriculation (he has to wear the Harry Potter robes) was this past Saturday. Bought some new soccer shoes, and is playing with some of the guys in his college!







Janie:
Stuck at home, and always craving food that she cant have! She is always dreaming of Texas, and the great food that is there. Tired, and glad that there is only a week and a half before this first trimester comes to an end! Has been making tortillas from scratch to satisfy her Mexican food cravings,(wished I had learned as child, my little sister can make tortillas so much better than I can)hopefully they will eventually turn out round! Love the candy, and some food. I am still having strong aversions to their meat here, it smells funny!