Another Doctor Visit

Yesterday we had our second appointment with Dr. Heinrich at Leopoldina Hospital. Side note, the German word for 'hospital' is krankenhaus ... which sounds really scary when German people say it. Anyway, it was basically the same procedure as last time ... and everything is still looking good! Another side note, our doctor ends every statement with, 'no?' ... basically turning everything into a rhetorical question. The first thing she said to me when I laid on the ultrasound table was, 'wow, you're big, no?' ... not exactly what I wanted to hear, but whatever. She has stopped monitoring me for pre-term labor and said, 'whenever he decides to come, we won't stop him, no?' ... sounds good to me!

 I love this picture ... he looks so annoyed and over it.

Definitely Vic's facial features! Our next appointment is January 4th and then we go to weekly appointments after that. I love the 3D pictures ... most women have to pay for these things! The whole ultrasound set-up and system is so much more advanced than what we had at Fort Gordon.

In other news, we woke up this morning to snow!! Vic was a little less excited, as he had to go to work in this - but I enjoyed it from the comforts of our heated apartment. This is the first time the dogs have seen snow ... Lola was a little apprehensive, but Roscoe didn't mind it at all.

This picture is the view from our back window.

We also scored a free little Christmas tree ... all of our ornaments and other decorations are still en route, so this will have to do to fulfill our Christmas spirit. We got boxes and boxes of presents from my grandparents, mom, dad and Reagan. We've tried to wait until Christmas to open them, but then we get bored and one of us talks the other into opening some ... this is all that remains, and I swear we're waiting to open these!  We really appreciate the presents and cards from everyone ... it makes it feel a little more like home!!

After our doctor appointment yesterday we took the bus downtown for dinner and shopping. We ate at a Chinese restaurant ... I know, I know ... who eats Chinese food while living in Germany, but it was amazing. Very different than American Chinese food - more fresh and less fat/grease. Anyway, we had to stop at an ATM to get Euro and Vic was so excited to get his first 50 Euro bill.

It looks like Monopoly money, and the bigger the bill ... the bigger the size. The exchange rate is not as cool as the bills though ... taking out 100 Euro costs us about 130 American dollars. Boo.

Anyway, Vic has half days all this week so we're going to try to do some more exploring in Schweinfurt and maybe take a day trip by train on Friday. We hope everyone has a very merry Christmas!!!