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Life has been a whirlwind the last couple of weeks. Here's a synopsis:

We got to see Baby Wurgler in an ultrasound a couple weeks ago! Now I know the first thing everyone wants to probably know is whether we are keeping the gender race on an even keel with a boy or is Aaron going to be completely outnumbered with 3 girls in the house? Good question. Sara is about 18 weeks along, but our doctor wanted to get an ultrasound in before we move north so he told us not to get our hopes up regarding finding out the gender. But we looked anyway. We were blown away by all the activity in there and Aaron must have said at least a dozen times "This is so awesome!" We are praising God for a healthy baby and we can't wait to meet our new...baby. The doctors were so sure of the gender, they knocked it out of the park with a 55% surety that its a girl. No, they couldn't tell, which means, for the sake of a potential son, Aaron is hoping its a girl. They got plenty of good shots, it was just too early.

Said move was quick and effecient. We spent all day Friday loading the truck and took off early Saturday for the Arctic Tundra, which was surprisingly cool for this time of the year. We were assured the week before was, and I quote "Blazing hot." Yeah right. Along with keeping warm, the only thing North Dakotans are good at is lying. Apart from a few pictures that need to be hung on the wall, its move-in ready. The only thing it needs now is a family to live in it. We saw a few of our great friends who also live there, had a chance to catch up and talked about arranging a marriage with their son. Things are good. We are taking applications for any other possible suitors. It was sad to leave and we already miss it up there. I guess thats a good sign. We are even more eager to be there now that we have a home we love.

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  1. Glad the move went well! Arctic Tundra, haha... Is this arranged marriage with Zeya? :)

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