Settling In at Fort Knox

I went to my first Doctor's appointment today at Fort Knox. It wasn't an actual examination, just a review of my Fort Hood paperwork. I still weigh just 156 lbs, so I'm not really gaining any weight yet. Stu weighed himself too and was 186 lbs, which was sort of depressing...I'm only 30 lbs less than my husband. The nurse asked about any pains I'm having and I gave her the rundown of heartburn, round ligament pain and low back pain. She said she was a little concerned that I might have a bladder or urinary tract infection, so I had to go to the lab for that. I guess I'll hear something if I do and not hear if I don't. I go back around May 1st for the glucose test and a few other blood tests, then I go back to the hospital for an official visit with the midwife on May 13th.

So in the process of finding the Army hospital we have attempted to find our way around Fort Knox. Unlike Fort Hood, Fort Knox was a town before it was an Army post, so the roads are not laid out in nice parallel lines like Fort Hood. We found the hospital, PX, commissary, class six and post office. We still don't know where Stu will be working, but the post only has two or three gates and they are all off of the main highway, so it won't be very hard for him to get to work from any of the gates.

Here's a picture of our house and our cats settling in.



And here's a picture of the deer we had come through the back yard a few nights ago. It seems they come through about everyday and about the same time too!

Moving Day

Moving day has finally arrived. We're leaving Texas tomorrow. We hope to be on the road by noon and in Louisville by Saturday evening. Lynn and I went to my last doctor appointment at Fort Hood today and everything still looks good. His heart beat was in the 140s, so its coming down from the butterfly speed it was in the first weeks. The midwife told me about a few things to expect down the road, like breathlessness, sharp rib pain etc, but she said the biggest worry is blood clots on the way home. We'll have to stop more often than we would if I wasn't pregnant, but that shouldn't be too hard when we've rented the largest truck in Penske's fleet and we also are towing a car behind it. I don't know that we'll make it much farther than two hours without needing more gas.

This is a picture of our rig outside the hotel near Hot Springs, Arkansas. This was the exact same hotel we stayed in on our way to Texas...even creepier, same room, dinner (Taco Bell) and company (Lynn & Wes) too!