Its hard to believe, but G and I have been married for a year already. Halloween was a big day around here - our anniversary, Luna's 7 month "birthday," and of course my favorite holiday. We didn't do much, we went for lunch. Halloween isn't celebrated here, but as you can see, Luna dressed up! I also managed to find a few decorations here, and my mom sent some, so the house looked good.
My appointment with the new gynecologist went fine. He did not find anything wrong gynecologically, and suspects that whatever is causing my abdominal issues, its gastrointestinal. So we'll have to find a gastroenterologist I guess. As I write this I am entering another one of my "spells." My abdomen swells out (I cannot even wear regular pants, I have to wear stretchy things) and I have a great deal of pain. It gets worse and worse for about 3 days and then it fades. And around 3 or 4 weeks later, it starts over again. Its bizarre.
The big excitement in my life recently is that I managed to hack our DVD player to make it multi-region, so I can finally watch all the DVDs I brought from home. Its been great watching all my old favorites!
Luna is doing well, though she's in a cranky phase lately. For about 3 weeks now she's had a short fuse and hasn't been sleeping great. She's getting new teeth, definitely, and the two she already has are pushing through further. She's also growing and learning new things everyday, all of which can stress a baby out! We got her a walker and she's started running around getting into everything she can reach. She is rolling all over as a means of transport, but we haven't seen any crawling still. I've been trying everyday to teach her to say "Mama," and today she actually managed to say the "ma" sound, so who knows, maybe she'll be talking soon! She's the light of my life and every single day she does something amazing!
We're heading into the holiday season, which is going to be very very difficult for me. I'm happy to report my friend A (the American) and her husband have invited us to celebrate Thanksgiving, so rather than sitting home moping I'll be eating like I should be! It looks like G will have to work on Christmas, though, which will suck. I suppose I'll get through the holidays one day at a time, just like I get through everything.
Happy autumn everyone!
