The "Sunshine" Coast . . . hmmmm

We traveled to the Sunshine Coast this weekend with some Deere employees visiting from Moline for the week. We stress "Sunshine" because, once again, on our trip to the beach it was raining!! It hasn't rained in Brisbane for at least a month but each time we decide to venture out to the coast it rains!! Hopefully we will catch some sunshine on the coast once winter passes and summer hits! Evan talked and talked about going to the ocean and the beach but once there, with shoes off and pants rolled up, he didn't seem to like it much. Not sure if it was the semi-cold water or the teeth he has coming in but hopefully he also enjoys future trips to the beach.




We also went and toured the hospital where the next future Perry will be born. Just to update everyone on the baby situation in Australia . . . The first week we arrived in AUS I had to go to a general practitioner so that they could confirm my pregnancy (all they had to do was look at me!) Once the pregnancy was confirmed they then wrote me a referral to an OB. I had to call the OB and ask if he had "room" during the month of October for another pregnancy. If he didn't I had to go back to the GP for more referrals. Luckily the first OB I called had room in October (not really sure what happens if this baby decides to come in September though.) Once an OB was found I had to call the hospital he delivers in and make a reservation. They also had to check their logs and see if they had room for another October delivery. Somehow I was hitting the jackpot (I'm still waiting for a glitch) because they also had room to "book me in" with a reservation. So it seems that everything is flowing smoothly with doctors and hospitals, etc. Now we just have to figure out the complicated financial side of things since we continue to have US based health insurance! As far as the hospital tour goes, everything appeared "normal" or quite similar to the US. They did tell us that with a normal delivery I could stay up to 4 days/nights. WOW!! Too bad our insurance won't allow the extended stay!

I started taking aqua aerobics classes at a fitness center nearby. Evan is now enrolled in two different playgroups and swimming lessons and appears to enjoy his one day at week at the ABC Learning Center. Bryan is busy working, working, working (and trying to sort out our internet saga at home.)

Australian Education: Aussies frequently use the term "straight away" in their conversations. For example, someone in playgroup said to me, "I will call you straight away on Sunday evening." This means "quickly" or "immediately" or "soon". This phrase wasn't too difficult to understand but when Bryan started using the phrase last week when talking to me (after only being here for one month) I knew the Aussie influence was upon us!! Now we're just waiting for Evan to start sounding like a little Aussie!!