A few more pics

Back when we first were accepted to the company (actually, we were still waiting for the final acceptance) and we traveled to NY for training, we were told we were slated for Shenyang. Also on the new team for Shenyang was Nathan and Emily Forrest. We had fun that week getting mixed up (the Forrests and the Greenes, the two Nathans). In fact, one person still calls me Emily by accident when he comes to visit Qingdao.

Anyways, we immediately hit it off and had fun hanging out together for the couple of weeks. I can't really remember why, but Emily and I began to joke about the possibility of being baby buddies one day. I thought it was hilarious that we could both have boys, we could name ours "Forrest Greene" and they could name theirs "Gruene Forrest" (Gruene is a German name pronounced 'green') While I was thrilled to be switched to the beautiful coastal city of Qingdao, I was sad to leave these two new friends behind. Luckily our company has lots of company wide activities and Emily and I have had the chance to meet up a couple of times a year.

So when I became pregnant at the beginning of this year, I began wondering how Emily was doing. We had drifted apart in communication and nothing on Facebook said much new-so I was surprised when a mutual friend of ours came back from a trip in Shenyang and told me Emily was pregnant-and only two weeks behind us!

We finally were able to meet up and swap pregnancy stories a few weeks ago at the company Women's Retreat. Here's the pics!

From Pregnancy

From Pregnancy

Also, here's a few more pics for your enjoyment in case you don't have Facebook. We recently purchased our crib-and got a great deal from a family that's moving out of country! I am so excited to have been able to "nest" even a little bit.

From Pregnancy

From Pregnancy