For those commiserating with me about the loss of the job promotion, take heart. Good things are afoot.

There’s a new project underway.

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1. Wow, Jen!  That’s even better news than a promotion! Congratulations!

   Posted by  on  08/06/08  at  09:13 AM

2. Very cool! And hey, you WERE pregnant when you came over and said it was probably gonna be awhile. :)

   Posted by beth  on  08/06/08  at  09:19 AM

3. Gwen - thanks!

   Beth - Yeah, but I didn’t know yet. And I was thinking it might be a while.

   Posted by jen  on  08/06/08  at  09:31 AM

4. So sorry to hear about the promotion, but congratulations on the nouveau bebe!

   Posted by Pisco Sours  on  08/06/08  at  09:54 AM

5. Wow!  Congrats!

   Posted by Amy  on  08/06/08  at  09:57 AM

6. I was trying to be cryptic in my last post about the promotion.  Thanks for sharing the thrilling news!

   Posted by  on  08/06/08  at  11:44 AM

7. Congratulations!  Jesse is going to be a great big brother!  Start picking out names.

   Posted by  on  08/06/08  at  12:06 PM

8. Thanks, y’all.

   Marmie, I knew that.

   We’re working on names. We’ve already been told my Beau’s niece who is also pregnant and due a couple of weeks before I am, that Caleb is taken. Our girl’s name is also taken by the couple in our small group who are expecting their daughter any day now. So we’re starting from scratch, but we have some possibilities being thrown around.

   Posted by jen  on  08/06/08  at  12:22 PM

9. Congratulations!!!  How’d you manage to stay so quiet about this when you were here in California?! 

   Don’t feel limited by names that are “taken”.  There were two cousins last weekend with the same first name, born fairly close together, and I don’t think it’s ever been a problem.  Of course, you could always use those names as middles names…

   I remember when I was pregnant with my daughter, someone at church suggested we couldn’t name her Rachel because “we” already had a Rachel at church.  “WE”????  Oh please!  Eleven years later whoever that was isn’t even around anymore.

   Posted by  on  08/06/08  at  01:29 PM

10. Absolutely AWESOME news!!!!!  Congratulations, and I’ll pray for a happy healthy pregnancy!!!

    Posted by  on  08/06/08  at  01:36 PM

11. Karen, we did share the news with Beau’s parents when we first got there. We just sort of the let the news drift out from there. I was still on the fence about waiting a bit longer to tell folks, but I’m bad at keeping good secrets.

    Posted by jen  on  08/06/08  at  02:09 PM

12. Congratulations, Jen and Beau!!  This good news far outshines the disappointment of not getting the promotion, and thinking about the stress of new responsibilities at a time when you’re feeling queasy makes me believe now just wasn’t the right time.  You’ll get the (or “a") promotion when the timing is better. 

    I agree with Karen on the names...pick the name that’s right for you regardless of who else may also use it.  Says she who nixed “Michael” (for my grandson) because my nephew already has the name.

    Posted by gwynne  on  08/06/08  at  07:38 PM

13. There were actually 3 pregnant women at the reunion!  Isaac’s mom was also pregnant, which I didn’t find out about until Monday!

    Posted by  on  08/07/08  at  11:04 PM

14. You couldn’t tell that she was pregnant? She’s due in December and looked pregnant to me.

    Posted by jen  on  08/08/08  at  08:35 AM

15. Wonderful news, congratulations Jen and Beau!

    Posted by  on  08/17/08  at  10:33 PM

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