Mary and Jared April Update

So my sister complained that I only give updates on the girls, and not on me and Jared. We can't promise really cute pictures, but here is our update.
Jared is working as hard as ever, but he feels better about things since he knows there is an end in site. Right now Jared is most strongly leaning toward a job with the neurosurgery group that he used to share a building with. They would keep him at the same salary but give him much better hours and schedule. Originally they offered him a 8-5 M-F office job but Jared expressed a desire to do more surgery. He loves surgery and feels a strictly office job would be extremely boring. The only thing we are waiting on right now is for them to work out how they are going to schedule his office and surgery time so that Jared knows exactly what he is getting into before he decides to accept their offer. We would love to move closer to family, but feel it is probably better to stay put while we are trying to pay off student loans since we have our house here and the salaries here are higher and the cost of living is lower. I guess you will all have to just come visit!
When Jared isn't working, he is busy taking care of his girls. Abby is always asking him to dance with her, then Maddy usually wants to join in too. They love to play with him in the yard, and I enjoyed 2 hours of peace as they "helped" him plant our new blueberry bushes. He also has been a great help to me with doing fix up projects and giving me massages since I seem to be especially achy this pregnancy. If we leave him any time to himself, he enjoys sleeping and dreaming up projects to be energy efficient and alternative ways to make money so he can quit his day job.
Luckily I have gotten over my nausea and am feeling great--as long as I get my 10 hours of sleep. I now have a little pooch and people look at me and wonder if I'm pregnant or just getting fat. I don't know if it's related to pregnancy or not, but I've developed some sort of allergy to all my eye make up. So for now I'm trying not to feel fat and frumpy. I'm excited to find out soon if we're having a boy or girl.

When I'm not busy with the girls, I'm trying to finish a bunch of projects before the new baby comes. I just finished a quiet book which Abby loves to play with at church--I just hope it lasts. I'm also trying to get our house looking a little nicer. I'm sewing new curtains for our bathroom and master closet, but I'm afraid my painting projects will have to wait until after pregnancy. My goal is to at least get our living room furnished, decorated, and looking nice before the baby comes. We should get our living room couches soon, and then we'll go from there. It's fun to finally have my own place to decorate! In my free time (after the girls go to bed) I enjoy reading and watching 24 with Jared--yes we are addicted.