A little background

It was requested that we post why we're in Australia (good idea Katie!) and for how long, so here's the scoop!

Jason was given this opportunity through Boeing in mid-May to come to Melbourne with a team of folks. They're helping the Boeing Australia plant work on getting their production up to speed and somewhat back on track with the composite parts they supply for the 787. We actually found out that we're pregnant two days before we found out about this trip so had a lot of excitement that week! I was just beginning to think I had 9 months to wrap up my job with REI, then this opportunity came up and we narrowed it down to about a month & a half for me to wrap-up. We knew I wanted to stay home with the baby, thus the reason for not taking a long leave. It was sad to leave my great coworkers at REI, but how could you turn this down?

So we're here for 4 1/2 months total, coming back in mid-November as I'll be about 7 1/2 months along then and the airlines have restrictions on how late in your pregnancy you can fly (I guess they don't want to deliver any babies on planes!). The rest of his team is here for about 6 months, so we were thankful Boeing was flexible with him for needing to leave early. As the seasons are opposite those in the Northwest, it's their winter here right now which is a bit sad--we were just gearing up for summer when we left Seattle! Oh well, we should see some warmer days in October and November, when it's their spring. It's at least a pretty, sunny day here today, but a bit chilly!

So there you have it! It's a beautiful city, and we're just getting our feet wet exploring the surrounding areas--many more excursions to cross off our list!