Here are some more pictures of the house. You can look at the other album on slide.com (there's a link to them on the right hand side of the page). It's pretty huge transformation!

The spots on the floor are from the glue. We are still working on scrubbing them up.

Our lovely fireplace. But there are no flies!

I love my curtains Mom!

Baby Kate's Bed all ready for her. That pink blanket was our very first purchase for her. Jason calls it their nap blanket.

Everything is still kind of bare, but her bed is ready for some good sleeping. Thanks again Mom and Dad!

Hey everyone! So sorry it's been so long. I didn't feel I had much to update you on, but I guess I was wrong. Well, between remodeling, going to the dr. and swatting flies, life has been pretty crazy. For a couple of days we kept coming home to HUNDREDS of humongous flies. And hundreds is NOT an exaggeration!! We would kill a whole bunch of them, think we were done, and then a whole bunch more would appear. We had NO clue where they were coming from. Well, remember the critter in the fireplace I wrote about a couple of months ago? Aparently it died in there, because that's where all the flies were coming from. It was so gross, and I just knew they were bring in all kinds of nasty diseases and landing on my sweet babies things! Anyways, I have yet to see a fly since we boarded up the fireplace, and needless to say I am running low on clorox wipes! We went to the Dr. on Friday and we saw our new dr this time (since mine is leaving for maternity leave in 2 weeks). My dr will be back 3 days after my due date but she is TOTALLY convinced that I won't have her before that...I beg to differ with as much pressure as I'm feeling and Braxton Hicks contractions, but aparently that makes no difference. All is well with baby, her heart rate was 152 bpm. Very good. My weight and blood pressure were on target and my aches and pains are signs that Baby Kate is thriving. I will show you a couple of pictures of the fly remnants and some of Kates things and I will post more about the progress on the house once I have some good "after" pictures. Our furniture is all of the place so i don't want to take them yet (just call me vain, it wouldn't be the first time!) Only 8 weeks to go!!

This is kates Chandelier in her room that her daddy picked out for here. When I get the crib together I will post a picture of her crib and bedding. It all looks SO cute!

This is her tiny little swim suit!! I was at Gap looking for stuff for me, but couldn't resist!

Just a glimpse of what's to come!


This is a very small fraction of the ones we caught.

You wanted belly shots so here ya go!

Wow, it's January 5th and I am almost finished with my 5th month of pregnancy! I can't believe that half the time has passed, but I also can't believe I still have so much left. It's wierd feeling like it's going fast but her debut can't come fast enough! The more we feel her kick (and she's doing a lot of that these days!) the harder it is to be patient for her! Anyways, we were supposed to be closing on our house today, but no news from the realtor so far. At this point we hope we can wait until tomorrow morning because if she calls this afternoon then I have to ask off work and that would just be a mess since there aren't people just readily available to take my class. So, be praying for our patience as we already have boxes packed and piled just waiting to be moved out. This is killing me because I can just imagine all those dust bunnies collecting behind them and I cant clean them. And it just looks tacky. We also had a very large water bug (which distinctly resemble cock roaches) climb behind the pile so I know he's back there it grosses me out every time I think about it! Anyways here are some of the pictures I took at Christmas. I think you will enjoy them. =)

This was when Lindsey, James, Jason and I went on a nature walk Christmas day. This one of the many moments I captured, because they look like they are deep in conversation. I thought it was a very sweet Mommy/James moment. =)

This is a "You're the sweetest uncle" moment. =) When James finally got down Jason was so happy that James had just chilled in his lap for so long.

I was so excited about my new diaper bag!

Yummy.

Our New Home

Ok, I figured out that my pictures weren't posting because they were in the wrong format. The 9 wk sono pics are still in the wrong format so all I have are the new ones, which is probably what you want to see anyway! I know you all have probably already heard the story about our appointment but some haven't. We were at the doctors office for probably 2hours total between my nurses overview of my vitals, "wait time" before I could make a urine sample, and the longest time, in the room watching Baby Kate on the screen. We walked in the exam room, which was about maybe 1 square foot total (at least it felt like it), 2 strange men were standing there, the sonogram tech and two sono machines. Once I sat on the exam table, I was waiting patiently for these strange men to leave before exposing my belly, however, they weren't leaving. I decided to go with the flow. One of them looked like a doctor so I just told myself, "At least it's an EXternal sonogram!" Come to find out, the man I thought was a Dr. was in fact, and the other man was a sonogram machine salesman. What at first was a very awkward situation turned into a huge blessing. The tech was learning how to use this new machine, so, she continued to hold the wand over my belly so we could see and watch Kate while she navigated her way around the different buttons. It took her a while to figure everything out, so we were in there for a good forty-five minutes. The Dr. man kept asking if I was ok, and I was, but he put me at ease, and the salesman was not at all concerned about my exposed belly covered in jelly, but more about selling his machine (which we loved because we could see her much more clearly on the new one). So, if nothing else, we helped him make a sale. Here are the picutres from that day. The are from the old machine because there wasn't a printer on the new one.

It's a GIRL!

This one is funny because of her belly. I didn't realize they were so round and plump.

This one is one of my favorites because I am amazed at being able to see her spine. "Fun Fact": I learned at Jason's work Christmas Party that my baby is referred to in the office as, "Cletus the Fetus." I promptly told them all that "Her name is KATE."

Glad tidings we bring..

Hello and Merry Christmas!! So far this is my first and official post since we found out we were pregnant. I had another blog that Jason set up, but I wasn't sure how to use it and change it to make just the way I wanted it. So, I have created this one on my own. Now HE has to learn how to use this one! =) I am still figuring out how to post picutres with my text post so I am just going to put the sonogram pictures on here somewhere. The first set of sonogram pictures where she looks like a gingerbread man were taken at 9 weeks. The second set, where she actually looks like a baby girl, were taken at 17 weeks. Can you believe how much she's changed! It's so exciting knowing that she's a girl. Now, in our minds, she has an identity and it makes it that much more real! I'm going to leave this post as it is for a test run. I will post more in a little bit about the things we talked about with the doctor at my appointment, when the next one is, and tell you more about our (hopefully) new house!