Our new ride

Our first major purchase together.
A 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan, 99,000 miles, a metallic blue with tan interior.
Perfect for starting a family! A picture of me and my belly in front of the new van

The nice tan interior

It has a bench seat in the middle

Me and David

baby update and more...

Hey today (8-5-08) went to the Doc... here is what he said:

Iron and blood pressure are good. I am 36 weeks and 3 days, measuring 39 weeks... he said its gunna be a big baby. Heart beat was 135-140 range. Im not dilated but i'm 30% effaced and the baby is starting to drop. He thinks the baby will be right around on time not really early or late. However he did say i would have it before september 3 because thats when he is going on vacation... lol i better have it before then! And lastly... he is guessing that im going to have a Boy.

This past weekend we went to Chicago to bring Davids aunt back to the airport. We had a great trip. We went to IKEA and then over to Bass Pro Shop which was right next door. Then we had a long time before we could check into our hotel so we decided to go to the Brookfield Zoo... I had never been there before and it was really run... but also pretty hot about 90 degrees the whole day. Here are some pics!

Me outside of IKEA! Yeah so happy! I love IKEA!

David at Bass Pro Shop by the cart thingy

At the ZOO Entrance

Me and a Zebra

A cool view of the giraffe through a fence

Me sitting on a giant turtle... not a real one but that is lifesize.the cute bear swimming in the pool . He stopped to look at us then went back under.

David playing the coin spinny thingy

Me chuggin some water keeping cool

this was just a funny sign we saw i had to take a picture of it. It asked if you wanted to stop and smell the poop.

Babys Room

These are the bouncer and swing that I built!Here are the Stroller, car seat and diaper bag

The wall hangings and mobile

The Changing Table

The crib and decorations

this is the room when you walk into it

the dresser and book shelf... covered with blankets

another view from when you walk into the room... changing table, bowl chair and crib

All Moved In!

Yeah we are finally all moved into our new place and it's so nice... there are only a few boxes left to unpack yet and they are filled with junk we probably don't even need! LOL Went to the doctor today as well. Heart beat is keeping steady at 150 and I'm measuring at 34 weeks which is where I am so thats good. We also started our child birthing classes tonight. They last for 2.5 hours for 4 Mondays in a row! That is way to long to sit in a folding chair. So here are some pictures of the new place.

This is the front of the apartment... I get the garage and David gets a car port.
There is a large side yard off to the left of the building.
This is when you walk in the front door. There is the living room/dinning room and kitchen.
This is the baby's room. This room also has the sliding door that goes out to our patio.
This is the master bedroom, its bigger than our last aparmtent.
Here is the bathroom. Not to much exciting about those!

Baby Stuff...

So I went online today and found our baby bedding set that I wanted on sale for a good deal so I called David up who was out biking and asked if I could buy it and he said yes! So I ordered it up and can't wait to get it. It should be in by the 14th which is right in the middle of us moving to our new place so its being shipped to my moms house. I also ordered from Target the mobile, wall hangings and diaper stacker because we had a bunch of gift cards from there that we got from National City! So yeah, I'm finally getting my Turtle bedding and I'm so excited because now I can start setting up our nursery when we move... well I guess we have to buy the furniture first but Jen is taking me to Target to get that and she is getting me a good deal (20% off)! So I will be sure to post pictures of all the new stuff when we get it and of our new place.

Here is a reminder picture of what the bedding set, wall hangings, mobile, and diaper stacker look like! Aren't they so stinking cute... I guess I just love turtle so much!

A busy weekend

Hey everyone,

David and I have had a busy weekend starting off on Friday night with Kim and Rick Bartz wedding. It was so nice! Ive known Kim since 3rd grade and it was so special to be able to celebrate with them. Saturday morning I went into work for about 4 hours to get my room ready for Center Of Excellence. I got pretty much everything done except for hanging up new art work and that sort of stuff. After that I came home and packed up more boxes getting ready to move. Then we went to Davids 5 year class reunion. I cant believe we've been out of high school for 5 years already.

The High School Girls... Andrea, Me, Jenny, Kim, Emily, Alison, Betty, Katie and Pagie

Kim and I

So if anyone one feels like spending $2,320 on me I would love to have this "Flower Fish" painting my Dr. Seuss. It was so beautiful! They had it on display at the Pinnacle Center.

An update on our lives!

Hi Everyone who reads this blog,

7 months or 29 weeks and 2 days

Today we went to the doctor for another check up. Everything is looking good. Heart beat is still at 150 which is where it has been the whole time so far. The baby is head down with its back to my left side and its butt up top where its supposed to be. David went with me to the doctor and got to hear the baby's heart beat for the first time and was pretty happy to hear it. He smiled so big. The baby loves it when David talks... I know this because when ever he does the baby starts kicking like crazy. I got David a book for Fathers Day called "I love my Daddy" and so he read it to the baby and it started kicking me. As far as weight gain I'm actually gaining. Taking what I have gained minus what I had lost in the beginning I am 3 pounds heaver then when I got pregnant. As far as a growing belly I grew 6cm in the last four weeks and the doc said that was a little more than average. I had my RhoGam shot last week and everything went good with that. We also sign up for our child birth classes that start July 21 - Aug 11 every monday so we get to look forward to that!

this picture was in February

This picture was taken June 16

Other things happening in our lives:

We are currently in the process of looking for a new place to live and we think we may have found the place for us. Its a two bedroom apartment, with a garage and a car port which is nice. It has washer and dryer hookup but no washer and dryer... and no dishwasher... bummer but thats okay because it is an end unit so there is a window above the kitchen sick for us to look out if we are doing dishes. And the view is of a nice big grassy yard with trees in the distance. It comes with a patio and lots of storage which is nice. Plus here is the really nice thing... its less than what we are paying now in rent and there is no one living above us or under us only one person to the side... and thats the side the garage is on. So we are pretty sure thats going to be our new home for the next year which is exciting because when we move I can start working on the nursery! YEAH.. so pray that everything goes well with our checks and that we can get the apartment and get everything packed and moved in a nice fashion!

Mighican = Crazy Weather

These are some pictures form the storm we had on Sunday June 8, 2008. These are the storm clouds right as they were rolling in. My favorite one is the below this because it got so dark so fast.

This was going down 31 past a huge American Flag. I thought it looked pretty cool. The picture below is of our pond. It was about 4 foot bigger then normal, almost going up to our tree outside our patio.

Happy First Birthday!

LOOK WHOS ONE ALREADY!
Nieces and Nephews getting older every day!
Nyla turned 1 on May 16th
Alydiah and Elijah turned 1 on May 21st

Nyla Marie
Enjoying her cake and digging in!

Alydiah and Elijah
Before and after their cakes

Okay so Colton is not one yet... hes only 6 months but this is a
cute picture of him and Grandpa Blaauw.

Well, I guess since i have 4 of the 5 nieces and nephews pictures on here I should put one up of Xavior to get each of them on the blog this time around. He is posing cute for Uncle David by his tractors he lined up! He is now just over 2 1/2 years old.

doctor appointment Update

Doc. appointment went good today. Heartbeat was still 150 and all the results from the ultrasound came back good. And I actually gain a little weight... 3 pounds but I think that was all from this past weekend! HAHA. Saturday night we went out to TGI Fridays for dinner after graduation then on sunday we had a huge breakfast with Sunday school class, then a reiterment party for lunch.. then my graduation party dinner...lots and lots of food... yeah. But anyways things are going good.