Baby update

For those of you who are wondering what is going on with the new baby.. everything is going well. This pregnancy is much different than Aaron was but I guess they are never the same anyway. The doctor says that this baby will not be huge so that is good news! She says probably under 8 lbs if she had to guess. However, the baby seems huge because it NEVER stops moving! Literally, my stomach seems to be moving around all the time. We took our last trip to PA this past weekend until after the baby is born. Now we just have to finish the house and we are ready. I have some predictions from some people about what date they think the baby will be born. Some, I agree- others- please NO not that day-ex Thanksgiving or any day after)! =) Thank you all for your prayers for us and the work on our house.

Remodeling continues...

Another week of working on the room and with lots of help, we are ready to paint! Both of our fathers were here last week helping us put up the final drywall, redo the electric and put in new recessed lighting. If you visit our online album you will see the new lights and much of the work we were able to finish. This picture is not linked to the album so click on the picture from the previous post. Aaron has been a really good helper adn really doesn't get into too much that he shouldn't. He picks up everything off the floor and usually wants to throw it away but sometimes he asks and then I tell him where it goes. If the ladder is set up, he is on that so fast! He loves to climb it esp if someone else is standing on it too. He enjoyes having his grandparents here too- a little show off is what he is! Last night, Wilmer was able to put the first coat of primer on the main part of the living room and on the hallway by the bathroom (with some help from Aaron). Our goal for the end of this weekend is to be able to start on the carpet! Stay tuned for updates and feel free to visit the online pictures anytime as I keep adding more into the remodeling album.

Remodeling Our House

2181 Westside Dr-Remodeling

Sep 15, 2006 - 12 Photos

This is our newest and continuing project- trying to finish up the remodeling of our house so we can go buy a new one that will more adequately fit our growing family! We began this right before we were married. We tore out the walls in what was to be our bedroom and put all new drywall-paint, etc. However, that has never been finished because of one thing or another. Finally- 4 years and a few tries later- we finished our bedroom. In the album you will see 2 pics of it. One is right after we finished the new carpet and baseboard trim. The other is of our new bed that we have desparately needed for 4 years now. Believe me, at 8 months pregnant, I need the most comfortable bed we could find and this bed is awesome!! Everyone that reads this should consider getting a Sleep Number bed!
The other pictures are of our living room. We decided to go ahead and try to get that finished before the baby gets here. It has always been freezing in the winter so we are hoping that with some new insulation, it will improve considerably. We began on Saturday at about 3pm to pull the old walls off. Some of the new drywall has already started to go back up. We are not close to finishing yet but will be working on it for the rest of the month. Come back and look at the album throughout the month as I will be adding pics as we continue to finish it. Hopefully we will be finished and carpeted by Thanksgiving.

Stokoe Farm

Stokoe Farm

Sep 30, 2006 - 29 Photos

Click on the pic above to see all the pictures in the album. We took Aaron to a farm near us that is like a family fun place. There are a few animals but mostly activities and food. Wilmer and Aaron are featured in most of the pics because I would rather be behind the camera at the moment. This pic was inside one of their hay tunnel/mazes. I didn't think Aaron would like going inside the haystack but he did fine. There were a few different slides. One was made out of a huge black plastic pipe and it was pretty cool. You could get going really fast and it was quite a long slide. They had pumpkins for sale and Aaron helped us to pick out one but it was too big for him to carry so we had to get another that was smaller. He really wanted to carry one! It was a fun place except for being pretty breezy and chilly. They also feature a Christmas theme in December. They raise reindeer so in Nov they have Santa Claus skydive in to "check his reindeer". Then they have Christmas trees that you can ride the wagon and go cut them down. We won't be doing any of it for a few years probably because I don't want a real tree until the kids are old enough to appreciate it and help pick it out.