Baby update

Just a quick update. As of today this little guy is 2 days overdue. I went in for an ultrasound this morning and all fluids look great and he should be about 8 1/2 pounds. He's stubborn but pretty cute. We have one more doctor appointment on Monday and then next Wednesday they will induce me. I truely hope he doesn't wait that long.

Joe's happy little home is about 1/2 done. I just can't wait until he can move in. :) HA! No but I give props to anyone that builds a whole house this way. There is so much that goes into a project like this that you never realize. Like the window frames come in like 1 million different colors. Who Knew! I would also like to have the yard cleaned up. We have to bring Buddy out to the front becuase of the huge mess he gets himself into.

On another note the baby has not yet arrived. We had one false alarm last Monday and since then nothing. Dr. said that after next Mondays appointment he will do an ultrasound to check his size and go from there. I told my doctor that if this baby doesn't come before next week he might want to take the day off on Monday because I am not going to be very happy. I know our due date isn't for 1 more week but, this is sooooo uncomfortable.

Hopefully we will have an update real soon on that situation.

Well we only have about 3 1/2 weeks to go until we are officially due. This last month of pregnancy is making me a little crabby. So I want to thank everyone who has just dealt with me lately.

On another note Joe's garage addition is coming along very well. We didn't think it would happen this year due to the fact that the city sat on approving our permit for almost 3 weeks. The colder it gets the harder it is to dig a hole so we are thankful all that got done before this horribly cold week. (For those of you in the warmer states we are looking at -0 tempratures for about 3 days straight)

Other then that it's been pretty uneventful around here so I will update everyone soon on anything else comes along.

Hello

Hi All,
I hope you are all having a wonderful start to the new year. I can see already that ours will be a busy one. We have buddy our 11 month old dog going in for training. He just needs to stop jumping on anyone who comes through the front door. Avril will celebrate her 2nd birthday on January 29th, then we will have the new baby (Owen - so long as he comes out a he) around February 12th. (Which is also Buddy's birthday) Hannah will be starting gymnastics again in March or so and Isaac is sooooo excited to turn 5 this year so he can be in baseball this summer. Joe and I are going to be finishing up our adult religion classes and convalidating our vows all before April.
Hannah is going to be receiving her 1st Communion this year too.
We feel very fortunate to be blessed with such a great family that being so busy doesn't bother us at all. I actually haven't done much outside of the house lately and have been going stir crazy. I need the ciaos to function sometimes. Especially right now at 8 months pregnant - if I stay home all I think about is when the baby is going to come. It's enough to drive a person mad! Well thank you to all of our support and the wonderful group of people we have in our lives. Happy 2008 to everyone!

The Very Merry Christmas

For all those who are parents you can understand my frustration with the yearly Christmas card pictures. This year we did them on our own due to the fact that our family will have an addition shortly. Well what a bad idea! By the time we Buddy (the 10 month old Boxer) settled down Avril was done being good and Isaac just wanted to stick his tongue out. So when you get your cards from us this year take some time to enjoy them. They were a lot of work.

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. My little sister decided to take on cooking with her boyfriend Aaron and they did great. I think that means that they will be doing the cooking next year too. It was my little nephews 1st birthday celebration on the same day and as you can see he loved the 4 wheeler he got. Without any direction from anyone he decided to stand on the seat to ride (keep in mind he just turned 1) he would then lift one leg like a little pro. It was extremely cute. Well I hope all of you had as nice of a day as we did. Happy Belated Thanksgiving to you all.

FLORIDA

I am sure you have all been waiting on the news of our trip. For those who didn't know we went to Florida for 14 days. This was the first time the kids were ever on an airplane and it went pretty well. Hannah got bored of looking out the window so she shut it and Isaac laughed at the turbulence. (Which was minimal thankfully).

When we got there we rested up and went to Magic Kingdom. That was just perfect. Joe's little partner Hannah wanted to go on every ride and wasn't scared of anything. Isaac however was a different story. He reached the 42" requirement to go on Splash Mountain so he thought sure I will go. Well he didn't like it at all and he was mad at Joe for it. It was a flume type ride and the drops were way to much for his little body. So for the rest of the day he wouldn't go on anymore rides with Joe unless I could go on them too. (Isaac knew that mommy could only go on the slow rides) Which was just fine because they offered a lot of things that the whole family could enjoy. The kids got about 20 different autographs and got their faces painted. Notice Avril's face in the Donald Duck picture - she did that to every character and she actually pushed Pluto. The whole day was a blast and we didn't have any crabby kid moments.

Day 3 was spent at Sea World and unfortunately it seemed too much like an expensive zoo to us. The Shamu show was super short with little appearance from Shamu. It was also a lot of walking for a pregnant mom and 3 small kids. Maybe we were a little to worn out from the day before. That's OK though it was still part of the Disney experience.

Day 4 we were off to Sanibel Island to be with Joe's family. They rented a house on the island which is best known for its shelling and oh boy did the kids get their shells. Isaac mostly wanted to collect dead crab legs and Avril was off collecting sticks and dead fish. The 1st night there I was almost asleep when a cockroach crawled across my head. I made Joe sleep with the light on after that. The beach was fabulous and the weather was about 76 -78 the whole time. We watched someone catch a Hammerhead shark from shore. Joe, Matt, and Barb watched someone catch a Sting Ray. Joe, Matt and Barb each caught one little salt water fish each. I think Barb is calling hers a shark just for a better story. Matt was out about shin deep in water fishing when a Sting Ray swam right past him. (He was out of the water after that) We all had a great time and wish everyone in our lives could have shared that time with us. We missed all of you and its good to be back.