Surprise! It's a ....

DOLL!

Okay...I just couldn't resist - We're all ANXIOUSLY awaiting the real arrival of our baby so we can finally meet him/her! We'll post for real when we get to meet our new little bundle! Current plan is to be induced on Wednesday, but I would love to go into labor naturally before then...keep thinking good labor thoughts for me!

Down To the Wire

See this little hole here?



It wasn't enough for Jen to see our addition through it. NOOOO. She needed to experience the addition. So, what does she do? Wait for the hallway hole to be cut?



No.



My wife climbed through this little hole, just so she could take a jaunt around the addition! Truly, it was exhilarating and terrifying, all at once. Unfortunately (or fortunately, according to her), she hid the camera first, so that this event couldn't be chronicled in picture form

Afterwards, we felt that an additional picture was warranted:

Jen wishes to let everyone know that these studs are on 16" centers, so she's not as huge as you think she is.

3/4 view of baby's face looking up to the left.

So, we went to get an ultrasound last week, because of our tendency to make Large babies. This one is no exception! In fact, at 36 weeks it was measuring 39 weeks, 6 days. It is currently estimated at 9 lbs, and this fact combined with some mild hypertension means that we're planning on inducing Jen next week. So, unless plans change, our absolute outside birth date for this one will be next Wednesday. The truth is, however, that Jen could pop at any time!

We will, of course, update as soon as we can with further developments...stay tuned!

We are Expanding!

I'm not just talking waistlines here.

We love our house, we really do. It's just that....well, that empty space over the garage. It's just too....empty. Time to fix that.

And Now, to fill in all of that distressing empty space.....

Whew!

Okay, so - for those who don't know, we're adding three new rooms in - a new Master Suite, a Nursery, and a Bonus Room. The existing Master will lose its door and become an open and public loft, and the master bath will become a public bath. Since I know everyone LOVES more pictures of wood, here is a quick shot of the inside:

I know what you are probably asking yourself: "Are they completely insane??" Well, yes. Yes we are. We're excited too, however - it has given Jen an enormous outlet for her nesting instinct, which has descended on us full force now. The hope is that this project will be done by the time Baby arrives, but if not then we'll figure it out.

Piano Recital

Our sweet little darlings have been taking piano lessons for about 6 weeks or so - and they had their first recital last Saturday. Kedron was very nervous, Anya was very excited -- I think they both did quite well for this being their public debut!



Hopefully these videos will work!

Honey, I'm HOME!!!

Isn't my husband SO sweet? He brought me this HUGE bouquet of flowers!

We have a new TOY!!!

We have actually been wanting a trampoline (a BIG one!) for a long time now....however, our insurance company told us that they would drop us if we had one, unless we fenced the yard with a 6 foot locked fence!!!! (Not so feasible with 2.5 acres!) So...we decided to treat our kids to a different toy! They have really been enjoying it - every single day so far! Let's see if it maintains its coolness throughout the summer!


Of course Jordan usually just walks around it bawling because he can't sit on the top of it like Kedron...he's starting to learn that he can have some fun on the bottom row of bars!

The Baby Bump

Well...a certain friend asked me to post a pic of my 'baby bump' so she could see how much it was growing! So...here it is! I am 5 months (almost 24 weeks) pregnant here! According to the Dr., I am measuring 2 weeks bigger than I should, and the ultrasound said that the baby is big for its age! (Considering Kedron was 10 lbs. and Anya 10 lbs. 14 oz. at birth, that is a very good possibility! I did dream that the baby was going to be 16 lbs at birth...I certainly hope that dream doesn't come true!)