I am so very behind on posting about the arrival of our princess Joanna Opal Aman. Joanna arrived on Thursday, January 26, 2012, at 4:14 am. She was 6 lbs 9oz and 19 inches long. It was quite a night!
Actually, I had thought I'd gone into labor Tuesday night as I was sure my water broke. I was having very minor contractions, but they turned out to be nothing compared to when the "real" contractions started. Because I was sure my water broke I called the hospital and after we both took a shower we headed to the hospital. The labor and delivery nurses got me settled into a room and checked to see if my water had actually broke. The test strip said it wasn't my bag of water. She also checked to see how far along I was and I was at a 2. After talking to my doctor, I was sent home. Wednesday I still was leaking fluid...I still think those test strips were wrong and my water had actually broken. Wednesday evening, around the same time as the night before when I was sure my water had broken, I started having for sure contractions. I told Guy I was sure this time, but they weren't bad yet so I was going to take a shower. I kept timing them while I was in the bathroom and they were 5-7 minutes apart and not too strong. Guy went to bed and I tried to, but as the night wore on the contractions got stronger and closer together. Around midnight I finally told Guy he had to get up and I was going to call the hospital again because they were now 3-5 minutes, but typically 3minutes, apart. Guy got up and showered and we headed to the hospital again. We were settled into our room about
1:30 am and I was still at a 2, but definitely in active labor. My contractions got much stronger and I decided I wanted to go ahead with an epidural so blood work was done and we waited for the drugs to help with my pain. I'm not sure how much time passed, but at some point I was checked again, before being given the epidural, and told I was at a 9 and the nurse thought baby was breech. After being checked by at least one other nurse, they said she was breech and they found she had also had a bowel movement. Luckily my doctor had arrived because they rushed me into having a c-section. I was definitely scared, but wanted to do whatever was needed to keep our daughter safe. Guy had been awesome up until that point and continued to be great throughout everything. He was great about reminding me to breathe through my contractions and talked to me very soothingly. Once Joanna was born, Guy left me to go be with her....I had already told him well before her birth he was to stay with her no matter what. I'm glad he was able to be with her and see everything after birth, but I wish I could have held her and saw it as well. After I was released from recovery, I was wheeled into my room and there Guy was holding our little girl. He kept telling me he was afraid he'd drop her or something, but she was sound asleep in his arms. What a wonderful sight it was to come into the room...I'll always remember that. I was quite sore the first few days, but now I am doing great!
Joanna's name is very special. Her first name is my mom's and Guy's mom's middle name and Guy's dad's middle initial. Her middle name was my great grandma's middle name. My grandma hated her middle name; so she was probably yelling at me when it was decided that we were going to use Opal. I was very close to my great grandma. We're happy we could name Joanna after special people in our families. Our parents have each enjoyed a week with her and I know they are looking forward to Easter when we make our first trip back to Illinois. We were thankful for their visits as well because I needed the help around the house. I am still on restrictions...I head back to the doctor tomorrow so I might be able to do more after that visit.
Joanna is a really good baby. She is sleeping up to 4.5 hours at a time; typically at night, too. At her two week appointment she had gained a pound and four ounces and had grown an inch and a half. I still haven't had her sleep in her crib at night....I'm so nervous! But I need to soon so she can get used to it. She can't sleep in our room forever!
I should be getting our newborn pictures back soon...I can't wait to see them! I'll post those on Facebook sometime after we get them. We are looking forward to seeing everyone "back home" in just a few weeks! Thank you to everyone for the well wishes and wonderful gifts we received. She is one spoiled little girl already!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
It's almost time!
We're down to our last few days before baby is due to arrive! It seems like this last month has flown by. We are of course very excited for her arrival, but also quite nervous as well. There will be a lot of adjustments once she arrives; the biggest one may be more for the dogs than anything else. Their world's are about to be turned upside down. :) I have a feeling that my Fitz will be her protector though as he can't stand to be away from me for more than a minute or two when I'm home. We have a couple friend up here with a 7 month old that Fitz just loves to go and check out....Barley on the other hand is usually scared of their son and hides. This last time they were over he did much better and was actually quite interested, so maybe that will be a good sign for us that he won't be scared of our little one. Only time will tell though!
I guess the only things that have happened since my last post is Christmas. Guy and I spent the holiday alone; but enjoyed it none the less. We opened presents and went to church Christmas morning and then just enjoyed our time together. Christmas Eve he took me to one of his job sites he was needing to check on....quite romantic I might say...haha. :) Christmas Eve I made homemade pizza as the Aman's usually have pizza when they get together so we thought of them and Christmas Day I made a steak dinner for us on my new cast iron stove-top grill pan Guy got me for Christmas. I'm trying to remember what we did for New Year's Eve and I can't hink of anything. We were in bed before midnight....that I do remember! As you can tell, it was a wild and crazy New Year's for the Aman's! Ha!
Hopefully we will be welcoming baby here in the next few days! Please pray that I have a smooth labor and delivery and that Guy isn't too far from home when the time comes; but even if he's actually at the office he's still 45 minutes away. Luckily our house is only about 5 minutes from the hospital. We did childbirth classes through them and had a tour of the floor we'll be on. It looks like it'll be very one-on-one. That part will be great I think.
I think that's all for now.....next post will be all about BABY! I can't wait!
I guess the only things that have happened since my last post is Christmas. Guy and I spent the holiday alone; but enjoyed it none the less. We opened presents and went to church Christmas morning and then just enjoyed our time together. Christmas Eve he took me to one of his job sites he was needing to check on....quite romantic I might say...haha. :) Christmas Eve I made homemade pizza as the Aman's usually have pizza when they get together so we thought of them and Christmas Day I made a steak dinner for us on my new cast iron stove-top grill pan Guy got me for Christmas. I'm trying to remember what we did for New Year's Eve and I can't hink of anything. We were in bed before midnight....that I do remember! As you can tell, it was a wild and crazy New Year's for the Aman's! Ha!
Hopefully we will be welcoming baby here in the next few days! Please pray that I have a smooth labor and delivery and that Guy isn't too far from home when the time comes; but even if he's actually at the office he's still 45 minutes away. Luckily our house is only about 5 minutes from the hospital. We did childbirth classes through them and had a tour of the floor we'll be on. It looks like it'll be very one-on-one. That part will be great I think.
I think that's all for now.....next post will be all about BABY! I can't wait!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Happy Holidays!
This time of year holds some of my favorite days! I love the holidays and look forward to them each year. Even though Guy and I spent Thanksgiving alone and will do the same for Christmas...I couldn't be happier. We have so much to be thankful for this year and have had so many changes in our lives that spending the holidays alone haven't been so bad. This time next year we will have an almost one-year old....that sounds crazy!...and will definitely spend the holidays with our families. In the past it has been easy as we have traded off holidays ever other year, but with the baby, that may not be as easy as both sides will want to spend time with her (maybe not so much us! :) ) We did do Facetime with Guy's family on Thanksgiving as Guy's mom and I both have iPads....that was really nice. I went around the house and was able to show them our house. I think we are going to do that again at Christmas and my family may try doing that, or Skype, as well. Our mom's will be staying with us for awhile once the baby comes. The extra pair of hands for me will be a blessing and Guy is looking forward to having mom and mother-in-law take care of him....or so he seems to think that's how it's going to work. (I think they might want to spend time with their granddaughter more than him though! :) )
Speaking of being blessed....the weather so far has been very mild; something the locals tell us is not normal and to watch out when winter really hits. We are supposed to have a VERY cold winter with lots of snow. If you don't know this about the two of us, well.....neither one of us like winter. Haha! So far we have had a couple of really cold days, but they didn't feel near as cold as they would have been in IL because it's a dry cold here. I'd say total accumulation of snow so far has been about an inch...this time last year they had like 20 inches on the ground! We've had a couple of gorgeous days where the temperatures were near 50+ so any snow we've had is gone or close to it. Since Guy's used to working outside he's good about putting on lots of layers....I will need to make sure I do the same.
We are pretty much settled in our new home and won't do hardly anything else around here until spring/summer as the garage is the area that needs to be tackled. All I can say is....at least I can park my car in there! :) The yard will also be an area that I hope gets done this summer; but as long as we have grass, it might be good enough. I'll just see how much I can get accomplished doing flowerbeds and such with a little one. Hopefully she'll let me get some things done while Guy is working and then the rest will have to happen on the weekends, or other times, when Guy is actually home. (He works a ton and is hardly ever here it seems like!) Currently the builder of our home has begun construction on two more houses next to us. They are scheduled to be completed in the early spring....walls have started going up so things are moving along.
Baby and I seem to be doing great! She is very active these days, but is running out of room to move around. I am starting to get more uncomfortable each day, but she'll be worth it all in the end! If I don't drink enough water, or have to much salt in my diet that day, I can definitely tell a difference in the way I feel and based on the fact I start swelling up. I will be headed to the doctor for check-ups every week now....so crazy we're 6 weeks from my due date. She is measuring right on schedule, too.
I still need to work on posting some pictures on here....maybe after the new year I'll get around to playing around with that function.
Guy and I wish you all a wonderful holiday season!
Speaking of being blessed....the weather so far has been very mild; something the locals tell us is not normal and to watch out when winter really hits. We are supposed to have a VERY cold winter with lots of snow. If you don't know this about the two of us, well.....neither one of us like winter. Haha! So far we have had a couple of really cold days, but they didn't feel near as cold as they would have been in IL because it's a dry cold here. I'd say total accumulation of snow so far has been about an inch...this time last year they had like 20 inches on the ground! We've had a couple of gorgeous days where the temperatures were near 50+ so any snow we've had is gone or close to it. Since Guy's used to working outside he's good about putting on lots of layers....I will need to make sure I do the same.
We are pretty much settled in our new home and won't do hardly anything else around here until spring/summer as the garage is the area that needs to be tackled. All I can say is....at least I can park my car in there! :) The yard will also be an area that I hope gets done this summer; but as long as we have grass, it might be good enough. I'll just see how much I can get accomplished doing flowerbeds and such with a little one. Hopefully she'll let me get some things done while Guy is working and then the rest will have to happen on the weekends, or other times, when Guy is actually home. (He works a ton and is hardly ever here it seems like!) Currently the builder of our home has begun construction on two more houses next to us. They are scheduled to be completed in the early spring....walls have started going up so things are moving along.
Baby and I seem to be doing great! She is very active these days, but is running out of room to move around. I am starting to get more uncomfortable each day, but she'll be worth it all in the end! If I don't drink enough water, or have to much salt in my diet that day, I can definitely tell a difference in the way I feel and based on the fact I start swelling up. I will be headed to the doctor for check-ups every week now....so crazy we're 6 weeks from my due date. She is measuring right on schedule, too.
I still need to work on posting some pictures on here....maybe after the new year I'll get around to playing around with that function.
Guy and I wish you all a wonderful holiday season!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Life in North Dakota....so far
We finally moved into our ND home on Nov. 9....only about a month and a half later than we thought. At least we are finally lving in the same house again! The new house is very nice. The dogs do however really miss our large yard in IL. The yard here is so tiny and it's just dirt/mud right now. Between the two dogs, Fitz least likes the dirt yard and won't do his "big business", so we have totake him to the empty lot across from us or be prepared to find a "present" waiting in the basement. It's hard to get too mad at him as I wouldn't like the dirt either if I were a dog.
I haven't taken pictures yet of the house as I need Guy to hang up things on the walls for me. I was hoping to have painted while my mom was here, but there just wasn't enough time. I'll eventually get around to it, but it will probably be over the summer or something. Painting will create some challenges as the corners are rounded off, and not square. It looks nicer rounded, but makes it harder when it comes to what walls to paint. Most everything is unpacked and the way I want it...mostly thanks to my mom as I couldn't have done everything without her! Part of our family room is storage for my mountain of boxes from my old classroom. My goodness do I have a lot! One thing I don't like about the house is I don't have a storage room. There is storage under our entryway, but it's hard to get to and it's not a big area. One thing I thought was odd is that my laundry closet is in one of our bedrooms downstairs. It's not ideal, but it will work for us since it's just a spare bedroom.
It's hard to believe that it's already the week of Thanksgiving. I can't believe how quickly the last year has flown by! Guy and I will be spending the holidays alone. A coworker of his did invite us over Thursday, so we might take her up on the offer, but I think we would be happy to just spend it just the two of us as well. We probably would have traveled home for Christmas, but I won't be able to travel then because I'll be too close to my due date. We can't believe there are about 10 weeks left. Our mom's would much rather visit us once Baby Girl comes...I can understand that! :) Since it's just us for Christmas this year I don't think I will decorate as much as I normally do...I say that now, but I just love decorating for the holidays!
I haven't seen too much of the town yet, but I do know how to get to a few places. Some things I have learned so far:
1. Winter comes too quickly! It's already been in the single digits and there's a dusting of snow on the ground.
2. On Sunday's retail stores don't open until noon. If they are 24 hour stores, like Wal-Maet, they close at midnight on Saturday.
3. Cars around here are always filthy on the outside....and you can't even get a car wash until noon on Sunday.
4. Milk is about a dollar more a gallon here than what I was paying in IL.
5. People are very friendly and helpful!
6. The timezone difference is weird. Stations are based out of Bismarck, which is Central time, and Dickinson is Mountain time. So, I watch the 5o'clock news at 4....you get the idea. :)Plus there are places Guy has to go to for work that are Central time, even though they are northwest of us.
7. people pronounce things differently...I'm sure we'll start talking like the locals eventually though. It's bound to happen. I'm sure they think we talk differently as well.
8. No one gets in a hurry about anything. Everyone seems to be super laid back.
9. The locals have mixed feelings about newcomers due to the oil boom. Some like the growth, some don't.
10. Housing prices keep going up! The contractor who built our house is set to build another next door to us. The buyer has an option between a ranch, like ours, or a split-level. The base price of the house has already jumped from when we put an offer on ours and it still doesn't include finishing the basement....which we had to pay more for as well.
11. I've never seen so many split-level homes until driving through ND. Even when we were in Bismarck we noticed a ton of split-levels. When Guy and I went house hunting in August out here we didn't go through many ranches.
12. It's nothing to drive an hour or more to get somewhere or go somewhere.
13. You can buy gas, alcohol and guns all at the same place...we found that funny.
I think that's all...for now at least.
We hope everyone has an enjoyable Thanksgiving! Guy and I have a lot to be thankful for this year, so I know we will be reflecting on all God has done for us and what is yet to come.
I haven't taken pictures yet of the house as I need Guy to hang up things on the walls for me. I was hoping to have painted while my mom was here, but there just wasn't enough time. I'll eventually get around to it, but it will probably be over the summer or something. Painting will create some challenges as the corners are rounded off, and not square. It looks nicer rounded, but makes it harder when it comes to what walls to paint. Most everything is unpacked and the way I want it...mostly thanks to my mom as I couldn't have done everything without her! Part of our family room is storage for my mountain of boxes from my old classroom. My goodness do I have a lot! One thing I don't like about the house is I don't have a storage room. There is storage under our entryway, but it's hard to get to and it's not a big area. One thing I thought was odd is that my laundry closet is in one of our bedrooms downstairs. It's not ideal, but it will work for us since it's just a spare bedroom.
It's hard to believe that it's already the week of Thanksgiving. I can't believe how quickly the last year has flown by! Guy and I will be spending the holidays alone. A coworker of his did invite us over Thursday, so we might take her up on the offer, but I think we would be happy to just spend it just the two of us as well. We probably would have traveled home for Christmas, but I won't be able to travel then because I'll be too close to my due date. We can't believe there are about 10 weeks left. Our mom's would much rather visit us once Baby Girl comes...I can understand that! :) Since it's just us for Christmas this year I don't think I will decorate as much as I normally do...I say that now, but I just love decorating for the holidays!
I haven't seen too much of the town yet, but I do know how to get to a few places. Some things I have learned so far:
1. Winter comes too quickly! It's already been in the single digits and there's a dusting of snow on the ground.
2. On Sunday's retail stores don't open until noon. If they are 24 hour stores, like Wal-Maet, they close at midnight on Saturday.
3. Cars around here are always filthy on the outside....and you can't even get a car wash until noon on Sunday.
4. Milk is about a dollar more a gallon here than what I was paying in IL.
5. People are very friendly and helpful!
6. The timezone difference is weird. Stations are based out of Bismarck, which is Central time, and Dickinson is Mountain time. So, I watch the 5o'clock news at 4....you get the idea. :)Plus there are places Guy has to go to for work that are Central time, even though they are northwest of us.
7. people pronounce things differently...I'm sure we'll start talking like the locals eventually though. It's bound to happen. I'm sure they think we talk differently as well.
8. No one gets in a hurry about anything. Everyone seems to be super laid back.
9. The locals have mixed feelings about newcomers due to the oil boom. Some like the growth, some don't.
10. Housing prices keep going up! The contractor who built our house is set to build another next door to us. The buyer has an option between a ranch, like ours, or a split-level. The base price of the house has already jumped from when we put an offer on ours and it still doesn't include finishing the basement....which we had to pay more for as well.
11. I've never seen so many split-level homes until driving through ND. Even when we were in Bismarck we noticed a ton of split-levels. When Guy and I went house hunting in August out here we didn't go through many ranches.
12. It's nothing to drive an hour or more to get somewhere or go somewhere.
13. You can buy gas, alcohol and guns all at the same place...we found that funny.
I think that's all...for now at least.
We hope everyone has an enjoyable Thanksgiving! Guy and I have a lot to be thankful for this year, so I know we will be reflecting on all God has done for us and what is yet to come.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
The big move...
We closed on our house in ND on October 20. We ran into a couple of issues, but all should be resolved soon! After closing Guy called and scheduled the move. We were told that the packers would show up on Halloween and they would load on Nov. 1. With that said, Guy came home Friday! It was so wonderful to see him after 8 LONG weeks! We enjoyed the weekend together and spent some time with a few friends and lunch with family that was able to make it on Sunday.
When the loaders got there yesterday they were in for a long day as the packers didn't get near accomplished what they should have accomplished. We were assured that everytjing would get done and they worked their butts off and finished packing and loading everything around 6:45 pm. They took a lot more than we thought they would, so we didn't have a ton of stuff to take with us in our vehicals. We have stayed with my mom the last couple of nights; and I will continue to do so until she and I leave. This morning, Guy and I did a few things around the house and he left about 10:30 am to head back. I know he's going to try and drive it all today, but I'm hoping he stops....I'll worry about him until he gets back.
The movers won't be at our new house until Wed, Nov 9, so my mom and I won't leave until Monday morning. Our plan is to drive half-way and stop for the night. On Tuesday we'll drive to Bismarck and stay there, as there is probably not anything available in Dickinson but we'll certainly check, and them head over to our house early Wednesday morning. Bismarck is about an hour and a half from Dickinson....plus you gain an hour because Dickinson is in the Mountain Time Zone. Until Monday I'll probably wrap things up here and do some cleaning at the other house....although Guy's mom has offered to clean and that for us....thank you to Sue!
We are also happy to say we are under contract on our home in Maryville! Closing is scheduled for Thanksgiving week. We hope everything goes well and we sell our house. The market in the St. Louis area is horrible, but we are thankful we've been able to sell so quickly.
Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we travel and get our new home settled. If you'd like our new address please let me know and I'll email it to you. My email is: tiffanyconover@gmail.com
When the loaders got there yesterday they were in for a long day as the packers didn't get near accomplished what they should have accomplished. We were assured that everytjing would get done and they worked their butts off and finished packing and loading everything around 6:45 pm. They took a lot more than we thought they would, so we didn't have a ton of stuff to take with us in our vehicals. We have stayed with my mom the last couple of nights; and I will continue to do so until she and I leave. This morning, Guy and I did a few things around the house and he left about 10:30 am to head back. I know he's going to try and drive it all today, but I'm hoping he stops....I'll worry about him until he gets back.
The movers won't be at our new house until Wed, Nov 9, so my mom and I won't leave until Monday morning. Our plan is to drive half-way and stop for the night. On Tuesday we'll drive to Bismarck and stay there, as there is probably not anything available in Dickinson but we'll certainly check, and them head over to our house early Wednesday morning. Bismarck is about an hour and a half from Dickinson....plus you gain an hour because Dickinson is in the Mountain Time Zone. Until Monday I'll probably wrap things up here and do some cleaning at the other house....although Guy's mom has offered to clean and that for us....thank you to Sue!
We are also happy to say we are under contract on our home in Maryville! Closing is scheduled for Thanksgiving week. We hope everything goes well and we sell our house. The market in the St. Louis area is horrible, but we are thankful we've been able to sell so quickly.
Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we travel and get our new home settled. If you'd like our new address please let me know and I'll email it to you. My email is: tiffanyconover@gmail.com
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
We can finally see the light....
We FINALLY have news of the closing on our North Dakota home! Guy and I have been apart for over six weeks now....much longer than we'd originally thought! I can't begin to say how excited I am to be back together as a family. I definately have a new found respect for military families....and This isn't even close to what they experience! Being apart from a spouse is certainly not easy. This would have been horrible had we already had kids. With all that being said...
Guy will be touring our completed home on Thursday. He'll take pictures for me, but we've already talked about the specific things he is to look for that we'd put in the contract and that were on the original house plans already. As long as everything passes his approval, he will sign the closing paperwork. The bank will then overnight me the paperwork and I will sign and have them notarized. Once the bank gets the paperwork back from me, we will officially own the house! Then comes the coordination of the moving company. Guy won't schedule the movers until he's seen the completed house, just incase something is wrong and we won't/can't close. He always said that if something is to go wrong, it will because he's Guy Aman and that's just what happens to him. It does seem that things tend to go wrong for him. Once the movers are scheduled, he will come back and help me with the move and load things up that the movers won't take between our two vehicles. Guy can make the drive quicker than what I will be able to, I will have to stop about every two hours to walk so I don't end up with a blood clot...the joys of long-distance traveling while pregnant! Hopefully we will be able to do it in a super long day, but not sure if I'll be able to swing it or not. My mom is supposed to be riding with me so that'll be a huge help.
For almost the last two weeks Guy has had some much needed company. His/our dog, Barley, was lucky enough to be reunited with his daddy. Guy has a buddy who goes to ND hunting every year, just south of where we'll be living, and offered to take him up there. Barley rides around with Guy in his truck everyday and they have done a bit of hunting already. Last weekend Guy's dad and brother were up there hunting with him and Guy said Barley did awesome. I'm glad Guy has had some company as I know I'd be lost without having Fitz or Kipper around.
I'm just over 25 weeks along in my pregnancy and everything is still going well! She is kicking more and more....and I'm loving it! I can now have my hand on my stomachache and feel her when she kicks...I'm so looking forward to Guy feeling her as well!
Once we have the official moving date I will let everyone know. I'll also pass along our new address. Please continue to pray that these next two weeks go by smoothly and safely.
Guy will be touring our completed home on Thursday. He'll take pictures for me, but we've already talked about the specific things he is to look for that we'd put in the contract and that were on the original house plans already. As long as everything passes his approval, he will sign the closing paperwork. The bank will then overnight me the paperwork and I will sign and have them notarized. Once the bank gets the paperwork back from me, we will officially own the house! Then comes the coordination of the moving company. Guy won't schedule the movers until he's seen the completed house, just incase something is wrong and we won't/can't close. He always said that if something is to go wrong, it will because he's Guy Aman and that's just what happens to him. It does seem that things tend to go wrong for him. Once the movers are scheduled, he will come back and help me with the move and load things up that the movers won't take between our two vehicles. Guy can make the drive quicker than what I will be able to, I will have to stop about every two hours to walk so I don't end up with a blood clot...the joys of long-distance traveling while pregnant! Hopefully we will be able to do it in a super long day, but not sure if I'll be able to swing it or not. My mom is supposed to be riding with me so that'll be a huge help.
For almost the last two weeks Guy has had some much needed company. His/our dog, Barley, was lucky enough to be reunited with his daddy. Guy has a buddy who goes to ND hunting every year, just south of where we'll be living, and offered to take him up there. Barley rides around with Guy in his truck everyday and they have done a bit of hunting already. Last weekend Guy's dad and brother were up there hunting with him and Guy said Barley did awesome. I'm glad Guy has had some company as I know I'd be lost without having Fitz or Kipper around.
I'm just over 25 weeks along in my pregnancy and everything is still going well! She is kicking more and more....and I'm loving it! I can now have my hand on my stomachache and feel her when she kicks...I'm so looking forward to Guy feeling her as well!
Once we have the official moving date I will let everyone know. I'll also pass along our new address. Please continue to pray that these next two weeks go by smoothly and safely.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
A week and a half down...
The animals and I have survived a week and a held with Guy in ND. Barley still constantly looks for Guy, but I think he's enjoying cuddling with me quite a lot. He and Fitz have taken over Guy's side of the bed...didn't take them long to sprawl out at all. :) they've definitely been testing their boundaries with me...something they know better than to do with Guy. Hopefully they will continue acting pretty good; they do have their moments though!
Guy is getting the feel of his new job. Once he gets bested acquainted with it, I think he'll really like it. He already likes it more than what he'd been doing. We were happy his old job had been keeping him busy, but he did not enjoy what it was. He says the people in the office are nice and he's getting to know some of them. The best thing so far for him is probably that he's been able to go dove hunting. He bought a book that shows all the public hunting land and he's found a couple places to go already. He wishes I could mail Barley to him so they could do some serious hunting....Barley wishes the same thing!
On Saturday Guy went and checked out the progress of our house. He even figured out how to take pictures on his new work iPhone and email/text them to me. That is quite an accomplishment for him as he is not tech savvy at all. :) Due to a couple of things it's looking like we won't close on the house at the end of the month like we'd hoped. We're now hoping for around October 7th. Until then, we'd REALLY like to get an offer on our house here and get that process under way as well. Out in ND it would have sold super quickly; it's crazy to think of the difference of the housing markets from where we are now to where we're going...complete opposites.
Sunday morning when we talked we were both on our way to church. Guy checked out a church for us out there. I think he's going to go back and get a better feel for it. He didn't have anything negative to say about it, so hopefully this Sunday will be good as well. It's hard to find a church; we went through that here and are sorry to be learving were we've been attending. We really enjoy the minister at our current church and that makes all the difference.
Yesterday was my 20 week checkup. Everything sounded great. Her heart rate was at 153. I worked on a couple of craft projects for her as well. I made a couple of bows and I painted and decorated some wooden letters that will go probably over her crib. I think everything turned out cute and Guy was surprised to here I knew how to do things like that. I told him it comes from my college years being in a sorority. Today I'm going to make her a bow holder. I bought some ribbons yesterday, but I need to go pick up a couple other things this morning after looking at some picture options last night online. I also got a cute footstool really cheap when I was at Michael's yesterday that I want to put fabric on. I had a child's rocker reupholstered and I want it to go with that chair. This rocker was my mom's when she was little and she had it redone for me, so I thought it only fitting to do the same for my daughter. If you ever saw it before, you wouldn't recognize it. It looks awesome! Our baby furniture should be here at our house the last Monday or Tuesday of September. I can't wait to see it. We had Amish furniture made, so we know it will last her forever. I have a lady making custom crib bedding and my mom's neighbor is making me some curtains and throw pillows so her room is coming right along. We can't wait to see it altogether!
One day I'll play around with adding some pictures to our blog. I haven't really sat down and messed with this too much. I think that's all our news for now. :)
Guy is getting the feel of his new job. Once he gets bested acquainted with it, I think he'll really like it. He already likes it more than what he'd been doing. We were happy his old job had been keeping him busy, but he did not enjoy what it was. He says the people in the office are nice and he's getting to know some of them. The best thing so far for him is probably that he's been able to go dove hunting. He bought a book that shows all the public hunting land and he's found a couple places to go already. He wishes I could mail Barley to him so they could do some serious hunting....Barley wishes the same thing!
On Saturday Guy went and checked out the progress of our house. He even figured out how to take pictures on his new work iPhone and email/text them to me. That is quite an accomplishment for him as he is not tech savvy at all. :) Due to a couple of things it's looking like we won't close on the house at the end of the month like we'd hoped. We're now hoping for around October 7th. Until then, we'd REALLY like to get an offer on our house here and get that process under way as well. Out in ND it would have sold super quickly; it's crazy to think of the difference of the housing markets from where we are now to where we're going...complete opposites.
Sunday morning when we talked we were both on our way to church. Guy checked out a church for us out there. I think he's going to go back and get a better feel for it. He didn't have anything negative to say about it, so hopefully this Sunday will be good as well. It's hard to find a church; we went through that here and are sorry to be learving were we've been attending. We really enjoy the minister at our current church and that makes all the difference.
Yesterday was my 20 week checkup. Everything sounded great. Her heart rate was at 153. I worked on a couple of craft projects for her as well. I made a couple of bows and I painted and decorated some wooden letters that will go probably over her crib. I think everything turned out cute and Guy was surprised to here I knew how to do things like that. I told him it comes from my college years being in a sorority. Today I'm going to make her a bow holder. I bought some ribbons yesterday, but I need to go pick up a couple other things this morning after looking at some picture options last night online. I also got a cute footstool really cheap when I was at Michael's yesterday that I want to put fabric on. I had a child's rocker reupholstered and I want it to go with that chair. This rocker was my mom's when she was little and she had it redone for me, so I thought it only fitting to do the same for my daughter. If you ever saw it before, you wouldn't recognize it. It looks awesome! Our baby furniture should be here at our house the last Monday or Tuesday of September. I can't wait to see it. We had Amish furniture made, so we know it will last her forever. I have a lady making custom crib bedding and my mom's neighbor is making me some curtains and throw pillows so her room is coming right along. We can't wait to see it altogether!
One day I'll play around with adding some pictures to our blog. I haven't really sat down and messed with this too much. I think that's all our news for now. :)
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