I know you have been wondering where we have been...

Okay, I admit it we really have been slackers with the whole blog thing, but you must understand that David and I have very little computer time now that a teenager is in our home :) Between Myspace, ITunes and Instant Messenger, David and I are lucky if we get to check our email once a day. I will do my best to bring you all up to speed with words, and then David will have to post some pictures for you all to see.

I guess we could start with Pregnancy...Not much has changed, I am still not a fan of being pregnant, I am well in to my 5th month and yep still getting sick. It has eased some which is nice, but none the less vomiting, heartburn, headaches, backaches and the stuffiest nose you could ever have are definitely not on my list of fun things to experience for 5 consecutive months.

I am starting to grow as you can imagine, David seems to think my stomach changes every day, I don't seem to notice it as much as he does. Although I have only gained 5 pounds in 5 months I do still notice every new stretch mark that appears and I am not liking it at all. So far that cocoa butter lotion has not made much of a difference. David has been taking weekly pictures of me to document the change.

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22

We did have our first full sonogram on 2/8/2008. To most this would be when you would find out if it was a boy or a girl, but I really want the surprise of finding out the day he or she is born. There are a lot of speculations, my family really thinks that it is a boy but David and his mom are still holding on to the thought that it is a little girl. I really have no feelings or inklings either way. We did find out that our baby weighed around 14 oz. and that our due date is still June 22, 2008. The sonogram pictures were not as clear as I was hoping, but I can see the head and some little hands up by it's face in one of them, which has become my favorite picture.
I am starting to feel that little one inside of me which has been fun, kind of weird at first but now if I don't feel anything for awhile I am begging for him or her to move. The Doctor said just a few more weeks and I will be feeling the baby all of the time. David has not been able to feel him or her from the outside yet which he is so anxiously awaiting.

Week 23

I have been bummed that I haven't been able to work on the babys room as much as I would have liked but my husband is doing a great job. He has been painting away, hanging curtains and putting the baby's crib together. Now all we need is some pictures, a rocking chair and a dresser or chest of some sort and the room will be ready and waiting for that little one to arrive. Well this is a rather long post so I am going to close for now, but there are a few more things we could update you on and we will soon, I promise!

Our Christmas!

Well this Christmas for me at least was anything but typical. Umm let's see, for one: I'm pregnant, two: my husband spent most of Christmas break in California with his family and three: David and I became the foster parents of a 14 and 15 year old.

We found out that we were finally going to be foster parents in early December but it wasn't until December 17th that Nicole moved in to our home. Nicole's 15 year old sister Kathryn got to spend Christmas day with us and we are hoping that Kathryn will be spending more and more time with us until she can move in with us as well. We are hoping that will take place sometime this summer. All of our family members have been so helpful during this transition and we feel like Nicole is adjusting really well. Nicole and Kathryn are such beautiful girls, and they are so much fun to be around and have in our home.

On Christmas morning we drove up to Ladoga, IN to pick up Kathryn okay David and Nicole got on the road around 6AM! while I stayed home and started the Christmas music and got all of the last minute gifts out and ready. David, Kathryn and Nicole arrived back around 9:30 or so and David and I enjoyed watching the girls open their gifts. After the girls got all dolled up we went over to my parents house for Christmas breakfast and we all opened a few more gifts before heading off to Indianapolis to drop David off at the airport. The girls and I then went to see P.S. I Love You at the Metropolis in Plainfield. It was decorated so beautiful, and I got some great pictures of the girls. after watching the saddest movie in the world that I cried through while the girls laughed through it, we were back on the road to drop Kathryn off for the night! Busy Busy... I tell you.

As for Pregnency I am 17 weeks now and still getting sick! At least it hasn't been everyday like before, so I will take that but it would be awesome if it would go away all together.... soon! Our next appt. is on Jan. 11th. I am not sure what they will be doing, but we are still not finding out what we are having so we won't have any news for you all!! I am starting to show a little and I hope to be able to start feeling the baby soon.

Well Hopefully this updates you all a little as to what has been going on in our family. We would love to still have your prayers as this is still all very new to all of us, and Nicole just started a new school this week. We pray that she will find a good group of friends that will be encouraging and supportive of her situation.

Here are a few pictures or our newest family members and Sota Bear! (Poor Daisy Mae (our other dog) is always left out)

Nicole and Kathryn

Kathryn and Nicole at the Metropolis!

Sota Bear Davis! Look at that cute hat Nicole made for her, it even has ear holes!

Our First Baby Picture

Here is our little one at 7 weeks and 5 days old. Dr. Sakbun said that if we could see the little one it would look like a little piece of flesh with a heart beat. Although you can not see anything at all in this photo, unless you're a doctor, you will notice quite a little heart beat. Our baby is 1.45 cm long with 166 beats per minute. That's smaller than a fingernail clipping.

We have a little one on the way!

Well we are finally able to break the news. David and I are expecting our first little one. We are pretty excited to say the least. It looks like our baby will be arriving around June 14, 2008. I do not want to find out what we are having but several people have been checkng out the Chinese Calendar to see what it will be. Although I am sure the Chinese Calendar has no scientific basis, it has been correct for everyone we know that's used it in the last couple of years, so I am not interested in hearing what people are finding out! I can't even imagine how exciting it will be to hear that "It's a Girl, or "It's a Boy" the day he or she arrives. 9 months seems like forever, but I hear it goes fast, plus it gives us a chance to figure out what the heck we need to be doing. Friends and Family be ready to answer some questions for me :)

Since we are not finding out what the sex of our baby will be, it has been hard to find bedding that is really unisex, or that I like. We did decide that we like the Fisher Price Rainforest Collection, but of course it has no bedding to go with it, so we will have to put our creativity to work on finding some things to match. Well we put a countdown ticker on our blog so we can patiently count down the days. I go back to the doctor on November 9 and we should be able to hear the heart beat, the doctor will also finalize the due date as we will get to see the size of our little one! We will keep you posted.

Corey Apple Festival

Hello everyone! Well I don't have any pictures to post this week, but I am just so excited to have internet access back that I am doing a weekly update anyway. This weekend I set some of my Tastefully Simple stuff up out at the Corey Apple Festival. It is hard to tell right now if being out there will bring me any business. I didn't sell as much as I would have liked too, I even had to mark my prices down just to bring on some business but on a good note I was able to invite several people to my open house on October 8, 2007 from 5-9 and all of my catalogs were taken so I am just praying that I will gain some clients. My wonderful husband stayed out there with me all day long, helped me set up, and even manned my booth so I could walk around and shop myself. The only thing that I was really looking for was a fall decoration for my front door, which I found and it looks quite cute. Other than that we went to church Sunday Morning, and relaxed around the house the rest of the time. I hope all of you had a nice and relaxing fall weekend.