Needed to take a break from work on this Friday afternoon...As I write this, snow is lightly falling outside - almost as if we are inside of a snow globe. I am anxiously awaiting the Christmas decorations to go up in Downtown Bismarck - that just makes the view from the office all the better during the cold winter months...
Jay & I have been laying low for the most part over the last couple of weeks. I, as you probably know, have a new bedtime usually around 9:00-9:30 p.m., if not earlier on some nights. I seem to be snapping out of the fatigued/sleepiness a bit, though, which is nice. Other than that, despite a few bad days at the end of last week/last weekend, my pregnancy nausea also has gone away for the most part. I know I'm lucky if I'm already through the worst of it this time around! We still have about a week and a half before we hear the baby's heartbeat and I'm trying not to think about it too much - otherwise, I get too anxious for that appointment! I like to keep up-to-date with how big the baby is and what happens each week with it by checking out a couple of online sources as well as books/magazines. The whole development of the baby aspect really fascinates me. From what I have read right now the baby is around 1.5-2.0 inches long, or the size of a medium shrimp, as one site put it!! My friend Missy, who is due at the end of March, tells me that the food/size of baby comparisons continue on throughout the pregnancy - I believe she said her baby is the size of a banana this week! :)
The beagles have been giving us some good practice of getting up in the middle of the night. For some reason, they have been getting up 2-3 times/night wanting to go outside. What's funny about this (well not as funny in the middle of the night) is that they won't go out of the doggy door on their own (even though Jerz, and probably Bailey, know how to get out of it) - so there we are letting our dogs out the doggy door every time they go out!! They will come back in the door- mostly with the promise of a t-r-e-a-t if they do. Anyway, in about 6 months, I told Jay - one of us will be up with the baby and the other one letting the dogs out all night anyway - so we might as well get used to it now!!
As of last weekend, we are the proud new owners of a (used) treadmill and a (new) snowblower. The purchase of the snowblower pretty much guarantees that it will not snow enough to use it the rest of the winter!! ;) Jay is eager to try it out, but I think the snow we are getting today will only accumulate up to possibly 2 inches or so. Don't be surprised if he has it out anyway - trying it out in what's left of our big snow drift in front of the house! :)
The Broncos keep finding ways to win...
This week I had two evenings "out" which was nice. Wednesday was my friend Heidi's birthday but Missy and I joined her for supper at The Bistro on Tuesday evening. The food was great and we had a blast talking and catching up. We had not gone out anywwhere together since the end of summer. On Wednesday, after volleyball a few of us went up to Paradiso. We stayed and talked for a couple hours! I had myself a virgin pina colada and decided that in this economy that virgin drinks are the way to go!! Almost cheaper than pop!!
This weekend we get some "practice" with child care as we are babysitting Ran and Julie's kids overnight at our house Saturday evening into Sunday morning! Should be a fun time - and we hope the kids have fun too! Our house is not very child-friendly yet (no toys, etc) but it own't be long until it is! Ran and Julie are thankfully going to provide some games/movies, etc so taht we can keep the kids entertained!!
Other than that, life is going along pretty normally. We eat, sleep, work, have some fun and get up and do it all over again!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Thanksgiving is coming soon - yay!!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
The last couple of weeks....
Well, I realize that I have been remiss in my "duties" to update our blog lately. I will blame it on the fact that we don't have internet at home, at least not yet!
Since the last time I posted...here are some highlights and lowlights: Again, sorry no pictures, I keep forgetting to bring the cord that connects our camera to the computer so I can post some pictures on here...
HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Pumpkin carving and Halloween. The day before Halloween we went over tho Lyndsey and Nick's to help them get ready for their big Halloween party. We all got into some pumpkin carving. Jay did a Broncos pumpkin (of course) and Nick and Lyndsey had a bunch of Twins stensils for the pumpkins. They all turned out well and it was fun to get into the spirit of Halloween! (Again, I have pictures - will have to post them later).
As for Halloween night, we had some neices and nephews up trick-or-treating and then we went to Nick and Lyndsey's party. Payton was a bride and Sydney was Princess Belle. Taylor was Hannah Montana, Landon was Spider Man and Lexie was a ladybug. Jay was a Ghostbuster and I was a vampire. Quite the combination! Pretty much everyone at the party got into the spirit of the holiday and dressed up. Including two individuals who came into the part with their witch costumes completely covering their faces. It took quite awhile to figure out who they were. In the end it was revealed that it was Ran and Julie! They "won" 1st place in the costume contest and deserved it - they had us tricked for quite awhile!
2. The weather. Well at least up to about mid-week last week. The weekend of Halloween it got up over 70 degrees, which is unheard of around here! Also, post-blizzard, we have some pretty nice scenery with the frosted trees and snow on the ground (to cover up most of the ugly brown bare ground and trees).
3. The view of the wildlife from our house. (Which, as of now, consists of lots of pheasants at around their feeding time). Also the nightly view of the city from our house - it's just cool to see the lights of town come on every evening through our living room windows. So peaceful!
4. Broncos victory. What a great comeback win for the Broncos last Thursday night! I napped through the part of the game where they were not playing well and woke up in time to see the big comeback!
5. Grandmas. On Nov. 3, my grandma turned 86. We had a nice family birthday party for her at the community room at the new apartment complex she lives in. On Nov. 6, Jay's grandma turned 85. We got to visit her on Sunday morning and got to share some good news with her. She seemed to be in good spirits (she also had some other family visitors who were going to have lunch with her at the nursing home that morning). We shared our good news with my grandma later that evening, when she was out for supper at our house. About 45 minutes after my grandma got home, I got a phone call from my cousin - apparently my grandma got on the phone as soon as she got home to spread the news to the rest of the family! Too funny!
6. GOOD NEWS! Sometime in mid-June next year Jay and I are expecting our first baby!! We have told family and a few close friends so far (probably the same people that are reading this). The pregnancy is going on 9 weeks along, so it's still early, but we decided to share the news anyway. And, if my grandma has anything to do with it, most of Bismarck should know the news by the end of today! :)
Also - to see & hear the reactions of the family members has been fun! We had Syndey and Payton tell Chris & Val and Ryan & Raumi on Saturday night. (Sydney first asked me if I had a puppy in my belly). Telling Mike & Sandy and Lyndsey & Nick in person was also fun. They were all smiles. Grandma Schaff didn't get too worked up but was happy about the news. My mom started crying, which in turn made me cry. And of course the rest of the family was happy. Lots of hugs and congratulations!
I also have to thank Val G. for the little windbreaker Denver Bronsos onsie that she has been saving all these years! It is so cute - and the perfect first baby gift! Just in time for the little one to wear next fall/winter during the football season - boy or girl!
LOWLIGHTS: (Although I shouldn't focus on the negative...but there's just a few)
1. Poorly installed front door. Before the blizzard hit, an inch of driving rain pounded us on Wednesday evening. Our front door was apparently not well-installed and a ton of water leaked in through the bottom of the door. Jay was up until about 4:00am that night (until it quit raining) soaking up the water with towels and then drying them. Good news is that we got it fixed (knock on wood).
2. The weather. I don't mind snow but that rain storm and blizzard caused some havoc with the door and the dogs had a hard time with it too. Next time, I'll take the snow without the wind please!!
3. Direct TV satellite installers. It took them coming out 3 times to our place to get it installed right. And a whole lot of phone calls from Jay to get them to take care of it!
That's all for lowlights! For now, we're enjoying sharing our good news with family and friends! We are cautiously excited, and we hope and pray that everything will continue to go well! Our next appointment won't be until the week after Thanksgiving, when we will get to hear the heartbeat for the first time!! In the meantime, we have about 7 months until this little June bug arrives, and I'm sure we will not realize how fast the time will go!
Since the last time I posted...here are some highlights and lowlights: Again, sorry no pictures, I keep forgetting to bring the cord that connects our camera to the computer so I can post some pictures on here...
HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Pumpkin carving and Halloween. The day before Halloween we went over tho Lyndsey and Nick's to help them get ready for their big Halloween party. We all got into some pumpkin carving. Jay did a Broncos pumpkin (of course) and Nick and Lyndsey had a bunch of Twins stensils for the pumpkins. They all turned out well and it was fun to get into the spirit of Halloween! (Again, I have pictures - will have to post them later).
As for Halloween night, we had some neices and nephews up trick-or-treating and then we went to Nick and Lyndsey's party. Payton was a bride and Sydney was Princess Belle. Taylor was Hannah Montana, Landon was Spider Man and Lexie was a ladybug. Jay was a Ghostbuster and I was a vampire. Quite the combination! Pretty much everyone at the party got into the spirit of the holiday and dressed up. Including two individuals who came into the part with their witch costumes completely covering their faces. It took quite awhile to figure out who they were. In the end it was revealed that it was Ran and Julie! They "won" 1st place in the costume contest and deserved it - they had us tricked for quite awhile!
2. The weather. Well at least up to about mid-week last week. The weekend of Halloween it got up over 70 degrees, which is unheard of around here! Also, post-blizzard, we have some pretty nice scenery with the frosted trees and snow on the ground (to cover up most of the ugly brown bare ground and trees).
3. The view of the wildlife from our house. (Which, as of now, consists of lots of pheasants at around their feeding time). Also the nightly view of the city from our house - it's just cool to see the lights of town come on every evening through our living room windows. So peaceful!
4. Broncos victory. What a great comeback win for the Broncos last Thursday night! I napped through the part of the game where they were not playing well and woke up in time to see the big comeback!
5. Grandmas. On Nov. 3, my grandma turned 86. We had a nice family birthday party for her at the community room at the new apartment complex she lives in. On Nov. 6, Jay's grandma turned 85. We got to visit her on Sunday morning and got to share some good news with her. She seemed to be in good spirits (she also had some other family visitors who were going to have lunch with her at the nursing home that morning). We shared our good news with my grandma later that evening, when she was out for supper at our house. About 45 minutes after my grandma got home, I got a phone call from my cousin - apparently my grandma got on the phone as soon as she got home to spread the news to the rest of the family! Too funny!
6. GOOD NEWS! Sometime in mid-June next year Jay and I are expecting our first baby!! We have told family and a few close friends so far (probably the same people that are reading this). The pregnancy is going on 9 weeks along, so it's still early, but we decided to share the news anyway. And, if my grandma has anything to do with it, most of Bismarck should know the news by the end of today! :)
Also - to see & hear the reactions of the family members has been fun! We had Syndey and Payton tell Chris & Val and Ryan & Raumi on Saturday night. (Sydney first asked me if I had a puppy in my belly). Telling Mike & Sandy and Lyndsey & Nick in person was also fun. They were all smiles. Grandma Schaff didn't get too worked up but was happy about the news. My mom started crying, which in turn made me cry. And of course the rest of the family was happy. Lots of hugs and congratulations!
I also have to thank Val G. for the little windbreaker Denver Bronsos onsie that she has been saving all these years! It is so cute - and the perfect first baby gift! Just in time for the little one to wear next fall/winter during the football season - boy or girl!
LOWLIGHTS: (Although I shouldn't focus on the negative...but there's just a few)
1. Poorly installed front door. Before the blizzard hit, an inch of driving rain pounded us on Wednesday evening. Our front door was apparently not well-installed and a ton of water leaked in through the bottom of the door. Jay was up until about 4:00am that night (until it quit raining) soaking up the water with towels and then drying them. Good news is that we got it fixed (knock on wood).
2. The weather. I don't mind snow but that rain storm and blizzard caused some havoc with the door and the dogs had a hard time with it too. Next time, I'll take the snow without the wind please!!
3. Direct TV satellite installers. It took them coming out 3 times to our place to get it installed right. And a whole lot of phone calls from Jay to get them to take care of it!
That's all for lowlights! For now, we're enjoying sharing our good news with family and friends! We are cautiously excited, and we hope and pray that everything will continue to go well! Our next appointment won't be until the week after Thanksgiving, when we will get to hear the heartbeat for the first time!! In the meantime, we have about 7 months until this little June bug arrives, and I'm sure we will not realize how fast the time will go!
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