Home Remodeling

WHEW! I am exhausted but VERY happy! Last week my brother came and walled in a bedroom in the basement, put shingles on our shed and built a step for our deck (Levi did help with some of that too!). We hosted a BBQ for the Mothers of Young Children group I lead at church on Monday of this week during our break from home remodeling. Then yesterday and today my mom and dad came and painted our bathroom, repainted part of the basement (since I found the exact match of cream), and doubled our closet space by moving the existing bar and adding another one underneath it. I LOVE the extra closet space. If any of you have a traditional closet of sliding doors and one rod, it is amazing the space you can have if you just add another bar. I now have room for all the maternity clothes! Poor Levi, I took up all the additional space!

I hope we don't have any more projects coming up in the near future. We crammed a lot into a short time period and I am exhausted! Not that I did any of the back breaking labor but you know watching it was tough :)

The new baby

We will be having an addition to the family around February 2nd, 2010. We had our first ultrasound at 10 weeks last week. The pictures aren't very defined but we did get to see the baby wiggle some and hear the heartbeat at 172. It is amazing to see God's handiwork. Today I had to go shopping for some different shirts that can conceal the tummy that has developed much more quickly with this second pregnancy! These past few weeks I have begun to feel much better. Jocelyn did great with baby Tristan at a BBQ last night. I think she thought of him as a live doll which she has just recently taken too. I am hoping that interest sticks through the addition of the neighbor baby, a cousin and also her sibling! I hope to keep this baby's sex a surprise this whole pregnancy. I am not usually good at surprises but I really would like to try. It also means I have to keep Levi from doing any ultrasounds after week 18. We have the unusual ability to check on the baby whenever we want so it is hard not to peek. Say a prayer that we keep our resolve!!! :)