Cold UK Game

It's been a pretty busy weekend again, though things are perhaps starting to slow down a bit and include more fun and less responsibility :). We went to the first UK basketball game Friday night. While we were very disappointed in the loss, the most exciting thing about the game happened during the big UK comeback when the crowd was incredibly loud, cheering on the cats. Our baby boy was going crazy, too. He started moving and didn't stop again until we were half way home. I had never felt him be that active, but he had probably never heard that much noise before either :). He has been much more quiet today as he's surely needing to rest up after an hour of kicking and doing flips inside me.

We've also had a busy but productive day today. This morning, a nurse came to give us our mini-physicals for our new life insurance policies, which mostly reminded us how blessed we are to be so healthy. Then we headed out to look at some nursery furniture. We headed to the "Baby's Room" off Nicholasville Road and found two pieces, a dresser and a book case. We will pick them up next weekend, assuming it's not raining as it's been all day today. We visited with our friends Brian & Amy Cole for a little over an hour after that and watched a bit of the Auburn vs. Georgia game. Then I headed to "Stamp Camp" at church with several friends, including Traci, to make Christmas cards, while Andy worked on his Sunday School lesson.

UK, as I'm writing this, is having a difficult football game against Vandy. Since it's 34 degrees and raining, the baby and I definitely refused to go to the game. So, Traci and I are hanging out, baking, and watching the game, while Andy, Eric, and Mark attend the freezing football game. Hopefully, the second half will go a bit better! Above is a picture of me in a Kentucky shirt loaned to me along with several other maternity tops by my friend Kristy Marsh, who had her baby boy on October 19th . Thanks Kristy!

Lots of Updates!

So since we found out we are going to have a baby boy, we have been VERY busy! (Too busy to update the blog and keep everyone informed...sorry about that.)

First, we had a good bit of work done on our house. The husband of a good friend of mine, Joe Whipple, does home renovations. We had he, and his wife Kylie (who is currently pregnant with twins!), over for brunch to look at the house and give us an estimate on several projects. He was so reasonable that we quickly signed up for a spot on his schedule. Two weeks ago, he started by installing our electric fence then painted out half back, master bedroom, master bathroom and, of course, our nursery. We were absolutely thrilled with the results and how quickly he completed it all. (For anyone else too busy for those home projects, his website is www.jdwhomes.org.) Here are some pictures of the whole process, from testing colors to finished product.





























Second, we started picking out baby items for our registry. Because the painting was coming up so quickly, we had to pick out bedding (so we could pick the nursery color) quickly. We found a set at Target in Owensboro and picked it up. Here's a picture of the packaging, and you can see pictures of the little comforter in the painting pictures. We also registered in Lexington at Target last night and Baby's R Us this afternoon. It certainly took us a while to choose everything and we have lots of updates to make (especially when Andy has a chance to check consumer reports and we can read through the "Baby Bargains" book that Adam and Kelli loaned us). But I think we got the basic ideas down. We also received several offers from other recent parents to take a look at our choices and offer their best advice, which will be invaluable! Here are a few pictures of Andy enjoying the process ;). By the end, I think he was ready to go home.





Last but not least, Andy went by my parent's house and picked up the crib after we returned (while I went to Walmart so we could actually eat this week). We'll be using the same crib that my parents used for my brother and I as well as loaned out to a few other close friends over the years. Then, he and I (mostly he) took on the task of assembling an almost 30 year old crib with no instruction manual. After a couple hours off and on, I think we've gotten it put together correctly (mom if you're looking at the picture and shaking your head, please call us and give us some Grandmotherly advice :)

What a busy couple of weeks! Hopefully, things will slow down a bit.