Good morning! Congrats Tracey and Matt on the new townhome! I can't wait to see pictures! It sounds like you picked some fun colors for the rooms.

This weekend was an exhausting but very fun one. I had my last baby shower and got lots of fun stuff! My mom, Grandma and Aunts went in and got us our carseat and stroller set. It was such a blessing! So this week we get to take inventory of what we have and go shopping for the rest of the stuff. That will be fun. Sunday night we met our friends Phil and Carly in Northern Kentucky for a late dinner. We had to wait until 8pm because Phil had his fantasy football draft. Nice priorties huh?! Of course Ryan completely understood the importance of the draft. Don't ya just love football season girls! I guess it is better than baseball season since it's only a couple nights a week.

Yesterday Lisa, Heather and I went and got pedicures at the beauty school. Since Heather and I are due anytime and can't reach our toes anymore, we thought it would be fun to pamper ourselves. It was a lot of fun. Pedicures can sure be addicting. I still think my favorite one was in that nail place in San Diego. Weren't those massage chairs awesome Tracey!

I'm getting overwhelmed at all we have to get done in this next week or 2, so I think it's time to make a list. We made one a little bit ago, but unfortunately there's more to add to it.

Have a peachy Tuesday everyone!

Happy Tuesday everyone! It's been a crazy last week and weekend. Had to work a lot, but I think we are actually finished with Phase 1. I'm sure everyone is thinking yeah right, we've heard that one before. I'm not really going to believe it either, until I start working on Phase 2.

So now this week I don't have a lot to do work wise which is nice. We got a message from our realtor yesterday to set up a preconstruction meeting for our house! So hopefully we are only a few weeks away from breaking ground!! I won't believe that either until I see it, but at least there's a little more hope!

It's going to be a busy next couple of weeks. We have to find an inspector, a pediatrician, get haircuts, dentist appointments, house stuff, and finish getting the house in order. I'm hoping this nesting instinct that I have heard about starts kicking in. I'm definitely feeling anxious to get it all done, so hopefully I can actually get started on it soon.

I can't believe only 5 weeks left until Hannah is due. The even scarier part is that she could come anytime now and be a perfectly healthy baby! The further along I get in this pregnancy the less I feel ready to be a parent. I thought it would be the opposite way, but I'm sure it's because reality is truely sinking in. We have our last shower in Columbus this weekend. I can't wait!

Well I hope everyone has a great week. I can't wait to hear all about your vacation Matt and Tracey!

Hello everyone!

I have been a neglectful blogger as I see a lot of us have been. I guess it is the summer and we should be doing a lot more things than just sitting in front of our computer huh?

Let's see what has been happening this past week for me...
As Ryan's blog said, we had a fun time up in New Carlisle. I of course lost in Catan once again. I'm not sure why I continue to play this game, but it's addicting and someday my time will come! Of course we played 2 games with our friends Dan and Lisa last night and I lost both games as well. But at least Ryan only won once!

I believe I have mentioned before about my sister's obession with clay aiken, well it's only been fueled these past couple of weeks. Her and a friend drove up to Cleveland without any tickets just to try and get in the concert. Well they got to see the american idols get off the bus and jen made a pillow for clay and threw it at him and he smiled at her and waved. so of course it got the day started off just right for her. And then they ended up winning 8th row seats to the concert and jen made a sign for him which read "clay do you have an innie or an outie?" well clay read it at the concert and answered it and jen has it all on video. it was pretty cool to watch. well then she tried to get backstage tickets again and she talked to Jerome, clay's personal body guard. i guess he didn't have any, but he told her that if she goes to another show that her and anyone with her will get backstage passes. so of course her and friend headed off this past week to virginia, an 8 hour drive to go to another show. I have not got all the deatails yet, but apparently Jerome actually remembered Jen and personally took her and her friend back stage and she actually got to meet clay face to face and he signed her scrapbook. (yes she has made a scrap book of the life of clay :) ) i'm excited for her, because I know I would be going crazy if I were in her shoes. it's just funny to think about it. now if only we can get jen to show this much passion towards other things in life, i think she will be good to go. :) just teasing jen..i love ya!


This week has been a nice week, because I haven't worked a lot, but it's not because I was lazy like it usually is, it's because there wasn't a lot for me to do. So it was nice having a week to get other things done guilt free! On Tuesday I walked with Lisa for over an hour. I was very sore the next day! Then on Wednesday we had a baby shower at Ryan's work. It was a lot of fun and we got a lot of cute outfits and some fun stuff too. We played this game where someone melted different chocolate bars and put them in baby diapers. You then had to pass them around and look at the diapers and try to guess which candy it was. It was so funny and so disgusting! Especially when people started tasting the chocolate. It really was the only way to tell, but it looked so nasty seeing people eat out of what looked like a poopy diaper! good laughs though. And then someone asked Ryan if he had ever changed a baby's diaper and he hasn't so they decided he needed to practice, so they busted out the cpr baby dummy and Ryan had to change the diaper. He was so cute holding that baby and not having a clue! But with a few hints from me, he did a good job for his first changing.

Today I had our weekly Alpha prayer meeting. I always look forward to those, because they always lift me up. Especially since I've been in a bit of a slump with spending quality time with God. And then the day got even better, because I treated myself to an hour pregnancy massage!! Since Ryan has been playing so much golf lately and not having to use his allowance somehow, he didn't hesitate to agree to let me get a massage. It was soooo nice!!!! And it even gets better than that!..... since i'm home during the days, the lady asked me if i would mind being a demo person for her class next week, so i get to have 2 free massages next week and possibly more in the future! is that awesome or what?!

Ryan actually called in sick today just to take the day off. He keeps saying he was going to do it, but he always chickened out. I was very proud of him. So I came home today to find him hanging out at the pool. And now he's napping, so I think it's been a nice, relaxing day for him which he needed.

Tonight I have to get all my stuff together for a yard sale we are having with friends. i don't expect to make a lot, but It will be so nice to get rid of some stuff.

well i guess that's all i have for now. oh i wanted to say great blog emily! you've had quite the eventful year. I loved that last part about the little girl Olivia!

Peace all!

"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love, and self control. Therefore do not be ashamed to testify of what God has done." ~paraphrase of Timothy somewhere..just a verse that has been speaking to me this week.