33 weeks

Yesterday I had my 33 week doctor's appointment. I'm on an every two week schedule which is awesome because that means we get to hear the little heartbeat every two weeks now! This time it was about 137 beats per minute! We were to go ahead and pre-register with the hospital....which means, HOLY COW we're having a baby! I mean, not today, but you know. Soon! This entire time I've been saying we are due next year. Well, next year is hear and we're having the baby next MONTH! Excuse me, Time...Where in the world have you gone?!?!?!

Also at this appointment, I had gained four pounds! I am certainly making up for lost time if you can't tell!

Sneak peak

To the right we have the funky owl blanket from our nursery. To the left we have soon-to-be curtain fabric!!!

I can't wait to see how this project turns out!

Stay tuned!

Bring on 2012

Well, I wanted to do Christmas pictures next, but they're on my camera and I can't seem to find my cables. Do you think that is a good enough reason to get a new camera? We shall see....

Until I find those cords, Happy 2012! 

Instead of going to the cabin this year, Husband and I kept the new year's celebration a little closer to home. My main goal was just to stay awake to ring in the new year! Its tougher than it looks these days! But...

I, and my sparkling grape juice, made it!!!

After the countdown, the DJ started back up and the first song of the new year was our wedding song!! 

And everyone rang in the new year with us to our song.  

**insert 'awwwwe' here**

(I'm a big fan of this man with the dimples!!! I do hope the Crumb inherits those from his/her daddy!)

Here are my other dance partners...

That's right....Big Momma broke it down. It was the only thing that kept me awake!

While 2011 was a very exciting year for us...we finished and moved into the new house, found out we're having a baby, got a new driver in the family...I have a good feeling about 2012!!

Cheers!

32 weeks

Hi there! We have been in full swing Christmas/New Year mode, but I'm gradually coming back around. I'll just owe you a lot of pictures once I get them downloaded. In the mean time, I'll give you what is on my phone. If you haven't seen me lately, here's what you're missing:

Baby or basketball...? Guess we'll find out next month. Yes, that's right. I said it! NEXT MONTH. (insert freak out moment here!) Am I ready you may ask? Well, yes and no. Mostly no! I am ready to meet little Crumb. I am ready to know what he/she is and if he/she will have Husband's amazing green eyes and seriously cute dimples! However, I'm not yet prepared for the arrival of Crumb. For one thing, Crumb still doesn't have a name! We still have finishing touches to put on the nursery decor, and we've yet to start purchasing clothes...bottles...blankets...you know, all the stuff babies need.

One day at a time. Right?
Right.

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a fabulous start to your new year! See you soon to show you Christmas and New Years! (well, that's my intent anyways :)

Christmas Decor

We did finally get decorated around the house, but I'm just now getting around to taking pictures. Pardon my laziness, but these are from my phone.

Here is a daytime picture of the tree. Just imagine all the twinkly lights :)

I can't believe Christmas is 5 days away!

I love Christmas at Work

Christmas Carols playing through the Muzak... Christmas trees lining the hallways....

One MAC DADDY tree in the atrium!

Decorations everywhere!

This makes up for the fact that our house is treeless at the moment :(

We hope to remedy that this weekend!

The Fire

Wednesday was a day that will be etched into our minds forever. Husband and I left for work at 6:30 thinking that it would be a typical routine kind of day. Then as I was getting ready for a 9am meeting, he called to say that the family's Glass Studio was on fire and we needed to head home as soon as possible. 

That morning, the stove pipe that goes up into the ceiling came off sending sparks into the building. My father-in-law and Linda, the candy chef, thought they had put it all out not realizing that some of the sparks had gotten into the attic and spread. Thankfully they were both able to make it out of the building without harm!!!

That was the longest drive back home ever. Nothing could have prepared us for what we would see once we arrived. The smoke was so intense that the highway in front of the studio was blocked and you couldn't even see across the street. We just sat in the car in the driveway for the longest time trying to process what was happening. We were in shock to watch over 50 years of family business burning right before our eyes. It is literally like losing a family member. There were 12 firetrucks that responded from 4 different fire stations. If this was 'under control' I couldn't even imgaine what it must have looked like during the hour it took us to drive home.

Several news stations were there to report the tragic event. Here is a link to one of the reports.

picture from here

The original store was built by Husband's grand dad and added onto over the years until it morphed into the Glass Studio that everyone loved so much. Husband and his brothers and sister were raised at the store. They all say that they could sell fireworks and peanuts before they learned to walk and that artshows were an everyday part of life.

After a few short hours all that was left was a shell of a building and even that was still on fire. All the fire trucks pulled out that afternoon but by that evening some of them had to come back for round two. The middle part of the store was so hot that it had caught back on fire. The tin roof that covered that part of the store was keeping the water from reaching the flames to put them out.

This was the view from Husband's parent's house which is right next door. We are so thankful that the fire fighters were able to keep their home safe from the fire!

Those guys stayed and worked till around 9:00 that night.

A DeWalt drill was pulled from the ashes. Even though it was severly melted, it still worked. Pretty impressive, DeWalt!

They were also able to rescue the old peanut roaster.

While this is a terrible thing to have happen, we are still counting our blessings. We are so thankful that no one was harmed during the fire. We appreciate all the fire fighters  and rescue workers that responded to the call and helped to keep the flames under control and the family home safe. We are overwhelmed by the response of family, friends, and others in the community and all of their support during this time. Before we left for the night, I heard one of the family friends say that God will use this to His glory and that this family is too creative to let a fire stop them. You know what? She's exactly right. Please keep our family in your prayers as we begin to move forward and decide where to go from here. Thank you.