Tuesday, August 25, 2009

31 weeks and counting down....

This pregnancy has been a breeze, and I am only now starting to feel encumbered by this massive belly. Sydney has been nothing but a HUGE help and we just know she will slide right into the Big Sister role. She has already been practicing doting on her stuffed Monkey and Bear.

I love this shot of Shawn- have you ever seen a more contented smile? Sydney brings this smile to him every day.


Sydney LOVES rough and tumble play. She loves to jump and climb and swing and squeal. Such joy!


BULBOUS and counting down.

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Knock Knock! Let me out!

I've been prepping Sydney for the new baby... telling her how labor works and so forth. Here it is explained to a two year old:

"Your baby brother is in Mommy's belly. Right HERE (point to belly). When it's time for baby to come out, baby will go, "Knock! Knock! Let me out!" (in falsetto baby voice). Then we will go see the doctor and baby will come out to see the doctor!"

Sydney thought about it, and then decided she would role play as the baby. She started yelling (in a falsetto baby voice), "ME OUT! HELP! HELP! STUCK!"

Monday, June 01, 2009

Sydney shows us Mommy's baby......

..... then she shows us where Sydney's baby is!





Monday, May 25, 2009

Memorial Day Munchies

We had a great date with family- I hope you did too! Unfortunately for our expanding waistlines, my family shows our love to each other by cooking awesome, sometimes yummy and always a little time-consuming dishes. Here was a slice of what was on our menu today:

Fried Pickles- A+

Marlboro Man's Chicken Sandwich- A+

Artisan Bread- A

Tomato Mozzarella Salad- B

Bomb Burgers - C (they really did bomb)

The baby really liked those fried pickles. I might have to start making those more often.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Memorial Weekend Swim Party!

Sydney got to swim for the first time this year. She took to it just like a fish! She was kicking her feet by herself (with arm floaties) and propelling herself back and forth to me, Shawn and Papa. I am so proud of her!




She has been loving to help Mommy plant and water in our yard. She loves when she can do things herself.

Sometimes there is trial and error period. She had quite a wet dress after this!



Funny face time!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Almost There!

Well, in case you haven't noticed, we're about to close on our new house! Michelle and I are very, very excited, and can't wait for the day to come. It's looking like we'll be able to move the closing up one more day, which should give us more time to work on all the little things we want to do (paint, etc.)

Look for an update later this week, and possibly some pictures as we start making the space our own!

Friday, February 20, 2009

New House pics!

I promised you that we would post some more pics of the house once we have them. Well, I created a Picasa Web Album containing the pictures, and here they are in a slideshow:

Sunday, February 15, 2009

House update

You've been asking, so I have a few updates for everyone about the house we purchased yesterday.

The house is a "split-foyer". What this means is that when you walk in there is a foyer, and you can then go either upstairs or downstairs. The downstairs section is all finished, except for the "laundry/utility room". The upper level has wood laminate floors throughout. Here are some specs on the home (mostly from the realty sheet):
3 Bedroom
3 Bathroom (2 upstairs, 1 downstairs, all full)
Great Room/Dining Room with attached Kitchen upstairs (one very large room that has all of them)
Lower level Family Room (with fireplace)
Lower level large office/extra living space, with closets and a full bathroom.
2 Car garage including some workspace
Rear Deck (exit from the dining room)

It's listed at slightly over 1200 sq. ft., but I'm unsure if that includes the basement. We love the layout, as it completely fits our lifestyle. As soon as we have more pictures of the inside, we'll post those also!

Friday, February 13, 2009

Ross House Hunt!

Over the last 2 months, we've been on the hunt for a house to purchase. This may come as a surprise to you, and yet others have been involved with us in this process.

Well, we've hit a milestone in our search for a house to call our home: we've come to a verbal agreement on a contract. What this means is that a contract has been written, and we've come to verbal terms on modifications to make to the contract.

So, enough with the mumbo-jumbo! Here's some of the details:
Address:
24 Oakshire Ct.
St. Peters, MO 63376


Purchase Price:
had you going there, didn't I? ;)

...and, some pics.
From the street:

















The kitchen:

















From the rear "common area":
















We'll post some other pics if/when we find some appropriate ones to add.

Needless to say, we're extremely excited, and at this point it's been an amazing experience to see The Lord move in both our hearts and the processes to make this particular house available to us.

We would appreciate your prayers as we move forward with all the formalities involved with purchasing a house. Our current contract says we will close by the end of February 2009 (extremely fast). Needless to say, that means we'll be very busy and rushed to get all the papers, etc. in place.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Sydney Desktop

For family and friends- Sydney wallpaper! Click here or on the picture and right-click 'save as' to save this to your desktop!

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

In lieu of our care group being canceled, I bring you your weekly marriage advice video. Men TAKE HEED.