NEWS OF TIM!!

I received some news of Tim this weekend. He has arrived in Bagdad and is starting to get settled in. He expects to be flying soon so I guess he will be jumping in with both feet. He wrote a little about his living quarters. He is living in a tent with six other guys and from his description it seems to be pretty muddy there now (I guess it just rained). He compared it to some of our camping trips and while I wanted to believe he was referencing the fun I think he was more likening it to the "roughing it" part. He said he would let me know if he needed any comfort items and I will pass that along if you'd like to send him something. Below is a picture of us at the airport right before he left.

Baby Furniture Weekend

Last week the store I bought the Baby's furniture at called and the Furniture was ready to pick up. YYYIIIPPPPEEE! I rented a trailer from on base on Saturday and drove to Birmingham and picked it up. After a quick stop at Stephen and Jenni's to show off the ultrasound pictures :-) I got home. A neighbor friend helped me get it in the house (Thanks Beau!!) Then today I put the crib together....fun in theory not in practice....:-) Here are pictures. The room is still rough but at least I have all the parts (except the mattress) and it just needs time to put it together. An ongoing process I imagine.


The final result.....


The crib Before....


AHHHH.....I love the glider!!!!


The Dresser/Changing table

I will, of course post more pictures as preparations progress.

Welcome Back

Hi Friends and Family!!

Welcome. I am starting up the Blog again as a way for Tim to check in on us while he is away and because we seem to have a great deal going on in life right now. Tim is off doing amazing things--I hope to be able to share them with you here. I am preparing for the arrival of the new Baby.

Some background for those just joining us: Tim is currently deployed to Iraq where he will be flying as an Air Advisor to the Iraqis. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. If you would like his address (mail is much appreciated) call me and I will happily send it to you. I am about 4 months pregnant (YYYIIIPPPEEEE). The baby is due March 21st, 2009. We have decided to let the gender be a surprise on birthday so for now we call the baby "Bean" because every book compares the baby's size to various forms of beans--coffee, pinto, lima etc. We love Bean and can't wait for his/her arrival!!!

To jump right in with the news I had my ultrasound today and I am going to try to post the pictures here.... (HINT: if you click on the picture it will blow it up...making it clearer)



The top one is an image of Bean's foot and the second is Bean's leg--do you see a punter or a ballerina??



The top one here is Bean in a kind of head down position...you can see the spine clearly. The second one is Bean's arm (the fingers are clear) and the last one is Bean again in a head down position but not so bent over. Isn't he/she PERFECT??

I also have a DVD of the ultrasound. I'll try to post that tomorrow.....Thanks for visiting!!!!