The Time has Come...

Ok, not THE time, but we're getting close. Without giving y'all too much information, suffice to say that Chrissie's body is readying itself, and we're thinking the little guy may make his appearance a wee-bit early.

So we're proposing a friendly little contest... Fill out the polls on the side about the babe's specs.

That's it. And watch this space (and your inboxes) for updates!

All Work and No Play?

Ok, so we keep listing all the stuff we're getting done around the house in preparation for the babe. It turns out we've been taking some time here and there for ourselves and our friends too!

Yesterday, Saturday, we took a quick day trip to go visit Chris, Ashley, Alanna, and Carter. We bummed around in the beautiful weather, ate some food, and then headed home. It was great to see them. The pictures below will be particular exciting for those of you who want to look at Chrissie's belly. While she is totally convinced that the camera adds MORE than 10 pounds, Dan thinks they are pretty accurate (which was a wee bit depressing to Chrissie). Click on the one photo below to link to the album in picassa.

Visiting Chris/Ash and the babes

We also need to post one special pic here, with a shout out to Ashley, for finding to the time to make Baby Z an awesome quilt. The picture does not do it justice, but there's little monkeys and bananas on it :-)





The first week in April (which yes, seems like a really long time ago) Adam, Merri, and Halsey came to visit. We spent Saturday walking around with the masses at the Cherry Blossom Festival. Then, on Sunday, Dan had a great time at the park after we had a fantabulous brunch at Matchbox. Click on the pic below to view the album.

Adam, Merri, and Halsey Visit - Cherry Blossoms Galore

Movin' Right Along

Sorry for the LONG delay in between posts, but we've been busy... For those of you keeping score at home, we're starting week 36 in the great countdown to 40 so things are getting serious.

Over the past month, we've gotten lots of "stuff," redone the woodwork in the baby's room, had a ceiling fan installed for the little guy, re-tiled the radiator box, had the room painted a fabulous blue, AND gotten all of the furniture in to the room. We're still arranging and getting organized, but we wanted to share some preliminary pics...







We also splurged on ourselves (not EVERYTHING is about the babe, right?) and had our patio redone. Last week we started planting veggies and like. Pictures to follow soon.

Dan also mulched our "tree box" out front this weekend (though we haven't yet done our front yard planting) and added a new highlight for 2009:



Finally, we had our birthing class today so now we're ready for everything and anything (yeah... right!).

Stay tuned for more updates and pics which should be coming soon.

Brunch for the Babe (Well, His Parents)

We had a small brunch with a few of our closest friends last weekend to celebrate the impending birth of the little guy. It was co-ed in nature, but we're pretty sure the guys had a good time anyway, and their presence assured that no "shower games" would be played. It was a good opportunity to see our friends and help the babe get some "necessities" for life outside the womb. Courtney and Grady came in from Michigan (and Travis was missed by all), so between him and the other 5 kids in our living room, we were able to see what we were in for at all different stages....

Here are some pics of the kids:

D.C. Shower - Kids

Pics of the rest of the brunch to come later in the week.

Coming soon: an update on all our house projects.

"Do you look pregnant?" "Do you have a big belly?" "Are you huge?"

These are the questions those of you who are not local have asked me over the past few weeks, and I have struggled to answer them... it's kind of subjective.

So I leave you this evidence:
Three people offered me their respective seats on the metro this morning, despite me being bundled up in a winter jacket

(I guess that answers that question!)