28 wks

We had our 28 wk appt at the OB office yesterday. Baby Skill-it's heart rate was 140 bpm and that was about 15-20 minutes after drinking the glucola for gestational diabetes screening. Baby Skill-it is measuring 29 wks! Fingers crossed for 10/23/2010; but of course we are not holding our breath.

Walked by Baby Skill-it's room and noticed we have two more keepers of the nursery along with the giraffe! :)

Laundry Day....

Last week I was sorting, folding, and putting laundry away. I walked back into the laundry room to throw the whites in the wash and found this..... I couldn't do anything put laugh and get some photos!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Our first Snow in Etown!

Our first snow in Etown, PA! We had a beautiful first snow on Saturday!

So the snow looked better in real life, the snow flakes where the big puffy kind!

Regan loves the snow!

The kittens love the lights, Christmas tree, and the space heater!

The "We are K-State" purple ceramic Christmas tree!

Rest is important!

There have been a few late nights and early mornings with Matt editing his dissertation and reading article after article which means; afternoon naps. There have been a few special afternoons where I am awake and everyone else in this house is napping. I have been honored to capture a few of these moments.

I am so blessed that these two kittens enjoy being in the same room together, let alone cuddling! We adopted Kiker at age 3 and NeoTech at age 5.5 months - we only hoped they would put up with each other; we never expected them to get along so well!

Regan and NeoTech have a very unique relationship.

Kiker is ready to travel! When we don't see Kiker around we always check her favorite place. She loves this blanket!

NeoTech has some very flexible sleeping habits!

A late, sunny afternoon is the perfect time to get some shuteye!

Rest is important and naps are great!

Where is your favorite place to nap?

Regan's is the couch

Kiker's is the green travel kennel

Matt's is a made bed or the couch

NeoTech's is really anywhere

I personally can't wait to be at our new home resting on the porch swing!

Anyone for a game of hide and seek?

When the "houdini" cat cannot be located and he doesn't show up for dinner time......and you freak out because it is sooooo hot outside and this cat has issues about escaping from the house and not ever making it back to the door (meaning you find him whining less than 100 yards away) ....Where do you look?????

In the top shelves of your kitchen cabinet of course.......Now that they are empty!!! Duh?!?!?!?

NeoTech has been getting into the upper kitchen cabinets. He will also jump into the lower ones if the doors don't get completely shut. He is sooooo crazy, no wonder he fits into the family so well :)

Not everything can go smoothly.....but things work out for the good!

We had such a successful trip to find a house to make a home, and inspection, signing all the loan paperwork, flights uneventful, and then we landed in KC and made a phone call to Doggy Day Care. The first sentence from the owner of doggy day care was "Did you get my message?"

Regan was running for a ball and so was another dog. Instead of getting the ball, the other dog got Regan's side. The owner of doggy day care was very professional about the situation and by our okay took Regan to the vet to the get process started.

We spoke to our vet via mobile phone while driving home from the airport. The wound would need to be cleaned out since it was a dirty wound (aka dog bite) and need stitches (instead of staples). This meant Regan would need anesthesia. GREAT.....$$$$$$$$

After arriving in Manhattan, we ran a few errands. At 3:30PM we were told the procedure was finished and Regan was recovering from the anesthesia. We were told that we would be able to pick up our puppy dog after 1730.

We picked up Regan, who was still a little "stoned" when she came home, but she seem to have recovered well. Thankfully the bill was less than the figures that were running in our heads, but still a vet bill on top of a boarding fee/doggy day care for a week was more than we had really wanted to spend on the week.

Oh- did I tell you that one of our errands was that we dropped my car off at the dealership because it has been having a funny noise for over 6 months and the air conditioner needed charged?

Well GOD is GOOD! Though we spent more money on Regan than we had planned, the car repairs were only $100! First, the "funny noise" were springs that had broken months ago but were covered by an extended warrantee by Ford! So, there were angels holding part of my car together for the last 6-9 months. I am still unsure exactly what was broken, but Matt seemed relieved that nothing bad had happened earlier with the car.

We had bonus points, so the $150 to charge the AC only cost us $100!

GOD is GOOD!

No if we can just keep Regan preoccupied so she doesn't scratch or bite her stitches and obtain another vet bill :)

Let me fill you in on the last few weeks!

In the last few weeks we have traveled to W-town twice or so. Our first stop was to see our new niece Avery! Of course I took pictures while Matt and Avery posed! Mommy, daddy, baby, and puppy dogs are doing well!

 

Our first gift for baby Avery, a little box to put all her little treasures in!
 

My 10 yr high school reunion, all dressed up!
 

All the pets have their shots up to date!  Regan went with Matt early in the AM while I was sleeping, but it is more pleasant with both of us when we take the cats. 

NeoTech's favorite thing to do at the vet is hide....
 

Kiker likes to lie on the paperwork.
 

The cats are ready to travel!
 

Regan's new travel kennel!
 

The packing continues!
  

NeoTech wants to be packed in a box or in a kennel and get on the way to PA!

 

My summer purchases!

New Flip flops!!!! (on sale too!)

New book to get me organized...
 

And it all begins with a shiny sink!

 

State Soccer- Maize Girls!  Shea is the one in the neon green! GO SHEA! Waiting to hear from Shea on how the second game went to see if Maize got 3rd or 4th place in the STATE!!!


 

Last weekend we dropped off our dresser to Jojo and Tim at their NEW home, loaded up our last and final bit of stuff from my parents' storage shed, had lunch with my mom at Saigon (yummy local W-town restaurant, order #50 and a side of ckn spring rolls- they're the best), and then stopped at another W-town spot, the nifty nut house before heading home!

Later this week we will be house BUYING, Matt will be signing his life away at E-town College HR as well as getting insurance set up, I will be interviewing at Hershey Med for a Neonatal Intensive Care position that I am so excited about!, and then we have the final days of packing before we get our moving quote!  

Matt plans to defend his dissertation July 27th!

Please keep us in your prayers!