Okay, so we haven't been real good at posting since the baby shower. We have had something going on every weekend since then and have been pretty busy. Now that football season is over for KSU we can start using our Saturdays to do any stuff around the house that we need.
The Thanksgiving Weekend has been pretty busy. Thanksgiving night I painted the nursery so there aren't a bunch of black marks on the wall that were already on the wall when we moved in. Now it at least looks half way decent. We have also continued to clean stuff out of our closet so that we can clear out the nursery even more.
Friday, Allison had to work so I used that day to do laundry for all of the baby stuff that we have collected over the last few months. Between clothes, blankets, and sheets that equaled about 3 full loads of laundry. Yesterday, we picked up a bunch of clothes from Chris and Amy and today we sorted through all of those and are in the process of getting all of those washed, I think we have at least 3 more loads of laundry left to do and then we will be set.
We also took the snow day today to start to clean up the nursery. We started sorting all of the clothes that we have collected and getting those put away in the dresser as well as any bedding stuff we have. I put the bouncer together today and since Rocco is fond of soft, stuffed items, we need to keep the bouncer in a high place for now to assure that he doesn't get into it. I also got the Frog Pod that we got for the bath tub and all the toys put up on the wall, it has already fallen off the wall once, but I don't think I put it on tight enough, hopefully it doesn't fall off again. Everything is starting to come together and the room is getting less and less cluttered.
The last couple of doctors appointments have gone well for Allison and everything seems to be on track. We have chosen our pediatrician and we have yet another appointment with the doctor this week. There are just a few more weeks left until she makes her appearance and we can hardly wait.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Dog Herder
Today we had our next doctors appointment and everything went well. The glucose test for Allison came back good and she doesn't have to change her diet or anything. Now she is really ready for the holidays.
Over the weekend we bought a mattress for the crib, we now have all of our furniture except for the bookcase, which we are still trying to decide what is best for the room. Kevin and Brooke have a good bookcase that we like, but we think a similar one might wind up being to long. Also, our next step is finding a good ceiling fan. We saw one at Nebraska Furniture Mart that we really like, now it's a matter of if it's the right one and when we plan on getting. Apparently ordering the extender could take up to 5 weeks.
Every morning before I leave for work, I have to chase Marcus around the dining room table and sometimes even the living room just to get him put up in his kennel for the day. Needless to say, he doesn't enjoy the kennel too much. On Monday, Frankie decided to help me out by blocking one of the ways out of the dining room. For some reason, Marcus refused to jump over her and he was stuck between the cat and me, he decided he wasn't ready to take on the cat and chose me instead. This morning, going through the same process again, she decided to hide next to our poker table top box (we played poker over the weekend) and wait for the perfect moment when Marcus was going to walk past her. At that exact moment, she leaped from behind the box to scare Marcus by swatting him on the back. He decided that another trip around the table was not worth it and let me catch him once again. Frankie has made my mornings easy this week and hopefully that continues tomorrow.
In trying to think ahead to the holidays already we wanted to run some ideas past everyone. When Christmas rolls around Allison isn't really going to be in any shape to travel anywhere and we refuse to go to Topeka hospitals because she might go in to give birth and come out missing a leg. We are proposing having Christmas here in Gardner and while we're at it, combining both families, so on top of the typical get together at the Bettencourt's, my family will be joining in the festivities as well. Cats and dogs, living together, mass hysteria (bonus points to whoever knows what movie that's from). We want to hear your thoughts on whether or not this works for everyone.
Of course, we can't go through a post tonight with out talking about the historic election last night. While laying in bed last night waiting for Obama to give his acceptance speech, Brian Williams made an interesting comment that hadn't even crossed my mind. Paraphrasing, he basically said, any children born after today, will never know a world where an African-American has never been elected President in the United States. I though that certainly applied to the blog for tonight and I think it's wonderful that Abigail will hopefully never have to sit through an election night where the news people can never seem to get past the race issue and it's just another person running for president.
We fear Frankie has developed a drinking problem.
Frankie, Italian Greyhound Herder.
Over the weekend we bought a mattress for the crib, we now have all of our furniture except for the bookcase, which we are still trying to decide what is best for the room. Kevin and Brooke have a good bookcase that we like, but we think a similar one might wind up being to long. Also, our next step is finding a good ceiling fan. We saw one at Nebraska Furniture Mart that we really like, now it's a matter of if it's the right one and when we plan on getting. Apparently ordering the extender could take up to 5 weeks.
Every morning before I leave for work, I have to chase Marcus around the dining room table and sometimes even the living room just to get him put up in his kennel for the day. Needless to say, he doesn't enjoy the kennel too much. On Monday, Frankie decided to help me out by blocking one of the ways out of the dining room. For some reason, Marcus refused to jump over her and he was stuck between the cat and me, he decided he wasn't ready to take on the cat and chose me instead. This morning, going through the same process again, she decided to hide next to our poker table top box (we played poker over the weekend) and wait for the perfect moment when Marcus was going to walk past her. At that exact moment, she leaped from behind the box to scare Marcus by swatting him on the back. He decided that another trip around the table was not worth it and let me catch him once again. Frankie has made my mornings easy this week and hopefully that continues tomorrow.
In trying to think ahead to the holidays already we wanted to run some ideas past everyone. When Christmas rolls around Allison isn't really going to be in any shape to travel anywhere and we refuse to go to Topeka hospitals because she might go in to give birth and come out missing a leg. We are proposing having Christmas here in Gardner and while we're at it, combining both families, so on top of the typical get together at the Bettencourt's, my family will be joining in the festivities as well. Cats and dogs, living together, mass hysteria (bonus points to whoever knows what movie that's from). We want to hear your thoughts on whether or not this works for everyone.
Of course, we can't go through a post tonight with out talking about the historic election last night. While laying in bed last night waiting for Obama to give his acceptance speech, Brian Williams made an interesting comment that hadn't even crossed my mind. Paraphrasing, he basically said, any children born after today, will never know a world where an African-American has never been elected President in the United States. I though that certainly applied to the blog for tonight and I think it's wonderful that Abigail will hopefully never have to sit through an election night where the news people can never seem to get past the race issue and it's just another person running for president.
We fear Frankie has developed a drinking problem.
Frankie, Italian Greyhound Herder.
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