It's been a crazy week!!

Wow, it has been a busy couple of weeks!! It seems like we have had somewhere to be or something fun to do nearly every day. Don't get me wrong, we've had a lot of good times, but it makes it hard to get something posted on this blog. So we decided to tackle a bunch of activities in one GIANT update. :) Get ready...here it goes.

First off, we failed to mention in our last update that we recently attended a day-long marriage conference at our church. The speaker for the conference was Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages as well as tons of other helpful, bible-based, relationship books. It was a wonderful experience and we think we really got a lot of good out of it! Dr. Chapman was a very entertaining speaker and made the day very enjoyable. :)


Next, some Thanksgiving activities. On Thursday morning, we got up early (kinda) and headed over to the Sprint campus for the Thanksgiving Day Sprint 5K Run/Walk. It was a HUGE race with over 5,600 people participating. Jess' parents ran/walked with us, and despite the bitter cold wind, it was a pretty good time. As you can tell from the pic, we tried to be prepared for the weather.



After the race, we headed over to Jess' parents to have a Thanksgiving brunch. It was sooo good! Thanks to Kim for the AWESOME cheesy potatoes!! My favorite...

Next up, it was time to head over to my Grandma's house for the annual Heine/Elliott family gathering. There were 23 people there to enjoy the 2 turkeys and tons of other food. Jess and I also took a second to have a couple pics taken to be put on our Christmas cards this year. This one didn't make the card, but we liked it anyway. ;)


On Saturday, we got to go to the K-State basketball game that was here at the Sprint Center. My brother Jeff got us some student tickets and came with us. We had great seats - third row! I tried to get a couple of good action shots of the game...this was my best one - Curtis Kelly with a monster dunk!


Me and my bro...


Me and my bride...


Finally, we were also able to get some of our Christmas decorations put up over the weekend. Before going to the game, Jeff came over and helped me get the lights on the house. I added a few additional strands that we didn't have last year and I think they turned out fantastic!! I could be a little biased though...

Jess took care of the inside decor. Our fireplace and mantle are ready for Santa! We still don't have our tree up yet, but I'm sure we'll get that done before this week is over. :)


Whew, I think that's all for now. No slowing down now though - Christmas will be here before we know it! We hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. Jess and I are certainly thankful for all of the wonderful people we are so blessed to have in our lives.

Latest Dr. Appointment

I just got back from the Doctor and everything is progressing as it should. In fact, baby Heine is continuing to grow ahead of her due date. Our due date is technically February 12, but today she was measuring at February 4. She already weighs almost 3 pounds and as the sonographer lovingly put it, she is going to be quit the chunk! While all of the measurements were being taken, we were also told that she has very long legs. Since we have all seen Jason, I am sure that is no big suprise to anyone!!! It has been such a blessing every appointment to be reassured that everything looks good and there are no more red flags to be worried about.


On a personal note, I did take my glucose tolerance test today and that was NOT a fun experience. The drink was so sweet I thought I might throw up after every sip. I won't know the results until the end of the week, but feel confident that the blood work will come back normal. I also recieved the H1N1 shot today, so I feel ready for the flu season to begin!

Bathroom Progress...

OK, so I just have to get this little bit in really quick. I am finally making some real progress on our bathroom project!! I took the past couple of days off work so I could really focus on getting some major work done. So...I've got the tile grouted and walls almost completely painted! It's really starting to look finished again. Just a few more steps and I'm done!! (Plus, I have to brag a little because I think the tile looks amazing!) Check it out. :) :)

This past weekend

Nothing much new to report from the Heine household, but here are a couple of pictures that we took this weekend. Saturday we went to Manhattan, KS for the KSU football with Jason's parents and his brother. Unlike the last game we went to, this one did not turn out as well. Lets just put it this way, we didn't score a single touchdown and at one point we had the ball inches from the goal line. Yicks...ugly game. Even thought the game was not good for our team, the day itself was a lot of fun!

Sunday we stayed around the house watching football and getting some things done. As you can tell it was a lazy afternoon. It still makes me laugh, our dogs must think that they are also human.


Here is a picture that we took when we got home from the game on Sat. Week 27, it is flying by! We were pleasantly suprised to read that from this point on, the baby has a very high survival rate! I hope she waits a couple more months before she makes her appearance, but it is comforting to know that no matter what everything should turn out OK!

Baby room ideas??

Now that the bathroom is starting to come along, Jason and I have started thinking about how we are going to decorate the baby room. Right now this room is our office, so there is nothing baby about it. You'll notice the brown chair rail in the room, I think we have decided to keep that up, but paint it. Right now it is kind of a weird shade of brown...very hard to describe.

A couple of weekends ago, we went to Babies-R-Us to register and picked out the bed set that we would like to use. We bought the blanket that goes with it, so we would know exactly what the colors are. We have a lot of colors to choose from: pink, brown, green, and an ivory/white. Oh, and the furniture we picked out is dark chocolate brown as well.

Option 1: Pink wall (top and bottom), brown chair rail

Option 2: Pink wall (top and bottom), ivory/white chair rail

Option 3: Pink on top, ivory/white on bottom, brown chair rail

Option 4: Green wall (top and bottom), brown chair rail

Option 5: Green wall (top and bottom), ivory/white chair rail

Please let us know your ideas, we can use all the help we can get!!!

Dr Appointment Update

I had my most recent Dr appointment this past Monday and everything checked out great. The sonogram showed that she is growing just like she should and is even a little ahead of schedule! She already weighs almost 2 pounds, as Jason said, "she is very healthy." I can tell she is getting stronger, because she sure is a kicker, off and on all day, every day. I am a little nervous because if she kicks this much now, what is it going to be like when she gets even bigger and stronger. OUCH!

A Hard Workin' Weekend

So this was a weekend that has been a long time coming (if you're talking to Jess...) and I finally got to the point of tiling our hall bathroom! I actually started this bathroom project back in August with some deconstruction - taking out the old tile, tearing out walls, tearing up the floor and removing the toilet. After weeks of doing this and that and slowly getting things prepped, I finally got everything ready and was able to tackle the toughest part. I was actually pretty excited to put up the tile. It's not something I have ever done, but I was definitely thinking I could pull it off. My dad came over to help me - he hadn't ever tiled before either - and we spent a good portion of today putting up our new shower walls. Jess poked her head in a couple times to make sure we were sticking to the plan she had laid out for us and she took a couple action photos too. :) I'd say that for two complete amatuers, we did a pretty darn good job!! It turned out as good as I could have imagined. Check it out...

On the baby front - Jess is now at 25 weeks!! That officially puts us into the 3rd trimester! After the bathroom is completely done, I will have to get crackin' on that baby nursery. Man time is flying by! Also, tomorrow afternoon, Jess is going to the doctor for her next ultrasound. We will let you all know how everything goes! Anyway, here's the latest baby bump picture. :)