Ginger and Bella's Christmas

After many Christmas' of watching my parents dog excitedly open her presents, this year Jason and I thought we would see if our dog's have the same talent!

Bella's obsession for food paid off in this instance, she did pretty well!

Ginger on the other hand tried for a couple of seconds and then waited us to get the bone out for her!With all of the snow we recieved on Christmas, Jason spent a lot of time outside shoveling so we could get in and out of our driveway.

Nursery Update!!

So since Jessica promised pictures, I guess it's up to me to deliver. ;) I was able to get our new baby furniture together over the past couple of days and it looks awesome!! We had to wait a LONG time for it to actually arrive, but now that it's in the room it just makes the reality that our little girl will be here before we know it hit home that much more. We got a dresser/changing table and a 4-in-1 crib (it will convert to other types of beds as she gets older). About 4 hours and roughly 15,000 turns of a screwdriver later - viola! Baby furniture! Check it out...

Here are a couple of "in progress" shots that Jess took of me building the furniture.

You might notice that option #2 from our blog poll on what colors to use in the baby room turned out to be the big winner. Pink better be this girl's favorite color because she's going to be seeing a ton of it as she grows up. :)

We've still got lots of things to do before our little one arrives, but for now we are definitely glad to have the room painted and the furniture put together. Those were huge steps. Now it's just time to take care of the little details...and complete her wardrobe (great...).

Finally, here's the latest baby bump picture that we took this morning. Doesn't Jess look amazing?!

Week 32 and more tests

We are currently in our 32 week and things are going as well as can be. This Monday (and every Monday after this) I will be going to the Doctor for a biophysical profile. With the 2-vessel cord, the biggest concern is that the pregnancy will result in a still-birth and from here until the end is where the risk is the greatest. The biophysical profile will measure a lot of different things with the baby (and me) and if we pass than the risk of still-birth drops to a 2-3% until the next appointment. If we don't pass, then our baby will most likely be delivered early. As uncomfortable as I have been the past couple of weeks, I am not ready for the little one to make her appearance yet. On that note, the nursery is almost finished. The painting is done, we just need to finish putting the furniture together. We promise to have pictures posted by the end of the weekend!

Week 30

I can't believe we are already at week 30. This baby is going to be here before we know it! Time is flying by and it is weird to think that in 2 months it is no longer going to be just Jason and I. We are going to have to change our focus and add a little one into the mix! This past weekend we started painting the nursery and yesterday we picked up our furniture! We should be done painting and the furniture put together by the end of the week (fingers crossed), once we get to that point we will post pictures.

I have another doctors appointment in an hour, it should be a quick one. Next ultrasound is in 2 weeks.

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. :) :)