Sunday, February 24, 2008

Week 27 -- Readying the Nursery

With 3 months to go, the nursery preparation is picking up speed. For those familiar with our house we've picked the room directly adjacent to our bedroom (on the front of the house, on left at the top of the stairs).In these pictures Scott starts the initial trimming of the walls. We choose a bright friendly yellow (yes, a neutral color because we aren't finding out if the baby is a boy or a girl), which will accent the wallpaper border and bedding set we finally agreed upon.

Maddie of course is a bit curious of the activity in this previously ignored room. We decided we liked her as a Golden, not a Yellow, Retriever, so she was "locked" out of the room.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Week 26 -- Jon & Jen's Wedding


It is Week 26 and we were off to Cedar Rapids IA for the weekend, for Jon and Jen's wedding. Jon is one of Scott's good friends from college (U. of Iowa -- go Hawkeyes!). It was a great trip, as its been a few months since we saw many of our good friends.



I did learn at the wedding that my days of dancing it up are suspended for the next few months. I just don't feel as graceful with this growing belly!

Sunday was a little tough to get home, with 6-12 inches of snow predicted for parts of Iowa, but we made it.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Maddie says hello!

The blog needs some posts from Maddie! So, WOOF!


An odd trait of this dog is that when she's given a rawhide bone, she'll carry it around for 4-8 weeks, often whining (or wanting us to play with her with it, like you would a ball).

Eventually she sits down and chews it. But of course, this is only after ensuring she's left it in the middle of the floor for Jen or Scott to trip on (in the dark of the night), numerous times.

But we love her tons anyway!