FINALLY!!!

So a project that was supposed to be a spring project, that turned into a spring, summer, and fall project, has now been completed!!! The bricks for this patio came from the old Ford building that sat north across the street from the lumber yard in Grant City. They were covered in mortar and after a lot of blood and sweat I got them all cleaned. Thanks to Robbie, Bobby and my Dad we got the patio dug out and started on Memorial day. Thanks to Robbie last weekend we were able to get it completely finished!!! There are close to 1700 bricks in this patio that were all cleaned by hand!! So you could understand why the title is FINALLY!!! Today was a long day of sweeping sand in the cracks and doing some grading with the left over work. All we have left is to mulch the flower bed surrounding the patio and plant grass seed in the back yard, and then we will hopefully be able to sit on the patio drink margarita's and enjoy the look of a nice plush yard (or at least I will be enjoying margarita's this fall, then Nicolle can join in next spring!!!)

Ok so baby news, Nicolle is just starting to get a little pooch going. She has felt slight baby movements a couple times, but nothing that I can feel yet. We have another doctors appointment this coming Friday and will post the pictures.

Baby Room

Here are a couple pictures of our baby room currently. So far we have the furniture but nothing on the walls, I'm sure that will change before too long. Also for those of you who have been in our house if you look at the picture of the door, you will notice NO MORE GREEN CARPET!!!! Also as you can see we have started collecting a few baby items here and there, and it seems like we can't leave the house without bringing home something baby related!!! Josh got the joy of picking out the baby's first toy...the glow worm!

Baby Downing!

WE'RE BACK! With a real reason to blog... baby downing is on the way. We're hoping this will be the easiest way to keep everyone updated on the progress. We went to our 15 week appointment last Friday and had our second sonogram. We had a sonogram very early on and it only looked like a peanut so we were thrilled to see the baby this time. Baby Downing is very active wieghing in at 4oz and 3.5-4 inches long. We were able to see the baby kicking and moving its arms and we even witnessed he/she swallowing! I am still taking medication for my nausea and will continue to do so as long as I need it. I attempted a few days without it last week and the outcome was not good! The medication does no harm to our baby so it is perfectly safe. I have also started eating more which I'm sure the baby is thankful for. Our next appointment is at the beginning of September with more pictures to come.