Oh what a common site these days... me, ice cream and the belly. Baby Gary loves his/her ice cream! Thank you, Rand, for capturing this moment on film so we can forever remember my tendencies!!!
Above: Not a great pic but I think it is funny that my belly is hanging way out there. Last weekend we went for a hike at Blanford Nature Center to enjoy the warm temps and see how maple syrup is made!
Well it has been a very eventful week in our household:
A very close family friend went to be with Jesus this week. Friday night was visitation and Saturday the funeral. It was very sad, good to see old friends and it gave me joy knowing Mr. Elling is in heaven with his Creator. He was such an amazing man and such a good example for all.
I went to the doctor on Thursday and I am progressing! Crazy! 80% effaced (still kind of unsure what that really means, but hey, it means that labor is coming sooner than later) and I am dialated to 1 cm. This is quite the shocker since I have felt no contractions (to my knowledge) and was secretly hoping for a "no progress" first check up. I need at least 2.5 more weeks!!!
The second bedroom is one coat of touch up paint short of being DONE! Rand worked like a dog again this weekend and we are almost almost finished with this fiasco!
I went to a friend's baby shower... we are due within 2 weeks of each other. Crazy! Lots of pregnancy stories (frightful and funny, i might add). It was fun to catch up with my college buddies. Always a few good laughs there!
Today Rand made profession of faith at church. What a blessing! Although he has had a commitment to Christ for over 14 years, he said it publicly today and I am so proud of him!
We also finally joined Seymour. Me and the big belly and all. My my it sure is fun trying to "dress up" to go to church these days. NOT!
This week is going to involve a large list of "nesting" activities. Since I do have progress, I figure we better go out and buy that infant car seat. Oh yeah, and do the taxes, and get some food in the house and do some baby laundry. Like I said, I need a few more weeks, baby! But we are getting so excited... I can't believe we are going to be parents. Is this really real??!!!
The second bedroom. Randy repainted the closets, ceilings (thanks to Erik's help), walls and all the woodwork--with a little help from my mom. He is such a champ!
Yep, needs a little wall art but didn't the color turn out great? I feel like I totally took a chance on this very "yellow," yellow!
The baby room--entrance. We re-plastered, re-painted every single surface, put in carpet and pad and put up these curtains. 
The crib!
Another shot from afar. The pictures to hang above the crib should be done being framed this week. They are a memory from my childhood and were created by an artist that is one of my parent's favorite. We wanted something to be sentimental...
