Due in October

Kimber is going to be a big brother, hopefully in October. The reason why I say "hopefully" is due to that Kimber was a 3 month extreme preemie. We are hoping the this one will stay put for the full 9 months.

We found out that I was pregnant on Feb 11th with a home pregnancy test. We then went to the doctor's office on March 10th and it was confirmed that I was pregnant. The due date is October 14th. So at this point I am 10 weeks. At the doctor appointment we had our first ultrasound done to confirm a heart beat, a strong one for that matter. Greg & Kimber were both at the appointment and were able to see the ultrasound. We saw the heart beat and the baby moving. What an exciting moment. It took Greg a few moments to see everything on the screen, he was amazed by it.

Kimber does understand that there is a baby in mom's belly. He points to it sometimes and says Mom's baby, Dad's baby. He is not sure if he wants to be a big brother. I think it is because he doesn't understand yet. We will have to wait and see what happens when the baby is born. He loves seeing and taking care of babies. I know that he is going to be a big helper!!!!

Two Families Get Together

Greg, Kimber, & I drove down to Kansas City to meet Ryan and his family on March 5th. We stayed at a really fun lodge, Great Wolf Lodge. I haven't seen Ryan for about 4 years and Greg hasn't seen him for about 10 years. Way to long of time.

At the lodge there was a very fun water park. Kimber could have spent all day there if we let him. There was a slides for little kids under 48". He loved it and finally put his head under water without complaining. He would even lay on his back to go down the slide. Ryan even took him a "Big Boy" water slide. He did great! Kimber then took Greg down the water slide.

Kimber was able to spend a lot of time with his cousin, Samantha. Samantha is almost 5 years old and is about an inch taller than Kimber, but Kimber weights about 5 lbs more than Samantha. The two of them wanted to spend all their time together. They were having so much fun. The lodge had a "search" game for them to play. They had a wand that they would point at different items throughout the lodge and they would gather gold coins and different items. They learned how to share due to that they only got 1 wand. They would take turns with pointing it to the different items.

Of course, since there was a Cabelas next door, we had to stop in and look around. Kimber loves looking at all the animals.

Greg took Ryan and Erick to Bass Pro Shop to go shooting. Ryan stated that that part of the trip was Erick's best part. They all had fun shooting though.

We left on the 7th to come back home. Kimber was very sad and didn't want to leave. The drive was nice. Kimber had his own little DVD player and had head phones on. Greg & I were able to listen to our own music or talk. Greg even took a nap on the way home.

We had a lot of fun on this trip. I am glad that we were able to do it since Ryan has now been deployed to Iraq, for the 3rd time. I know that everyone will miss him while he is gone and hope and pray for his safe return home.

Thank you Ryan & Tera for the wonderful trip!!!!

The Beard

Greg has not shaved/trimmed his beard for over 6 months. It was getting pretty long. He finally trimmed it. Here are some before and and after pictures.

I know I like the shorter beard and I think Kimber does too. Greg did get a number of comments before he trimmed it and after. Some were: When are you going to shave it? Looks a lot better. Now you look like a pretty guy.

I think Greg is going to keep it trimmed for the next while. We will have to see how long that lasts.