what's up

Our new house is bricked...sheetrock is finished and textured (we dont have pictures of that yet) with the exception of the laundry room wall which was apparently framed IN THE WRONG PLACE. so they had to tear it completely down and will rebuild it about 2 inches out. trim will go in next week. we are set to close at the end of april....yippee!!! and we are having an open house at our current house this weekend. please please pray for buyers!!

the garage door and outside trim still needs to be painted

view from front door

the entry hall is the arched doorway to the left...we are standing in the living room looking at the fireplace we chose to move to the corner instead of in the middle of the wall.

My belly is getting bigger and bigger and today I FINALLLLLLLLY found some maternity jeans. I have been having a really hard time with this because apparently maternity clothes makers think only short people get pregnant. well i found some jeans that are nearly long enough and i will have to live with that for now....still considering ordering some talls from Gap, but cant psych myself up to spend $70 on jeans i will only wear for 4 more months. and just FYI, old navy does have maternity jeans in longs, but they are not at all comfortable because the tightest part of the panel hits you right in the middle of your belly which is ok if you are standing all the time, but when you sit down it makes it uncomfortable. i threatened andy that i would just wear a denim skirt with leggings underneath until it warmed up---that is obviously not a trend/fad that I would normally "sport". Andy laughed at me and told me NO. I am feeling baby boy move around a ton---it feels to me like I have a 1# fish swimming around inside. A little strange and amazing at the same time.


Congratulations to Mike and Ame--my brother and sis-in-law. They bought a house in Owasso and will close at the end of March. So exciting! I know they are sick of living in an apartment-- Parker will love the house and yard and they will have more space with baby #2 on the way--due in August.

I just finished shampooing our carpets--preparing for the open house. They were nasty thanks to Yoda and Tucker, but now they are beautiful and almost like new. I took the opportunity to do it today because both dogs are at the groomer getting summer haircuts. Can't wait to see how ridiculous Tucker looks--i think they will have to shave him because of all the mats he had in his fur. his owners should really take better care of him.

here are a few pics from last weekend and our visit to Josh and Sara's to see the new froese baby girl. Bethany is such a pretty little girl! We also got to see cousin David play basketball--he is a senior at Hillsboro HS and a bball stud. We had so much fun!

Baby Boy Froese

profile shot

profile shot with some legs

head on right, body on left, arm up top

baby foot!

another profile shot--looks like he is blowing bubbles

this is proof of a boy.

bump

still small, but it's coming. I am sure I will wake up one morning and wonder "where in the world did this basketball come from?"

New house

...still going through the building process, but we can see so much progress now. This weekend they have been putting up the sheet rock. The brick was delivered about a week ago and hopefully it will go up this week. We should be hearing soon about our expected closing date--probably early May, though I am actually hoping for a little earlier now.

We put our house on the market about a month ago. We are averaging a family or two looking per week, but no one looked this weekend. We are really hoping to sell soon to avoid 2 mortgage payments when the baby comes, but we still have some time. If you know anyone looking for a house, just send them our way. It is a great house! :)

Crib

So Andy and I found a crib that we both liked...and after making a list of all the gazillion things we will need for the baby, we decided to just go ahead and cross one of the big things off the list. Plus, it was on sale and in stock! We won't set it up in this house since we will be moving in May, but at least we have it!

A Froese niece

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Oh, baby!

I am pregnant! We are expecting our first child July 5th, 2009. I am about 13 weeks along and thankfully, I have not had much morning sickness. Andy and I have known for about 2 months now, but waited until Thanksgiving to tell our families and until now to make any major announcements. We had our first sonogram in early December (around 9 weeks) and got to see our little blob :) and hear the heartbeat! I will do my best to update the blog as we learn more and post pictures as my belly grows. In the meantime, we would really appreciate your prayers!