23 Weeks

Well, we have reached the 23 week mark today. The New Year starts with only 17 weeks left to go:) I have no big plans for tonight. I will make David some cookies and preview my course work for my masters class that starts on Monday. David works tonight and should make some good money. We got a lot of work done on the basement these past few days. We have a small pile of things we are keeping that need to find a home, and then the rest is my dad's things. We have really accomplished a lot around the house these past two weeks. Once I go back to work on Monday, David will continue to work on painting and doing things around the house that I can't do. Then once my dad has taken his things, we will really be able to organize the basement! Tomorrow we will de-decorate the tree and continue sorting through things in the basement before David has to go to work. I am hoping to get over to Reed and Mary's soon to get more clothes from them, as well as return the ones that we chose not to keep that they had given us to sort through. Things are in the home stretch of trying to get all organized before Baby Kyle comes. Like I stated earlier, only about 17 weeks till we meet him and in our hearts, that can't come soon enough!

23 Weeks

Yesterday I got to have lunch with Christi and her mom, whom I have not seen since my wedding. It was a short visit but wonderful non the less:)

Here's wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy 2010!

David decided to be funny and take my picture while on the phone. 23 Weeks...at least it is all baby!

Christmas

On Christmas Eve April, Ben, Zak, and Ryder came over to exchange a few little gifts. The boys loved all the DVDs we got them and Bandit loved helping them open their gifts. The twins got Baby Kyle an ornament and ever so graciously gave up their old newborn clothes! There is not a picture of it, but Zak helped me open the bags with the clothes and then decided to show them all to us by throwing them around the living room...it was SO funny and adorable! That evening, I met up with April and Chelley to go to mass at OLF. It was a very nice Christmas Eve.

The next day around 10 we arrived at Meredith and Karl's house in Edgewater to do the family Christmas. David even got to eat his favorite holiday treat...cinnamon rolls for breakfast...a tradition. After some yummys we started into the presents. We had a great time opening gifts and watching Liesel go from gift to gift to gift. We got some adorable clothes for Kyle from the Weiss clan, and some much loved items off our registry. We got our baby front to back carrier and some bath time necessities. Everyone was very gracious this Christmas! We had a delicious dinner and enjoyed our time with the family! Next year we will be hosting Christmas and hopefully it will go as well as it did this year...Thanks Mere and Karl for a great day!

We got home around 5:30 and my dad came over for Christmas dessert and relaxing time. He got Baby Kyle his stroller. Bandit also got to open his gifts then and was super excited to be ripping open the gifts that he has been trying to get into all week. In fact, he loved it so much that he helped my dad open his Christmas gift. It was too funny. Hopefully dad will enjoy his new camera and get lots of great pictures of Kyle.We also watched some football and and played dominoes.

All in all it was a wonderful day and we are so grateful to all our friends and family.

On Saturday, David and I did touch ups around the kitchen and in Kyle's room with the paint and then we just had a relaxing day. David worked on Sunday and I took the time to just relax. It was nice not having to do school work on my Sunday off. Today we hope to tackle more of the basement and start putting away clothes that we have received for Kyle.

Enjoy the pictures:)

Bandit opening gifts all by himself when dad came over to do Christmas that night. He loves to open presents! He tore into his presents.

See he is just as excitable as a 3 year old :)

David and I on Christmas day at Meredith and Karl's house.

Liesel knocking down the tower of blocks that Pop pop built.

David holding up the tiger toy that his parents got Bandit...he loves this toy!

Liesel opening the digital camera we got her. She walked around saying Cheese all afternoon lol.

PRESENTS!!!!!!

Karl loved his poker set we got him...now he and David need to remember to bring one of their sets to family gatherings.

Meredith and Karl got their old family videos on DVD...it was fun to watch them:) We can't wait for the rest Karen and Doyle.

An adorable newborn outfit from Meredith and Karl with a big bear on the butt for Baby Kyle!

Meredith and Liesel opening gifts. Look at the pretty tree.

Karen opening and loving the mini food processor we got her.

Mommy opening Liesel's musical tea set from Nana and Pop pop...we had tea all day long!

Bandit helping Zak open his gifts from us.

Zak and Ryder opening gifts from David and I.
The boys ripping into the gifts :)

22 Weeks

Well tomorrow marks 22 weeks of pregnancy. Kyle likes to dance to music that he hears outside of the car, since I think the car puts him to sleep. Yesterday he liked Jazz/Blues music and today he boogied to Christmas music. He has also danced to piano music as well as dance music in the house. He also really liked the bath I took today and was dancing all around! My back is starting to hurt a little more, but as long as Kyle is healthy it is all worth it:)

22 Weeks

As promised, David's Dad came over yesterday to help David paint most of the kitchen...all the green. I worked on the basement, going through and clearing things out. Then the three of us had a nice dinner, it was yummy BBQ Quesadillas. Today, David and his Mom painted the nursery and did the chalkboard paint above the cabinets! I again worked on the basement and some on the dining room. I made us Sloppy Chicken Pizza Joes with homemade oven fries...again yummy! Thank you so much for coming over and helping us! We love you both:)

Tomorrow David is going to do a bit of touching up and hopefully hang pictures. On Saturday we are going to tackle more of the basement...anyone want to come help, I cook really well! April, Ben, and the twins are coming over tomorrow around 2:30 to hang out for a bit and then April and I are going to 6pm mass at OLF while David works and Ben takes the boys to his mom's house. On Friday we are heading over to my sister-in-laws, Meredith, for Christmas day and dinner. Around 6 that night, my dad will come over to hang out and exchange gifts.

Yesterday Bandit turned 5, and we got him a new bed for out in the family room. As soon as we put it down, he sniffed it and curled right up into it. It was soo adorable! All night while out watching tv he was snuggled deeply in his bed:)

I will make another post over the weekend. Merry Christmas to all! Enjoy your time with your families:)
Kyle is starting to pop out.

But at least I am all baby...according to the OB as well.

Kyle's closet.

One of his walls.

The far corner. The walls are all the same color, but the lighting makes them look different. The second pic is closest...it looks really good in person and will look great with the nursery set!

The windows in the kitchen. It is an olivey green/brown. The black is chalkboard paint and we will put Irish proverbs and Italian sayings on it, as well as our family member names. This will honor both our heritages!

The new appliances look great!

The laundry room hallway :)

Just need to bring back in all the cooking stuff like toaster oven and knives, etc, and straighten up:)

OB visit

Well, after an hour plus drive to get to the OB, I have good news to report. Whose bright idea was it to put a hospital right next to a mall anyway?!?!?! Things look good, and Kyle's heart rate is great! Keep your thoughts good for us! I reach 22 weeks on Thursday:) I am so glad things keep going so well. I did find out they want me to go for another super Ultrasound at 32 weeks because of my thyroid...but that also means more pictures of Kyle:) So the week of March 1st I will be off to get all pictured up again!

I did manage to run a few errands this morning and then had a productive day around the house. We cleaned out the final closet. With no school again tomorrow :( I guess I will start doing more work around the house while David and his dad paint the kitchen! I really hope we can get in Wednesday. We can't use all our snow days already! Plus I have a little party planned for the kids. GRRRRR I hate snow!

Bandit turns 5 tomorrow, and I can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing home a little puff ball. Happy Birthday Bandit, we love you! Well, not much else to report. We will post our 22 week picture and post on Wednesday, stay tuned!

Snow days

Our Eskimo wedding cake on the back deck.

There is about 20 inches to this cake.

Finally the snow stopped! It was a record snow for the month of December in this area. Here in Severna Park we got somewhere between 21-24 inches. David got his side of the driveway done and my side is still left to do. Bandit had more fun playing outside with daddy as he shoveled. As you can see above, he became a white lab instead of a yellow lab...he is soo cute:) All the presents are wrapped and under the tree waiting for Friday. I still have to get my dad's gift, so there is one more to come. Bandit found his and Bailey's gifts and was trying to open them. He dug them out from under the tree. They are not even food, and he did not touch the other ones, but he sniffed out his toys lol. He came out with tinsel all over his back! David made it to work, and will hopefully make some money to off set our holiday expenses. Only time will tell. My school work is done, so now I just get to rest! Here's to hoping we get out soon, I am starting to get stir crazy!

Snow

As you can see, we did not make it to Easton to decorate the tree. When we woke up this morning, there was about 6-8 inches, and that was around 8ish. As of now we are prolly at a foot or so and it is still going strong. David and I took Bandit out for a romp in the snow. HE LOVES IT! His father enjoyed it too, but I on the other hand...not so much! Once the walk was over, David shoveled the sidewalks and Bandit sat crying at the windows cause he was not out there as well. I made us peppermint hot coco once David came in. In a few hours, David will redress to shovel the driveway. We also have a fire going which is nice in this chilly weather. They are now calling for somewhere in the 2+ feet range....blah! Now the day will consist of wrapping gifts, and working around the house.

The house in the snow...looks pretty but sooooo cold!
Bandit and David playing.
Bandit with his nose all covered :)
Scampering around.
Looking for more snow to eat and throw around.
More running around.
Bandit catching snow in his mouth. He looks so cute! ;)
Tomorrow, David has to work at 10, so he will at least be venturing out. I on the other hand will keep to the indoors. I have a little school work to do. Hopefully we will get into school on Monday, though a half day would be nice :)