Burning the midnight oil

We are keeping busy working all sorts of hours (me in Project Management training and Bea getting ready for a big audit), so late nights seem to be the norm this week. But I didn't manage to get the extended baby gate installed in the playroom (formerly the den). It looks good I guess. Has a swing gate and everything. I'll have to take a pic to show what it looks like. Of course it hasn't been baby tested yet, so we'll see how it holds up once little ones are throwing themselves at it. :p

Just one more project done. Hopefully doing all this stuff now will save us the trouble of having to do it once the baby comes and we can focus on baby issues rather than house setup issues. We're only mostly not baby safe at the moment. ;)

Official Info

So I've finally got the invites out. For those of you who haven't seen them yet, here it is.



I left out a /few/ tiny details, so here they are in case you're wondering.

• RSVP by November 20th
• RSVP email and phone go to me...Mark...the father......
• THE REGISTRY IS AT BABIES 'R US!!! I totally whiffed on this one. Apparantly it's pretty important.
• Barbara's maiden name is Ackley. (This is really just for long lost relatives who didn't know she was even married, in which case they probably don't even know about this blog, but heck, I figure some info is better than no info at all, right?!)

Hopefully this clarifies some things. And if it doesn't, then wait until the next post!

Huzzah!!!

Sorry for the long lay off between posts. I got assigned to a new group for a month or so, so I'm driving about 3 hours and putting about 130 miles a day on the odometer. Fun. But it should be over soon, so that'll be helpful.

BUT, I couldn't put this off any longer. We finally got our second ultrasound and we are going to have a Little Baby Girl!! (we're only mostly ecstatic). Greg was there with us and we all shared in the moment. Very awesome. I've also managed to get the images scanned! Go me! I pay bills /and/ blog! I must be doing something right. So enjoy. I'll post again soon, I promise....

9 Weeks



20 Weeks

Baby Shower Date Set

It's official. Mark it in your calendars and make it if you can.

When: Sunday, November 29th, 2009 at 2:00pm

Where: St. Joseph's on the Brandywine Church Hall
10 Old Church Road
Greenville, DE 19807
(302) 658-7017
http://www.stjosephonthebrandywine.org/

Details: The theme will revolve around early schooling, so the food, entertainment and other festivities will revolve around school classes and we will follow a typical "school day" schedule (don't worry, it'll be fun, trust me.......)

What to bring: A reading book (be creative, ie: in different languages, baby block type books, learning books or old favorites, anything will do and the bringer of the best book will get a prize!)

Many games and prizes will be had while giving Barbara a little attention along the way. Hopefully with the Thanksgiving holiday the same weekend some folks who couldn't normally make it may be in town (though we understand completely if you'll be OUT of town for the same reason).

If any more details are needed, let me know and I'll post them. You can search for any posts related to the shower on this site by doing a search in the "search blog" section with the words "baby shower"

Week 15

Currently Barbara and Greg are (hopefully) relaxing down in Bethany beach, soaking up the last of the summer sun before school takes the boy away and the fall steals the light of day.

Bea seems to be doing much better. Her energy is up markedly from a few weeks ago and she can make it through the day without having to crash for a nap (if by day you mean crashing at 7pm is a late night. :) ) Still a few weeks away from the next doctor appointment, but baby seems to be doing fine with dictating the terms of it's agreement with mommy's body.

In other news, Greg and I went out for his first real golf outing yesterday. Just a 9 hole course at the resort they're staying at this week, but perfect for a beginner. He did a great job (considering it's his first live action on the course) and we had some fun. In typical teenage form, the highlight of his round is that he almost hit a car on the last hole. God love 'em.

Week 13

So we're through the 1st trimester (somewhat officially). Bea is still feeling kind of tired (ok, very tired) and the normal ups and downs in her stomach haven't completely subsided, but we're hopeful the end to that is near.

In related news, we met the midwife yesterday for the first time. Very nice lady (very short, Barbara feels tall now). We went through all the rigamarole about family history (apparantly dad's isn't that important right now, which is fine by me what with the high cholesterol and all) and we listened to the baby's heart beat. It took some doing, the little rascal kept moving on her, but we eventually found the hummingbird zooming away in there at 160 beats a minute. Very cool.

All seems well so far. I'm going to try and scan the first Ultrasound from last month so I can post it in the next few days (Baby's first picture!!)

Yes, we're excited.