The time is drawing nearer...

Life.is.busy
We are as prepared as we are going to be for Tyler to get here, so now it's about trying to relax, and enjoy our last days as a family of 3. The weekend before last we ventured up to Greenbluff- a place I never miss a chance going to- and got our pumpkins. I also enjoyed some huckleberry ice cream, and we got some apple cider. YUM! It was a pretty rainy day so we didn't hang around for too long, but I was worried that if we didn't go then, we might not get the chance. It was a nice day though.
Also I have really been wanting to paint my stomach like a jack-o-lantern beings we are going to have a fall baby. This is something I wanted to do with Nicki, but we didn't get to since her pumpkin came a week early! so we finally got some paint and here is the result!
Pretty cute huh? Here is another!
Me with all my pumpkins!
This was pretty much my last project to do before the baby gets here.

It is amazing to me that I am 38 weeks pregnant. I will have a new baby boy as of this Friday and it is so surreal. I am so excited for Tyler's arrival. And nervous too, of course! After watching my best friend in pain after having her c-section I am not quite as excited for that. I think I was hoping to forget the pain that occurs afterward until it actually happened. Though I still have ZERO interest in birthing this baby the "natural" way..... NO THANK YOU! I know it will be okay, and because I have been through it I am aware of the process but it's still natural to have those concerns.
I really am just excited to get Tyler here, and have him home, and start our daily routine. Luckily I will have Travis home with me for the first 6 weeks, and it will be great for all of us!
So this Friday, if not sooner Tyler will be making his appearance. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

Zach is doing great in school and adjusting pretty well. They are working hard in science learning about airplanes, rockets, etc. Right now we are working on an airplane project that is of course due while I will be in the hospital! But Zach had to design an airplane, based on certain criteria, which we have built and now just need to write up the written part of the assignment. They will be flying their planes next week and Trav will hopefully video record it for me to see! He also is doing great as always in reading! Takes after his mama and grandma! And is looking forward to his Halloween party and trick or treating!

Another Dr. apt.

I had another Dr. apt today. Tyler has been pretty quiet the last two days so I bumped my appointment from tomorrow to today because I was stressing a little bit. Well of course as soon as I change it to today he starts doing all kinds of acrobatics in there. I did let them know though that he has been quiet so they wanted to have me monitored for a bit. After a half hour, a large cold glass of water, and hardly any movement they decided to do an ultrasound. His heart rate was good there just was next to no movement. And once again as soon as the ultrasound started, he had hiccups like nobody's business, was turning in circles, kicking me in the ribs... He was letting his mama know he was just fine and did not need this lady pushing around on him! We got a pretty great face shot on the 4D pic though. And wouldn't you know it, since I didn't plan on getting an ultrasound I didn't take the DVD to record, nor did Travis come to this appointment... But she did print a pic that is pretty great. (not quite as good as what I got to see though! I got to see his entire face) He looks like his cheeks are not as chubby as we saw before, and he looked a lot like Trav. (very handsome!) I was very relieved that my baby Tyler was moving so well, and is healthy. Two weeks from tomorrow (or less) we will be holding our precious baby in our arms!

I go back to the doc next week and will let everyone know how it goes!

Pictures!

Pictures! finally! We are completely unpacked, but still have nothing on the walls. Hopefully that will come soon. I am not one to have bare walls and it is driving me crazy!


Living room















Living room, right side













Kitchen
















Dining room


















Our bedroom














Our bedroom- with Tyler's cradle so he can be close by.














Master Bath
















Main bathroom
















Tyler's room- It's put together except we don't have any pictures on the wall. Hopefully that will be done this weekend.










Tyler's closet filled with stuff from the baby shower. Glad I have a place to put it all!











My rocking chair will be next to the dresser, But it is not at the new house yet.











Here is a close up of the grass on Tyler's wall

















This is Zachary's disaster, I mean, room. :-) It is a mess because we have not done too much with it yet.






He has this great play area on the other half of his room. It really would be meant for a "family room" but we thought a big room would be great for Zach to be able to get his stuff out and play hard!











Here is my scrapbook room. As you can tell it needs some love! I had it pretty well cleaned up until we moved everything else. Then more stuff got put in there and needs moved back to the garage! Then I will have a place to work again!







Here is the backyard. This is looking off the deck toward the right. We just had hydro seed done about 3 weeks ago and the grass is coming up nicely! The back section where it is just dirt will be shrubs, but that project is on hold until spring!





This next pic is looking right off the deck as well.















This picture is looking off the deck to the left. Travis built that wall with my dad and brother and it turned out great! It was a lot of work though!