7 months!

Yesterday was the 7 month mark…wow, that’s crazy (I seem to say that at every month post, but it’s so true!)  So we headed to Colonial Williamsburg to take a few preggo pics.Baby boy is still moving around a lot, which I am enjoying!  Sometimes he jabs me pretty hard though.  “He’s gonna be a soccer player, he is”  <—Anyone know the movie??  There was a day or two around 28 weeks where he didn’t move as much and I sort of freaked out, but God has answered prayers and now he moves all the time :)  I like it much better that way!  I hear it’s common for them to slow down some around then, so Luke was comforting me with that.

Well we signed up for Childbirth Classes but due to the TX trip I’m going on next week, we’ll be taking them Nov. 16 to Dec. 7….talk about cutting it close!!  Now I’m praying that he won’t come early so I can be “prepared” from the classes :)  We also have Infant Care Classes coming up in Nov.  So hopefully by the time little man gets here I’ll be a pro at this mommy thing (haha right).

All in all I’m still enjoying being preggo, but can’t wait (or actually can until Dec. 10) to meet our baby boy!!

Consignment Shopping

So the best way to shop for kids is definitely hitting up the consignment sales.  Liz and I went to one at King of Glory Lutheran Church today.  They have it twice a year and it is FULLY stocked!  I was pretty overwhelmed :)  I didn’t really know what I was looking for, but I found some great deals on books!  Liz was shooting for a jogging stroller, but no such luck…maybe in March.  I was hoping for some steals on maternity clothes too, but it seemed like most of the options were from 1995 and size XL (over priced too I thought).

But here we are with what we did find. Isn’t Sam the little poser!  And if you look close, he put his hand on my belly right before the camera took the picture.  OMG, so cute!!  He’s always smiling at me, so I think he knows I’m carrying a soon-to-be friend :)

I realized that you can’t really tell what books I got, so here’s the list:

• Jack and the Beanstalk
• God Made
• Touch and Feel Farm
• Dr. Seuss’s Mr. Brown can Moo!  Can You?
• Dr. Seuss’s The Shape of Me and Other Stuff
• Dr. Seuss’s Ten Apples Up on Top!
• Sandra Boynton’s Horns to Toes and in Between
• Sandra Boynton’s Moo, Baa, La La La!
• Sandra Boynton’s Barnyard Dance!
• Sandra Boynton’s A to Z

And I got some mommy reads too:

• Baby Bargains
• The Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy
• What to Expect the First Year

Pumpkin Picking!

On Saturday after the party, we celebrate the birth of Rachel again!  I love celebrating things :)  We headed over the ferry to Surry and picked pumpkins at College Run Farms.  And of course Luke would go for the mammoth pumpkin as soon as we pulled up…it actually did have a name something like that!He’s so proud :) As you can see, Rachel and I decided to go for the smaller gourds.  I don’t think it’s recommended that preggos carry around mammoth pumpkins.   Have I ever mentioned that Liz & Steve have a little boy, Sam, who could possibly be exactly 1 year older than our little boy??  Well here they are, so cute!  I think Luke is ready for our kiddo to get here and be 10 months so he can play with him.  When Liz didn’t have Sam in the backpack thing, Luke was there to steal him :)And Sam loved the pumpkins….especially eating them (or trying to).Here’s the pumpkin picking gang! And here’s everyone’s stash (minus the small gourds).  I think we made out like a bandit.  The mammoths were only $6!!I don’t remember ever going to a pumpkin patch before, so this was a super fun experience.  Definitely something we will be bringing little man to next year!  Good idea Rachel!

Happy Birthday Rache!

Last Friday night we celebrated Rache’s golden birthday, 26 on the 26th (well we celebrated the night before).  We were super excited and surprised to see the new Goggin family show up (I’m loving their faces as Drew caught them off guard coming into the room). Of course we played our games…here’s our table of Catan: Germany with Laura & Jeni. And here’s the other table playing Puerto Rico (L to R: Liz, Steve, Nathan, Rache, Daniel, Drew…just in case you were wanting a face to go with who I’m always talking about :) ) The Chicas!  (Sara and Kyle left early with their new little one) The Chicos! And the group!What a fun time hanging out with our buddies :)  Oh and I would like everyone to know that I won both Catan and Manhattan (we got 2 games in b/c Puerto Rico is a long one)!  I don’t mean to brag, but after being on such a Catan losing streak, it was nice to win again :)

Crafties

We had another baby shower at the church a couple of weeks ago, so I made these burp cloths and bibs (it was for twins).  For the burp cloths, I just sewed some of the matching bib fabric to a 3-fold cloth diaper, SUPER easy (and cute!). And here are some onesies I made (well, appliquéd)…the airplane and car went to the twins, but the tie and elephant are for our little guy :)  Gotta keep him in style!And my madre’s birthday was last Saturday, so I decided to make her a Coupon Organizer and Store Card Holder.  I thought it was appropriate b/c I’m obsessed with couponing and I’m trying to get everyone else involved too :)  You could use the coupon organizer for receipts or recipes (anything small that you’re filling) and the store card holder as a smaller wallet or business card holder (which is actually what it’s called).  And I thought this idea was too cute, so I made 2 more for other friends (I forgot to take a pic of Rache’s, but here’s the one for Liz).

Flag Football

On Sunday some of the peeps from church put together a little game of flag football… This was the best “action shot” I got of Luke :) I offered to be one of the team’s quarterback, but they didn’t seem to go for that!

Question: What does Luke do for a living?

Answer: I'm a professional nerd.

I thought I would share my nerdy/embarrassing websites out there for your entertainment. Here's where customers go to find me. I hope you like the cheesy mug shot. And here's the blog I maintain with technical info for the local customers.

Finally, here's the Wikipedia entry for my company, National Instruments.

And because I know it's on your mind, I'll answer the second question. No, we do not have any relation to Texas Instruments, and no, we don't make calculators. National Instruments and Texas Instruments are as different as Curious George and Boy George.