BIG UPDATE...Finally, right??

So, I was telling our friend Kelly today about this blog, and shamefully admitted how far behind I have been in posting things!

I'm sorry! Apparently, I am even too tired to get online. Wow.

So, here is a brief recap of what has been going on for the last 2 months:

Not much.

Ok, well, a little!

We have had a couple of great family visits, especially since I have been unable to travel...thanks to my parents and also John's Aunt Rose and cousins Christie, Steve and Lisa! We had a great visit with both families. Thank you for visiting us!! (and talking to the belly a lot!)

Here are some pics of these visits:

This is Mom and Dad...Grandma is hard at work on a really amazing blanket for Baby Aden! (Dad is the yarn-holder) The hubby walking a mile in my shoes! Aunt Rose, if that starts kicking, we have a problem! A truely heinous picture of me. Note to self: throw in the towel on this particular shirt. And don't let John take pictures of me anymore while sitting below my double chins. (yikes) A totally precious picture of John's cousin Steve and his lovely lovely bride-to-be, Lisa! Aunt Rose and Cousin Christie (the most beautiful girl ever!) getting ready to bowl...we had such a fun time with you guys!!

I found out that following Monday, when I called my OB's office to try to see if I could change my appointment that I had been caught. The tech was like, "ok, before I do that, how heavy was your bowling ball the other day?" I was blank for a minute and said, 'what do you mean?' She was like, "I saw you bowling the other day! You aren't supposed to be lifting weight like that!" I swore to her it was only an 8 Lb ball...I think she still prob. told on me. haha!

In other news......

We have officially closed on our first house!!!

Home Sweet Home. (Dayton, Ohio) The Living Room

The Dining Room (stairs to basement on the other side of that far wall)

The Kitchen...we will be painting this prob. a light sage green, and adding hardware to the cabinetry and possibly redoing the floors in a different wood laminate.

The Yard...kind of a crappy picture, but our yard is pretty big, with a tree line all the way along the back...one of our first big projects is building a nice big deck on the back of the house...can't wait!! (we have some better pics, but I am posting sooo many pics as it is!)

The Master Bedroom (obviously, these are all the seller's things still in the house at the time)

The Double-door Entry into the Master Bathroom

The Full Basement--planning on finishing this, complete with wet bar, in the fist 1-2 years after we get there. It all depends on our time available to do all the things we plan to do...We'd like it completed in the first couple years, though.

Ok, so there are some other things that have been going on...but let me get to bed, because this took entirely too much time tonight!

I will update the rest tomorrow or so. Good night, everyone!!