Thanksgiving and a trip to see Santa

We hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday and didn't stuff yourself too much! We went over to Chuck's sister house for a Thanksgiving feast. It was delicious as usual. Beau was a good baby and of course everyone enjoyed seeing him and cuddling him.

We did some shopping on black Friday ( I can't believe I got Chuck to go out!!) which we weren't planning on and survived!! Unfortunately we didn't buy a single Christmas gift...I guess you could say we just needed to get out of the house and Christmas shopping wasn't our main priority. We were able to get a bite to eat and some badly needed fresh air!! Afterwards we went home and made some homemade Christmas gifts for the gramma's and great gramma glaus.

We had a new experience on Saturday...we made a visit to see Santa at L&M in Grand Rapids! We were told that beau was the youngest baby to visit Santa at L&M EVER! Of course beau slept right though it but we were able to get a cute picture of him.

Now that Thanksgiving is over Christmas is right around the corner- wow has the year has flown by! I guess when you're pregnant 3/4 of it it goes by fast! :) We hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving. Chuck and I are thankful for our little guy that has come into our lives and to have such a great family and friends.

Enjoy your week!

With Every Little Baby's Birth God Sends His Love and Joy to Earth.

Already been 1 week!

I can't believe it's already been one week since our handsome little boy came into our lives!

I was not expecting my water to break last Wednesday night! Chuck and I had went out for chicken wings that night and then I went grocery shopping. I came home, picked up a couple of things around the house and crawled into bed. I had just said good night to Chuck and we turned off the light- 20 seconds the light came back on as I told Chuck that my water had just broke.

We waited about 45 minutes before going to the hospital. We got to the hospital around 10:30pm. My delivery was very quick- needless to say I was dilated to a 9 by about 1am and our baby beau joined the world at 1:56am.

We are all doing very well! Beau is eating about every three hours and for the most part gets up about 2 times during the night. Last night we were lucky and he only got up once. (I'd better keep my mouth shut though before our luck changes!! ) He is such a blessing and a joy to our lives.

Thank you for all the gifts and the cards that we've received this past week! It truely means a lot to us!

We'll continue to keep you posted!

Thanks for checking in!

IT'S A BOY!!!

IT'S A BOY!

BEAU ROBERT RICHARDSON

11/13/2008 1:56AM

8 LBS

21 INCHES

6 days and counting!!!!

Wow! We have literally have come into the home stretch now! Only 6 days left until we meet baby R- well that's hoping I don't go over the scheduled due date- November 15th. I had a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and my doc said she won't let me go past the 24th- so either way we look at it, we'll have a baby before Thanksgiving! We really can't believe how fast it's gone by!

This past weekend was very relaxing and enjoyable....my dad came up to go hunting with Chuck. This was his first time out. He really enjoyed himself and although he didn't shoot a deer, he was able to catch a glimpse of a doe yesterday morning.

While the guys were out hunting, some girlfriends and I hit up the craft shows in Grand Rapids. Our goal was to find some great deals and walk baby right out of me...we found some good deals, but no baby.

Today has been a pretty relaxing day. I was able to get some scrapbooking done and Chuck's been able to catch a few zzz's. Getting up at 4:30 catches up with you fast, especially after sitting outside for most of the morning in the cold.

Well, back to work tomorrow...maybe I'll get lucky and my water will break tonight!

Have a great week everyone and we'll keep you posted!

We're at a 1!!

Well, we had an exciting day today...I had a doctor's appointment and found out I'm dilated to a 1! Of course I can walk around like this for the next two weeks, but at least it's a start right! :) My doctor's appointment went well. I have a sinus infection so my doc prescribed some drugs- thank God! I think I'm making my self more sick because I'm so nervous that I'll be sick when baby comes- so this should put my mind at ease. Baby's heart rate was around 148 today- back up! Doc said it's normal for it to fluctuate like it has been. It's hard to believe we only have about 2 weeks left! I have to admit though- even though I've had a pretty easy pregnancy, I'm really ready to be done! Next doc appointment is in one week so I'll keep you all posted.

Chuck is now working in Federal Dam this week which is nice because it's only about 20 minutes from home. He'll be working in Hermantown again within the next couple of weeks to get the floor poured- then he'll be done there. He's getting very excited for rifle hunting season- it's fast approaching- 2 weeks! He's going to bow hunt this weekend and rifle hunting the next- of course he'll be around the house in case we need to make any special trips :)

This past weekend I was able to get some scrapping done with some friends of mine. We rented out a town hall and scrapped from 9am to 8pm...AND I didn't get hardly a thing done! Oh well, it was fun to get out and spend some time with the girls!

Other than that our week has been pretty quiet, which is nice because in a few weeks we will have a lot of excitement, some sleepless nights and long days as we get move into a new chapter in our lives...

Love you to all and I hope you are having a great week~

No More TOMATOES...Seriously!

If I have to look at anymore tomatoes I'm going to go nuts! Seriously! I just finished canning the last batch of stewed tomatoes. We ended up with 13 quarts of stewed tomatoes and 17 pints of salsa. I think we have enough for the year! We have more tomatoes in the basement, but I just can't stand to look at them anymore! Chuck has been doing a little experimenting and has made some dehydrated tomatoes to use in pasta dishes and such- so far they look good!

This past weekend I went to the cities to celebrate Izzy's first birthday! I can't believe she's already 1!! She had a lot of fun digging into her piece of cake, but started to cry from all of the excitement and everyone watching her. Maggie made an awesome cake that was decorated like a bubble bath with a duck in the middle of it. It was so cute!

Chuck is still working in Hermantown until the end of this week. It sounds like he is bidding another big project in Emily so keep your fingers crossed! Not too much longer and his work season will be coming to an end- he's had another successful year!

Chuck has also been building a dog house for the boys- this isn't the average doghouse though, oh no! This is the penthouse of them all! This dog house has insulation, a shingled roof, and carpeting! AND Chuck is stopping tomorrow to buy some siding for it! Can we say spoiled?!

We found daycare!!! The quest is over! I'm very happy with the lady I found and feel confident that she will take excellent care of our little one. I'll be meeting with her a couple of times once baby arrives so she can meet him or her. What a relief!

I had a doctor appt last week and got the flu shot. Never again! This is the second time I've had a flu shot and both times have been sick afterwards! I'm finally starting to feel better- so I'll be taking it easy the rest of this week. Other than the flu shot, the appt went well. Everything looks good and the strep b test came back normal. Not too much longer!

Hope you're all having a great week! Until next time...