One month yesterday!

Well, yesterday Beau was 1 month old!! I can't believe how fast the month has gone! These past couple of weeks have been so busy! Last weekend we were in the cities for my baby shower that my family threw...the shower was awesome and it was so good to see everyone. My cousin Amy and her little girl Ally even made a special trip from Vegas! It was a very special day for us! We got a lot of really nice gifts too! I can't believe we were able to haul everything home in our car, but we did it!

We were in the cities until Tuesday so I've been playing catch up since we've been home. It all started Tuesday night when we got home...I started a load of laundry and found out the dryer had broke. It's only 25 years old so I can't imagine why...So needless to say we ended up going to Brainerd to shop for a new dryer and ended up buying a new dryer AND washer. They're a stackable combo and I'm so glad we bought both now. They had a set in so chuck went and picked them up the other day. But of course buying the stackable combo means another project :). We're going to paint our laundry area and add a closet organizer. I'm looking forward to having the extra laundry space and I actually don't mind doing laundry now with our new set...let's see how long that lasts! hahaha! It's more high tech than I'm used too. It plays a little chime when the load is done and it only takes 20 minutes to dry the clothes! Never thought washing clothes would be so exciting!

Beau has been so much more alert and has been showing us his little smile. He loves his mobile and laying on his tummy while we hold him. He's so darn cute! This morning he was smiling so much I couldn't believe it! I don't think it was gas related either! I can't believe he's already 1 month old!

We're staying in today and enjoying the snowfall. There's suppose to be a lot of snow coming our way! Bring it on! I'm sure chuck will run the snowmobiles later and I'm hoping to get a couple of Christmas decorations up around the house. Last night I made some yummy caramel corn (maggie's recipe) that is to die for so we'll be munching on that too.

Hope you all have a great week!

Santa's Little Helper!

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!