"Our" Blog...

Yes, in order to make this "our" blog, Dottie said I had to post something to it...she is right again! That was probably 2 months ago so I'm finally getting around to it...haha! What have we been up to the last few months...

Baby watch! We are now at 32 weeks and 5 days. We have the c-section scheduled for July 26 at 7:40 am! So a little over 6 weeks left to go! The day will be here before we know it, but it can't get here soon enough. We had the ultra sound in March and Baby Noah "showed" us! We'll be welcoming Jack Mills Noah into the world on that day! We are all so excited and can't wait to meet him! He's certainaly been letting Mommy know he's in there and active! Sometimes he'll kick so hard, it almost like he's kicking through! Dottie has been doing great! I'm so proud of her, there's no way I could go through what she's going through. Daddy has been feeling and seeing him move a lot too! I've put my head on her stomach and told him, "it's the only time you can kick Daddy in the head!"

Taylor and Ella are now finished with school and starting their summer vacation. Taylor will be watching Ella during the day until Jack comes and Mom is at home! Ella is playing baseball this summer and I decided to help coach her team! We've had a number of practices and 1 game so far. It's been a lot of fun to watch and help these 5 and 6 year olds to play baseball! It's also been pretty entertaining to watch!

We started our summer season of going to the lake already, although we had a longer than planed ride up on fishing opener. We were pulling the boat up and were in traffic on 94 just before Rogers when we were rear ended! We were just about to the Rogers exit and were stopped when a lady hit us. She hit us hard enought with her little honda pilot to push the boat up the trailer and into the back window of our car. We then were pushed into the car in front of us. Thank God we had the boat though as it took a lot of the damage. It was pretty scary at first, the kids were watching a movie and freaked out, then had to sit there for an hour and a half while the cops sorted everything out. I guess we were on the news for the major delay on a major freeway on a major weekend. The main thing was everyone was ok. She ended up totaling the boat and we did get the car fixed, all paid by her insurance. It was tough to see the boat in that condition as I had been taking care of it, washing, waxing, and of course using it for the last 13 summers. But I am so thankful we had it with us to take that impact. Taylor was in the third row of the car and had glass in her hood from the window being blown out. I don't even want to think what could have happened if the boat wasn't there. The boat definately took one for our Family.

On the upside of this incedent, we did get to go boat shopping with the insurance money! We got a 2004 Glastron 175 SX. Basically the same size boat, same size engine, but with a different layout. It was tough to be without a boat up there...2 weeks was enough! Hauling the new boat up there a couple weeks ago was a little nerve racking...tried to leave a lot of space between me and the car in front of us. Dottie only had to tell me to "watch out!" a few times. It was a much better trip up.

Dottie and I are thinking Key West in April for our Wedding! We still have to finalize a date and plans, but it's getting there. I can't be more excited to be able to spend the rest of my life with the one person I am supposed to, my best friend, my soul mate! I love her more than I ever thought I could love someone! I love you babe!