Life is fun

Just wanted to touch base with everyone on here since I don't always get to talk to all of you. Life has been fun here in Houston since Ike. My store has managed to turnover nearly half of the staff and half of the managers so I am in the middle of getting people hired and trained so that we don't fall on our faces during the holiday season.

So needless to say I'm going to be working a lot between now and christmas, which means I'm taking vacation in the spring. Of course I'm heading up north to visit Brooke/Rich/Jazzy...but I may extend my vacation a little and go snowboarding while we are up there.

Hope everyone is doing great! I wish I had cool pics of halloween, but I closed that night so I did nothing...haha Story of my life for all of the fun holidays!

Happy Halloween

Zachary had a great time going around to the neighborhood homes to see what they had.

He figured out pretty quickly that you are supposed to go to the front door and get the homeowners attention. Unfortunately, he did that even when the homeowner was sitting on the driveway. Then Zachary discovered that banging on glass storm doors can be fun.

Zachary had so much fun that he even did a dance.

Happy Halloween

I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!! I dressed up a bit for work. Wanted to be Frankenstein, but it didn't quite work out. So I was a zombie instead. Wish my eyes were as red as they look in the picture, that would have been cool!!! Didn't win the costume contest, but got third prize for my cubicle. Probably 'cause I was one of about 4 who decorated!! Right now we are passing out candy, but there aren't nearly as many as I thought. So who wants the leftovers???

For anyone else who follows the blog- ummm, well ok just for the fun of it

Well, you have already seen the photos, but I figured maybe Carol or somebody else might look at these so I will post the photos of Jazzy I got yesterday. She is pouting and grumpy from the looks of it and has adorable chubby cheeks and a little dimple on her chin from the look of it, but it is too hard to say.... it does run on Rich's side of the family, so it is possible... :) I'll post nursery photos later. It is almost done with the furniture, but not the decorations....

Are we having fun yet?

As part of our efforts to update the house a bit, we decided to have the floors redone. Several phone calls later we thought that $2500 was a bit much to pay. So we decided to do it ourselves!! Thanks Home Depot!! Took awhile....

Maybe 'cause Martha thought it could be done with a Dremel tool???

Fortunately Kevin prevailed and got a REAL sander!

See?!? He got it all sanded down just fine!



And now we have a beautiful, shiny floor!!! Probably not as nicely done as if we had paid $2500, but I think it looks just fine and Kevin did a great job!!!

I went to Philips today for another ultrasound and got some photos of Jasmine. It is exactly 2 months from today (of course it could be early or later).... It is unbelievable how fast the time has gone and now I am sure the time will go by incredibly slow!! :) I love her little nose!! (I think it looks like mine and she definitely has my lips!!) Cheeks, well those look like Richard's and the technician said she has hair on her head and eyelashes too! I am sure she'll look nothing like this when she arrives as she is filling out with the chubby-ness that newborns have, but I can't wait!

One more photo for you to see. I will send the rest in an email.

The nursery was painted this week and the furniture needs to be moved up to the room. I dread the task of putting the crib together, but once it is done it is just a matter of putting clothes in the dressers and gathering items from the 4 baby showers I am having.... I can't imagine there is enough stuff for people to purchase for Jazzy, but all the teams and work were insistant on having a shower so here we go....

Somebody wants to say HI!!!

I am at the end of my 23rd week..hard to believe! I have just under 4 months to go....CRAZY!

I had my 1st ultrasound for Philips and Jazzy made $25!! This was done in 3D imaging. Very cool!!
I had my 2nd ultrasound pictures done for Philips Technology and Jazzy has made $100 towards her future education! She is such the model! HAHA

In this picture you can see she is about to suck her thumb. This is 2D so you see more bone than facial features. This picture is of her waving HI to everyone!

We hope everyone is doing well!! I am starting to plan the nursery and get it ready so that it can be close to done with the final touches coming after the baby shower when we know whether we need to buy the baby bedding or if it is given to us as a gift.