Remodeling, visitors, and baby shower

This last week has been more busy than any I can remember, even when we moved in! Starting last Friday Luke cased all of the doors and I painted the nursery with some help from friends. Then starting Tuesday we got the house completely re-plumbed, new flooring and updated electrical. For two days we had to go over and shower at my parents. Both of the bedrooms have new carpet and the kitchen has new Pergo flooring. Luke also tiled the shower, put up wainscoting, and started to redo the closet. Fixing up an old house is defiantly an adventure. The electrical in the closet was a low grade electrical cord that had been cut up and the plumbing still had lead drains, scary, and was close to being backed up. Thankfully everything got done just in time for Luke's mother and Aunt Kate to get there, literally, we were still cleaning up saw dust as they walked in the door. The baby shower was Saturday and was beautiful thanks to my best friend Amy Jo and her family. We ended up having it at my parent's house since the PUD was booked. The gal who made the cake for our wedding also made the cake for the shower. We are now almost ready for the baby to come. Luke's mother and aunt had to leave on Sunday, but we very much enjoyed having them and when the baby comes Luke's mother will be here for three weeks to help out and enjoy her first grand baby. We will be sure to post pictures soon!

Third and Final Trimester!!!

It seems like just yesterday that I was saying, "Honey, we're pregnant!" Now I only have 11 1/2 weeks until I get to meet our little girl. I still feel like I have nothing done. We still need to hang new drywall in the baby's room, paint, get new carpet, decorate, and get furniture. We are also getting the house re-plumbed and rewiring the garage and bunk house. So, as always, there are a lot of projects!
Next month is my baby shower, thrown by my best friend AmyJo. It is going to be April 10th at the PUD. I have registered at Target, but being a first time mom I don't really know what I need and what is worthless, so hopefully women with more experience will fill that void.
We have also decided to go with a Midwife. Her name is Lorri Carr and I think she is great. It has been a better experience since we made the switch. I really like that she comes to my home and we have one-on-one visits that usually last for an hour. I was getting frustrated driving the 45 minutes one way to see a doctor I only actually saw for 5 minutes.
Besides the excitement of awaiting our baby, our lives have been pretty slow. The puppy keeps growing, spring is coming, and Luke is enjoying his job.

It's a GIRL!!!!

We finally found out on the 5th that we are going to be having a baby girl! Her name is still up in the air. My best friend, AmyJo, has already asked to do the baby shower. It will be on April 10th. And now that we know what we are having we get to start on the nursery :) Luke is going to be hanging sheet rock since the room is currently paneling. The theme for the nursery will be purple and butterflies. It will be good for him to have another project now that the kitchen is basically done.

The New Addition

Some exciting things have been happening in our lives. Our kitchen is done being remodeled, Luke's mom came up for a visit in October, our puppy is getting big, and we are expecting!

We had our first ultrasound yesterday. The baby is at 12 weeks and the due date is May 22nd.

house, puppy, etc

Things have been pretty busy for us in the last couple of months. We bought a house, went to Michigan, and are now puppy parents! With the house and the puppy we have had a lot of work. The house was built in 1910 and needs renovating and lots of weeding! Our puppy is a female boxer named Eva. She is cute as can be and almost house broke. We went to Michigan for Luke's niece's wedding as well as our one year anniversary. While we were there we got to see Luke's family and see Mackinaw Island, where we went for our honeymoon.
So now we are just settling in and getting things done. We hope to have the house ready for an open house party end of October when Luke's mom comes to visit us.

Recap

So it has been a while since we last updated our blog. Just for a quick recap. We moved to Rexburg, ID in January. Then when we there for about a week Luke got a call to come work on windmills. So I stayed in Rexburg to finish out the semester. In April Luke got hired on to a different company and got stationed, again, in Goldendale.
Now we are moved back and buying a house. When all the papers finalize I will post pictures. That sums up the basics of what has been going on.

TODAY IN THE NEWS

Mary and I got a Temple date for July 25th @ 1:00pm, we had been waiting for my annulment and it finally went through, this week. Mary is taking out her Endowments the night before at 6:00 pm.
This week is going very well!!

My best bud Rick Mangum is flying up to stand in the wedding, as well as Mary's brother Mike.
Mary's sister Sarah and her friend Sam are standing with her.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you.