Posts with News about our Life
Our little boy was born! As John says, it is his “Appy Boo-ee” today! He’s an amazingly wonderful little boy. And his Mommy & Daddy are soooooo proud of him.
This evening we are going over to Dave’s parent’s house for Chinese food, cake & ice cream. I think John’s auntie/godmother and uncle will be there too.
I haven’t been online much lately because our old computer had become a dinosaur. It was soooo slow and it took forever to do the smallest thing. But yesterday our new computer arrived!!!! Yeah!!
On Friday evening, Dave came up with wonderful news. He got a much deserved (my word & opinion!) promotion at work. His new boss is pretty awesome. He has only been there a short few weeks, but went to the next person in the hierarchy and said he thought Dave deserved this promotion. The answer was an immediate, “I agree”. So that was pretty fantastic!!
So Dave and I want to do a better job of keeping this blog. One step was to update and get our photo gallery working again, which Dave has just accomplished. Feel free to go check it out again. It is updated through November 2010 as of right now.
I wrote that we were going to do a better job celebrating feast days. I’ve failed utterly.
We got back from a long Thanksgiving vacation when it was already 2nd Sunday of Advent. I missed my big opportunity to start out the new Church year with a bang celebrating Advent. Yes, I still technically have time, but I’m bummed and disappointed in myself for not being better organized. I’m such an all or nothing person. My desire is to do it well and big or not at all. And thus I’m mad at myself for not being better prepared and even trying to “do Advent” while out on our vacation.
Considering we really want to raise John in a Catholic environment at home and church, I’m doing a blah job of things thus far.
By the way, we had a really nice vacation and it was great to see everyone we got to see. I am very thankful for a safe trip and awesome family and friends.
God Bless!
We had a spectacular three day weekend. Saturday we went out early and visited about 10 yard sales between our town and West Hartford. We found a few good items, but the day and the drive was really awesome. Sunday after church we went for another drive and found an area kind of recently opened to the public on some lumber company’s property. There we some great views there. Monday we kind of stuck around the house and accomplished a few things. It was a really wonderful family-oriented weekend. And the weather couldn’t have been nicer.
Today we are heading to the New England states fair, AKA the Big E. It wouldn’t make sense for each of the rather small New England states to have their own state fair so there is just one big fair for all 6 states and it is held in Springfield, MA. Dave took the day off. As soon as John awakens from his morning nap, we’ll head there for the rest of the day. Dave really loves going through the “state buildings”, but I’m just there for my annual taste of Fried Dough, as New Englanders call it…we folks from central IL know the stuff as Elephant Ears.
So over the weekend John got to meet the New York contingency of his family. It was so nice for Dave’s NY brother’s family to get to meet John too. They really enjoyed him.
This weekend we also went to Dave’s parent’s church picnic which was a lot of fun. Afterward, we went for a brief drive around our area leaf peeping. The day was overcast, but it was still beautiful to see.
Hmmm, I’m holding John and he’s already pushing keyboard keys on me. Speaking of John, we’ve got his 2 month appointment tomorrow. I’m excited to see how much he’s grown in the past month. He’s really getting so big lately.
Well, John’s interest in sitting here watching me type is waning.
Well, my parents were here for nearly a week and did such amazing things for us while they were here. We’ve gotten more baby clothes, which I need to wash and put away. I’ve packed the baby bag for the hospital. Since I had all the supplies, I figured that I might as well take care of it now rather than later. Curtain fabric for the baby room has been picked out and my mom is working on those for us.
Dave and I have both been working on our family genealogies. Dave’s back about 5 generations total so far. He’s got a hard time of it because he’s been unable to tap into any one else’s work yet so the leg work is potentially going to be all his. I’ve had a little more success tapping into other’s work and might even be back well into the beginnings of the 17th century (1620s and earlier in some cases) and still finding folks born here in North America. Plus, I might have found leads back to Scotland, England, Ireland, France and Germany with various parts of the family.
We’ve visited the coast of Maine with my parents and had amazing lobster while staring out across the Atlantic. Pretty awesome.
And I’m still doing really well at 31 weeks pregnant. I’ve hit my threshold for endurance a few times lately and learned my lesson to take it easier nowadays. I’ve also discovered that dehydration makes Braxton-Hicks contractions actually harder and slightly uncomfortable. So staying hydrated and taking frequent breaks keeps me very happy!
I keep meaning to post this on the blog, but I’m finally getting around to it. Dave has made a central location for finding discount, coupon and free shipping codes online. It is really handy!! I always start my online shopping there now to see if anyone is offering a discount or something that goes along with what I’m looking for at the time. Plus, added bonus, Dave gets a commission whenever someone purchases something after clicking on a code for a particular store.
If you go to: www.lincon.com and click on the blue button “shopping”, it takes you right to the spot where he’s put all the deals. In Dave’s computer know-how way, he’s made it so the codes are always current and up-to-date.
So always start your online shopping with a quick stop at www.lincon.com and click that “shopping” button.