WARNING: Long Post, Including Some Juicy News!

Well, here I am again. I really do think about blogging a lot. It's just that Chris has our MacBook with him at work all day; so unless I decide to endure the frustration of working with a PC and not having access to our pictures the way I want to, I can only blog at night. And I usually just don't feel like it. But I think I really am going to try to blog more regularly. I might start a petition to ask my husband to leave the computer with me once in a while. He drives around all day usually and probably doesn't use the computer for more than an hour, and probably just to check email and Tiger news. (I'm sure he'll correct me on that one though.)

There's a few big items of business in our lives of late:

Wheaton & the Move

We are still planning and very much looking forward to moving to the Wheaton, IL area towards the end of the summer. After a few trips to Chicago, we found a condo that fit all of our needs and even some of our wants! Of course, it was the last property I looked at. Chris has not seen it, but we went ahead and bid on the property a few weeks ago. We were able to come to an agreement with the seller, and had a home inspection done last week. We have a closing date of July 23 and hope to get some cleaning & painting done before we move our stuff there that weekend. We are really excited! The condo has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and is 1,050 square feet. It is on the main level (a must with kids), has an enclosed patio (also great for kids), and also a utility room with a washer & dryer IN the unit. Before I saw this place, I had resigned myself to having to deal with coin laundry for the first time. What a blessing! Praise the Lord. I'm having fun planning what I'd like to do and how I'll paint. I wanted to show you some pics, but I'm having a hard time downloading them into blogger. Somehow they're not in a regular folder - probably because they came from a CD. A lot of them are blurry anyways because I wasn't using my own camera.

Luke's Big News



I am roughly 14 weeks pregnant! We are all super excited, including Luke. He's pretty aware that we're going to have a new baby, and most of the time he says it's a little sister. The verdict's still out on that one, though we would like to find out the gender of this baby. I've always been a strong advocate of being surprised, but Luke & Number 2 will be sharing a room, and I want to know how to paint & decorate. I have felt pretty good during this pregnancy so far. I had pretty much zero nausea when I was pregnant with Luke, and I've had a little more with this one, but it was at a bare minimum and nothing to complain about. My biggest struggle during the first trimester was tiredness, especially having Luke to chase around. Have I mentioned that he stopped taking naps several months ago? That's been the toughest part, because sometimes, I want a nap! We are starting to do "rest time" in the afternoon, and Luke sometimes falls asleep then. My approximate due date is December 2, and I would love to have a girl! Two boys would be great fun too; I would just be relieved to know that I will have a girl. I would be sad not to.

While I'm blogging, I may as well post some other fun pics & recent happenings.



A cute pic of Luke in bed. He reads before going to sleep, and I go in later and clear the bed out. Apparently Silly Pig's idea isn't too riveting.



My guys in their muscle shirts.



It's pretty pathetic, but this is the only picture I have of Chris on his birthday. I did take movies though.



Chris got tickets to a Tiger's game, and we took his parents. I think Chris is so photogenic and has such beautiful eyes.



Opening pitch - we won this game!



Apparently Chris has never put soap in and turned on a dishwasher! He buys liquid dishwashing detergent for work, but I buy powder. He put liquid dish SOAP in! Oops.



Luke got a kick out of it though!



Luke's Papa bought a playhouse for the grandkids on Memorial Day. Luke absolutely loved it! (Don't ask me why he's only wearing a diaper - and don't bring up the subject of potty training!)



Everyone's welcome into the playhouse, as long as you knock first!



One side of the playhouse has a gas station and a phone. Luke loves to fill his car up. I wish I had gotten a pic of him filling up and talking on the phone - something he's probably seen me do a lot.




I was there too. Of course, the mom's usually the one behind the camera.




Luke and Grandma.




Luke woke up with a rash, and I wanted to take a pic of it to send to my friend Stephen (a med student, not one with just a random interest in rashes). I decided that it was probably nothing and didn't waste his time. But, Luke wasn't too excited about me taking pictures that early in the morning!




Weren't you just hoping to see a picture of a good rash? You found the place! Anyone's kiddo have mysterious & random rashes? It cleared up with some antibiotic ointment and a few days.



Luke on a playdate with his friend Claire. Nice shades, eh? They are both very cool.



Boy, you gotta keep a close eye on these kids! I look away for one second, and the next thing you know, they're holding hands! Luke looks pretty excited, but Claire looks a little worried. Luke's in big trouble if my Daddy finds out about this!



I was organizing my clothes and closet the other day, and when I came out into the living room I was pleasantly surprised to see the desk cleared of clutter! How did that happen?



Then I looked over at the couch. While I had been working in my room, Luke had been working hard to pile an enormous amount of "stuff" on the couch. Yikes. When I asked him what he was doing, he said, I'm loading the trunk. Well, duh.

And there you have it. Chris is going to lecture me about having such a long post and not breaking it up into smaller ones. O well. I didn't think you'd mind.