Happenings At The White House

1) Our "gummy bear" experienced his/her first wedding Saturday night (9/18/2010).  I wonder if he/she enjoyed the band as much as Mommy and Daddy did.

2) "Gummy Bear" will be attending his/her first concert this upcoming Friday (9/24/2010).  Mommy and Oma (grandmother in German and thus my mom and baby's Oma) are going to see Sugarland in Virginia Beach.  We are really looking forward to a fun mother-daughter evening.  I bought the tickets for my mom's mother's day present months ago.  We are so excited that the time is finally here!

3) My aunt and uncle from Virginia are coming to visit us this week.  They will be staying at Eddie's family's cottage for a night or two.  Aunt Evi is so excited....she purchased my first maternity dress and will be bringing it with her Wednesday.  We do not get to see my Aunt Evi and Uncle Pres as often as we would like so we are definitely looking forward to this time.

4) Daddy (Eddie) went on a cleaning rampage this weekend....it is amazing!  Mind you we do not have a nasty house, but occasionally it is nice to really CLEAN.  As I sit typing this he is on our patio sweeping and spraying weed killer.  He is also hoping to shift things around and make room for outside baby toys (I think he is way ahead of the game on this one).

5) I spoke with my daddy earlier today and he informed me that he and my step mom plan to come for a week when the baby is born.  I'm so excited that they are looking forward to this adventure as much as I am!  My dad lives in Georgia so we do not get to see him as often as we would like.  It is amazing how well he and Eddie get along....I just love watching them!

6) Eddie and I have decided to replace the carpet in our downstairs.  When I first moved to the beach my puppy Bailey refused to potty train.  Evidentally that is common with beagle females.  After that my dalmatian Daisy who was eleven years old started having incontinence issues.  So needless to say the carpet has had its fair share of pup accidents and quite frankly we do not want our child crawling around on it.  We do still have dogs, but they are very much potty trained.  :)  We have our "measure" appointment this upcoming Thursday where we will get the actual quote for the work to be done.  Hopefully it will be in the ballpark of what we were told this morning by the Home Depot associate.

7) Eddie and I will be going to our only football game of the season on October 16th.  We bought the tickets prior to learning that we are pregnant otherwise the budget would not have allowed for such an expenditure.  We have pulled the reigns in pretty tight in anticipation of the little one.  I hope the baby enjoys football and the marching band performance.

8) Our next doctor's appointment is Friday, October 1st.  We will be 9 weeks and 5 days when we go.  The plan is that we are having another viability ultrasound.  I am secretively hoping that we will get to hear the heartbeat this time.