29 weeks - Truly I don't do this for myself!

So here - for posterity - is a preggo pic. No makeup, ready to walk on the treadmill in hopes that I can somehow affect my labor and how squishy my body will be come the last week of March.

Now we are finally into 2008!

Just wanted to show you that my Berliners turned out beautifully! My Oma makes Berliners every year for New Year's Eve and this year I was brave enough to give it a shot for my little family. I want them to have fun traditions that mean something special and it doesn't hurt when they are extremely tasty too!

Rick requested that I didn't include a mustard one -we need lots of good luck this year- so we just let everyone pick out a jam. We ended up with Strawberry, Peach and Blackberry.

My Christmas Break

Before the new year we each wanted to get cracking on projects. Rick busted his tail on the bathroom and I spent a day making all the birthday cards (and a few Thank You cards) that I'll need this year. Curse Glen and RC for having 9 children! (Just kidding - we love all of them! But it's kind of like a math lesson in exponential functions to make cards for the whole clan!)

Lots and lots of work. With the combo of tile saw, the smell of sealant and the nonstop hum of the fan Rick worked his way into a migraine followed by a week-long headache followed by another migraine. I had him go to the doctor and now we are the proud owners of prescription migraine medicine! His wifey was a little concerned that he might be incapacitated at a critical time (say the end of March) and be unable to drive - now she feels much better! And even better - we hope that this will make it so that Rick doesn't have to suffer any more!

Here we have a picture of the whole lot.

If you look closely you'll see yours! See how much I love you?

Grandma Loot

Each of the grandkids on Rick's side are getting quilts from grandma and Nathan was SOOOooooo thrilled to see his super colorful quilt and pillow! And he also was given a cute Buzz Lightyear lunchbox full of grandma treats - dried cinnamon apples and bananas along with other fun snacks (Rick helped himself to some too - I guess he misses his momma!)

Moving right along

Here's a "work in progress" update of the only almost-finished room in the basement!