23 days...

23 days, 23 days, 23 days! I wish they would hurry up already! I am so insanely pregnant that movement has become one of my least favorite things.

We installed the car seat today- that was pretty exciting. It took a good while to make sure it's in there safely, but we figure it out.

I am so excited for the next 2 months. Getting back to school with a baby will be a challenge, but we have already picked out our classes so that while I am in school, Rob is home and vice versa. Squishing jobs into the open time slots may make it confusing, but we have some creative ideas.

The next post will be when we have the baby! Yay!

26 Weeks and Counting...

We are so close to welcoming a new member to our family! March 22nd, doesn't seem so far away anymore. The excitement has definitely been sinking in these past few weeks as we have begun to receive baby gifts.

A lot of people have been asking if we picked a name- and we did! Her name will be:

Kathryn Francine Barrett (but you can call her Katie)

It feels so good to have the semester over with. Pregnancy and education do NOT mix well. Luckily I have the winter semester off and won't be due back in school until mid-April. Juggling classes with a baby will be an interesting endeavour, but with only 2 semesters left, we can do it.

It's a....

Girl!

It's official!

We are having a baby!

We found out in July and have been anticipating our 12 week mark. We finally made it and decided to blog it.

I had my first appointment out here in Rexburg and it was great. They showed us the baby and we could see him/her moving and kicking around. It's a very active kid apparently. They gave me a picture and also a DVD that shows it all. I am going to try to load that vid up, but it may take me a while.

In the meantime, enjoy our picture of baby Barrett! For age and development info, check out the top right of this blog. Cool, I know.

another lame post

As July ends we have recently been given A LOT to think about... and it's kept me thinking!

Last weekend we made a surprise trip up to NH to see the family for a day. It was a busy day trying to see everyone, but it was worth it! I was able to get some good family pics, see my dad's intense weight loss and even bounce in the new bounce houses at BOUNCE-U.

I am slowly getting through my eternal checklist that I had at the beginning of the summer. It feels good to get stuff done! Classes are ending this Wednesday, which is a major relief that I am so excited about. It will be nice to have a break from studying for the next 7 weeks.

Half way

We are close to half way through our summer. It has been fun, but we are so ready to get back to Idaho and just worry about school and see our friends.

As most everyone now knows, we got another puppy. It was copletely Rob's idea... but we love the puppy anyway. Since it is Rob's puppy, he got to name it. He chose the name, "FATTY BIG MAC". Mostly because he's a fat little pug.

Contrary to popular belief, it has actually been way easy have two dogs. They keep eachother company, and since Ellie is fully trained, Fatty just follows her and copys her. It's like he came trained! This was a relief, because it was tough work training Ellie, but at least I can say I did it. It was worth it.

And in case you are wondering- NO, I do NOT plan on breeding the dogs! There are too many neglected puppies out there already.

So with school, work and 2 dogs I keep myself pretty busy, but I still managed to find time for my latest hobby addiction- you should check it out, it's digital scrapbooking! I looove it. WWW.HERITAGEMAKERS.COM

Washington D.C.

Here we are in Washington D.C.!
It's deffinitely different than anywhere else we have lived before! The people, the traffic, the culture, it's all so different and has required some getting used to! It has been fun so far.
My job is great, I get to have a lot of free time and flexibility. It's pretty easy for the pay I am getting. I looove making extra moo-la!
SO far we have gone downtown once and did a little sightseeing and visted a few museums. It's awesome that it is all free. We haven't seen Obama yet!

Onto other news: We are thinking that since we are so close to NH that we will drive up for a few days before we head back to Idaho for another semester of school. We will keep you posted!

Ellie is doing good and is as cute as ever!