Something new.........

Amongst the exams (I passed!), the teaching (wraps up this week!), Thanksgiving, playing with Luke, and other fun, Hal and I have been cautiously expecting good news.

On Friday, we found out that Luke will have a little brother in April! Nathan will be here sometime around April 20th. His ultrasound looked great, although we have to get some pictures of his heart at our next appointment since he was being stubborn for that particular portion of the scan. We were relieved and so excited about having a household full of two little boys under two! What blessings!

Jungle Room!

I know I have been out of the blogosphere most of the summer. Truth is, I'm really boring. Lots of data entry, relaxing, cleaning, etc.

We're supposed to have a baby here in about a week (although the Doc thinks he's going to be late -- I guess he'll be just like me!). I thought I would show some pictures of Luke's whimsical jungle room! You'll see mismatched furniture, lots of jungle animals, and a Layla dog who likes to lay in the middle of everything. Layla also goes to Luke's door pretty much every night so we let her in to check things out. Because of our lease, we couldn't paint or do proper wallpaper, but we went wild and crazy on the stick-on border and decals.




The over the door sign was made by our friend Jessica!



(ugh, fuzzy, but you can get an idea of the room itself.)





Books and toys and some awesome blankets.







Hal loves monkeys. :)



The duck has been in my dad's family for a very long time!



My finished artwork. It's hanging over his dresser (which is my old dresser).






Hal's nightstand had to be relegated to Luke's room when he rearranged our bedroom to fit Luke's pack n play (where he'll be sleeping for the first couple of weeks. At least, we hope he'll be sleeping).





Decal Details

So arty.

So, not finished yet, but.....



What I had to go to Hobby Lobby for today! I have this canvas and two smaller ones (those have an elephant and an alligator on them, respectively). All the animals are copied from the bedding we have for Luke, and this will be hung above his crib. It's not perfect, but it's been fun to work on. At least the animals seem recognizable. Tomorrow, I get to go back over the background and do some touchups. Then, hopefully, they will be done.

It's a....

Boy!

Luke Edward (we are 99% sure that will be his name) is coming in August/late July.