31 weeks--7 months down, 2 to go!

Here's a 31-week belly shot. Sorry about the lighting, but the festive backdrop is worth it, right?

Lucky Baby

From Kathy
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

Joanna, Chrissa, and Christine threw me a beautiful baby shower today. I had a wonderful time having all of my favorite east coast people together in the same place! We received some very useful baby items and some adorable little clothes. Thank you to all of my friends and family! (click on the photo above to see more photos of the shower)

Eventful Week

That is a photo of a man who found out his master's thesis passed without any revisions needed. Congratulations, honey! He'll officially receive his degree in December, and has the opportunity to walk at the May graduation. Hooray for being finished!

We had a lovely Thanksgiving at Marc and Christine's. Here's a picture of Marc and J hard at work in the kitchen. Christine and I are lucky ladies to have guys who contribute to the feast!

We put our Christmas tree up on Friday evening. Here's a shot of us in front of it (we'll count this as my 29 week belly shot).

It has been raining most of today. There were about five minutes when it was pretty snow, but now it's cruddy old rain. I would much prefer some pretty snow. Sigh.

Baby gets a new closet

Baby Closet
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

We put some new Elfa closet units (thank you, Oprah coupon!) in the second bedroom (the room that will be the baby's once it arrives) to start the transition from office/guest room to baby room. We still plan to use the left side of the closet for long hanging adult wear, and I admit that the bigger drawer unit pictured is crafty stuff (mostly yarn). Funny how those drawers are already full! Later we'll be able to create two shorter hanging areas for baby things, if needed. We've slowly been accumulating some baby things so we put them all in the picture for you to see.
We took off the sliding doors and now we have to decide if we want to put in bi-fold doors, or curtains or something. Any suggestions?

27 weeks--6 months down!

27 weeks
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

It's a little crazy to put our minds around the fact that we'll have a baby in 3 months! Today marks the beginning of the third trimester...still feeling very good and knocking on wood whenever I say somethng like that. :)

J turned in his thesis to the readers this week! Hooray! After his first quarter grades go in tonight, we'll actually be getting to work on some baby prep around the house.

25 Weeks

Ignore the post-yoga hairdo and sweatiness, and here's what I look like at 25 weeks.

The baby is moving a lot. Last night was pretty funny in that it wouldn't move for a while, then if I rubbed my belly it would poke back. Of course I repeated this ad nauseum, since it was so cool to think that the baby was reacting to something I was doing!

Out with the old, in with the new!

I got a new car! We said goodbye to my faithful 1998 Buick Century after 11 years of service (9 years with me, 2 with my mom).

Here's a final shot with her:

And here's my new CR-V! It's AWESOME. So exciting! And it smells new! And the power locks work, and so does the remote keyless entry. And all four windows open. Such luxury.

Fall fun

(This is from Columbus Day weekend, but I'm just posting it now)

We had a fantastic Columbus Day weekend...the weather was beautiful and we spent a lot of time outside. We went apple picking, and we also explored Rocky Narrows, a hiking trail park not far from our house. We can't believe how close it is to our house and we'd never heard about it before!

Idyllic fall weekend in New England

With the Columbus Day holiday today, we had a lovely three-day weekend. And the weather cooperated so we had three sunny but crisp (60-70 degree) days! We went apple picking, we played frisbee golf, we grilled with friends, and we went for a walk/hike. It was fantastic. We did take some pictures, but I haven't loaded them on the computer yet.

Now back to the not-so-idyllic task of organizing the basement. Wish us luck! (oh, and wish the Red Sox luck too!)

22 weeks--Five months!

22weeks
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

Believe it or not, I'm five months along! There's definitely a belly there, even though it's nothing super huge. The baby is moving around a lot, which I like because I know things must be going well in there. I'm still feeling good,so we're just coasting through this nice time.
Not so nice, of course, is the basement-cleaning project that we need to start as we start to prepare the second bedroom to become the nursery.

Feeling the Baby Kick!

I've been feeling the baby move around the last few weeks, but last night the baby stepped it up and started really moving around in there. And tonight J could feel it too! Hooray! We're not just imagining all of this. :) With the ultrasound on the 17th and now this, things are starting to seem a lot more real on the baby front.

17 weeks

17 weeks
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

People have been asking for a belly shot, so here's what I looked like this past week, when I was 17 weeks pregnant.

Ladder Golf

Ladder Golf
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

We had the Reinharts and Nannestad's over for a Labor Day cookout, and here's the crew that ended up playing Ladder Golf after lunch. Click the photo to see more pictures from the cookout.

The Grillers

The Grillers
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

We went on a 10-day trek to (and through) the Midwest in August. We visited Niagara Falls, Kurt & Cecilia in Ann Arbor, Leta & Tom & Joe in Madison, Erin & Dave in Wisconsin Rapids, and Mom & Dad in Rice Lake.
Click on the photo to see more of our trip!

Baby Jourdan on the way!

We wanted to share with you that we are expecting a baby! He or she will arrive in the second week of February 2009. So far the pregnancy has been proceeding without any problems.

J and K

New Waders!

New Waders!
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

I promised my parents a picture of J in his new waders and boots they got him for his birthday, so here he is in his new fishing gear! He went fishing with a colleague on Tuesday and had a good time. Neither one of them caught any fish, but J was happy to report that the waders work GREAT!

Happy Birthday J!

It's J's Birthday! Here's a birthday song while he was starting to play with his new GPS.

I can conquer any obstacle!

I can conquer any obstacle!
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

My co-worker took this of me on Friday, when I was dressed for the task of re-loading the library (we got about half way through the job). You can see that many improvements had occurred even before Friday's work...there's my new ceiling and lights, a clean carpet, NO MORE TUBES!, and most of the garbage has been removed. Once we finish unpacking tomorrow, there's the job of re-ordering and processing the 2500 books that were damaged. I'll just have to keep remembering this picture.

(Click on the picture to see others...choose the tag "Library" to see only the library photos.)

Fun in the Sun

Hiding
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

Life hasn't been all about the flood--today we watched Miri and had some fun out in the yard while her mom and dad led the music at church.
(Click on the photo to see more)

Air Tubes

Almost-empty library
Originally uploaded by kjourdan

They've been drying us out using these tubes that blow dry air through the place. They work well. However, they're also about 24 inches in diameter, and they go throughout the room and doorways into the hall, which means we all have to walk around bent at the waist in the flooded section of the school. It's so dry that it makes your throat hurt. Which is better than wet, I know. But talk about extremes.