Condo

We got to go see our condo last night! Go see the Our future home page to check it out.

Condo

Yestedray Eric didn't have class so we went after work to check on the progress of our condo. It was the first time we've been able to go inside of the one we're REALLY going to live in, it was so exciting! They put in our cabinets, and the tile in the bathroom already, and the frame for our wrought iron balcony thing. (that was an upgrade, it comes with solid wood balcony, but with our view, we would be crazy to not get the wrought iron!) Don't forget that clicking on the pictures will enlarge them for your viewing pleasure!
The first picture is the living room, taken from the top of the stairs. You can see the frame for the wrought iron and the beautiful view. Just to the left of where I was standing is a little window seat facing the woods. It was such a peaceful view.
The second picture is taken from the living room. Underneath the hanging lamp is the dining room, and into the kitchen. The counter you can see is the 'breakfast bar' so stools fit under it on the other side. You can see the little pantry and the space where our fridge will go. The open door near Eric is our laundry room.

The third picture is the kitchen. the open space on the right will be the microwave on top an oven, and the space on the left will be the dishwasher.
The fourth picture is the bathroom. They have the tub put in but not the toilet. I love the tile we picked!

Sam

Just a little update on Sam...she's 22 weeks pregnant now and in the last two weeks has just gotten soo big! He's moving around and kicking and growing like crazy. So I just thought I'd share.
We're having a lot of fun planning for my very first nephew. Baby boy clothes are oh so cute!
The kids I nanny for are FINALLY getting better after a couple of weeks of being really sick. Kaylee had a bad cold and an ear infection, and David had a bad cold that turned into pneumonia. I survived that week...I've been taking vitamins and sucking down Airborne...but this week I'm getting stuffy and my throat is sore so I'm afraid I may be getting sick now.
Only 6 more Montessori weekends to go! I'm coming home early for this coming weekend because my Grandma Ruth will be in from Florida and we're doing a bunch of family stuff.

Ikea is Awesome

We bought a table and chairs last week! I know we have to stop buying this so we still have stuff to register for but certain things we fell in love with, like this table and chairs and they ran out of tables at the Michigan store so we had to send Eric's wonderful Aunt Chris and Uncle Howard in Pennsylvania to their store to pick it up for us. So we decided not to wait on the chairs either, just in case. We close on the house in 17 weeks!!! I'm getting very excited...even though I don't get to move in until after the wedding...it will be nice to have a home, and to be able to put our stuff in it, instead of taking over my room, the spare bedroom, Janelle's bedroom, and a good portion of the basement. (it has been wonderful to get gifts from our registry for our birthdays, Hanukkah, and Christmas, but we didn't think about having to store everything until after the holidays when we had piles of appliances, house decorations, and towels all over the place.)

A break in the action

Now that the holiday craziness is completely over, and the wedding is less than 6 months away, its time to really buckle down and get planning. We're also planning for Sam's baby who is due in just about 20 weeks now. I got to go with her to her ultrasound on Thursday, it was so amazing, we got to see the heart beating and the bones moving and...its a boy!!! The ultrasound lady said he weighs about 3/4 of a pound and about 7-8 inches long. We finally had to go yesterday to get her some maternity pants, luckily they make cute maternity clothes these days. We're getting really excited!

I survived!

The Fall semseter is over and I survived! I got an A in both of my OCC classes bringing my GPA up to a 3.864 =) At Walsh I got an A in the Process Reengineering class and a B+ in the online Information System Security Class bring my GPA to a 3.75 which got me on the President's List (kind of like the honor roll)!. Things are going great though, next semester I am expecting to be taking Professional Communication online and Interpersonal Communication on Friday night. The Professional Communication class is just to transfer to Walsh but the Interpersonal Communication class is the 2nd to last class for my CIS degree at OCC =) All I will have left is Data Structures which I would have taken in the Winter but it conflicted with a class at Walsh. As for Walsh I am hopefully going to be taking Business IT Architecture on Tuesday night and Software Engineering I on Wednesday night. I havn't heard if the Friday night class has enough people to run at OCC yet and the BIT Architecture class only has 5 people enrolled so far so I am not sure if Walsh will run it or not.

Work is going great as well, we are just finishing up the busy time between semesters and are hoping for a smooth Winter semester start.

Thats all for now, I'll drop by later and update when I know about my classes next week.

Good news

Things are going great, I got approved for a mortgage and the guy went and checked out the complex and said he was impressed! Only 20 more weeks until we close!

Holidays

The holidays were a success. You can read more about them on the Christmas pictures 2006 page. We got a lot of great stuff, mostly things off of our registry, which is great. I don't think we'll need anything by the time the wedding is over. Aunt Joyce gave us a whole bunch of Christmas decorations, which is exciting, and my mom gave us a bin full of fluffy bath towels, and also some holiday towels and kitchenware. She made me an apron with gingerbread men on it too that is really cute! We got 5 of the games we registered for, so we've been playing a lot of games on our week off. Its so nice that Eric works for a school and my boss works for a school so we both get holidays off. We don't get a lot of time together during semesters when he has work all day and class every night. I'm really enjoying getting to just hang out all day together. I'm also updating the Wedding Plans page now so go check it out!

Party

I had 6 out of the 8 bridesmaids over tonight, we went to Uncle Rick's so they could try on their dresses, shoes, and jewelry. It was really fun. Then we came back to the house and tied ribbons on 250+ bubbles. Amazingly, it only took 45 minutes! My girls are the best. Meanwhile, Eric was out with a few of his guy friends, and added a couple more groomsmen to the list. Only 192 days to go...which seems like a lot, until you think that its only 27 weeks from this Saturday...then it gets scary.

Half way

This weekend will be the halfway point for Montessori Training! Its going well, although I'm not thinking I want to work in a school right away...I really love my job and can't imagine leaving them, and Laura said when I start having kids (which will be a little while) I can bring the baby with me, so I don't have to worry about daycare. So I'm going to get certified but probably won't be teaching anytime soon.
Sam announced last month that she's pregnant, she was afraid I would kill her because she's due 6 weeks before the wedding and probably won't fit into her bridesmaids dress but I'm really excited for her. Today is the first day of her second trimester! She'll get to hear the heartbeat at her next appointment, so she's really excited about that.
Pioneer Club is going well at Church. I teach 8-12 year olds. I usually have 2 boys in my class, but yesterday I had 4 boys! Its really fun. I also lead the games at the end for all of the kids, which is fun too. We played a game a few weeks ago called Spinach where you ask someone a question like "what do you eat for breakfast" and the person has to answer "spinach" without smiling or laughing. The kids thought it was hilarious and are still playing it. Their favorite question for me is "What does Eric look like?" Spinach!!!