Catching Up

I am a little behind! June 17th we celebrated Mr. Russell's 28th birthday with a family outing to the Royal's Buck Night. First we stopped over at his mom's house where Russ got his group gift.... a PS3 and his parents got him Grand Theft Auto 4. You would have thought he was in heaven! Perhaps I am crazy for getting him this right before the baby is born but he has promised to not let this get in the way of our baby preparations. And it really hasn't so far. He is a good guy!

That weekend we celebrated Father's Day over at Matt and Rebecca's house with a delicious BBQ. Russ got a baby carrier that can either go in front or back and a CD I made him of modern baby music and modern/ top rated artists. When he was asked later what he got he just kinda looked at me blankly and mumbled, "PS3?" Guess he really was enjoying that new gaming system! Matt and Russ got some funny "Dad" shirts from my parents and he also got a cute little outfit from Gyboree from the Tilley's. We got my dad an engraved grandpa photo frame and a joke present that will need some explaining. My dad is convinced we won't be able to go on our annual ski trip this year with the babies. We joked around and said he needed a feeding system like the Grandpa on Meet the Fockers had. So, we made him one! If you know my dad this fits his humor to a T! Everyone was dying laughing!

We had our 24 week appt last week. Everything looks good except for that darn placenta keeps staying low. We are just hoping and praying this doesn't buy me an automatic ticket to a C-Section! Here are a couple of belly shots from 24 weeks. No making fun of my bare stomach!

After many, many trips up and down the stairs to the basement and thanks to the help of our awesome neighbors, Baby P's future room has been cleaned out! What a project! Russ and I started installing the chair rail tonight with only a few minor bumps in the road. Nothing that can't be fixed! We also got this awesome glider and foot rest for free from Max's parents. Yep you heard me right people, FREE! We still can't believe it and are so thankful for their generosity. We are so blessed to have giving and thoughtful people in our lives!

Thanks for checking in on us!
Russ and Emily