To Suffice the Masses

After much pressure and commands I have officially taken pictures of my belly. Below are 2 pictures one from the front and one from the side. I am officially 32 weeks today so in approx. 8 weeks lil' Malachi will be gracing us with his presence!

P.S. that lovely sign I am standing next to says "This Kitchen was perfectly clean yesterday, sorry you missed it."

TOO Funny!

Much love,

the DuFrenes!

Below 70 day count down!

Well Mike and I had a wonderfully boring doctor's appointment again this morning. Mike decided to accompany me to the doc's and regretted every moment of it. For whatever reason this morning it took much longer than normal to get into the room and then another "forever" until the doctor was able to get to us. Must have been a really crazy morning. But we were able to ask some questions as we start preparing for the next 2 months! Crazy to think that a mere 6 months or so ago (mid-October) we found out Malachi was on his way, now we are only 2 months away!

As we start this final prep time, Mike and I are both taking some time to hang out. Mike will be heading up north to enjoy some fun crazy times with some of the guys. I will be heading down to Kansas City to enjoy the Twinkies pound the Royals keesters!

The doctor is having me watch the amount of salt that I take and is doing a little extra blood work. The only thing she is concerned about it that I might be one of those lucky ladies that gets swollen ankles and wrists and all that accompanies that. Which so far I am possessing-I haven't been able to wear my wedding ring for a few weeks now. CRAZY! But overall we are looking good as we make our way down the final weeks until his arrival!

Thanks for all the support and prayers as we embark on this new journey!

The DuFrenes!

Only a mere 10 weeks away!

Wow I cannot believe how fast this pregnancy is going thus far. I mean there are slow times and faster times, but overall I think that it was only yesterday that we were going to the orchard and finding out we were expecting! It was such a wurl-wind of a time and it has been wonderful. Mike hasworked diligently on the nursery. On the right is a picture of the nursery as it stands right now.

Now that we are feeling more prepared we have been able to enjoy our lovely niece, Avery. Avery came out last week to celebrate Mike's 26th birthday. Mike got some much needed practice. Okay probably not needed but fun non-the-less. Below is a picture of Mike and Avery.

Thiessen has started to enjoy this new "spring" weather! As soon as it hits 40 degrees we are out playing frisbee. Being the odd dog that he is, he chose to relax in the snowbank instead of the warm driveway. Or (to my enjoyment) not the grass! If T rolls in the grass it takes forever to get him clean enough for indoors! It takes 10 minutes just to clean his paws with the muddy-ness of the ground right now. So there are no complaints about Thiessen relaxing on the last snow, but just an odd move on his part.