20 Week Update!

Just yesterday, Kristie reached the 20 week mark. She's starting to feel the baby move so it's becoming very real now!

This past weekend, Kristie's Dad came up to visit for a few nights. We took care of a small project around the house...which I always seem to rope Chuck into :) ... and then we went to dinner at Arrabiata's in Bay Village. After dinner we headed over to Avon to catch the Lake Erie Crushers game that night. We had first row seats on the first base side and it was a great night for a ballgame.

The garden is coming along nicely despite noticing we had a security breach as a rabbit somehow made its way through our fence.  We've picked about 10 cucumbers so far as well as some lettuce and cilantro.  Both the corn and broccoli is just about ready.  And once the tomatos start, we are going to have hundreds, if not thousands.

And finally....the news you've all been waiting for!  Kristie had her second ultrasound tonight and they were able to analyze much more this time.  They gave us a slightly updated due date of December 7th.  We also decided to find out the sex of the baby despite having some last minute thoughts about changing our minds.  We found it we are having a baby girl!  We are both thrilled!
We will check back with another blog in a few weeks.

Lots of Shoveling!

Kristie and I have been talking about putting in a garden for a long time and with the Cavaliers still waiting for their next opponent, I was lucky enough to have this weekend off. So...we ordered up 5 yards of top soil and 5 yards of mulch and it was delivered on Saturday.

Okay...two things. 5 yards of top soil is a LOT of top soil. And 5 yards of mulch is a LOT of mulch. 1 yard of mulch too many, but we found places to put it eventually...plus we put it on a little thicker than normal. We actually used some of the leftover topsoil to build up some of the flower beds in the backyard and we added a River Birch tree and a few other plants.

Once we finished the garden, we added some deer fencing around it to protect our crops and then planted all of our seeds. Hopefully, in a few weeks we will see onions, peppers, broccoli, spinach, lettuce, cantaloupe and more sprouting up. We also have a bunch of tomato plants that have come back from last year.

We are glad we are finished so we can give our feet and backs a nice break! Pictures below.