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Monday, June 30, 2008

Long Time Coming

Wow, it is really hard to believe that June is almost over. It's even more hard to believe that shutdown week is finally here, YEAH! Well updates, lets see...we went to the Doctor on June 23, things were good for the most part. The baby's heart rate was in the 130s and Ami's was around 120...it was definitely an "issue" that the Doctor wanted to address. So...that's right, Ami earned herself 2 weeks of bed rest. Since that appointment, we have had some blood work done as well as a couple of other test to rule out preeclampsia. We also get to go back on 7/2 for updates and another check. I was instructed to check her pulse daily and I have been, she has been running about 90 bpm so things are calming down.

Now to the "funner" updates. We have been finishing off the nursery, we picked up the furniture this past Saturday and wow, does that really bring home the fact that the littlest kipf is only 2 months away. Well I must go for now, look for nursery picture updates later today. Back to cleaning...

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Updates from MI

Evening Folks,

Hope all is going well for you. So a lot has happened since we last updated the blog here, so away we go. Lat Friday, 6/13/08, the hardwood floor was refinished in the baby's room and on Saturday 6/14 we had our first shower. We got lots of goodies for the baby so thank you to all of you who got something for us, it will all come in handy.

I am posting pictures of the nursery progress to this link:
http://community.webshots.com/album/563845198hWrddG
So go check it out and let us know what you think. Yesterday, 6/17/08, Ami spent about 4-5 hours on the Neonatal Triage floor at Beamont Hospital getting 1000 mL IV drip. It was tons of fun let me tell you! We go to the doctor for our last "month" check up on 6/23 so there should be news that comes from that too. After this visit we start getting more frequent visits, yeah! For those inquiring minds who want to know, the range of the baby's heart beat yesterday was about 130 bpm to 150 bpm, mostly around 140. My mom seems to think it is going to be a boy, she has her methods being a veteran OB Nurse, but we still don't and won't know definitively until little Kipf is born. Well I have rambled now and it's time for me to go work on my Wii golf skills before I won't have any free time. Look for the next update on 6/23.

Oh yeah one last thing, our nephew, Aiden, is now up to approximately 3 lbs and doing well. He is getting stronger and stronger. He cheered the Red Wings onto victory when the clinched the cup (working on getting the picture to post) and has had a couple of minor set backs, but that's to be expected. His mom and dad were told the earliest he might be able to go home is around July 10th or 15th but it will more than likely be August some time. I am looking forward to letting the 2 cousins meet and start playing. Now I am done for real so have a great night and a wonderful day!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Construction Pics




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As promised, a little late, but still here, the pictures of the start of nursery construction. The picture on the top here shows what happens when Koda accidently steps in the blue paint. We now call him 'ol blue paws. The picture on the bottom shows the color scheme. It was taken from a "Classic Pooh" set we found at Target and Babies 'R Us. It should turn out pretty cool looking. Well that's all for now, there is a game 6 to finish watching....GO WINGS! I apologize if the page looks screwed up, I am still figuring out how to post pictures on here. By the way, as you may have notice, the poll is closed and the "girl" has won! We will see what happens on 8/25!







Monday, June 2, 2008

Construction Begins

Ok,

Good morning and happy June! Well it has begun, this past weekend we officially moved out all of the "junk" in what is becoming the nursery. We did get our paint up on the walls and the chair rail will be going up this week. I also have to get the hardwood floor underneath the carpeting refinished. It is turning into a major project! I will be positing progress pictures later on this evening but man, the closer August comes, the crazier things are getting!

On a side note, as we were painting this weekend, thanks to Ami's mom for helping a lot, we had the dogs in and out of the room. There was something that Koda, the younger of the two, wanted to get to on the other side of the room. In his infinite wisdom, he took the shortest route, through the roller tray! We had painted paw prints everywhere on the carpeting. It was the funniest thing, he stepped in the paint, pulled out his paw and looked at it like, what the heck is this? Anyway, the picture of "old blue paw" will be posted too! Did you know paint doesn't come off of dog paws very well?