Blog of the Wayward Steer

My wife is such a trooper.  She is pregnant and carrying around this "baby belly", which cannot be easy for her or her back... and yet Melissa doesn't complain very much.  If I were in her shoes, I'd be grumping alot!

I am so proud of her.  Melissa is going to make a great mother for our child.

 Blair

I am getting ready for Halloween!  So much work to do, so little time.  I even tried to start early this year (before October).  Have to put on a good show for the kids.  Darin and I loved Halloween night when we were kids, because it was a treat just to go into town (we lived 7 miles outside of town), dress up, get candy, and run wild during the night while our parents played poker.  Good times!  Fond memories.

 So I am driven/compelled to put on a good, scary show every year for the kids (little and big).  Heck, one year I had more fun scaring the parents waiting in the driveway, unawares, while their children visited our door.  Total blind-side scare!  I would jump out and give the parents a lil heart jump-start, while they were looking at our front door.

 So if you are interested in what I do for Halloween... I turn our front yard into what I like to call a "graveyard gauntlet"... the kids have to EARN those treats, right? 

So I decided to start a seperate blog on my Halloween projects, with photos:http://madtinkererhaunt.blogspot.com/

Hope you have a Happy/Scary Halloween!  

Blair

I feel a strong need to brag about my husband today.  Keep in mind we both work long weeks, and have a minimum 45 minute drive to and from work 5 days a week on top of that.  Add in weekly childbirth classes, shopping for registry items, doctors visits, etc... and our work week is very tiring for both of us.  So, of course I feel like being lazy all weekend - if I could get away with it.  What does Blair do???

Let's see, this weekend involved making me breakfast, going to get a truckload of firewood so that we are now stocked up for the winter (which includes loading and unloading the truck), working on his Halloween display, putting the dresser in the nursery, installing a chandelier in the nursery, and installing new wood blinds in the nursery.   And, it's only 1 pm on Sunday.  We plan on going to Apple Hill this afternoon for somefresh produce and yummy apple juice.

I am so very fortunate and blessed to have a hard working husband.  Especially when all I feel like doing is laying on the couch and watch my belly move every time Scarlett does somersaults!!!  The nursery is about 3/4 of the way done.  The crib is assembled, and the furniture is in place.  Now I just need to figure out how I'm going to organize all the baby stuff we're going to need.  I think the sage green walls and the dark wood furniture look fantastic!  I want to get some soft yellow curtains for the closet, and Blair plans on making a bookself with cubby holes in it, painted yellow.  Hopefully I can figure out how to add pictures to these posts, and I'll take some shots of the room.

Can you believe... I start my third trimester this week!  AACK!!!  Do we want to take a poll?  Let's see... how about betting on what day Scarlett decides to grace us with her presence?  My due date is January 14th, and because we know exactly when we conceived, it's an accurate "due date", if that helps you.  But, it can happen 2-3 weeks prior and still be considered full term.  Also, a lot of 1st time mommies go past their due date.  So, it's anybody's guess.  Let me know your date choice!!!

Melissa