38 weeks...whoa!

we cannot believe that its been 38 weeks since we found out we would be having a little nugget. here is a photo of cheryl in all her beautifulness...

as they say in the song, our "bags are packed and we're ready to go". just waiting on the baby...

guess the nugget...

its time for a baby pool! click the photo to make your guesses about when our little girl will make her appearance and what she'll look like when she does. if you're too far off on your guesses, you might get the angry face from nugget (shown in the above photo). good luck.

a little bit of history...

a little history on andrew's parents:
june 9, 1968 - paul and linda (dad and mom) get married in texas
march 1969 - dad enrolls in officer training school for the us air force and ships out to california
may 1970 - dad assigned to lockbourne air force base outside of columbus, ohio (renamed rickenbacker afb in 1974)
april 8, 1971 - erin (oldest sister) born
december 1973 - leave columbus to move back to houston

the photos below are from their first trip back to columbus in 36 years. the first was taken in front of 3488 w. penfield court, my parents house from 1970 until 1972. the second picture was taken outside of Christ the King Catholic Church where erin was baptized. the third picture is a historical photo of the hospital on base where my dad was stationed and where erin was born.

new photos of the baby mama...

here are some cute photos of cheryl at week 35. according to our baby countdown today, we are only 26 days away from her due date. whoa!

getting ready for baby...

over the past 2-3 weeks we have been busy getting ready all the "stuff" that nugget will need when she gets here (or maybe more appropriately all the "stuff" that we think we will need when nugget gets here). super stollers, blinds and curtains, diapers, blankets, cribs and more. left to be assembled are the car seat, bassinet, pack n play, swing and probably a million more things. oy vey...

but it has been tons of fun. cheryl and i usually spend at least 30 minutes a day sitting in the nursery talking about all sorts of stuff. projects we've completed, projects to finish, things we want to do, things we don't want to do, our own childhood memories, what we're excited for, what we're terrified of, baby names, and so on and so on...

i get a quote of the day in my email and today's fits us very well. "we change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become. - david hawkins" i know that nugget is still a few weeks away from being "here" but cheryl and i have already become parents and i believe that will change the world...

that was awesome!!!

we stopped in vandalia, illinois to see this fire-breathing dragon. totally worth it!!!

summertime in ohio

david and aspen recently came to ohio hang with us on their summer vacation. and it was their five-year anniversary! congratulations. we took the opportunity to show them some of the sights of columbus. click the photo to see an album of our trip to the zoo, the ice cream factory and the ohio statehouse. we also grilled some burgers, ate lots of sandwiches and enjoyed a german feast...