We're still Alive!

Wow....I've definitely been a blog-slacker!! Life has been all over the place lately...and that's my excuse :) But I have so much to update/share...so I apologize if this is a completely random post, but this is my attempt at catching up on a nearly two month blogging drought!!

First and foremost....

OUR BABY:
I am currently growing more and more every day, which I hope means that the little guy is doing the same! And yes, that's right...I said little GUY! We found out quite a while ago, but I've never officially announced it on our blog. So if you already knew...there you have it again! If you didn't know, well now you do!! The ultrasound was amazing/surreal and Blair and I loved every minute of it. Even more exciting than knowing the gender (which was SUPER exciting) was just knowing that we have a healthy baby whose parts and organs all seem to be functioning properly! The whole thing is so miraculous!! (Sorry for all the exclamation marks, I've noticed I use them a lot....guess that's just my way of showing my excitement!!!!!!!!)

I am having a ton of fun dreaming up ideas for our little guys nursery! Hopefully someday soonish, I can have some pictures to post of my successful nursery crafts....for now it's mostly dreaming up the ideas.

Speaking of pictures to post...I'll work on getting a belly profile shot someday! For now, you can just use your imagination :)

OUR LIFE OTHER THAN THE BABY:
We are currently living with my parents in Washington while we figure out our working/living circumstances. They've been extremely generous and hospitable, and we've appreciated the chance to have a place to stay while we get things figured out.

Blair is signed up/signing up to substitute teach with about 6 different school districts in and around the Tri-Cities in Washington. September has been pretty slow because teachers don't seem to miss as much school early on, but we're hoping they start needing days off soon. Everyone we've talked to who is involved in the school districts in that area, however, say once things get rolling he should have as much work subbing as he wants. We're mostly hopeful that the substituting will help Blair get his foot in the door for a full-time teaching job somewhere, someday soonish!! However, for now, while the subbing is slow...there has been plenty of work on my dad's farm to keep Blair busy and employed (for which we're extremely grateful)!!

I have been staying super busy myself trying to get all the details of life in transition figured out. I feel like I've wasted my life away on the phone with insurance companies, apartment complexes, doctors offices...yadda yadda yadda! I think we're getting closer on figuring everything out and are going to be moving into a cute little apartment in Pasco in the next couple of weeks, and I have my first doctor's appt set up. It'll be nice once all of the transitional stuff gets sorted out...moving mid-pregnancy is definitely less than ideal!!!!

It's been a time of harvest around the farm here in Washington, so I've been lucky enough (with the assistance of my mom) to do a little bit of canning. We put up 77 quarts of peaches....which Blair eats like candy, therefore I know they will get used and be much appreciated! We've also done some raspberry jam and bottled some green beans from some of the fruits of my grandma's beautiful garden! I plan to do a bunch of applesauce and/or apple pie filling soon because we are basically surrounded by apples in my dad's orchards right now. Some of his granny's may not even get picked because of hail damage, so I'll have to take advantage of those soon!

RANDOM, JUST FOR FUN:
If you're actually still reading (sorry for a super long, picture-less, post) here's an entertaining guy to get sucked into youtube watching!! My parents called Blair and I in to watch a video they thought was super funny by a comedian/parody singer Tim Hawkins the other day. We laughed so hard, and then proceeded to watch any and all of his other videos...laughing all along the way. From everything we saw, he was always clean and appropriate and hilarious (so our apologies if you find something on the contrary).

Here's a good one to watch...and feel free to look up his others if you have some time to kill (or even if you don't)



This one is pretty genious, and the song "Delilah" goes way back with Blair and I....



And if you're still here wanting more....this one didn't necessarily crack us up as much, but it hit the nail on the head and made us all like this guy a lot more!



Anyway, life's great for Blair and I, and hopefully this post will catch you up a bit on our life and maybe give you a little laugh as well!!!