Maybe in Everett's world there lives a happy little fish over there

I sorta modified a Quote from Bob Ross for the title, it originally read "Maybe in our world there lives a happy little tree over there".



My Mom, aka Grandma 1, aka Sally was over on 9/15/08 slaving in Everett's room painting "Happy Fish" on the walls to make it appear that he is under water. It looks awesome, and it only took a mere 8 hours to paint. She made the stencils from the "Bubbles" bedding set that we are using in the crib.

I already decided that I was going to tell Everett that he needs to watch out when he enter/leaves his room that the crab is going to pinch him when he is not looking.

Dustin

Stay Puft Marshmallow baby!

This scan is from 9.17.08. Looking at the scan, you would be looking him right in the face. All I can say is wowza those are some big cheeks. It looks like he is either smiling or sucking on a huge gum ball. Tera also says that during the ultrasound that he appears to have rolls on his arms and legs. Ouchi for Tera!

Other info:

As of 9.10.08 Everett weighed 6lbs. 4oz.

Dr. reports Amnionic Fluid level has decreased to the normal range.

Everything is looking normal.

Dustin

The Crib is Finally done!!!!!

Yes, you read that right, the crib is done. Well to the best of my abilities anyways.

A little history:

I found out that Tera was pregnant and immediately thought about building a crib with Tera's Grandpa(Les, Awesome Woodworker). So I found the plans and hardware kit that I liked on Rockler's website. I found a Mennonite that was looking to sell a bunch of hardwoods, so I bought $500 worth of maple, cherry and oak. The maple that I bought that was dry enough to use was rough at best, but through much work, most of it was usable.

Parts:
4 legs
2 upper and 2 lower end rails
46 slats
2 top and 2 bottom caps
2 gate rails.
plus some other parts.

We changed the plans and decided to go with Tenon/Mortise design, so each slat needed a tenon on each end and each tenon needed a mortise to go in. So 96 tenons, and 96 Mortises, very time consuming.

After it was all cut out, it was up to me to sand and finish it. So after 60, 120, and 22o grit sandings, Tera and I decided to use danish oil(natural) to stain the crib. I applied 2 coats and it looks very nice, very natural.

Here's what you have been waiting for, PICS!!!


Dustin

More Doctor Appointments

My follow up appointment lead to more wondering. The doctor seemed concerned with the amount of amniotic fluid and scheduled me for weekly ultrasounds and non-stress tests. I went last Wednesday (9/3) and they said the fluid level decreased but is still a little high. The non-stress test measured the baby's heart rate to his movement. Well the little stinker wouldn't move at first so it took a little while. He finally moved and the heart rate went up like it should so that was good. I go back Wednesday for another ultrasound and non-stress test. Below are new ultrasound pics.

Everett's foot is in the upper left corner. The bottom 2 pics are his profile.

Travel

Dustin and I took our last childless trips. We went to Chicago with my brother and Bev the end of August. We were able to go thanks to Bev who had extra tickets. We saw a Cubs game, had dinner at Medieval Times, and did some sight seeing. We had a lot of fun and ate a lot of good food.

We also took an overnight trip to Ft Wayne for the annual Labor Day party at the Clark's. It was good to see everyone and catch up. We got a pic of Nathan with Poompa.

Amazon Child

I had a dr's appointment back on the 7th for the routine check-up. Well when she measured my belly it was bigger then it should be. I guess your supposed to be the same number of centimeters as you are weeks. So being at 28 weeks I should be 28 cm but instead I measured 32/33cm. Being 4 cm more then I should the Dr. scheduled me for an ultrasound. I was excited to have another ultrasound but worried about what was going on. So Thursday, the 14th I went for my ultrasound. Everything looked normal just big. She measured different parts like the head, abdomen, and leg bone and the measurements were 4 weeks ahead of were he should be. She estimated that he was 4 lbs and if he gains weight like he should he will be 9lbs when born! I have another appointment on the 25th to follow-up. Good thing too because I have lots of questions about the delivery now! Below are some of the pictures.







Everett is Waving Hello to everyone, only a couple more months!!!

a sideways phantom of the opera pose, look at those cheeks

sucking his thumb

his mouth is open and you can see his tongue

Moo Cat

I was painting the closet in the office, and Tera was watching tv in the living room, so Moo being a good kitty was keeping my place on the couch.

We are adding closetmaid shelving to the office closet to add additional storage space to the house, someone(Tera) has way too much stuff, and we need additional storage upstairs.

On a side note, Everything with the Baby is going great, can't say the same thing for Tera, she has been very uncomfortable lately. She is definately showing now. They moved her due date up to Oct. 23rd. I painted the nursery a few weeks ago, it is an ocean teal blueish color. I still have to sand, stain and glue up the Crib. Our baby registry stuff is pretty much ready to go, we registered at Target and Amazon.com

Dustin