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Ok, so I sure have gotten a lot of slack about the hair picture. So I took my hair out of my day long ponytail and made it look pretty. It is grown out about 2 weeks, but still looks pretty good. This also shows how much more I am showing...I think a lot. Thanks for the shirt Em! The first night I've been able to wear long sleeves. (Em sent a whole bunch of fun winter maternity clothes with the Zoodsmas last weekend. It was like getting a whole new wardrobe.)
We have a pretty busy weekend ahead of us here, as Brad told you earlier. Tomorrow is the work get-together, Saturday morning (8AM!) is praise team practice, and then in the evening we are taking a family of girls (3) from church out for pizza and bowling to give their parents a break. It should be a fun weekend.
So Brad and I are off to his football game. Have a good day all!

More House Work

So...I thought that I would give this thing a try once since I have let Molly do all the posting so far. I put another coat of drywall on the basement tonight, hopefully this will be the last one. We shall see once it dries and I sand it. Molly is baking cookies tonight for our neighbors who helped us this past weekend. On Friday we are going to a work party at my managers house. It will be a fun night full of wii bowling and good food. My manager is going to be cooking four different kinds of meat and we have to bring a salad or desert. We will be bringing some sort of nacho chip dip. I think I have played wii bowling once so it should be interesting. There is going to be a tournament with the people there, I just hope I don't embarrass myself.

Next weekend I will be heading to a Michigan vs. Illinois game at the big house with a friend of mine. I am really looking forward to it, I just hope its a decent game. I have also been playing some football of my own. I am on a flag football team that plays on Thursday nights at a Rockwell Collins field. We had our first game last week and lost pretty bad, but I think now we have some kinks worked out so it should be better this week. Anyways I am going to read some news about Matt Millen being fired or quitting or whatever happened and check on my fantasy football team. I really need to turn one of my teams around.

Brad

Wrapping up the weekend

So...the weekend is coming to an end. And it has been exhausting but very successful. I can't believe how much we have gotten done. Yesterday the boys got drywall put up in the basement and one layer of mud. They also decided to tackle the tree. Now just so you all know, they did not take down the whole thing. I will post pictures of what was left when they were done tomorrow. It is dark out now and pictures won't turn out. But it looks very different! (a very good different) Brad's friend Loren came over this afternoon, along with our great neighbor skip and helped Dad and Brad tie up all the branches. It looks great. Mom and I got all of the nursery furniture together. How fun! Again it was like Christmas. It could not look any better. It is exactly what I remember. Mom did some carpet cleaning while I was at work. Today Mom and I went to the outlet mall and found some fun baby stuff and a few other things for ourselves. When we came home Mom did some more cleaning and I put linen shelves in the nursery closet. Although not perfect, they will do the trick. And that is why I am not a carpenter:). The boys did some more mudding this afternoon and primed tonight after dinner. We are spending the rest of the night relaxing. We will all sleep very well tonight! (Even Maggie) I have posted some pictures tonight, but will post more tomorrow when I get some more taken in better light. Along with these I will also post a nice picture of Brad and I. Here are some pictures that you have all been waiting for.

Our beautiful new crib!
The Changing Table

The antique wardrobe from my mom, that matches perfectly!

The inside of the crib with comforter and bumper pad

The linen shelves that I put up all by myself!
My new diaper bag, that I love!

Happy Birthday Brad!

Today is Brad's 24th birthday. How much better can a birthday get, his parents come tonight! Unfortunately they won't get here until after his birthday is over. But he does get to play football on his birthday. It's his first game (the last two have been rained out). I will be home cleaning like a banshee. I hope this day goes by really fast because I am so excited! Sadly I do have to work tomorrow, but hopefully I'll be out by early afternoon. I guess people can't live without their bulletins :) Well I will get back to work now. I will update again with the progress of the weekend.

a new week

So today is Monday. The beginning of a new exciting week. It seems like each week has it's own first or new event.
Tonight we put the second coat of green paint in the nursery. We hope it turns out like we expect. You just never know what you're going to get with paint color. Our baby furniture (crib and changing table) will be arriving this weekend with our house guests. We will be able to put it all together!
But of course the most exciting part of this week is that Mom and Dad Z. will be visiting Thursday night through Sunday. We have a lot of things to be done while they are here. Some work will be done Friday on the bathroom downstairs and some other drywall repairs. Saturday will be the big tree-cutting day. A friend of ours will be coming over to help Dad and Brad to take down a very large tree in our backyard. Mom and I will be going to the outlet mall :) I really don't want to be around, and we surely won't be of any assistance. Hopefully the rest of this week flies by because I can't wait to see some family!!

Baby Bedding!

Today is a great day! I came home today and to my delight there was not a "you missed a package" note on our door. 10 minutes later Maggie was barking at the FedEx man in the driveway. It is like Christmas in September. This is the first thing that we have bought for baby Z. We will go out tomorrow morning and buy paint. Tomorrow hopefully our furniture will be ordered as well. Mom and Dad Z are going to the big sale to order it. It's all becoming so real now. The picture to the right is the quilt/comforter. It is very soft! We also got the bumper, crib sheet, window valance, dust ruffle, and diaper stacker. How fun!

Wednesday

Today is Wednesday, and I am at work. Work is getting quiet these days. This past Sunday was our pastor's last Sunday at our church. He is moving to Calvin CRC in GR! Today is moving day so they got all of the stuff out of his office. It sure will be different around here. Today is a pretty busy day as I have Youth Group after work. I get to go home for 2 hours or so and then I'm right back here. I practically live here.
Brad is starting flag football this week with practice tonight and then his first game tomorrow. He will be playing in a league with other Rockwell employees. For those of you who don't know, Brad and I are doing fantasy football for the first time ever. I know, you're thinking I'm crazy...well this is my effort to get more interested in one of my husband's favorite fall hobbies. We'll see if it is successful.
I am really excited, we are supposed to recieve our nursery bedding in the mail on Friday! This means we can pick out paint colors and get started on Saturday. This will be our first step in the preparations for baby boy Zoodsma. Just so you all know, we have not picked out any names yet, and we won't be sharing them with anyone until THE day. Some of you may be skeptical of my secret-keeping abilities, but I am going to try my hardest. So it might be best if you just don't ask, then I won't be temted.
I got my haircut yesterday...and love it! I've been going shorter and shorter each time. This one was perfect. I don't have any pictures of it yet but Brad and I need to get one together for this page. Soon.
The next week and half will be preparation for our house guests next weekend. I couldn't be more excited! We have lots of projects for Dad Z and Brad to complete over the three days that they will be here. I can't wait.
So this has gotten really long and I suppose I should get back to work. Have a great day everyone!

our first blog post

Hello everyone!

I am starting a blog for all of you who would like to keep updated on our life. We have got some crazy stuff going on right now. Of course first on our list is the baby boy on the way! We cannot wait for January, but time sure is flying. We have a lot to look forward to until then. Mom and Dad Zoodsma are coming out next weekend (Sept. 19-21) and then Mom and Dad Rottman are making the trip in a month (Oct. 17-19). This will be my dad's first trip out since last October! I can't wait. We have lots of projects for them to do :) On this post you will find my first "baby bump" picture. I'm sure some of you have really been wondering what I look like, and now you know. It seems to grow everyday. I hope to keep this updated as often as I can with doctor reports, house improvements, and other important info on our everyday life to keep you all in the loop.