New House Update

We stopped at the new house tonight to check and see what they had done today, the first day of work. They had all the ceilings painted, 3 of the rooms upstairs, and were in the process of removing the wallpaper in the master bath while we were there. They also had everything taped. We're excited to see work start and even more excited to know that at this point in about 2 weeks, we'll see a dramatic change! We'll keep you posted and get some pictures up as soon as we can.

Poll 1

I'll be 30 weeks on Friday, this is the time that all the books, newsletters, doctors, etc. say to start packing your bag for the hospital, just in case something happens. In our case, I think it is an especially good idea to go ahead and do this now, since we will (hopefully) be moving within the next month or so and a lot of stuff is in boxes right now anyway.

So for the first colintravisbaker.com poll, I'd like to hear from everyone out there reading this:

What do you think I should pack in my hospital bag? Leave a comment under this post, or if you don't know how to do that, e-mail me and I'll post it for you :)

29 Weeks

I know it's kitty week, but I did actually have something to talk about today, so I'm interrupting kitty week to give an update on the Bakers.

Today was a first for mommy and Colin. I was sitting on the couch about 15 minutes after eating my first breakfast (yes, I said FIRST) and Colin started bouncing around, as he usually does after I eat, and this time, I could SEE him moving around, like little waves in my tummy. So you can definitely tell the kid is getting bigger, I'm guessing he's around 3 and a half to 4 pounds by now.

We also got good news today, our contractor, David, contacted us and told us he hired an additional crew so he could get started on our place right away, instead of another 2 or 3 weeks! So this means, our new house's upstairs floor should be painted by this time next week, then we can get the carpet installed and they'll get the downstairs painted within 2 weeks from now! Exciting stuff! I was really getting nervous about being in the house before Colin decides to make his grand entrance. Now that seems more realistic.

As for me, I've had a not-so-great week health wise. I'm getting bigger, which brings more aches and pains, like my back, and my nausea came back with a vengeance this week. I'm feeling much better today though.

Last night Brad's company had their first football game and even though their "coach/quarterback" was out sick, and everyone was nervous, they went out, had a great game and won! Brad had a lot of fun and looked good on the field! A lot of his co-workers kept saying how good I looked, which was nice to hear after such a hard week.

More Cute Pictures

Pay Attention to Me!

"What? I need attention too."


"What is she reading now?"

Anything they can do to get me off that dumb computer! The computer was actually sitting in my lap when Henry decided it was his turn.

Henry's Basket

The basket on the entertainment center has become Henry's new sleeping place since I packed up the videos that were in it. Isn't he cute?

Kitties Week

Well, we are in a slow part of the pregnancy right now, no doctor's appointments this week, just Colin and I getting bigger everyday. So I thought I'd make this week about our other 2 "kids," Henry and Crazy.

For those who haven't seen Henry lately, he's gotten big, er, fat. And really soft. Remember that puppy we bought a couple months ago, and how soft I said he was? Henry is softer! Since he's been in our home, gotten healthy and lazy, he's doing much better. He's very loveable and follows us all around the house, just wanting to be where we are. He's also gotten in a habit of laying in the cutest places, evidence as follows:



(that's Brad's briefcase laying in front of the fireplace, one of Henry's favorite new places to sleep).