It won’t be long at all now before Todd Daniel is born. It is looking like it will be no later than the 12th. I am really excited, but a little nervous too. Donna and I have been working with the kids on keeping their room (and all the others they destroy!) clean. I think we’re about as ready as we’re going to be!
Thanksgiving is this week. We’ve got a lot of work to do around the house in preparation for Todd Daniel’s birthday. We’ve got his crib, which is much nicer than my bed ;). It’s hard to clean the house up, when right behind you are two little tornadoes that are destroying at a much faster rate than you can clean. Donna has been working very hard to get everything ready for Todd Daniel, but Preston and Russell seem to be out to sabotage her work! We are expecting him to be born within the next couple of weeks. We will still be visiting Mom and Dad in Ardmore for Thanksgiving, so there is the possibility that he could be born in Ardmore! We will see… Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Donna had her ultrasound today. The new baby is a boy! I think his name is going to be Todd Daniel. Now we’ll have three boys running around the house. Exciting! 🙂
We had a nice trip up to Minnesota. We got there the day before the family reunion, and so we were very busy at the beginning. I was starting to think that we were crazy for coming. However, later on in the week we were able to relax and enjoy our time. Roger, Emmit, Preston, and I all went geocaching on day where we picked up a ton of caches. I even collected geocaching souvenirs from North and South Dakota that day! We are glad to be back home now, though!
We leave Thursday for Minnesota. In the meantime, we’re working on cleaning the house. I don’t want to dread coming home because there’s a huge pile of dirty laundry to do and lots of other things! I’m really looking forward to the trip. It’s been a long time since we all got to go on a “vacation”.
Today is Donna’s and my 7th wedding anniversary. That’s right; we’ve been married seven years! We really don’t have any plans for this evening. Though, Donna’s parents are taking Preston for the week (they were going to anyway, not just because it is our anniversary!). I think Donna is wanting to eat out somewhere or do something like that. Personally, I don’t care for eating out all that much, and I would rather have a meal at home… We will see! I’m sure we’ll end up doing something, but I don’t know what.
Yesterday we met up with my brother and his wife in Waurika for the 2012 Rattlesnake Hunt. We didn’t actually hunt for snakes (I hate them, personally). It is basically a big street carnival. Preston rode a kiddie-rollercoaster, a merry-go-round, and the ferris wheel. He had a great time with Uncle Ben! He even came home with a giant stuffed monkey, which he’s currently sleeping with!
A few weeks ago Donna and I made the mistake of telling her parents that Russell just lovesthose toy kitchens. They got him one for his birthday; it was a nice-looking blue one. I decided yesterday to get it out of the box and set it up for him in the backyard.
Two hours later, I finally finish putting the horrid thing together. If you’ve ever put together a model car, you’ll have an idea of how this thing worked. It seemed like a thousand tiny pieces all attached to each other by plastic. I had to cut each piece out with wire cutters.
My neck and arms are still sore today…
Donna and I have switched from Boost Mobile prepaid to US Cellular postpaid. Boost was great in Lawton, but pretty lousy here in Wichita Falls. US Cellular is a little better, though I’m not sure if it is so much better that it justifies the increased cost! I think we’ll have better reception in rural areas, though. That will make me feel better when traveling.
I think most people would be complaining about a weekend as rainy and cool as it was. However, since we have been in a horrible drought for over a year, I am very excited to finally start seeing some rain. This has actually been a fairly wet winter, considering winter is usually one of our driest times here in Texoma. With that said, yesterday’s rain was some of the best we’ve had in a long, long time. Donna and I were laughing because she said to Russell, “You’ve never seen rain before!” Of course she was being sarcastic, but it is actually kind of true. He’ll be two years old tomorrow (Happy birthday Russell!), and we’ve been in a drought since about the time he was born…