39+ weeks

 Jeff has been taking my belly picture for me every week!  It has been fun to see the growth!  This picture was taken on Tuesday (4 days before the Baby's due date). 

 There's the Baby Bump!

We love you Baby Rudebusch and can't wait to meet you!  

A Week for New Things!

Just call us SPOILED!!! 

 My China Cabinet was delivered on Wednesday afternoon. I have been saving the money I received from gifts (birthdays/Christmas/graduation) so I could buy this hutch. I spent all day Thursday washing up the beautiful items that have been packed away in boxes since our wedding so we could display them!  

 We got our new leather furntiture delivered this afternoon.  It is awesome!

 Jeff got home from work and tested out all of the reclining options.  I plan to take out my snowmen tomorrow and decorate the shelves.

Gus and I found comfy spots on the reclining/rocker sofa!  Jeff and I plan to relax, watch a movie and enjoy our new furniture/fireplace/entertainment stuff.

Christmas with the Rudebusch Family

It was great to have the Rudebuschs with us for a few days to celebrate Christmas.

Paul and Brieann came from FL for the holidays!

Mike and Susan spoiled us with some very nice gifts!

Baby Rudebusch is due in less than 2 weeks. 

Jeff went to Best Buy on Tuesday and got his BluRay player and sound system... using his gift cards that he got for Christmas!  We couldn't wait to watch a movie using the new TV and equipment, so we got out the folding chairs!  How comfy, huh?  Our new furniture is supposed to be here on Friday.  It will be so fun to spend time downstairs with our beautiful entertainment space.  

Merry Christmas!

We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! 

Luke 2:13-20
¹³ Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
¹⁵ When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
¹⁶ So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. ¹⁷ When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, ¹⁸ and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. ¹⁹ But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. ²⁰ The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

 Family picture in front of the tree!  Next year our family will look a little different!

Yes, I am great with child.  2 weeks to go til Baby's due date.

Christmas Came a Little Early This Year!

Gavin had to do some digging to get all the way to the bottom of his stocking! 

Santa came to Auntie and Uncle's house this year... a little early too!  Mom and Dad, Garrett, Cilla, Gavin, Carson and Lexie all came down to Hutch this weekend to celebrate Christmas with us since we won't be making it up to Roseau this year for Christmas. 

 Gavin had lots of fun opening up his presents!  He was so patient in the morning, too!  Carson really enjoyed the bows and cardboard!

 The Lee Family!

Grandpa and Grandma with their grandsons!  Thanks for spoiling all of us Mom and Dad!

We made our traditional breakfast on Saturday morning of Swedish pancakes and all the fixings!  Yum, yum, yum!

Here we are for our annual pic in front of the tree!  Gus and Baby included!

We got Gavin some Moon Dough for Christmas!  It was pretty entertaining!

I was sooooooo excited to get my fireplace wall completed this weekend!  It look AMAZING!  Merry Christmas to me... even though it wasn't really considered a Christmas gift.  We were so fortuante to have my Dad make the beautiful mantle/surround for the fireplace and built in shelves.  It all turned out great!

Jeff and Dad installed everything this weekend so my woodwork is complete!

We just need to stain/varnish the cabinet doors for the bottom of the shelves and then we can install them.  Oh, and Jeff is patiently waiting for his new TV to be proudly displayed above the fireplace.  It was on backorder, but it should arrive before Christmas.  We have also ordered new leather furntiture which should be here before Christmas!  I am hoping!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving and more!

So much to be thankful for this year! We enjoyed the extended weekend up in Roseau for Thanksgiving.  It was the last time we will be up north without a baby!  : )  Jeff was good to stop so I could get out and walk a little bit (Gus didn't mind getting out for a walk, either).  We were able to spend time with our amazing families and ate lots of wonderful food, of course!

Kelly, Amy and Deveny were so sweet to give me a mini-shower!  They spoiled me (and Baby) with some "must-haves" before Baby comes! What wonderful ladies!

Oh WOW... a four-wheeler!  Gavin loved the new 4-wheeler at Grandpa and Grandma's!  He will have fun on that this summer!

Trying to figure out how to start this thing!  Gavin saw Grandpa doing something on the side to get it started... good thing he didn't figure it out... or he would have taken off! : )

We are so excited to see our basement come together.  We ordered some amazing furntiture a couple of weekends ago... it should be here before Christmas.  The built-ins and the fireplace surround have been built with love in my dad's shop.  Dad and Mom will be bringing down the fireplace surround when they come in December.  We already have the rest of the built-ins downstairs ready to be installed!  It will be fun to spend time down there... can't wait!

Check out this Baby BUMP! 

I am at 34 1/2 weeks now... that is 5 1/2 weeks to go until Baby is due.  Will he or she be early?  Will he or she be late?  Who knows! 

I plan to have my last day of work be Dec. 22.  That means I only have 16 days left of school.  That is going to go by so fast. 

It has been a busy fall!

 We have been really busy this fall doing things with our house!  Jeff got all the trim (for the floors and doors) stained and varnished when I was gone scrapbooking. 

 My dad and mom came here on Thursday (10/27) and stayed until Tuesday (11/1).  It was nice to come home to a homecooked meal after work on Friday and Monday since Mom would have dinner ready for us!  Dad worked on projects while Jeff was at work and then Jeff and Dad worked hard when Jeff wasn't at work.  They got all the floor boards up and put up all the trim around the doors and closets.  Dad brought down the base for the fire place and the base cabinets for our built in bookshelves!

 While we were at work Dad painted the Baby's room for us... the paint was called Lemon Trees.

 We decided that the Lemon Trees color we had originally picked out was way too bright.  So we bought Warm Sunlight to soften it up!  Jeff re-painted the room on Saturday morning... now it is a much better color for Baby.

 On Saturday night we went to the Wild game!  It was a fun game!  They played against St. Louis.  We saw TJ Oshie play (he is from Warroad) so that was neat. 

 The Wild won (2-1).

 The penalty boxes were really full at one point!  Do you see all those guys in the box for St. Louis and Minnesota?

After church on Sunday, Jeff and I put the crib up in the baby's room.  We hung the valance over the window too... but decided not to hang up the artwork until we get the rest of the furniture in the room.  The room is coming along!

  Baby is due 2 months from tomorrow! 

Can you believe it! : )