New House - Fingers Crossed!

As some of you may be aware, Chip and I have been looking for a house for the last couple of months. We've explored Plainfield and all of the areas surrounding it. It has been extremely stressful and difficult as it seems that all of a sudden EVERYONE is looking for a house. Just as we would find something we like, someone would come along and snatch it up, or we'd end up in a bidding war before even submitting a first offer.

After what seems like forever spending so much time searching online and looking at houses almost every day after work (or so it seemed) we finally have an accepted offer on a house! It's in Avon, IN which would not add much to my drive to work and seems to be a good location for Chip to start at. This 4 bedroom, 2 bath house has a huge backyard for Kona and an attached 2 car garage for us :) We still have to get through the inspection and appraisal, and I hesitated to even blog about it because we don't want to jinx it - but we're excited and figured that lots of prayers would certainly help! This would mean a great deal for us because it would allow us to get into a house and get settled well before the baby comes. In addition, it also gives Chip a place to have some equipment so that he can actually do work for the customers he's now acquired down here.

We'll keep you posted, but let's hope that the inspection doesn't find anything too crazy!!

Everything's Looking Good!

Chip and I went in for another checkup today at the doctor's office. We got to hear the heartbeat again and it was going strong! It's incredible to hear that heartbeat - for both of us. It's one thing knowing that you're pregnant, but (especially lately) I don't exactly "feel" pregnant. Since my nausea has worn off - which I'm grateful for - there's not a whole lot that feels different. So when we heard the heartbeat, it just makes it all real again. Chip said that last time, the heartbeat sounded like a washing machine and this time it was definitely stronger.

Overall, they said everything looks good. We'll go back in a couple weeks for some blood work and then (hopefully) around the first week of April we should be able to find out if it's a boy or girl. We can't wait! But we're also excited to make sure there are you know...ten fingers and toes, and everything else is in the right place - haha! We'll make sure to let everyone know when we know more.

Thanks to everyone for all of your love and support!

Board Games

This past weekend, for some reason Chip and I became board game-aholics. I think we were just looking for something different and fun to do that didn't require going out since it's been so cold again. What may have started the madness was that last weekend, we went downtown to Circle Center and I saw a card game that my mom and I used to play all the time, Rack-o. It's pretty addicting. All you have to do is line your cards up in order in a rack, but it's definitely not as easy as it sounds - especially since your opponents can sometimes change your cards around or even swap one of your cards with theirs. We got addicted to it pretty quick.

So this weekend we busted the Rack-o back out, but that made us think of some of our other favorites. Chip really wanted Uno and Yahtzee so we went out to get them since our board game selection is severely lacking. It was so fun. We spent a lot of time this weekend with Yahtzee, Uno, Rack-o, Irish-opoly (the Notre Dame version of Monopoly) and a new card version of Monopoly.

It made both of us think about growing up and spending time with family. Hope you're all doing well out there and anytime you want to have some friendly board game competition - Chip and I are ready! And I hope the weather gets warmer soon!

P.S. I should also note that I beat Chip at every game that we played this weekend except one :) He was a good sport! Haha!