Almost There

The due date is now two short weeks away - May 12. We're betting on a late arrival though, since that's in Kara's genes. The most popular question these days is, "Have you chosen a name yet?!" (Not until we see her, although we have our favorites.)

Kara has been suffering from a head cold the last week. Not fun when your lungs already are squished. Otherwise, she is doing well. We recently enjoyed our "last fancy dinner before kids" at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Then with Kara's last day of teaching, we celebrated at The Cheesecake Factory. Any excuse to live it up while it's still just the two of us.

Here are a few recent photos. We hope to have good news soon!

At Cheekwood Gardens

At baby shower hosted by Jeff's work friends

Kara at 38 weeks

Christmas Girl

Happy New Year!

On Dec. 21 we had our "big" ultrasound and found out we're having a baby girl! It becomes more real each time Kara feels the little flutters and kicks. Jeff has even been able to feel the movements. Here's a screen capture from the ultrasound, which shows great detail of her head, nose, mouth, spine and little hand.



After our ultrasound, we packed up with Kasha and drove north for Christmas with the Krinks. After a few days of eating, visiting and tooling around Philadelphia and South Jersey, we headed to Parkersburg for a visit with the Mullers. Back in Nashville, we started on the nursery. Here's Jeff assembling the new Ikea crib...



Then it was on to Fayetteville for a great Southern spread with ham, potatoes, beans, dressing, sweet tea and our favorite - pecan pie! Here's Kara in front of the Christmas tree. (That little bump isn't from all the good eatin'!)



We're still making progress on the nursery. We've had to move the guest bed into what was the office. We also assembled the new dresser/changing table. Next will be reorganizing the closets and the other pieces of furniture before we attempt painting...

Say it ain't so!

There's a label, in case it's not obvious.

Jeff & Kara