Our little Scooby!

Happy Halloween everyone!

More Ikea

We bought the entertainment center the same day we got Aiden's new furniture. Beth had the pleasure (frustration?) of assembling it all. The only piece that gave me trouble was the TV table - I had to take it almost completely apart when I realized some parts were backward! Fortunately the rest of the pieces were much easier, if large. The setup now looks AMAZING!

Bookshelves & etc ready to be placed.


Work in progress. I made Matt figure out all the wiring!
Finished! (Please to ignore the mess, focus only on the center!)
Of course, now Matt says we need a bigger TV :)

Ikea-a-rama!

We took a day trip to Atlanta specifically to hit Ikea and purchase new furniture. We'd seen an entertainment center at the store a couple of weeks ago so we were sure we wanted to pick those pieces up. But we've also been looking at upgrading Aiden's furniture, and we found a set at Ikea online that we really loved, but wanted to see it in person before deciding if we'd buy. When we got to the store the first thing we saw was the bed we wanted for Aiden, and that alone sold us! We found the bed, a small 2-drawer dresser (that will be used as a nightstand) and a 6-drawer dresser for Aiden. We also bought all the parts for the entertainment center. It was quite a mess getting all those giant boxes in the Jeep!! Beth had to sit scrunched up against the dashboard for the ride back to Columbus, but it was totally worth it. Well, except for the fact that we now have to put all the pieces together...

Beth and Aiden went to a local mattress store the next day and bought his mattresses, and they were delivered later that day, so we had to put his bed together. Then Beth got inspired (bored because Matt was watching football? Maybe...) and put together the small dresser, too! It took about 4 hours to complete, so I'm not looking forward to how long it's going to take us to put the rest of the pieces together...here's a picture of the bed & dresser:


The room definitely isn't complete - the crib is still in there! Becky & Kublai are taking our dining table & hutch and as soon as those are gone we can start moving the rest of the furniture around. We also bought some "Lightening McQueen" sheets online, so until they get here Aiden's using just a fitted sheet and a quilt to sleep. He LOVES his new bed, though, and could not wait to sleep in it!

Another update

Beth had to take the glucose screening test last week, which consisted of drinking a chalky-tasting orange soda drink and waiting an hour, then getting blood drawn. It's a test to tell if you might develop gestational diabetes, and if you fail the hour-long test then you have to go back and take a 3-hour long test. I don't know what happens if you fail that test, I only know I had to take the 3-hour one when I was pregnant with Aiden but my glucose levels were apparantly fine after that test. However, this time around, when I had my OB appointment earlier this week the nurse practitioner told me my glucose levels were fine! And also, my hemoglobin levels have increased, which is a good thing and apparently unusual. I don't know what I'm doing differently this time around but it's definitely working! I'm officially in the 3rd trimester, too. Nothing to do now but watch my waist expand some more and prepare the house for baby girl!

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Matt's Homecoming

He's home!! His flight came in around 1 PM on Thursday, 30 September. There were large video screens and we were able to watch the plane land and the soldiers debark, but then we had to wait another hour & 1/2 before they marched in formation into the hangar where we waited. They had to in-process, drop weapons and have a safety brief before being dismissed. It was all worth it though!!


View of the plane on the video:


Matt debarking:

In formation in the hangar (Matt's in the middle):

Happy family!

An Elementary school class in Arkansas "adopted" Matt for the year and they sent this sign home for him!