haven't blogged in a long time!

Will post an omnibus update post in a second, but here's a quick recap:


- work is still nutty :)

- We are having a baby! Due date 4/10/10, it's a boy and his name will be Tyler John. 17 weeks so far, 23 to go.

- Aggie the pup is almost 8 months old. She's a great dog and we love her a ton!


So here's what's been going on this weekend:

We met up with Ed & Kristen for lunch yesterday - so fun to get caught up with them! Kristen and I are going to do some shopping today - yay shopping!


We had zero trick-or-treaters last night. Which is par for the course in this townhome community. It's mostly singles and young couples, not many kids. No ToTers is good since I hadn't bought any candy, and running downstairs to the front door all evening didn't seem to appealing.

Aggie has some sort of rash going on. We spent a lot of time in the garage yesterday cleaning up/throwing out stuff that I'd held on to for WAY too long, and I think something in there must have irritated her skin. She had some redness around the eyes, which has gone down, but is still red around her nose and on her chest. We're keeping an eye on her.


So we spent yesterday in the garage, and then moved almost all the stuff out of what will be the baby's room. Eric's computer desk is now in my scrapbook room that we are now sharing. I'm going to run to Babies R Us today to get one piece from the bedding collection we like (Pop Monkey) so that we can match paint colors and hopefully get that done in the near future. My parents have graciously offered to help us with the baby furniture, so hopefully we'll get that purchased soon and have the room all ready in plenty of time for the arrival.


I had so much old stuff to toss. A lot of it had been moved and moved and moved and should have gone a long time ago. It was fun to reminisce, and I found a couple of names of past coworkers that I have looked up on Facebook to see if I can catch up with them.


We were thinking about moving, but we've decided to stay put. We could probably get out of this place for what I paid for it, but it would be tough setting up a nursery while trying to sell. And renting this place would be a good option but we'd need to have a lot of money set aside in case of vacancies. So, although we saw many wonderful houses where we could probably make a great deal, we've decided to stay put for the time being, and pick up the search again next Spring or Summer.


And the other thing on the horizon is minivan shopping. Yes, you read that right, we'll be one of those families who buy a minivan for one child. I've never been in love with my Civic, and would love to get back into a small SUV again, but a minivan is cheaper, bigger, and gets better gas mileage. Plus all the conveniences of getting easily from backseat to front and vice versa, being able to cart around us plus baby, baby gear, and others if needed...and it seems like the right thing to do. No specific timeframe, but we're keeping an eye on Carmax's inventory of Toyota Siennas and Honday Odysseys.


Next weekend I'm headed to Dulles, VA with my friend Stephanie to meet up with a bunch of our friends and scrapbook all weekend. Hooray!! Should be a ton of fun and I'm excited about meeting these girls that I've known online for years.