The Nursery

Salon Erkel

I have reached the point in my pregnancy where I can barely see my toes, much less bend over to maintain a good pedicure. Kyle offered to help and gained a new-found appreciation for one of the many facets of female beauty maintenance.

Flip This House!

This is a follow-up to an earlier post about our own year-long episode of "Flip This House." We bought this house with another couple and have been working weekends over the past year, in between our jobs, school, family commitments, making babies (what?) and life in general. The realtor held an open house on Sunday and now we cross our fingers for an offer! Good thing the economy is booming and real estate is flying off the market. Home for the holidays, anyone?




Too bad you don't have "smell-o-net" so you could get the full effect of 50 years of cigarette smoke and dog urine that was soaked into the green shag carpet!



Beautiful hard oak floors were hiding underneath the carpet!

Third Trimester!

Here I am, 27 weeks' worth of belly!

Second Trimester

This weekend marked the official end of pants with zippers and buttons. Bring on the maternity jeans with elasto-bands!

It's a Girl!

Kyle and I got our first glimpse of our baby girl last Friday. She is healthy, very active, and, if I do say so myself, quite photogenic. Because I am of "advanced maternal age," we will have another ultrasound on October 17th, so be sure to save some of your "ooohs" and "aaaaahs" for the next round of photos!

Beat State!

Just a couple Hawkeye fans watching the big game today. Iowa beat Iowa State 17-5 today in the state's biggest annual spectator event. Iowans of all species love their football!