Well, I'm totally ready for this baby and to be a Dad. Power School is taking up a ton of time, for those of you who don't know what that is send me a line and I will help to educate you on it, but I feel that while the baby is going to be a huge adjustment to our family dynamic it is going to be a positive one. Living in South Carolina isn't so bad I guess, if by bad I mean if anything has moisture on it it is instantly consumed by mildew and in the summer it is about 100% humidity all day and night, than yes not so bad is a good term for it here. Also, when the bronaugh's came down to visit last time we saw an alligator in the river right near the restaurant we were at leads me to feel good about the choice of keeping our cats indoors here. I can only imagine Sarge v. Alligator...yeah I know alligators have small brains, but they would have the upper hand brain wise on Sarge I am pretty sure. Anyway, like I said I'm excited to see "The King" aka Hellcat Ace, and I am pretty sure Nora is ready for her Baby-ectomy to come asap, but whatever, I can wait a little longer, heck I've waited this long to meet our son, couple more days cannot hurt.

Briefing

I know that I said that I would try to post once a week and I fully intend to keep my word, but right now I am waiting on a dual effort blog to be written between the two of us. I have added a link to the George family post which is Rose and William's blog about their family. There is also a link to our flickr photo page so that you can go and view our albums that we are creating. Right now all I have is one filled with pictures that cover the span of the pregnancy. Hopefully we can add a few pictures of us and some of our cats being silly before all of our pictures are dominated by the king. Keep an eye out for a new blog in the next few days!

First Entry

We thought that it was time to copy others and create a public blog for friends and family to keep track of us. We will use it to let people know about the things that are going on in our lives and most importantly, once our son is here, it will have little updates and stories about what is happening with him.
Here's where we are right now:
Although her due date is not until October 10th, Nora has decided to will herself into labor between October 2nd through the 8th. She is trying to stay busy between now and then, and to focus on projects that will keep her occupied. Throughout pregnancy she has knitted 4 full size blankets and is about to start number 5. At her last doctor's appointment the baby, nicknamed The King (T.K.), had a nice strong heartbeat and was measuring to be an average size baby.
Ivan is currently in his middle session of training school and is doing well. He applied and was picked to be assistant section leader for part of his class. There were only 2 open spots and 6 very qualified applicants. He also had his wisdom teeth removed about a month ago and has made a full recovery. Ivan is anxiously awaiting the arrival of his mini-me.
We will be 37 weeks along this Friday!