Brett has given me the task of packing for when we go to the hospital to deliver our little guy and as much as I enjoy packing this has been a task I was given lets say probably over a week ago now and yet it's still not done :) Although, yesterday I did begin the packing but I'm finding it hard to know what to even bring so that's where all of you ladies who have already done this come in...
...what do I need to pack?
...what do I need to make sure I don't forget?
...what exactly do I need for the hubby and for the baby?
I'll be awaiting your responses...while delaying my packing yet again :)
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
A weekend full of love!
Warning...this post contains a lot of pictures :)
As you all know Feb. 14th was Valentines Day and we had such a wonderful day of love! Two days later on Feb. 16th Brett and I went to St. Louis, MO for our 1 year anniversary! I still can't believe how fast this year has gone but at the same time I feel like we have been married for a lot longer (in a good way of course). Here are some pictures...
Valentines Day:
The Valentines we made each other.
We went to JCPenny and bought a new set of linens (I like to say linens because
it makes me feel more grown up instead of saying sheets). We decided for our
anniversary present to each other each year we would buy a new set of linens.
After linen shopping Brett took me to Chucky Cheese to play my
favorite game Ski-ball and to drink soda's. It was so much fun!
These are the prizes we won from Chucky Cheese...
4 pieces of laffy taffy and 5 bags of pop rocks!
We ended the evening with renting "Dan in Real Life" and ordering a heart shaped pizza from Papa Johns. We snuggled on the couch for the rest of night...it was perfect!
As you all know Feb. 14th was Valentines Day and we had such a wonderful day of love! Two days later on Feb. 16th Brett and I went to St. Louis, MO for our 1 year anniversary! I still can't believe how fast this year has gone but at the same time I feel like we have been married for a lot longer (in a good way of course). Here are some pictures...
Valentines Day:
The Valentines we made each other.
We went to JCPenny and bought a new set of linens (I like to say linens because
it makes me feel more grown up instead of saying sheets). We decided for our
anniversary present to each other each year we would buy a new set of linens.
After linen shopping Brett took me to Chucky Cheese to play my
favorite game Ski-ball and to drink soda's. It was so much fun!
These are the prizes we won from Chucky Cheese...
4 pieces of laffy taffy and 5 bags of pop rocks!
We ended the evening with renting "Dan in Real Life" and ordering a heart shaped pizza from Papa Johns. We snuggled on the couch for the rest of night...it was perfect!
Our Anniversary:
We purchased a hotel room off of priceline.com and ended up getting booked at the really nice Hyatt on the Riverfront in St. Louis, MO. Neither Brett or I have ever stayed at a hotel this nice, we almost felt out of place but it was wonderful! Best of all we got it for 40 dollars!
This was the view out or hotel room.
Another view out our window at night.
On Sunday night we planned to go to this theater called Moolah which is a one screen movie theater with leather couches as seating, a bar/lounge, and pool table's. We were so excited to go but it ended up to be a horrible decision. We were so excited about the couches and just the idea of the whole movie theater we didn't really look into the movie that would be playing. The movie was "He's just not that into you". We knew it was PG-13 and a chick-flick but other than that we knew nothing about the movie. That turned out to be a disaster of a movie...it was rated PG-13 and not R because there were no "sex sceens" and the language was not horrible, although we realized quickly that they do not rate movies based upon the moral values the movie holds. We were disgusted by the horrible morals this movie displayed. We ended up staying for probably less than half of the movie and then walked out. We were very disapointed to say the least and would not reccomend this movie to anyone.
The next day we got up and walked out to the Arch, took a
bunch of pictures, and looked through the museum.
Brett at the Arch.
Brett pointing out our hotel.
We tried to find either cheap or free things to do in St. Louis...the Brewery gave out free tours so we thought what the heck lets do it. We checked out the days and times and so decided to go on Monday afternoon, unfortunately it just so happened that this particular Monday for whatever reason they were not giving tours...on to the next plan...
We planned on eating one nice meal using the money my Grandparents sent us for our anniversary (thanks G & G). We picked the Melting Pot as our nice/fancy dinner and it was excellent. The only problem...it didn't open until 5:00pm so since the Brewery was closed we ended up down by the Melting Pot quite a bit earlier than planned. We walked up and down the streets going into unique little shops. My back could only take so much walking though so we ended up going to a Starbucks so I could rest my back until we went to the Melting Pot. If you have never been to a Melting Pot before I would strongly suggest it, this was the highlight of our weekend. It's pretty expensive if you do the whole thing but we just did the cheese fondue and the chocolate dessert fondue, both were excellent!
On Sunday after church we packed up our car and headed to
St. Louis, MO to stay in a hotel for our anniversary.
St. Louis, MO to stay in a hotel for our anniversary.
We purchased a hotel room off of priceline.com and ended up getting booked at the really nice Hyatt on the Riverfront in St. Louis, MO. Neither Brett or I have ever stayed at a hotel this nice, we almost felt out of place but it was wonderful! Best of all we got it for 40 dollars!
This was the view out or hotel room.
Another view out our window at night.
On Sunday night we planned to go to this theater called Moolah which is a one screen movie theater with leather couches as seating, a bar/lounge, and pool table's. We were so excited to go but it ended up to be a horrible decision. We were so excited about the couches and just the idea of the whole movie theater we didn't really look into the movie that would be playing. The movie was "He's just not that into you". We knew it was PG-13 and a chick-flick but other than that we knew nothing about the movie. That turned out to be a disaster of a movie...it was rated PG-13 and not R because there were no "sex sceens" and the language was not horrible, although we realized quickly that they do not rate movies based upon the moral values the movie holds. We were disgusted by the horrible morals this movie displayed. We ended up staying for probably less than half of the movie and then walked out. We were very disapointed to say the least and would not reccomend this movie to anyone.
The next day we got up and walked out to the Arch, took a
bunch of pictures, and looked through the museum.
Brett at the Arch.
Brett pointing out our hotel.
We tried to find either cheap or free things to do in St. Louis...the Brewery gave out free tours so we thought what the heck lets do it. We checked out the days and times and so decided to go on Monday afternoon, unfortunately it just so happened that this particular Monday for whatever reason they were not giving tours...on to the next plan...
We planned on eating one nice meal using the money my Grandparents sent us for our anniversary (thanks G & G). We picked the Melting Pot as our nice/fancy dinner and it was excellent. The only problem...it didn't open until 5:00pm so since the Brewery was closed we ended up down by the Melting Pot quite a bit earlier than planned. We walked up and down the streets going into unique little shops. My back could only take so much walking though so we ended up going to a Starbucks so I could rest my back until we went to the Melting Pot. If you have never been to a Melting Pot before I would strongly suggest it, this was the highlight of our weekend. It's pretty expensive if you do the whole thing but we just did the cheese fondue and the chocolate dessert fondue, both were excellent!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
jobless...
Well, Brett and I are officially with out jobs and living the dream for about a week and half now. We are absolutely loving this time we have together before the baby comes and before we move...what a blessing from the Lord!
A lot of have you have been wondering what we do all day long now that we are both home. Great question!
Let me fill you in...
Brett's been busy in the garage building our little guy a crib. It will probably be finished in a couple of days and I can't wait! He is doing such a great job! The first picture is one of the side rails he just finished - beautiful! What a man I've got!
While Brett is in the garage I have spent a little bit of time in the kitchen cooking and baking. It's been so fun to be able to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner with him! Brett and I were heading over to a friends house the other night to play games and hang out and so I attempted to bring over Angel Food Cake...as you can tell from the picture apparently my bunt pan is a little bit too small. I thought I heard something in sizzling in the oven so I went to check on it and low and behold the cake was all over the bottom of the oven. I had a great next hour of cleaning out the oven...I ended up buying a cake from the store before we went over :)
We have now mastered the rules for a two player game of Settlers of Catan! We keep the game set up on our card table in the living room for anytime of playing...morning, afternoon, or night time. Yes we have done all three...sometimes all three in one day!
We also made a trip to Minnesota (the last trip until after the baby is born) to visit friends and family. Becky and Aubree threw a baby shower for Cassie and I, it was so much fun and such a blessing to receive all the gifts we got. All the hubbies came over after the shower and we were all able to hang out for the rest of the evening. It made me realize how much I miss all of my Minnesota friends! I love you all!
The picture is of Cassie and I with our candy necklaces around our big prego bellies.
Whenever Brett and I make our long road trips home to South Dakota or Minnesota we take with us our "car books". Right now we are reading through "Quiet Strength" and really enjoying it. I thought it would be nice to now have a "at home book" since we are home together now. We started reading "Total Abandon" by Gary Witherall, which I suggest if you haven't read it to pick up a copy and read it. I read it during college and thought it would be a great re-read for Brett and I.
That's a small list of what Brett and I have been up to in the last week and half. We are loving every minute of it and so glad that God has blessed us with this precious time together. We are looking forward to Valentines Day this weekend and our 1 year anniversary on Monday!
A lot of have you have been wondering what we do all day long now that we are both home. Great question!
Let me fill you in...
Brett's been busy in the garage building our little guy a crib. It will probably be finished in a couple of days and I can't wait! He is doing such a great job! The first picture is one of the side rails he just finished - beautiful! What a man I've got!
While Brett is in the garage I have spent a little bit of time in the kitchen cooking and baking. It's been so fun to be able to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner with him! Brett and I were heading over to a friends house the other night to play games and hang out and so I attempted to bring over Angel Food Cake...as you can tell from the picture apparently my bunt pan is a little bit too small. I thought I heard something in sizzling in the oven so I went to check on it and low and behold the cake was all over the bottom of the oven. I had a great next hour of cleaning out the oven...I ended up buying a cake from the store before we went over :)
We have now mastered the rules for a two player game of Settlers of Catan! We keep the game set up on our card table in the living room for anytime of playing...morning, afternoon, or night time. Yes we have done all three...sometimes all three in one day!
We also made a trip to Minnesota (the last trip until after the baby is born) to visit friends and family. Becky and Aubree threw a baby shower for Cassie and I, it was so much fun and such a blessing to receive all the gifts we got. All the hubbies came over after the shower and we were all able to hang out for the rest of the evening. It made me realize how much I miss all of my Minnesota friends! I love you all!The picture is of Cassie and I with our candy necklaces around our big prego bellies.
Whenever Brett and I make our long road trips home to South Dakota or Minnesota we take with us our "car books". Right now we are reading through "Quiet Strength" and really enjoying it. I thought it would be nice to now have a "at home book" since we are home together now. We started reading "Total Abandon" by Gary Witherall, which I suggest if you haven't read it to pick up a copy and read it. I read it during college and thought it would be a great re-read for Brett and I.That's a small list of what Brett and I have been up to in the last week and half. We are loving every minute of it and so glad that God has blessed us with this precious time together. We are looking forward to Valentines Day this weekend and our 1 year anniversary on Monday!
Friday, January 30, 2009
almost 34 weeks!
This is my almost 34 weeks belly. As you can tell my belly has really popped out. Up until a few weeks ago I still did not have people asking me the famous question of "when are you due?" and then all of a sudden my loving hubby tells me one night, "wow your belly has really popped out". Of course I couldn't do anything but agree with him. The day after he said that to me I had a handful of people ask me, "when's the baby due?" and the famous question has only grown each day...along with my belly!
As much as I don't like the look of a "big belly" on me I know I have a lot of friends who can not share in this time with me because of the states between us so here is a picture for all of you who have been anxiously awaiting to see my rather large prego belly (especially Chelsea Russell who told me I had to have a picture up by 4:00pm today!)
Enjoy!
Friday, January 23, 2009
We're Moving...
Sometime in April, Brett and I and our new little son will take up residency in South Dakota.
Background:
CAT (where Brett works as an engineer) offered it's employees a buyout option the day before we left to go home to South Dakota for Christmas break. When Brett brought it up to me it sounded as if it was not an offer we were even going to consider and it was basically left at that. A few days before we were to head back to Peoria from our Christmas break we were sitting at the table with Brett's parents chatting and the buyout got brought up. Long story short...it turned into a couple hour conversation which lead into Brett's dad telling us that we should maybe consider doing this since we were planning on moving back in another year and half anyway. I could feel my stomach begin to turn as we sat at the table and finished the conversation. We all decided it needed to be something that Brett and I were really ready to do and that it needed to be taken to the Lord before any decisions were made. We had until the 12th of January to tell CAT that we were interested in the buyout where at that point they would get us the numbers of how much we would actually be taking home with us if we took the buyout and then we would have 7 days after that number was given to us to back out of the buyout.
After calling out to God in prayer for guidance on our decision we finally came to the conclusion that we are going to take the buyout. We are very excited to be back in South Dakota close to family and friends but we know that this does not come without it's heartaches here in Peoria where we will be leaving a church where we have truly found a home and friends whom will always hold dear to our hearts.
Along with deciding if we were going to take the buyout or not we had to make a big decision on when we would move if we took the buyout. Taking this buyout meant that Brett would be done with work on January 31st. As many of you know I am due to have our first child, a son, on March 15th so we had to decide if we would leave basically after Brett is done with work or if we would wait until after the baby is born. We know it is going to be a hard transition to go from having a baby to moving 12 hours away to another state with a newborn son but we decided it was best to stay here in Peoria with our doctor and have the baby here. Along with that it will be a lot cheaper to have the baby here instead of back in South Dakota because we will still be under CAT's insurance for the next 6 months.
Life changes:
Brett will take on his life long dream of becoming a farmer which means I will become a farmers wife! Our plan as of now is for Brett to farm with his dad and grandpa and I will be a stay at home wife and mom. We will move back to South Dakota after I have healed a bit from the labor, so depending on when the baby is actually born we will leave sometime in April.
Prayer Requests:
-Brett to not feel stressed about getting the endless tasks done at CAT before he leaves in a week.
-Our transition from life in the city to life on the farm
-My labor (of which I am really nervous about after last weekends child birth classes)
-Quick healing for my body after the labor
-Finding a home to rent back in South Dakota
-The huge transition of being a family of two to becoming a family of three
Last note:
Since Brett will be done with work at the end of the month and I will be done with my job at the end of the month as well we will have all of Feb and some of March to just "be". It will be filled with lots of packing and preparing for the baby, but we are really excited to just have this time together before life begins to really transition and change for us.
Sorry for the long post but we wanted to update everyone on what's going on in the Huber household.
Background:
CAT (where Brett works as an engineer) offered it's employees a buyout option the day before we left to go home to South Dakota for Christmas break. When Brett brought it up to me it sounded as if it was not an offer we were even going to consider and it was basically left at that. A few days before we were to head back to Peoria from our Christmas break we were sitting at the table with Brett's parents chatting and the buyout got brought up. Long story short...it turned into a couple hour conversation which lead into Brett's dad telling us that we should maybe consider doing this since we were planning on moving back in another year and half anyway. I could feel my stomach begin to turn as we sat at the table and finished the conversation. We all decided it needed to be something that Brett and I were really ready to do and that it needed to be taken to the Lord before any decisions were made. We had until the 12th of January to tell CAT that we were interested in the buyout where at that point they would get us the numbers of how much we would actually be taking home with us if we took the buyout and then we would have 7 days after that number was given to us to back out of the buyout.
After calling out to God in prayer for guidance on our decision we finally came to the conclusion that we are going to take the buyout. We are very excited to be back in South Dakota close to family and friends but we know that this does not come without it's heartaches here in Peoria where we will be leaving a church where we have truly found a home and friends whom will always hold dear to our hearts.
Along with deciding if we were going to take the buyout or not we had to make a big decision on when we would move if we took the buyout. Taking this buyout meant that Brett would be done with work on January 31st. As many of you know I am due to have our first child, a son, on March 15th so we had to decide if we would leave basically after Brett is done with work or if we would wait until after the baby is born. We know it is going to be a hard transition to go from having a baby to moving 12 hours away to another state with a newborn son but we decided it was best to stay here in Peoria with our doctor and have the baby here. Along with that it will be a lot cheaper to have the baby here instead of back in South Dakota because we will still be under CAT's insurance for the next 6 months.
Life changes:
Brett will take on his life long dream of becoming a farmer which means I will become a farmers wife! Our plan as of now is for Brett to farm with his dad and grandpa and I will be a stay at home wife and mom. We will move back to South Dakota after I have healed a bit from the labor, so depending on when the baby is actually born we will leave sometime in April.
Prayer Requests:
-Brett to not feel stressed about getting the endless tasks done at CAT before he leaves in a week.
-Our transition from life in the city to life on the farm
-My labor (of which I am really nervous about after last weekends child birth classes)
-Quick healing for my body after the labor
-Finding a home to rent back in South Dakota
-The huge transition of being a family of two to becoming a family of three
Last note:
Since Brett will be done with work at the end of the month and I will be done with my job at the end of the month as well we will have all of Feb and some of March to just "be". It will be filled with lots of packing and preparing for the baby, but we are really excited to just have this time together before life begins to really transition and change for us.
Sorry for the long post but we wanted to update everyone on what's going on in the Huber household.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Prego Friends!
It seems as though there are at least a couple handfuls of people I know that are due within a month or two of my due date. The best news of all...my great friend Cassie Foster and I are due on the same day! What are the odds of that? When I found out that I was pregnant I had tried calling Cassie a number of times only to get her voice mail and to never get a call back. I thought this was a little strange that she was not calling me back but I finally got a call back from her only for her to tell me that she had some news to tell me. She confessed that she hadn't been calling me back because they hadn't been telling people their news yet and was afraid she would slip if she talked to me. Long story short...she told me she was pregnant and due on March 12th! I then took my turn and told her that I was pregnant as well and was due on March 17th! We laughed at how ironic the whole situation was. As the months and weeks went by we were both told by our doctors that our due date had changed some...Cassie's got moved back 3 days and mine got moved up 2 days giving us both a due date of March 15th! I admit that the chances of us actually having our baby are pretty slim to none but hey just the idea of it all is wonderful and not to mention that I have such a great friend to share in all of this "newness" with. I only wish we lived closer to each other so we could really experience all of this together. We have been blessed to see each other a few times over the prego months and last time was just before Christmas and so we took a few pictures of our prego bellies together. I thought it was high time to finally share one of those pictures with everyone. Here it is...
In case you didn't know Cassie and I were paired up as roommates our freshman year of college along with Chelsea Russell. We lived together all throughout college and after. Cassie got married to Brady Foster right after Christmas in 2007 and they just had their first anniversary a few weeks back. Brett and I got married a few months after them on Feb. 16th 2008. We were both bridesmaids in each others weddings along with our husbands having a part in both weddings as well. So there you have it...a somewhat breif story of Cassie and I and our prego bellies.
I had said that I have a handful of friends who are prego too and so I will try and list them...
-Sondra Harcey - just had her baby boy Graham last month (high school friend)
-Jaclyn Taylor - Due yesterday! (met at church in Peoria)
-Erin Wilmoth - Due in Feb. (met at church in Peoria)
-Cassie Foster - Due in March (college roommates)
-Becky Wolcyn - Due in March (met at college - married to my high school friend)
-Kayla Hinmann - Due in March (met through South Dakota friends)
-Amber Gruber - Had a baby boy named Rylan just before Christmas (my sister-in-law, married to my brother Andy)
-Heidi Shearer - Had twins, Anna and Evelyn at the end of Oct. (my sister-in-law, brett's sister)
-Courtney Eastland - Due in August (high school friend)
-Claire Langseth - Due in March (met in college - college roommates)
-Katie Huse - Due in April (met at church in Peoria)
-Shannon Dane - Due in April (met at college)
-Sara - Due in June (met out in Oregon through the Russell's)
I'm pretty sure I've missed a few people and so if I have just let me know and I will add them to the list...my mind is going blank right now.
I had said that I have a handful of friends who are prego too and so I will try and list them...
-Sondra Harcey - just had her baby boy Graham last month (high school friend)
-Jaclyn Taylor - Due yesterday! (met at church in Peoria)
-Erin Wilmoth - Due in Feb. (met at church in Peoria)
-Cassie Foster - Due in March (college roommates)
-Becky Wolcyn - Due in March (met at college - married to my high school friend)
-Kayla Hinmann - Due in March (met through South Dakota friends)
-Amber Gruber - Had a baby boy named Rylan just before Christmas (my sister-in-law, married to my brother Andy)
-Heidi Shearer - Had twins, Anna and Evelyn at the end of Oct. (my sister-in-law, brett's sister)
-Courtney Eastland - Due in August (high school friend)
-Claire Langseth - Due in March (met in college - college roommates)
-Katie Huse - Due in April (met at church in Peoria)
-Shannon Dane - Due in April (met at college)
-Sara - Due in June (met out in Oregon through the Russell's)
I'm pretty sure I've missed a few people and so if I have just let me know and I will add them to the list...my mind is going blank right now.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Christmas Break Pictures
We had a wonderful Christmas break out in South Dakota with Brett's family. Instead of writing a long blog of what we did over the last week and a half I will just post pictures. Hope you enjoy!
South Dakota Road
Chelsea threw me a baby shower...
and made me eat melted chocolate out of a diaper.
Our adorable niece Evelyn
The boys went pheasant hunting.
Brett, Dan, and Austin
Dan got his first pheasant!
no need for words...
Brett and his catch
Brett and his brothers
Austin, Brett, and Clint
Our other adorable niece Anna
Grandpa and Evelyn styling their beanies
Anna taking a nap on my lap...so cute!
South Dakota Road
Chelsea threw me a baby shower...
and made me eat melted chocolate out of a diaper.
Our adorable niece Evelyn
The boys went pheasant hunting.
Brett, Dan, and Austin
Dan got his first pheasant!
no need for words...
Brett and his catch
Brett and his best friend Luke
The Huber's and Shearer's
Brett and his brothers
Austin, Brett, and Clint
Our other adorable niece Anna
Grandpa and Evelyn styling their beanies
Anna taking a nap on my lap...so cute!
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