...I have to inturrupt this regularly scheduled Daddy's corner to go pull Colin out the bathroom. I found him excitedly splashing in the toilet. He just discovered that there is a puddle of water at the bottom. Parenting is always exciting! Now back to our program...

Greg and George offered us the house early on, before they were ready to rent, or even knew how much they wanted to rent it out for. They knew our family as Dan and I grew up here, and they wanted to have folks living there that would take care of the house. Allison and I were praying and asking anyone who would listen to pray for the price of the house to be in our budget. When they stated their price, it was the exact number we were asking for! God is good!

The house is great. It is a small four bedroom house with an unfinished (read painted concrete walls and ceiling) basement that runs the entire length of the home. It has a workshop, storage, and a 3/4 bath down there! We are so excited.

Max right now is at about 31 weeks 4 days and he measured 32 1/2 along so he is a big boy!

My doc said she is not going to let me go over 39 weeks because of how big Colin was, so I am doing a size ultrasound at 38 weeks to see how big he is. If he seems bigger than 9 pounds she is going to induce me at 39 weeks. If he is bigger than 10 pounds I am going to have a C-section at 39 weeks. So things are moving a little quicker!

Max is healthy and kicking. He is super active and I am happy about that....until bed time. So yay for big healthy babies!

Colin is doing good but he is a crank. He is all out of sorts so his fits have increased. Nap times are more frequent but I am making sure he is held a lot but I am super tired trying to make sure he is some what happy. But Colin is SO cute! When his little friend Cora comes over he hugs her and holds on to her tight! And so it starts ;D I am going to have to keep my eye on him!

But all in all everything is working out! We plan on looking at a house for rent in about a week and I am so hoping it is in our price range because the location is perfect and it is 3 doors down from Lee and Lavonne and they just got a hottub :D

So I am having an ultrasound done next Tuesday to see if I have Previa or a low lying Placenta but I am thinking everything is ok because I have had no bleeding. So I will keep you updated!

G-Ma was watching Colin today as he would have really liked to help us pack and move. We came to their house this evening to find him walking all over the yard. He doesn't like grass at all, and walking for more than a few minutes at a time is unusual for him. Apparently however, G-Ma inspired him!

Please keep praying for us. We need to find a place to live, now that we are out of our condo. We are not worried and know that God has things under control. We just are praying and requesting prayer that He keep things progressing, and we keep focused on his will.

As you know, Max means "the greatest, the most, or well, the maximum". Google says that it is Latin. We just like the name. We will have a Colin B and a Max D in our house. Things should be fun!

We found a renter praise GOD! I don't know how I was going to do 2 babies in one bedroom...I was very stressed for a while and in a bad mood all the time. We found a renter who is a nice person and I got a good feeling from her. She is a cat lover so we get along great. But having a renter when we were in a time crunch to get someone is such a relief and literally it feels like my heart is lighter.

I can now relax and enjoy the little things.

Colin has this new thing of throwing fits....it is so annoying and I give him a good one time swat on the bottom and he cries more....ugh....so I ignore him when he throws fits....works sometimes......he always wants me to pick him up which is a challenge right now because I have this huge belly! But when I put him down he throws a fit or if I take something he is not suppose to have he throws a fit. This is stressful but I will get through it!

August 17 I have an ultrasound. The ultrasound will determine how big Max is and also if I will have a C-Section or not. I can't remember if I mentioned it in the last post but my Placenta is riding low so I can't give birth naturally if it is still low in a couple of weeks, due to the risk of Max not being able to make his way out. So at least I will know regardless and I will know for sure when I will get induced or when the C-section will happen.

Anyway it is late! Thanks for your prayers in finding a renter....now I need prayer to make it through the next 10 weeks!! I am in a lot of pain with my hips. It gets bad to where I can't walk or my hip seizes up to where I can't move and it is painful!!! And I can't afford Physical Therapy which is really crappy because it would help!! But I only have 10 weeks so I will make it but the pain makes it seem slower.....but it is all worth it in the end....I can't wait to hold Max!

This front page has been used as the bulletin board for our family for the past couple of weeks as we have been announcing rapid fire the events in our family. Hopefully, things will settle down for a bit. We are moving our posts back into the Daddy's Corner and Allison's Journals where they belong.

If you haven't been into the photo gallery lately, make sure to stop by, especially in the July album. We have been quietly posting pictures all month. If you subscribe to the RSS feed, you will be notified whenever new photos are available.

In the words of Billy Currington, "God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy". Enjoy!

I have posted a new website to advertise our condo for rent. I am hoping that this will be a good tool in allowing people to help spread the word about our home and help find someone who would like to rent it from us at a great price! The website is at http://NewcastleCondo.net. Also, as Craig's list only holds a post for a week, I have reposted our rental on Craigslist.org.

Thanks for all of your support and prayers towards helping us find a renter for our home. Please keep them both coming!

Look out world, Colin B is on the move!

I have taken this week off of work in order to recover and get some down time away from the office, but instead Allison and I have found ourselves packing like crazy to get our house ready for a renter. We don't have a place to go yet, and we don't have a renter yet. We are moving on faith at the moment, and praying very hard. We are looking for both someone who would be willing to rent our condo from us as a very good price, a place we can rent and move into that is larger than our condo, and most of all, prayers for God's hand and timing in this. If you can help with any of the above, we would be very grateful!

I'll keep updates online so you can follow our progress. If you haven't seen the latest Colin photos, make sure to bounce over to the photo gallery before you leave!

When I went in for the 20 weeks ultrasound one of the first things they said to me was your baby is healthy and HUGE.....I still got 20 weeks of baking to do and he is huge! He kicks and kicks and I am getting bigger! I need more pants because even my maternity pants don't fit anymore so I am now the sweatpants queen!

I just finished school! I am 10 credits away from being a Senior and I am thrilled! I am starting to look at my life from the outside. Ben has been telling me how amazing I am with all the things I do. I am like um what do you mean? He says I clean, cook, your a mom, a student, and you're pregnant! I do lots. I also have to remind him that he works harder with his two jobs, and coming home to a clean house with dinner on the table is what he deserves! But as I was looking at my life- I figured oh I don't do much, I am a wife and I am suppose to do all this stuff- then I became a student- then I became a mother, and I started appreciating myself a little more. I do a lot of things and that makes me proud and feel good that I am able to accomplish life. I got my first B+ EVER in math. Math has never been a good subject for me because I missed so much of it in school since I was thrown into special programs at school- thats another story lol but I got through Statistics with a B+ pregnant and being a mom and wife! This has really lifted my spirits! I feel amazing and I feel I can accomplish more than I think I can! I am smart yay! I did get shut down by my Psychology teacher after telling her I was wanting to take fall semester classes. She said you are having a baby in October...you need to take care of yourself, you will graduate regardless if you take fall or not. SO I am not taking fall after much debate. I get restless when I am not in school- I love school and I am kind of lost when I am not doing it, but she is very right in taking care of myself- going to school with a newborn would not be easy. SO I have no idea what I was thinking in going to school in the fall.

Colin is almost a year....I can't say this out loud because I will become a pool of water on the floor! He is so amazing and he is super smart! I can now saw he got that from me HA! We play and play all day. Since I realized wow I don't have school until January I am needing to get some down time reading done. Colin "allows" me to read. I read and he plays, then I take breaks and play with him, he shouldn't play by himself all the time! Sometimes I get into my book and I forget to put it down- I think he knows this or he just thinks I have read enough, and he brings me one of his books, which I try to read to him but he ends up eating it! So I have so much fun playing with him. We play toss- passing the ball back and forth- we vacuum the house. His first word/babble is Ba ba- Ball or bottle which ever I am holding! He has said Hi but that is super rare of him to say. He waves, claps, blows kisses- he is amazing. I am so proud of him and I am so happy I can devote all my time to him over the summer and not be cranky with homework and tired all the time. It is so nice to be with him all day and not feel burnt out.

I am pretty excited about Colin's little birthday party we are throwing him. It's a small party at the Nyquist's house  I am looking forward to getting to meet a cousin as I secretly call her ;D Brandie. I think the last time she saw me I was only a couple of days old. We both have facebook and we talk all the time- see facebook is good for something folks! Oh and family feud ;)

Well speaking of playing Colin is complaining all my attentions are on the computer and I think he is ready for a nap- until next time! :D

Over all, the boy has been good. He slept until six this morning. His belly has been giving him trouble and he has been running a high fever, so he hasn't been eating as much as usual. He woke up hungry, took some medicine and a bottle and I was able to put him back to bed. He stayed there until nine and I was able to get some things done around the house. He got up in a great mood, so I got him fed and changed just in time for him to have a blow out. Into the bath and into new clothes for him to throw-up all over them! "And it's only Monday Mr. Mom". He is so precious though. He is back in bed, now. He hasn't had a fever yet today, so I'm really hopeful that has passed. If you could keep him in your prayers though, that would be wonderful.

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