Thanksgiving 08

This was my first Thanksgiving where I provided the meal to the family. Jeremy's parents came in to town the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving. It was fun to spend some time with them and Maggie really enjoyed them being here. We celebrated Maggie and Jeremy's mom's birthdays, as they have the same one, and Christmas while they were here. We got a big Christmas surprise when they showed up one morning with Jeremy's sister Jessica. Overall we had a really good time and good food. So it turned out well. I've included some pictures of our good times.

Count down mode

We are officially in count down mode here at the Keen household. The nursery is nearly done. The changing table is finished. We set up the pack n play in case the crib doesn't get done before the baby comes. We are down to weekly visits to the midwife. Everything is in full swing. I'm excited to mee this new one and find out if its a boy or girl.

Also, I strained a ligament in my pelvis, so I've been in a lot of discomfort, which they say will probably be relieved once the baby is born. . .so five weeks of pain in my crotch. . .not so much fun. They restricted me to office work, which limits what I can do at work, and makes me feel bad because we are still short-staffed. If anyone needs a part-time job working with kids in the Naperville/Aurora area, let me know. I'd like to get them staffed before baby 2 comes. Thats pretty much it.

Maggie keeps talking like crazy, and learning more words every day. She is so smart its kind of scary.

Just a thought

Don't forget you can guess boy or girl as well. Thats probably the most interesting part of guessing. Oh, and Jeremy is almost finished with the crib, so hopefully we will be posting pics of the baby's room soon.

Hazard a guess

So, its getting to be that time. I was at the doctor today for a checkup, and the midwife threw out a guess at weight and date. So, inquiring minds want to know what you think. I would like as many people to guess a date and weight as possible. I'm thinking a prize for the closest guess. I haven't yet figured out what the prize will be, but it will be pretty awesome, and well worth the 30 seconds of guessing. I will share with you the midwife's guess to give the unexperienced guessers a little perspective.

Technically my due date is December 24th, 2008. Christmas Eve.

The midwife guesses that I will go around the 14th or 15th. She also guessed the baby would be a "scooch" over 7lbs.

Use that information if you will, and MAKE A GUESS! Just know that if it doesn't show up right away, its because I do need to moderate the comments on the blog. So just submit once, and I will try my best to be on top of moderation so that you all can see the guesses going up.
PEACE OUT!

Halloween Halloween Halloween

Maggie loved loved LOVED Halloween this year! I'm glad too because it is one of my favorite holidays of all times. It reminds me of my mom, and gets me all sentimental. Anyway, Maggie was Foofa from the children's TV show Yo Gabba Gabba. No one got it, everyone thought she was a flower, but thats ok. I made the costume and it was inexpensive, so as far as I am concerned its a win win.

Maggie was so excited about handing out candy that she would almost run to the kids before they got to the house. She would say "different kids?" or try to give them a ton of candy. I had to limit them because we had so many tirck or treaters that we ran out of all the candy. We also walked her around a bit when daddy got home since we were out of candy anyway. She was so good about saying trick or treat, that she even walked up to other trick or treaters on the sidewalk, held out her bag and said trick or treat. Some kids even gave her a piece of candy because she was so cute.

Here are a couple of pics.

Count down

Ok, so we are about 8 weeks out from the big Due Date! For those of you who might be curious, we did end up in at the hosptial last week, and after 2 hours on the monitor at he hospital, nothing was happening. I was having contractions prior to the visit, but they thought I was dehydrated. So they sent me home and everything is fine. I've been working alot lately which is tiring, but better to do it now right?

The baby's room is beginning to come together. Just about all of the studio and office have been removed. We bought a bunch of baskets to put on the shelves in the office since we don't have a dresser/closet. Though we still need a few more, but we bought all that Homegoods had in Naperville. So if anyone lives close to a Homegoods store, in the kids section there are rectangular white baskets, very plain, with a handle on each of the shorter ends. The biggest size is 9.99, the next smaller is like 7.99, then I think 6.99. So if you happen to see them, hook a girl up and I will pay you back. We have all the crib bedding waiting to be washed. Jeremy is currently working on the crib/changing table. Now its a matter of getting all the furniture in there and organizing, which I am lucky enough to have friends that are willing to help me do all that stuff. I did find a really cute brown chenille rug for the room for half price at Hobby Lobby. I hesitated when it came to buying blue baskets, because I'm starting to get a vibe that the baby might be a girl. . .and I don't want to overdo it with the blue in the babe's room. Maggie keeps telling me there is "girl in there" and she points to my belly. So we'll see. Not too much longer.

Jeremy's work has been busy. He hasn't been playing a ton of shows, but he has been playing here and there. He is currently working on a top secret project, so be on the lookout for somethign special.

As for Maggie, she is just a chatterbox. She has jumped from single words to rediculously long sentences that she says so fast you can only hear bits and pieces. If you ask her what a witch says, she says, "I'll get you pretty." Then she adds a little evil chuckle. Its quite amusing.

Thats life at the Keen household, and I'm off to do laundry.

Punkins and Pumpkins

So I wanted to first update everyone to let them know that my tooth needs no new crown. Merely minor filing should smooth it out and leave me with a free fix! YEAH!

Also, we went to the pumpkin patch with some awesome friends on Sunday afternoon. I am throwing some pics of us and the punkin looking for pumpkins. We had a good time and Maggie just loves punkies, as she calls them. She is pretty cute. Check them out!

Ice Ice Baby

So, as alot of pregnant women do, I have been obssessed with chewing ice. Its delicious and crunchy and just about the best thing to munch on. If its in a glass with any sort of refreshment, I find myself avoiding the actual drink and instead trying to suck up the ice and crunch away. The problem with this is that I have terrible teeth. I think I have a filling in just about every tooth in my mouth except a couple in the front. I even have a crown (onlay) on one of my molars where they took out a huge filling and decided to do something a little more long lasting. However, since I have had onlay, its broken twice I think and been replaced as many times. And what to my wondering tongue did appear yesterday? Well, let me tell you! A little jagged edge on the tooth that has the onlay. Not so good. It appears to be right along the edge of the onlay, so thusly, I have either chipped or cracked my tooth, or I have chipped or cracked another onlay. So far it doesn't hurt, though I have begun to notice a little sensitivity. I'm not looking forward to going back to the dentist yet again. Last time I had to have it replaced was the day I went back to work after Maggie was born, it broke into pieces and fell out of my mouth leaving only half a tooth. So I had to go immediately to the dentist to have it fixed. This seems more minor and may even be repairable without replacing the actual onlay. Say a prayer for me, because I really don't want to pay to have this fixed again. Maybe its time for a full crown instead of an onlay. So thank you ICE ICE BABY, and even though I feel this chip or crack, I still want to eat more ice so badly. And mostly I chew on my right side, which is where the only is. I don't know if I can avoid chewing the ice. . .so I'm not sure what to tell my good ol' chomper Doc. HELP!

Keep on keeping on

So, nothing much is new here with the Keens. We are in the midst of preparations for the new baby. Thats about it. We are replacing the carpet in our living room Monday, an answer to prayers. Then we will be painting/staining the baby's crib and changing table. After that we will pack up the rest of the studio/office and wait for the delivery of the bedding and nursery decorations from Target. Time is flying by. I can hardly believe that in 14 weeks or so there will be another set of little feet in our house. Not so sure I'm ready for it. Work is busier than ever as we continue to hire staff, lose staff, and hire more staff. Its like a neverending cycle.

Maggie has recently taken to singing to herself pretty much all the time.
Her current favorites are, "Rain, rain, go away," "Wheels on the bus," "Row, row, row your boat," and a song from a show called Yo Gabba Gabba called "Happy." Its cute to see her singing away. She loves it. She has also recently taken a serious interest in the dog. She bothers her all the time. Constantly falling all over her, kissing her, chasing her, trying to get the dog to give chase, and just generally bothering her. Elphie tolerates it well, but I'm beginning to get fed up with the girl hassling the dog. One of these days Elphie might not be so tolerant, and then what?

Jeremy's work has been busy also! He has been working long hours, and yesterday his store set a record breaking day for sales. I guess the good thing about a bad economy is that people still need to take care of their homes, and the ReStore offers an inexpensive alternative for people to be able to keep them up, not to mention the profit all goes to a wonderful cause.

Thats the jist of it for right now.

Safe n Sound

Hey everyone. We had our level 2 ultrasound this morning. The doc says everything is fine and healthy with baby and mama. He said it looks like a normal and boring pregnancy, and he told me to stay boring. YEAH! I've never been so glad to be boring. Here are some new pics of Baby K 2. PS. We still didn't find out if it was a boy or girl. What do you think its from the profile? Let us know your guess!