Jared and Kristi Awesome Blog, Great Job! http://jandkjessop.com Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:17:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Highlights and Updates http://jandkjessop.com/2008/12/highlights-and-updates/ http://jandkjessop.com/2008/12/highlights-and-updates/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:02:36 +0000 kristi http://jandkjessop.com/?p=91 Because it’s been forever since I last posted a blog there are a LOT of things to update everyone on.   November was a ridiculously busy month for us and we have a lot of pictures to show for it.  So I’ve gone through and picked out a few pictures from each thing that we did and I’ll do little quick highlights here so you can all be up to date on everything before we fill this with pictures of Parker:)  2 weeks and counting….

We had a bunch of friends come into town when the Lions were here playing the Panthers on November 16.  It was great to see everyone and tailgate before the game:)

The next weekend Jared and I dropped the dogs off at a neighbor’s and headed out for a “babymoon” to enjoy one last weekend alone and away before our lives get crazy.  We went to Wilmington, NC.  It was beautiful and we really enjoyed it.  Maybe we can make a tradition of all the grandparents and families coming out and renting a beach house with us in the summers once Parker is here!

For Thanksgiving that week we had both of our families, minus Corey, here.  The soon-to-be-uncles bonded over Nintendo DS in the last picture.

The following Wednesday we came home from work to a gas leak where a drunk driver had driven over our lawn and hit the house, knocking the gas meter off.  So we had to pack as fast as we could while fire trucks and police cars were surrounding our house and get us and all the animals to a hotel.  The hotel stay ended up being just over a week long.  Not something we had wanted to be doing when we are trying to get ready for Christmas and a baby!  Here are a couple of the pipes and our lawn and then one of everything once it was finally finished.  Also I added a couple of our hotel and then a cute one of Jared and our neighbor, Gunnar, at the baby shower the neighbors threw us that week.

Now that we are *finally* back in the house we are trying to get back to normal.  We went out and bought a Christmas tree yesterday and now the house smells really nice and looks somewhat festive… 

I thought I’d add an update on Parker’s room.  We still need to finish cleaning it up, but we’ve made a lot of progress!

Last but not least, we finally took more belly pictures of me last night.  So here I am at 38 weeks, VERY ready to meet our little girl

That’s about it I think.  Everything’s been going well now that we are back home.  It’s kind of a waiting game now.  We will keep you all updated once our little one is here!

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]]> http://jandkjessop.com/2008/12/highlights-and-updates/feed/ Shower at Sudi’s http://jandkjessop.com/2008/11/shower-at-sudis/ http://jandkjessop.com/2008/11/shower-at-sudis/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:29:21 +0000 kristi http://jandkjessop.com/?p=87 We had another great shower yesterday and got more great gifts!  Somehow it ended up being a perfect day out and we were able to hang out in Sudi’s beautiful backyard for the whole shower.  Here are pictures from the day:

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]]> http://jandkjessop.com/2008/11/shower-at-sudis/feed/ 31 Weeks and counting… http://jandkjessop.com/2008/10/31-weeks-and-counting/ http://jandkjessop.com/2008/10/31-weeks-and-counting/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:57:40 +0000 kristi http://jandkjessop.com/?p=86 It’s been a while since we took any belly pictures of me so we took some last night.  I’m 31 weeks along today.

Jared and I took a childbirth class this weekend.  We watched a couple videos of live births which grossed everyone out.  It was interesting to learn more about exactly what we might go through on the big day.  I feel a little more prepared now:)  I can’t believe how close we are getting.  The weeks are starting to really fly by.

Everything is going great and besides the discomforts of having my insides constantly kicked and my organs used as punching bags I feel great!

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]]> http://jandkjessop.com/2008/10/31-weeks-and-counting/feed/ Michigan Baby Showers http://jandkjessop.com/2008/10/michigan-baby-showers/ http://jandkjessop.com/2008/10/michigan-baby-showers/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:29:48 +0000 kristi http://jandkjessop.com/?p=82 Thank you so much to everyone who made it to our showers this past weekend!  We loved seeing everyone and can’t wait to start using all of our great new gifts for Parker!!  Here are some pictures from the weekend including the Saturday shower in Dryden, the Sunday shower in Northville, and then some from Sunday night trying to figure out how to pack everything up to fit in the car, out at Deadwood, and the dogs playing around. 

Thanks again!

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]]> http://jandkjessop.com/2008/10/michigan-baby-showers/feed/ New Pictures http://jandkjessop.com/2008/10/new-pictures/ http://jandkjessop.com/2008/10/new-pictures/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:02:05 +0000 kristi http://jandkjessop.com/?p=78 Since we NEVER EVER have pictures of the two of us anymore, I thought I’d post one that we finally took last weekend while tailgating in downtown Charlotte for the Panters game:

Also, we went to Flannery’s dedication yesterday at April and Jeremy’s church so here are some pictures from that.  There are some of April and Jeremy and Flannery, and then some of all of us.  Then Jared practices holding the baby.  The last picture shows Flannery giving Jared a funny look after he gave her back to her daddy:)

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]]> http://jandkjessop.com/2008/10/new-pictures/feed/ Building the Crib http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/building-the-crib/ http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/building-the-crib/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:43:49 +0000 kristi http://jandkjessop.com/?p=76 The weiner dog races were rained out today, but fortunately Parker’s crib was delivered yesterday so we had something to do with our afternoon anyway:)  We had the neighbor, Gunnar, over to help for the beginning and then Jared finished it up.  Everything is looking good and really coming together!

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]]> http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/building-the-crib/feed/ Little Updates http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/little-updates/ http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/little-updates/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:54:04 +0000 jared http://jandkjessop.com/?p=70 Hey everyone:)
Just a few updates with pictures. We keep putting off sending the pictures of all of our new little projects so I figured I’d post everything here. So here are some pictures showing what we’ve been up to lately.
First is our master bedroom that we finally chose a paint color for. The bed doesn’t normally look so awful… Our comforter was getting too hot so we are using an old duvet cover instead.

We also finally agreed on a couch for the living room. Included in those pictures are some of the pets in their favorite new spot now that the window is all opened up for them. The couches aren’t exactly in those positions anymore but you can at least see what they look like.


Jared spent yesterday and today (doing an awesome job) painting Parker’s room so here is what that looks like. Thank you to everyone who has started sending gifts!!


Last are some pictures of my belly. Tomorrow I will be 26 weeks into the pregnancy.


Also, I’ll throw one in of Jared so you can all see that he still exists:)


Maybe our next project can be to find things to decorate all of our walls…

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]]> http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/little-updates/feed/ Side-view update http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/side-view-update/ http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/side-view-update/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:44:37 +0000 kristi http://jandkjessop.com/?p=60 Took a couple more pictures tonight.  Tomorrow I will be 24 weeks.  Starting to look more and more pregnant:)   Sorry I look so horrible and unhappy in the pictures!  They are just bad shots I guess:(

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Today we FINALLY found a couch we really agree on and were able to buy it.  It’s a sleeper sofa so there will still be room for visitors to sleep here even tho we are giving up one of our guest rooms for Parker.  So everyone should come visit!

 

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]]> http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/side-view-update/feed/ Side view pictures http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/side-view-pictures/ http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/side-view-pictures/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:37:15 +0000 kristi http://jandkjessop.com/?p=59 Here are some side views of my belly over the weeks.  It shows me at 7 weeks, 17 weeks, and 21 weeks.  The most recent one at 21 weeks is 2 weeks old already so I’ve grown a bit more.  Now that we have figured out our new camera we should be able to get more pictures up when we take them:)

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]]> http://jandkjessop.com/2008/09/side-view-pictures/feed/ 4D Ultrasound http://jandkjessop.com/2008/08/4d-ultrasound/ http://jandkjessop.com/2008/08/4d-ultrasound/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:14:05 +0000 jared http://jandkjessop.com/?p=56 Well I finally got around to uploading Parkers ultrasound video from July 15th.

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