Well, everything is going well with our house! Josh and I have been having fun finding things to furnish it with and making all sorts of plans. I still haven't had a chance to take a picture of it but hopefully soon. I feel bad because we are planning to paint the whole interior of the house but according to just about everyone, I shouldn't be a part of it. That leaves Josh a lot of work. So anyone interested in forming a work party the weekend of August 25-27, let us know! He could really use some help. I'm going to talk to my doctor about it though and see what my limitations really are. I'd really like to be able to help him since it's really all because of me that we are painting most of it.

We have decided on a name for our little girl finally. Her name is Megan Amanda VanValkenburg!! We are eagerly awaiting her arrival. It's not that I'm sick of being pregnant but I just can't wait to hold her in my arms. She is moving so much, it's almost like she's here already and I'm already having trouble sleeping so now we just need her!

We registered for our baby shower last week at Babies R Us. It was quite overwhelming. You never realize how much stuff you'll really need until you go through that process. Of course there are a lot of things there that would be nice to have but not a necessity.

Next week we will go in for the 7 month check up. It will be a little overdue because of my work schedule but it will be fine. They are going to give me the test for gestational diabetes then. I'm sure everything will be okay though. I'll keep everyone posted.

Well, we had the home inspection and everything is basically okay.
There are no red flags on the house so Josh and I are continuing the process. It still has to appraise okay but we aren't really worried about that. I haven't been able to take a picture of the house but will do so as soon as possible.









We just got back on Friday from camping at Tillicum Beach with the Rickett's. It was a lot of fun and the weather was good for the most part. I've never camped on the coast. Our campsite was right on the beach, well, just a short walk downhill to the beach. We could hear the waves splashing all night, very soothing. And of course....the dogs....they loved it.

I'm attaching some pictures of the trip, along with the latest belly shot. 6 months down!

On Thursday we submitted an offer on a house in Cornelius and we found out on Saturday that it was accepted. We are SOOO excited! Things will hopefully move quickly in fact we are already having the home inspection done today. It is smaller than we were hoping for but it has so much more than what we thought we could get in our price range. It has a huge lot, great backyard and tons of storage room for all of our toys. Gracie and Sampson are looking forward to being indoor dogs again! I can't wait to have them sleeping inside with us. To all you non dog owners out there it probably sounds silly but I like to hear them breathe at night. They are my first babies. I am going to take pictures of the house today so that I can post them on here.