Berninger's in Brookville

We made our way to southern Indiana yesterday for the Berninger Reunion. It was so neat to see my Grandpa so excited! You could tell he has waited for this day and loved answering any questions that would help fill in the pieces of the puzzle to all us younger. We drove through the countryside (some pretty winding roads at times) and enjoyed seeing the church the Berninger's attended after moving here from Germany and the cemetry where they were laid to rest. It was a neat day and Kit and I enjoyed the family history. Although, I was kinda hoping to walk away with some name ideas but unfortunately, nothing jumped out!! :)

The little one turns 3!

Our Grover turned...3 !!! I can't believe he is 21 already. We celebrated the day with cheese and peanut butter treats which are his all time favorite---homemade :)

We also had Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Troy for dinner and Grover shares his birthday with Lindsay so that was a fun evening and a joy to have such great company!

Perdido Key, FL

We had an awesome time with family last week in Perdido Key, FL. The weather was awesome and we really had nothing planned but laying on the beach, going to the pool and taking naps! The day was filled with funtimes trying to help mom find her sand dollars, watching my neices and nephews boogie board and playing football in the pool. We also had the best sno cones I've ever had!!
It was so nice to relax and not hear a phone ring or have to even think about work!

Erika turned 5 while we were there...how fun to have a birthday on the beach :)

Quick Belly Shot

We had such an awesome time on vacation and I'm so excited to be in my 2nd Trimester. I have definately started to feel a lot better and am so grateful I have such a wonderful husband who does such a great job taking care of me!!!

and we're off...well, we're ready to be :)

Well, here we are.....ready for vacation!!! Tomorrow we will take off to meet up with family but Saturday we are off to the beach.....for a week!! I can't wait....
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Baby update...our appt on tuesday went really well and we were able to hear the heartbeat again :)

The Big Announcement...

Well, I'm sure anyone who reads this blog already knows the big news because you are friends and family but if you didn't, here goes!!! We are expecting a baby December 24th! We are so excited to be having a baby... and finally able to tell people :).
God has truely blessed us and we couldn't be more grateful for this new life!
We've already had my first appt, and an ultrasound . I am switching OB/GYNs and so we will have another appointment this week.

It was so fun to tell friends and family last weekend!!!! Alot of my family had a "feeling" they knew which was cool and Kit's family was quite shocked I'd say!

I am quite proud of myself that I figured out how to add the pregnancy ticker at the top of this blog and I have wanted to put the big news on here for a while now. Since I couldn't, I have avoided posting ANYTHING!! Sorry for the lack of posts recently...things should start picking up again. Kit and I are going on vacation soon and we can't wait to just sit on a beach for a week pretty much doing nothing!

I haven't been too sick, just nauseated... and the evenings are far worse than the mornings...

Oh, and for those of you who are wondering...we are NOT going to find out what we are having. That's why I put the yellow gingham background on the blog. Kit and I are going to surprised! I did put a couple pictures of the ultrasound, this is at right about 10 weeks. The first picture is a profile of baby and the second is the baby's little sweet face

Baby Cad@ 10 weeks

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Josh and Kenlyn....Happy 6th Anniversary today ! We know you are enjoying your precious Jaxson today and we can't wait for you to start a blog so we can get new pictures ALL THE TIME! hint, hint ;).

Jaxson Timothy

Our little nephew Jaxson Timothy was born May 28th...what a cutie!

Cousins

Grover and Gisele invited Gretchen over to spend the night on Friday since

the family came in for the weekend. Gisele and Gretchen had a blast....Grover felt a little left out since he was outnumbered by the girls. You can see by the second picture he decided to hide behind the couch and take a little snoooooze.

Fence

Sorry for the delay in pictures but below shows the progress of the fence so far...

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 3 people with my name in the U.S.A. http://howmanyofme.com">How many have your name?

Enjoyin' the Sunshine!

We are so excited that the weather is warming up and this weekend we hope to put up the fence in the backyard! I am so excited, I can't wait! Please be praying for great weather (some are calling for rain ;(.

Just Waiting Around...

We were both ready before church...early! So, we decided to snap a few pictures

Baby Shower!

Last weekend we held a baby shower for Kenlyn (& Josh) who are expecting little Jaxson Timothy in June! We are so excited for them and their little blessing! It was an awesome day filled with friends and family....

Shana and I made the diaper cake and it was so much fun to put together and add little gifts onto! I really enjoyed it and especially the teenie tiny little baby shoes :)

I love my $2.47 can of spray paint!

Before

After

Presto!

I really like black accents and the bronze just had to go in our guest bath but I can't justify paying for the same things but in black. Kit had a great idea and we bought the matte black spray paint at Menards, scratched up the bronze with sandpaper, sprayed it on and waalllaaa! Black accents.... :)

The dogs

This week I have been able to work from home some due to Spring Break! The dogs are loving not being in their Kennel all day and Kit appreciates that they aren't all excited when he gets home since they've been out most of the day. The first picture we are working on "stay" with milkbones in front of them. The funny part is that they like to look at each others and tend to "criss cross" for the treat when released thinking what the other has is better :).

Gisele @ 9 months is the last picture...she is almost up to 100 #!

He is Risen!

Happy Easter!

A new change...

I realize I have not been faithful recently with updating this blog. It's been nice and boring around here visiting with friends and family but no real big excitement. I was able to go to visit my sister in Ohio this past week and check out their new IKEA! LOVED IT! Anyway, I found this light there and of course just as soon as I walked in the door had my awesome husband install it!

Thought for Friday...

When we put our problems in God’s hands, He puts His peace in our hearts.

When it snows the dogs are so excited; or shall I say Grover is excited and Gisele is always her sleepy, groggy, lazy self! Yesterday when I was home I had cleaned and started to do some work to prepare for Monday. Grover in so many ways is very frustrated with his stature seeing that his "little sis" Gisele passed him up in height and weight in just a manner of weeks! When I came around the corner I was shocked to see him sitting like a cat so he could see the snow falling and watch T.V.!! I've never seen a dog watch TV so much (and I really don't know what I was watching---looks like hamburgers!!).


Last night after supper we did take a walk in the evening. It's so peaceful in the woods with the fresh snow lighting the way. The dogs had a blast and we enjoyed playing hide n go seek and throwing a few snowballs!!

Too Good to be True!

I knew it was too good to be true. I just knew it! I knew a brand promising the "virtually indestructible CHEW GUARD technology" couldn't stand up to our Grover! Here is some of their marketing line, it reads as follows: "The Chew Guard lining was specially engineered to withstand the daily rigors of a dog's play. Dogs are tough but Chew Guard is tougher! All seams are double stitched and reinforced as well. Chew Guard technology is guaranteed to stand up to your toughest chewer." This is the best line...."All Chew Guard toys come with a satisfaction guarantee for the life of the toy!"

If I am not mistaken---this toy is dead. I'm even having trouble locating one of the legs. Grover has always been a powerful chewer. That's why we have always loved rawhide. But, since we've gotten Gisele we have tried to steer clear due to her sensitive stomach. I guess we will just have to keep the pig ears coming! I think I will have to see just how much they "hold up" to their satisfaction guaranteed!

Happy Valentine's!

We have been married 3 1/2 years!
The dogs with their Valentine's....what a hit! (looks like they are both smiling!)

We hope everyone had a great Valentine's day! It was a hectic day for me and I didn't get home until after 6p. Kit called around to different restaurants and it was about an hour wait. Solution? Order pizza in and go out another night! Who says you can't have a romantic dinner for two....at home :)

Create-A-Heart

Rub-a-dub Gisele is in the tub!
Loving the snow!
Is it a dog? a squirrel?!

We've had enough of the mouse!

I know it's been a while since we've posting anything. But, nothing too exciting has been going on around here.

The dogs enjoyed the snow we got on Friday so on my day off we were in and out quite a bit playing in it. I posted a couple pics of the dogs and the one with Grover make me laugh so hard; he looks like an overgrown squirrel or something with his fluffy tail up! haha
We finally got the mouse on Saturday that got into our pantry. We were curled up on the couch Friday night watching a movie when the mouse made it's move and started knocking things off the shelves. That was it! The poison obviously didn't work so that's when we got the snap trap and it didn't take long at all to catch him....hopefully he didn't tell any of his friends!
Last night Grover & Gisele got their baths. Gisele loves them! Grover on the other hand is less than impressed.
We also have switched out all our outlets and cover to nice, crisp white! With this older house, we had white, tan, brown, and of course all with paint splatters on them. So nice to have it all uniform and neat :)
We are hosting a superbowl party tonight so I had better keep moving!