Blog Hijack

Hey all, this is Scott hijacking Tami's normal blogging.

I just wanted to take some time to say thank you to everyone that has helped along the way. To those that would take Kyle for our numerous doctor's appointments to that family that allows us to crash Sunday dinner at a moment's notice, thank you all. The major reason why Tami's blood pressure stayed manageable is because of the help from everyone around us, so we owe you a bunch. To that friend of ours with what I call a "questionable taste in footwear" (that's an inside joke, if you don't get it carry on), I owe you a bunch. You allowed us to inconvenience you more often than a normal person should, you probably don't see it that way but you're awesome. Perhaps I'll get dressed up (put on a polo shirt) and we can go to dinner and talk it about sometime.

To those that helped paint, hang drywall, wire the circuit breaker and everything else you guys are awesome. Sometime we'll have a basement warming party to show you the fruits of your labor. To the spouses of the aforementioned construction workers, thank you for allowing the time away from your family. Managing school, construction work, and trying to help a spouse with limited capacity during her high risk pregnancy has been quite a challenge for me personally and I couldn't have done it without help.

I think this middle school sensation said it best.

A sincere thanks to everyone, we've felt the love.

~ Scott

He's Here!

Welcome to the family baby COLBY!

Stats: COLBY MAX PUGMIRE
Birth Date - May 28, 2009 8:53 AM
Weight - 5 lbs. 7 oz.
Height - 18 1/2 inches
Hair Color - Blonde

Hooray! Our sweet baby boy is here. He's a tiny little peanut and absolutely adorable! (Of course, we're not biased.) Both Colby and I are doing well. I'll be sure to post pictures once we have a better download speed than what the hospital Wi-Fi can offer!

Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers, we SO appreciate your support.

Favorite by-product of spring/summer

FREEZER JAM!!!

I didn't take the opportunity last year to make freezer jam, and we ran out of the previous year's stock about six months ago. I am SO excited to have yummy home-made jam again. All the washing, cutting, and preparing was done by my angel of a mother. Thanks mom! (I had mentioned soon after she got here that if we came across berries on sale that we needed to snatch them up for jam making. We Lucked out and got a great deal on Strawberries just a day or two later.)

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We are definitely in full swing of getting ready for the baby around here. Yesterday's task was putting together the new sit-'n-stand hybrid double stroller. (Which I am SO EXCITED about.) Today we made room in the cabinets for bottles and bought another pack of diapers and wipes. Tomorrow's main task is to get to my doctors appointment and pick up the bassinet that I borrowing from my friend. We're getting close. What ever we're going to get done has to be done in the next two days! Wish us luck.

Grandma to the Rescue!

Hooray! My mom flew in town yesterday. Kyle (and Scott and I) couldn't be more excited! She's going to be here until July 4th. HOW AWESOME IS THAT? We are so blessed that she can come for such a long period of time to help out around here. (Thanks Dad for your support, I know having her gone for SO long is a major sacrifice on your part. WE SO APPRECIATE IT.)

She'll be embarrassed that I am posting this picture, but I think it is cute. Before we were even out of PJ's this morning, Kyle had her busy. I haven't been the most fun play mate lately, but Grandma is always up for fun. (It looks like she's asleep, but I promise she's just looking down at the board!) Before 10 o'clock this morning they had already played at least three different games and read a handful of books. What a lucky boy Kyle is to have such great Grandparents. I'm confident he's going to be spoiled completely rotten in the next six weeks by his Grandma, but we couldn't hope for anything more. Hopefully all the attention he gets from Grandma will help with the transition of having a new baby in the house. (I guess we'll be able to let you know in less than a week!)

There's a light...

...at the end of the tunnel! The official count down is on. Baby Pugmire is scheduled to arrive in just 10 days! The c-section is scheduled for Thursday, May 28th @ 8:30 am.

I can't believe how much different this pregnancy has been. Namely, NO BED REST! It has gone by so much quicker, which I'm sure is due to the fact that I haven't had to lay on the couch and watch Law and Order re-runs for the past four months. I feel pretty well, I have my days, but for the most part I know that I've been blessed. The doctors that I'm going to are awesome. They've kept a close eye on me, and found the right dosage of medication. I think that having them approach the pregnancy with a much more relaxed attitude has really helped me to stay calm too. Its been a win win.

We're definitely starting to get ready for baby around here. Probably not as quickly as some would, but the essentials are ready. The car-seat is out and the cover has been washed, I've pulled out the 0-3 month clothes and the bottles. We haven't set up the crib yet, but the pack-n'-play is ready to go. I bought a pack of newborn and size 1 diapers. Oh, and I do have my hospital bag packed. So, at least we're not totally unprepared!

Throughout the next week and a half we plan to tie up loose ends. With the basement construction things have been kind of crazy, but my mom flies in on Thursday, so she'll be a tremendous help in finishing up stuff. The air is filled with excitement around here! Kyle can't wait to meet his little brother. (We're pretty excited ourselves!)

Awesome Help...

Things are definitely chugging along in our attempt to finish the basement. We're getting close! On Monday night we had a bunch of great helpers to prime all the drywall. The whole Madrishin family came over, it was great!
It was crazy and messy, but loads of fun. Everyone worked really hard, got plenty of paint on them, and made a mess, but our mission was accomplished! The basement is primed. (The benefit of finishing painting before carpet goes down is that the kids can help and drips on the floors don't matter!)

Kyle got himself pretty good when his paint brush broke. He thought he needed to cry at first, but then we got him giggling and it was all good!

I can't wait for everything to be done. I'm excited to have the toys in a central location and all my craft stuff in one place...that place not being the dining room!

Another one bites the dust...

Poor kid...this one was blog worthy, and the photo doesn't even to it complete justice!

Kyle is such an active little boy, so he's always got one bruise or another, but this one comes close to taking the cake! - As part of his night-time/bed-time routine, we count to three and then chase Kyle up the stairs. There is always laughing and yelling involved...good fun. Two nights ago there was a bit of genuine screaming too. As he got to the top of the stairs, his footing gave out and he slipped, right into the corner of the wall. His bruise goes from up in his hair-line all the way down his cheek. It was a nasty fall.

Although we could tell he was in a ton of pain, Scott got him calmed down in record time. Daddy to the rescue! After getting him to take a few deep breaths he took him into the bathroom to show him his 'awesome' purple line on his face. Even through the pain, Kyle could value the humor and 'coolness' of his new bruise. It's two days later, the bruise is just as dark and nasty, but he hasn't complained about it being painfull. (I'm pretty sure that a few people in the community have thought they needed to call the DCFS, but what can you do?)


On a different note, I've been terrible at blogging lately. I've got lots of fun pictures to post of our basement. Scott's Dad, Monte has come and gone. The basement has been framed, sheet rocked, mudded and sanded. We've bought our paint. All we've got to do now is clean up all the sheet rock dust and get to painting. Here's to hoping that we can get it all done before the baby comes!