Sponge Spores and Broken Doors

Hello everyone! We finally got the baby room painted :) I would like to thank the following poeple for their time and energy: Aunt's Laura, Teresa and Julie, Uncle Bug, and Grandma and Grandpa McQuiston. We painted to room 2 shades of green, with the lighter shade having sponge-painted stripes over it. As you may have guessed by my very clever title, we had a little difficulty with the door. Jonathan recently put in a new doorknob since the old one broke, and when I closed the door to the baby room to keep Levi from getting dog fur on the new paint job I thought nothing of it. When I when to open the door however I met with a problem. The door wouldn't open- so I had to turn the know while kicking in the door, quite a site based on the reactions of all who saw me. While I did get the door open it do to a small bit of damage to the door jam, luckily Jeremiah is reather handy and was able to repair the damage. Please enjoy the photos of our painting adventure!
God Bless

New Car

Hello Everyone!
Jonathan and I finally found ourselves a new used car that fit our budget. It looks pretty nice- ironically it is the same make, model and color as the old Suzuki but it is one year newer and a manual. There are a couple of negative points- but should be fixable. There are several bumper stickers that differ with out polital and world view that need to be romoved and while it has had only one owner, it is obvious that he was a smoker. So we now have the ardous job of finding the secret to removing cigarette ordors from cars, with the internet offering lots of suggestions I am confidant that it can be done with some time and energy. Until we finally do get it clean smelling I wont be driving or riding in it as the smell of smoke makes me even more sick than it used to. Hopefully soon I can post photos of both cars just so you can see the difference. LOL. Poor car.
So wish us luck with the smell removal and bumper sticker elimination!
God Bless!

20 Weeks!

 

This is our 20 week ultrasound! The Baby is in good health with a strong heart- and I think B might have daddy's straight nose :) 18-20 more weeks and we will meet B in person!

 

Dawn's Baby Celebration

Tomorrow we will be celebrating the evential arrival of Shi Ann MacGregor! It should be lots of fun with the men playing tag football, the kids playing the jungle gym and silly string fights. I finished the cake for the shindig, and thought I would show ya'll a picture of the finished product :)

"B's" blog

I added B's Blog to my shortcuts- feel free to check it out whenever you like, I will continue to send out e-mails when I update it of course :)
And to enter, you just need to use your e-mail address, and the password is Ferguson

Busy Times...

Last weekend we went to an enjoyable wedding in Seattle, afterwards we visited Dan, Joy, Isaiah and Grace. I managed to get Grace to fall asleep in my arms once, which was really cool. On Sunday I got to go to the Seahawks game at Qwest field, man, was that cool! I went with Dawn who is a Tampa Bay fan, so we had some fun ribbing each other a little, happily the Seahawks beat the Buccs by 14 points :)
This weekend we worked on cleaning out the guest/junk room in order to begin the conversion to the baby room. We managed to get quite a lot done and I think we might get some painting done next month :) I also decided to see if my morning sickness would be gone since I just hit 18 weeks. Friday night I didn't take my medicine and Saturday was a great day, I thought I was cured! Unfortunatley when I woke up on Sunday (also not having taken the meds) I found myself to sick to go to church, and alas so sick most of the day that I couldn't even finish some of the sorting I had hoped to accomplish. So today I am back on my happy little drugs and am feeling MUCH better. I am quite weak as I think I only managed to keep down about half of a meal yesterday so I feel low on energy today. Next weekend we go to the Puyallup Fair! Can't wait- love this tradition :) Hopefully it will not be raining...
God Bless you all :)

"B" Ferguson at 16 weeks!

Birthday Balloons!

 

What a wonderful way to spend Susie's Birthday :) We started with a drive to McMinville, OR and enjoyed a wonderful dinner then early the next morning we got up in time to see the sunrise and take a Balloon ride over Oregon's beautiful wine country. The view of the Willamette River was breathtaking and the champagne brunch after the flight was spectacular!
God Bless

It's been a long time....

Hello everyone!
Jonathan and I have been pretty busy the last few weeks! I am looking forward to this coming weekend, we will actually be at home, so maybe I will have time to get the pics of my camera and onto my blog. Anyway, just so ya'll know what we have been up to, here are the basics:

July:
We went to dinseyland again! We got to meet up with friends Kirstin and Michael Burrows, who recently moved to Annaheim, lots of fun there, I did have to take it a little easy on some of the rides as not all Disneyland attractions are safe for expectant mothers.
We also had the Houseboat trip with all the Ferguson's! What a wonderful adventure :) We managed to catch a mess of bass and enjoyed a delicious dinner from them. And we found a beautiful waterfall, and docked nearby to enjoy some swimming and hike to the base of the falls. It was spectacular! We also came loose from our mooring at about 5 am which caused quite a stir as we attempted to safely free ourselves from the 2nd line withour hitting too many rocks! All in all is was fun and relaxing, with a dash of adventure thrown in :)
August:
The Terry Taylor Garage Sale started of the month with a bang. we wnjoyed Grandma Ruth's Hospitality and all made out like bandits, as usual. Gloria managed to nearly fill her new apartment and I (with Jan's help) scored in the maternity wear department.
Then later that week I had my first ultrasound and Jonathan and I were amazed at the sight of "B" wiggling around, and it was pretty cool to hear the heartbeat! Unfortunately they were out of film for the ultrasound so we will have to wait for pictures. Ashley Rowe got married in Salem and we made the trip to celebrate with them. Her twin niece and nephew we all dressed up, Isaiah in a tux and Grace in a lovely dress to celebrate getting a new uncle :)

Well thats what's been happening lately. Levi is still growing, but not at the same pace, I think he is gonna stay pretty close to his current size. Holly is doing good, she finally stopped shedding and looks much cuter now :) Although she did discover that we have a dog, and is not too happy about it.
Hopefully I will have photos up later! I am making some blackberry jam this weekend, Chris Jan, Jonathan and I all went berry picking, and I am excited to enjoy the fruit of our labor!
God Bless!

Patriotic

 
 
 
 

Fouth of July Fun

 
 
 
 

Gathered at the Lake

 
 
 
 

Fireworks

 

 

 

 

Lots of Excitement

Well, the Fourth of July was certainly exciting! Lots of new things to report and fun photos to show :)

Jonathan got a small raise which is quite appreciated, seeing as I will likely be quitting my job before too long, since we are now expecting our first Baby in February!

Laura is on the verge of being offered a job, which will bge a welcome addition to her bank account.

It was a ton of fun telling everyone that they are going to be granparents, aunts, uncles and great grandparents.

And of course the fireworks and the "Go 4th" celebration at Lake Sacajawea was a blast! I love it every year, Teresa and I each got airbrush tattoos, which I am sorry to say didn't last as long as they claimed it would, but it was fun nonetheless. I found a pretty dress to buy and can't to wear it (hopefully before I become to large)

Guess all I have to add now are the photos! They should be coming Soon!