The Narrative of Kurt & Becky

Today was my last day at work and what a strange and exciting feeling. It feels like I am going on vacation but yet it also feels like I quit. Vacation: because I will be back. Quit: because I left everything with my co-workers. It was an interesting day too. I went into work and then to the doctor and then back to work.

At the doctor I had the best encounter in the waiting room. It MADE my week! I bumped into a good friend and we chatted for a while.

According to my medical professional/doctor, I am ready to have this baby. I am super excited about that too!

In the past week !:

had my 1st bloody nose

fell down the stairs

cut my leg shaving twice

stayed home sick 3 days from work

We have gotten oodles of baby clothes from Aunt Carolyn. At this time, I would like to say THANK YOU Aunt Carolyn for thinking of Baby Cooke. We are beyond blessed by your thoughtfulness. Also thanks for taking good care of Momma while she was at your house. She told us some of your funny stories and it sounds like you had fun together. Thanks for being such a neat lady/aunt.

Aunt Dick and Aunt Vickie, I am sure you are super proud of Katie. I know that your transition in the next few years (empty nest) will be tough but hang in there. Oh! Mom took pictures of your house and all I can say is WOW!!! It looks great. Uncle Dick I am sad that your beard is gone. I hope that you two are doing well and that maybe you will find some time to come and visit CA!

Cousin Katie, I am super proud of you for graduating high school. I cannot believe that it is even possible…because my memories of Ben and Chris sitting on you when you were 4 years old are still so vivid! You have grown up though — because like it or not, time marches on! Anyway, I heard that your graduation was great and your party was fun. I saw pictures of you and you look as adorable as ever (black hair and all! ha!).

I don’t have time at the moment to write everyone back there so give everyone else my best…Especially Grandma (who I am sure cannot navigate the internet). Know that I miss you guys and hope you are doing well.

Love, Becky

I watched this movie on the way home from London on the plane. What a good movie.

So please, PLEASE pray for our boy. His kidneys are worse now. We are in the midst of researching the possibilities. Also pray that we are able to reach the right people to speed up the referral process to see a fetal/pediatric urologist. Pray we can get an appointment quickly and then pray that that doctor has good news.

216 days down, 63 to go… Our little boy is on the way, I feel mostly ready. Although I just know when the time comes I will realize that I am not. We graduated from our prepared childbirth class last Friday night. That was helpful mostly. There was some information we were not aware of and many thing that we were already aware. We paid attention and took notes and now, we will take it as it happens.

I read on this website that our baby will start kindergarten in 2014, be old enough to drive a car in 2025, finish high school in 2027, and will graduate from college with the class of 2031, give or take a year (or 3, ha!). Can you imagine?

We are not going to have a shower. I know that it is my first baby having one is the standard way of doing it. . but when I think about it, it makes me anxious. The cost, the planning, the guest list, the date, absolutely everything. So instead I will send out birth announcements to everyone. Then if you want to meet him in person, give us a call sometime in August. Or if ou can’t meet in person, feel free to email Kurt or I and we can set up a Skype meeting.

Thanks to the efforts of Kurt, this crib is successfully assembled. It was pretty easy and it didn’t take very long. We think it is awesome.

Pretty soon we think our son will agree when he is sleeping soundly in it (hee hee)!

Opening the box.

Here are the pieces.

When you make the ends, they can become chairs later on if we choose.

When it is partially assembled this is the toddler bed so you can lower the mattress and he can climb in and out by himself.

Here is the completed crib with the mattress at the infant height setting.

All in all, so far we are pleased with the quality, and look. Also they quoted that it might be 2-4 weeks and it was only about 1 week. So we are glad to have it set up and ready so early on!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&type=baby&id=1JPQL635MDN79

This is what we got! We are excited because there are so many options. Through research and planning, we ordered this beauty today.

Stokke Sleepi