Week 6 - The Pink Slip

Over the course of the 1st two weeks, we struggled to keep our excitement to ourselves. It was particularly challenging to attend a family wedding where everyone wanted to remark on Ben's uncanny "Dad Jokes."

Kiersten was in need of a new OB. So, a search ensued, and we were able to secure our first appointment. Kiersten had to venture alone, since Ben was working. She was able to take home a handful of ultrasound photos though. He couldn't contain his excitement and demanded to see right them away! She found herself anxiously snapping photos in the church parking lot before religious ed class, desperately hoping mom wouldn't come walking up any second!

Unfortunately, 6 weeks along brought a bout of classic morning sickness. Having grown up a "tough gal," it never occurred to Kiersten that she wouldn't be able to manage a bit of nausea. She could not have been further from reality. Over the course of a few short days, "I'll wait to tell my boss until the 2nd trimester," quickly became "If I don't tell my boss, he's going to think I'm playing hooky!"

As the HR manager, Kiersten enjoys the challenging privilege of being the only human resources person for their small family of hotels. She also enjoys the phenomenal privilege of sharing an office with the boss, himself. She and Dan have developed a fun-loving relationship over the past two years, and she decided to take full advantage of this in our first pregnancy reveal. On a previous Halloween, Dan acquired a "Boss Baby" mask, larger than life and all sorts of creepy. He kept it in the office and occasionally pulled it out to keep Kiersten on her toes. Playing on his fondness for the character and her important role as HR Manager, she prepared the following announcement:

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Week 34 - Home is where Family is

This week, we eagerly prepared for a celebration. With great excitement, we welcomed our parents and sibling to our home to celebrate: * Independence Day * Kiersten's MBA Graduation * 1 Year Wedding Anniversary * The completed decoration of our home! In the final days leading up to this special occasion, we put the finishing touches on our home, becoming experts at measuring and hanging wall art - something our house has been desperately missing for way too long! Believe it or not, we signed the mortgage on this little place in November of 2018. So, the walls have been in desperate need of some personality. In much thanks to the generosity of our family and friends, we were able to fill it with several meaningful items, as well as a few selections of our own. It brought us great pride to show off our finished space to our immediate family. We have taken the time during quarantine to truly knock items off our project list and make this little house our own.

Week 32 - Worries and Wonders

The discernment for baby names continues. We would really like to take inspiration from the saints in naming our children. How cool would it be to read a story about a superhero and think "hey, that's my name?" How much cooler to know that the superhero was a real life person that did amazing things as a child of God? We hope that these amazing role models will inspire our children, through a variety of ways. In the meantime, we are actively searching through saint stories and feast days, hunting for just the right ones. We are cutting it pretty close to the end! It is a much more difficult challenge than we anticipated - who knew we had so many opinions? This week, the reality of our timeline is becoming increasingly apparent. We are just 6-10 weeks away from meeting our little one. This is extremely exciting but also very scary. In the midst of a pandemic, we don't have the option of attending a child-birth class or touring the hospital where we will labor and ...

Week 24 - Nesting

No, we aren't referring to the bird's nest crazy that's Kiersten's hair. That's just the result of several weeks of quarantine aligned with 24 weeks of pregnancy. We have begun a pretty serious nesting stage. This week, Kiersten loaded and unloaded the dishwasher 3 times in one day. She voluntarily vacuums and dusts the house, something our home in Adrian sorely needs by now, but we still remain at the Hitchingham Hostel. The other residents have grown accustomed to her cleaning frenzies and pitch in as needed to keep her crazy to a minimum. The nesting would be much better used in Adrian, as a nursery is completely non-existent at the moment. Don't worry, Kiersten has been pinteresting for months, and we started a registry a while ago, but nothing had been purchased when this week began. On Friday, we finally got back to the house to spend some quality time preparing for baby's arrival. We cleaned out the 2nd bedroom and made way in the living room...

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