Sept. 2009

Labor day weekend all of the Halbgewachs and Beebes got together at Aunt Myrna's to celebrate Mamo and Papo's 70th wedding anniversary. All of the siblings were there as well as a lot of their children. I met several of David's cousins for the first time. It was a very special weekend and one worth celebrating. I mean 70 years spent with the same person. That is real commitment and a great example to us. Thank you Mamo and Papo! We Love you!

The pregnancy is going good. I can't believe I only have one month left! But there is a lot to do before then. Every one keeps asking me if I am having twins, I mean just random people at the grocery store on the street. It is starting to get embarrassing! I don't think I look that big!

I had a Fall Party last year and I enjoyed it so much I decided to make it a tradition. Since Oct. is going to be a busy month for us:) I decided to have it in Sept this year and it really worked out better. The weather was beautiful and it didn't get dark so quickly. The only problem was the Mosquitoes! We passed around the Off and everyone could tolerate it. So we all smelled GREAT! At least we all smelled the same. We had around 30 people there. We roasted hot dogs and had somores. We played volleyball (yes I played a game, don't tell Mom!), corn hole and horseshoes. I really enjoyed it. We had to clean up everything that night because we were leaving for AR the next morning early. Bethany and Cody were getting married the next week. They got engaged the last of Aug. and decided to get married 3 weeks later! They decided to have the wedding outside at Mom and Dad's house. So David and I decided we would go now instead of at Thanksgiving and help get ready for the wedding. It was a good thing we did. We worked the whole time we were there. It took twice as long to get things done because it kept raining the whole week. But God blessed and we had great weather the day if the wedding. Katherine and Devon were flower girl and ring bearer. They did a great job. Devon pulled Raley up the isle in a wagon, but the yard was so rutted he kept getting stuck. About halfway down he got fed up with it and threw the handle down and started to cry. It was pretty cute. Katherine did a great job and stood during the whole ceremony. She kept whispering to me "Are Bebe and Cody really getting married now?"

The next weekend was Hay Days celebration. Katherine rode in the Garden club float. She was a little shy until she saw us and then she was waving at everyone. Her and Devon really enjoyed the rides this year. It was fun to watch them. Their favorite is still the Merry-Go-Round.

Sis. Elaine hosted a baby shower for William. She had several games for us to play. One was see how many cloths pins you can take off of a line, hold in one hand and not drop any. I held the record with 17. The next was cut the string to the length you thought it would take to go around my belly. Then Sis. Elaine brought out blind folds and asked for a volunteer. My friend Lyndi, who had had a c-section just four weeks before, volunteered. Then Sis. Elaine brought out panty hose! You can imagine a 8 month pregnant woman and a post c-section woman trying to put panty hose over their pants! It was comical to say the least. And to make matters worse they videoed it! No! I am NOT posting it thank you very much! It was a great night, we had a lot of fun. Thank you Sis. Elaine for doing that for me. Love you bunches!

Aug 2009

August was a pretty slow month so this will not be one of my mammoth posts like last month's. A lot happened in July OK! Anyway, about August.
David has been getting tonsillitis quite often for several years now. So finally he said enough, and scheduled to have a tonsillectomy. He was pretty nervous about the whole thing and it didn't help when he got on the Internet and started reading about all the horror stories. The surgery went well, but the trouble started when he began to wake up from anesthesia. He was having his surgery at a small hospital in Gothenburg, the surgery staff knew I worked in surgery so they let me come to the recovery room before David was awake. David had what they call Emergence Delirium. He woke up from anesthesia fighting and convulsing almost like a seizure. They ended up putting him back under and bringing him out very slowly. It was quite and experience seeing your husband react like that. The one who is always the strong one and the one who has it all together needing you to be the support. Thank God that was the only thing that was out of the ordinary. He spent one night in the hospital and the rest of the recovery was pretty normal. I am sure if you asked David he would give you a different story. He lived on Popsicles and Jello for three days and he lost 15 pounds in a week. He says it was worth it though, Thank goodness!

Devon got to see his first theater movie "UP" this month. It is so fun to be able to take the kids to a movie. Katherine just sits there and laughs at anything where someone gets hurt or trips or burps. I don' t know exactly what that means, but I don't think it is good:) Devon loved the theater, he was constantly making noises in reaction to what was happening on the screen. He was so cute, he was really into it. Of course, both kids agree, the best part of the movies...Popcorn and Coke of course!

July 2009

David and I started out July on the road. The plan was for us to meet Mom and get the kids in Kansas City, MO, then drive back to Lincoln, NE and meet Davids family for a camping trip. It ended up Mom got sick and couldn't make the trip, so David and I decided to make a FAST trip to AR, pick the kids up and make it back to Lincoln, NE the next day. We made this decision at 3:00 in the afternoon which meant we would be in AR sometime around 2:00 am! That was the plan until the wonderful GPS got us completely lost in Kansas City. We finally found a gas station open and bought an old fashioned atlas. So that tacked on an extra hour to our trip. We finally made it to Mom and Dad's around 4:00 am. I don't ever want to do that again if at all possible. We visited until noon and then headed out for Kansas City. We decided to stay the night with Ben and Julie Anderson. They are such a wonderful couple I really wish we lived closer. They have two girls just Katherine and Devon's age. They get along great. The kids got to swim in their pool, which of course was the highlight. The next morning we left and headed for Lincoln. David's family had rented campers and were going to be staying at the church camp Dennis works for. The weekend was in celebration of Howard and Cynthia's 20th anniversary. We all had a blast. Dennis took everyone on the rope course they have at the camp, took us canoeing and we also went to a waterpark in the state park just down the road. On the last night we were there all the siblings got together and sang the song from Howard and Cynthia's wedding, Household of Faith. Then Mom and Dad told us their story and a little of what it was like to blend two families. The struggles and the triumph of seeing their kids grow so close. It was a blessed night. David got a stomach flu the last two days we were there. I felt so sorry for him. He had to get the camper loaded up and ready to go and then drive 3 hours home while fighting throwing up. But all in all we all agreed we had a great time and wanted to do it again.

Devon turned 2 this month. We really didn't do anything real special for his this year. Granny and Grandad were out of town. So it was just us. I was planning to make him a cake, but I got called into work that morning and was not able to make one. So he had a piece of leftover apple pie with a candle in it. :( I felt kind of bad not to have a real party, but he is only two, he won't remember right?

While the kids were in AR I got William's nursery "corner" fixed up. He is going to be in Katherine's room for the first few months and then I will move him downstairs to Devon's room. We moved the crib into Katherine's room while she was gone. She got back and I don't think she liked the idea of sharing her room. She has adjusted to it now and is actually excited to have the new baby in her room.

Luke, Morgan, Raley, Bethany and her boyfriend Cody came up to visit us at the end of July. It was the first time I had seen Luke since he got back from Iraq and it was the first time he and Morgan had seen our house. I was so glad Cody got to come and we got to meet him. It sounds like he and Bethany are getting pretty serious! We all had a great visit. We played volleyball at the park in Cozad and then went to the new old fashioned soda shop. Sun. night we took everyone out to the lake and had a picnic and David took everyone skiing. It was a short visit, but I was so glad they all got to come. Family is such a wonderful blessing. I hope not to take it for granted.