Hocking Hills Vacation

The Bergman family went on the annual Hocking Hills Vacation during the last weekend of July. Tim & I arrived on Thursday, July 30th and went home Monday, August 3rd. We stayed at a very nice log cabin called Wyrick's Hillside Lodge. It had 5 bedrooms, 3-1/2 bath, hot tub, pool table, ping pong table, and foosball table. Other than a couple golf outings, we didn't leave the cabin, but had a weekend full of family time with lots of eating & drinking.

Tim & I got a blow-up pool approximately 8'x 6'x 2'deep. We placed it on the deck next to the hot tub. The pool was a big hit! Tim decided to rename it the "Cool Pool."

Congratulations Bill & Beth!

On July 24th, Tim & I went to Bill Streib & Beth Everman's wedding. We had the day off work & we had a great time!

Grant Bergman's Baptism

Grant Bergman's Baptism was on Sunday, July 19th. Below is a picture of Grant relaxing before the big day!

Tony, Jessi, & Grant
Grant wore a baptisimal gown that is in the Bergman family. Grandpa Bergman and Tony also wore the baptisimal gown.

Big sister Josie with little Grant.

Wow, Tim looks pretty good holding a baby, Only 6-1/2 weeks until he is holding his own!

Saturday

Besides some finishing touches, the baby's room is ready.

The changing table is complete. I made the basket liners to match the crib bedding.

Saturday, Tim went to BG to help Ted & Denise move. They bought their first house in Fremont. I went to Indy for a party at Mindi & Ryan's House. Thanks for the invite Mindi, I had a great time & I can't wait until I can help you break-in the new hot tub!

Mindi holding Ben

Grace playing on the Bounce House.

32 Weeks!

On July 6th, Tim & I went to the doctor for an ultrasound. Everything looks fine; the baby is in the proper position and the heart was beating strong. The doctor took some measurements of the head and mid-section, which indicated the baby is currently 3 lbs 7 oz. Tim was studying the monitor in hopes to find out if we were having a boy or girl. The doctor scanned the area, but Tim & I couldn’t tell what we were looking at... still a suprise!

Furniture Update

The dresser is complete! Tim finished staining on Wednesday!

On to the next project, building a changing table.

I'm sure the baby appreciates all of Tim's work.

31 Week Update

31 weeks complete, Only 9 weeks to go!

Tim thought that I should post another belly picture, so here it is... I didn't get all dressed-up for the occasion, but nevertheless, it is a picture. The baby was positioned side-ways, but finally moved last week (30 wks). I'm was very happy to hear the baby had moved. I'm still feeling good and the heat hasn't been too bad. The doctor will perform another ultrasound at our next appointment, July 6th.

We've been slowly working on preparing the baby's room. I have most of the non-baby junk cleared out of the room. Now I've been working on washing the car seat, bumbo, stroller, etc.

Tim, on the other hand, has been working diligently on preparing a dresser. We had an old dresser from Lori's college days. The dresser was in pretty poor shape, so Tim decided to re-finish it. He started by stripping off the paint, soon realizing there were at least 7 different layers of paint to remove.

After two coats of stripper and lots of scraping,

he still had to do some sanding to remove the rest of the paint.

The drawers are almost complete, just a little more hand sanding.

Amazingly... There was a nice red oak underneath!

Currently, Tim is staining it to match the crib, a coffee color. Such a hard worker!

More pictures to come as the project comes to completion.