Am I done yet??

Hello All,
Well I can see that many people have been checking our blog lately. Our counter has gone up considerably. This is great to see!!!
I would love to report that the baby is here, but unfortunately there is nothing to report. We can say that I am progressing, but not very rapidly. I am dilated 2 cm. and about 80% effaced. So what does that mean you ask? Well pretty much nothing. The baby is getting ready to come into this world just not for awhile.
Keep checking as for sure we will have a baby within the next 2 weeks.
Thanks to all of you who are following our soon to be new addition!

-Eric, Monica, Kit, & B.B.

Busy Busy Baby!

Hello Again!

Well what a month yet again. It has been crazy nonstop go go go...

To start our month Eric and I went to go see our favorite photographer and friend Kelly for some pre baby picture taking. Kelly captured some great moments of Eric and I enjoying our last couple of moments before we become a family of four instead of three. Our pictures turned out amazing! I love all of them so much. It’s really hard trying to narrow our favorites to order. To see Kelly’s awesome work visit http://www.photographybykellyjean.blogspot.com/ .

Eric and I have started to take the necessary steps in becoming educated parents. We have taken the wonderful breastfeeding class and the wonderful birth preparation class. Two fun filled Saturdays of putting a little bit of fear in us with a lot more excitement into having a new little one in our lives.

Also this month my mom and sister threw me a wonderful shower with our closet family and friend. It really was a wonderful day. I was able to catch up with everyone and got great advice from some of the experienced mothers. I also got to hang out with my mom, sister, and diva niece Evie after the shower. It was really great to have that time just with them. I don’t think my mom and sister will ever know how much I will always cherish that afternoon.


On Memorial Day weekend Eric and I had a laid back relaxing weekend. Friday we went to the doctor and found out that the baby is down, but I’m not dilated. So now the countdown begins. We went to Madison to visit Eric’s sister on Saturday and went to the Vilas Zoo. It was really fun to go, however word of advice, if your nine months pregers make sure you stay in the shade and drink a lot of water. I could have sworn it was 200 degrees that day. Despite the heat however it was a lot of fun!

Kelsey (niece), Eric, & Kendall (niece)

Well that pretty much sums up our month. Possibly the next time we post you will get to see pictures of our new little one! The countdown has begun!

Lots of love to all,
Eric, Monica, Kit, & B.B.

Are we done yet?

Well hello again!

As I mentioned in last month’s blog the month of April has been busy.

To start we had a wonderful Easter with our families. We were in the Bay with the Wepner and Yachinich on Saturday and then with the Burts and Kochs on Sunday. It was wonderful being surrounded by family all weekend.

After Easter things in our house really started to move. Eric sold his boat which was very bitter sweet. We put the boat on Craigslist and within 24 hours it was gone. We were shocked at how fast it sold. Eric wasn’t ready to give it up that fast. With the economy we thought it would have taken a little bit longer.

Eric's last picture with his boat.

Eric and I also celebrated our 6 month anniversary this month. It’s crazy to both of us that we only have been married for six months. With all that we have done and completed if feels like it has been longer than 6 months of marital bliss. We both are so blessed to have found one another. I know that I thank God every day for our wonderful life we share together.

Eric has continued to work on the upstairs. We have moved up there officially about a week ago. There are only two more very minor things to finish before we can say that it is 100% done. But since they are so minor we aren’t too worried. The whole project really turned out nice. With the great help of family and friends it all came together. It’s amazing how much bigger our house feels now that we are using the other half of it. Before our upstairs was just simply used as storage, but now it’s a wonderful master bedroom. Eric really did a great job completing it.

Old view from where our bed is now.

New view from our bed.

Old view from top of the stairs

New view from the top of the stairs.

Old view looking at where our bed is now.

New view of where our bed is now.

While Eric has been working on the upstairs I have been slowly putting together the baby’s room. Along with the upstairs it is completed. With some new and old pieces I believe that it’s going to be a great space for our lil one to enjoy their first couple of years. We went with a neutral pallet since we aren’t sure what he/she is. I personally love how it all came together. I can’t wait to rock our baby in the glider chair that my sister’s good friend Tiffany gave us. I’m starting to get a little excited for him/her to come.
Changing Table
Crib

Crib and glider

Along with all of our craziness our beautiful baby girl Kit has surgery this month. It was a last minute plan. The surgery went very well, however since Kit is a stinker she kept licking her stitches so she took longer to heal and had to wear a cone around her head. It was really cute to see her with it on, but really sad because she didn’t get to give herself a bath for a week. I felt horrible that I couldn’t help her out. I have put off getting her spayed for six years because I was so scared of the surgery not going well. In the end it was best that we did it because her uterus was swollen and was starting to get an infection that could have ended up being fatal. Thanks to the wonderful care of Animal Medical Center she is back to normal and enjoying life.
Our Princess waking up from a nap and not pleased with the camera.

Well that about sums up our month of April. We are looking very forward to the month of May. Now that we have finished our big projects it looks like we get to celebrate a little bit of downtime. But don’t worry I’m sure we will have great things to talk about at the end of the month, because then we hit the real countdown of B.B.’s arrival.

Thanks for checking in!
Eric, Monica, Kit, & B.B.

Busy... Busy...

Hello Again,

We hope all is well without blog followers. Everything has been great for us this past month.

Our remodel of the upstairs master bedroom has really come along. Eric has really earned “The Greatest Husband” award once again. He has put in so many hours getting it completed, it’s been amazing. Once we get the upstairs finished we will then begin to start on the baby’s room.

Speaking of baby, everything is going well. I’m in my third trimester now. This is crazy to think that we will have a new addition to our family in just a few months. SO far I am measuring a little bigger than normal, but no surprise when you look at Eric and I. It’s not like we are the smallest people in the world. LOL Eric also felt the baby finally kick. He has been asking for that everyday since I told him that I could feel the baby. So he is now a little more excited about the baby then before.

We also celebrated out niece Evie’s first birthday. I can’t believe that she is already one. It seems like just yesterday that I was singing “Apple Bottom Jeans” to her in the hospital. One thing is for sure that she and I are going to be great friends for life. We so far really enjoy hanging out with each other. She is my little rock star.

Believe it or not before the month of April Eric could resist the urge to take his true love out for a ride. And no I do not mean me. Believe it or not on March 31, 2010 Eric and his true love, Harley went for their first ride around the block together. He really tried to leave the bike in the garage, but the warm weather got the best of him. He was like a kid in a candy store.

Well that pretty much sums up out month. But stay tuned we have a lot going on in April too.

Things to look forward to in the month of April….
1. New Baby Pictures
2. Finished Master Bedroom with before and after pictures.
3. Start of the baby’s room
4. 6 month anniversary of marital bliss
5. Easter

Lots of Love to all,
Eric, Monica, Kit, & B.B.

Well, well where to begin?

Hello Again!

Well, well where to begin?

The month of February had a lot going on. I guess we will just start from the beginning of the month and work our way through.

As we all know Feb. is the month of love. Well in our house is the month of Eric going in a mode of comatose called Sturgeon Spearing. Sturgeon Spearing is always the weekend or week of Valentines. So we both are on the ice ready to spear by 6:30 a.m. opening day. Valentines is never really celebrated like most couples. But on one hand I get to spend six hours in a 4x6 foot shack with my husband staring into a hole of water. Now let me tell you folks that is as romantic as it gets! Yes it may sound boring to some but I would never want to do anything else.

Eric was luck this year and got is 4th Sturgeon on a row this year. So he has been on cloud nine ever since. He was the only one who speared a Sturgeon this year out of our group so it was a bitter sweet celebration.

Eric's kill of 2010

Cutting 20 inches of ice.

Pushing 20 inches of ice to make a pool.

Now that Sturgeon Spearing is done Eric has been able to work again on the upstairs of our house which will soon become our new master suite. Eric really is getting the husband of the year award this month. Not only did he provide food for the family, but he also is remodeling our house and putting up with a pregnant wife.

We had our 21 week appointment this past Friday. Everything is going great! I’m measuring a little big, but we aren’t worried. We already know that our baby is going to be really tall. On our last ultrasound all we saw was legs. Poor kid never stood a chance at being short with parents like us.

Well that pretty much sums up our month. Stay tuned next month, we have birthdays, remodeling, and baby news to share.

Lots of love to all!
Monica, Eric, BB, & Kit

It's all growing...

Hello Again,

Well we are at 18 weeks and counting.

Today I went to the doctor and had an ultrasound done. They even did the 3D which is just creepy. LOL....

We decided not to find out what we are having. Today we would have been able to tell, but knowing our luck they would say a girl and it would be a boy or they would say boy and it would be a girl. So we will have a great surprise in about 22 weeks.

Eric and I were very relieved that everything is showing a normal healthy baby. We are sitting at about 9 oz. not sure on the length however the legs look really long just like mine and Eric's.

I included some pictures below of my belly and how it's growing. Sorry they aren't the most attractive pictures.

This Turns into...

This turns into....This... and then it turns too...

The great 3D baby picture.

If you look close you will see that this is a picture of our babies face.

We will make sure to keep you updated as progress is made.

Lots of love,

Monica & Eric

New Year with New News!

Hello Again!

Well the holidays are over and we are now back to work.

We had a great holiday with family and friends. For Christmas we were all over the place. First with Eric's dad side, and then my family, and then with Eric's moms side. It was none stop but so much fun!

We had great news to share with our family and friends and now I finally get to share it freely with my blog followers.

Eric and I are expecting a new addition to our family. We can't wait. Yes we are surprised but can't with for July 3rd to come.

This picture is from our 8 week apt and we are now at 3 months and one day.

We will be sure to keep the updates coming on our new bundle of joy.


So far everything has been going great with out much of lifestyle changes.


Eric has gone into full construction mode on our upstairs to ensure that we will have enough room when the baby comes. He really is a great husband and new daddy to be.


Be sure to stay tuned as there is always action going on with the Burt family.

Lots of Love,

Monica, Eric, Kit, and BB (aka: Baby Burt)