It's raining diapers!

In between sneak peaks of the Olympics, preparing the house (nesting...), and the beginning of the girl's soccer season, we have managed to get in another baby shower- this one was organized by our friend Lori, who Mandy coaches volleyball with at Reynolds. We met the volleyball girls at Applebees and got showered with tons of diapers and other fun things. One of the parents made a pretty cool "diaper cake"

Mandy is now 35 1/2 weeks in and we see the light at the end of the tunnel. In two weekends I take the soccer team to Chattanooga for a weekend and that will be 20 days before the due date. The fact that I will be 3 hours away for a weekend almost guarantees that Nolan will choose this time to come forth, so place your bets now...

35 1/2 weeks

Nolan's room

Some updated pictures of his room :) The waiting game begins!!

In the Home Stretch...

It's been a while since we've updated the blog- so much has happened here. First and foremost the story of the past month has been the WEATHER! Holy Snow! We have already gone well over our allotted snow days and the school system has taken away two days of our spring break to make up for it. Mandy had her baby shower in the middle of a blizzard. We are so thankful for the gifts and that people actually braved the weather to get to Kathleen's Tearoom for the party! We wished everyone could have been there!!! Huge props to Andi and Lindsay for getting it together. I especially want to thank Rob and Bill for shoveling snow all morning and for not dropping dead of a heart attack while doing it. Eventually Bill was overtaken by common sense and flashed a 20 at a passing snowplow driver and the job was done! Mom and Jessica paid the price for being in Asheville during a blizzard. Their flight was delayed by about 8 hours at the AVL airport but eventually they made it back to the D. Mandy's Mom came in the next day and has been here for the past week shopping for Nolan and getting more stuff ready. Mandy is now in her 8th month and the reality is closing in. Final preparations have been made to Nolan's room and we are trying frantically to go over lists and make sure we have everything we need for the baby boy. In short, we are both very thankful for our friends and family and we feel blessed and excited for what is to come!