Monkeys & Socks

Started putting the nursery together. Going for an animal theme with lots of monkeys! Look at these socks we bought - how cute!!!!
Got the next ultrasound this Thursday & might find out if it's a "George" or "Mildred".......

Recent Travels

While Craig's been holding the fort at home, I've been travelling to turf conferences the last two weeks. Went to Richmond, Virginia then Orlando, Florida last week. Stayed on the Disney complex at the Coronado Springs Hotel, which was great. It was about 40 degrees warmer than Ohio too. Went to "Downtown Disney" one night for a non-alcaholic cocktail in the Rainforest Cafe. Didn't see any allligators but did see lots of palm trees & sunshine. Marvelous to be home though...

Buckeyes win the Fiesta Bowl

We went to Matt & Gina's house last night to watch the Ohio State Buckeyes beat the fighting Irish (Notre Dame) in the Fiesta Bowl. Buckeyes were great and won 34-20.
Back to work today which is a bit depressing, particularly as it's raining & gloomy!

Happy New Year!

Did a "progressive" party, where we started at our house for cocktails, then went to Eric's for soup, Jan's for dinner and Richard's for desert & champagne, where we watched the ball drop at Time Square. Sucks being sober on New Years eve but Craig drank for two, bless him.
Going to TJs diner now for a greasy-spoon breakfast!

Picture of Baby

Here's the ultrasound picture from today. She/he is now 5cm (2 inches) long and got all the right bits & pieces. She/he was doing some real wriggling about and at one point even crossed legs!
Hearbeat was 158 beats per minute & all is well.
We are absolutely elated...

Back to Work

We started working on the house again today. Craig's remodelling the downstairs bathroom & I'm stripping the last of the nasty wallpaper from the stairs & games room. Found bright pink walls underneath as you can see. Lovely!

Merry Christmas!

We had a lazy, wondeful day. Rang family in England then felt a tad homesick. We watched lots of films - 40 yr old virgin, Exorcism of Emily Rose, Crash etc. Craig drank himself sober & I had a nifty Baileys, then felt guilty & drank 4 pints of water. Got the first baby gifts & Eric bought us some cool baby cowboy boots.

Christmas Parties

2 days till Christmas
5 days till ultrasound
10 days till we thrash the Irish

Went to Jia & Lou's house for another Christmas bash last night. Going to leave work shortly and go shopping.

Been listening to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 on my new Sirius satellite radio and he's been playing lots of Bing, so I'm truly in a festive mood!

Record Cold in Ohio

5 days till Christmas
8 days till our next ultrasound
13 days till we beat Notre Dame

Here's a picture of Cody looking rather guilty after being caught under the tree sniffing for his presents.
It's the 4th coldest December on record in Ohio and the heat has broken down in my office at work, so may have to bugger off home shortly........

Christmas is Coming

Only 6 days till Christmas! Chrissy tree is up and presents been shipped off to England. Got the turkey & even found a Birds Trifle - yummy.
It's been snowing off & on for a few weeks now and feeling very festive. It's also bloody cold though & forecast for 7ºF (-14ºC) tonight. This picture was taken last night when we got back from Char & Jan's party.

Visit from Denmark

Just had our big turf conference in Columbus. One of the speakers, Chris, is a friend from Preston that now looks after Denmark's national stadium pitch. It was great to see him & hear a bit of northern humour.