Girls' Weekend

"Aunt Amy" flew out from Montana on Thursday to spend a girls' weekend with Kim. Kim was ecstatic to have time with her sister! On Friday, Kim took a day off school. The girls got pedicures at a local nail salon.

Cute toes! :)

Amy helped to think through the decorations in the nursery and even wielded a hammer in the process. Kim appreciated her artistic eye and creative touch.

Kim and Amy worked together to apply a Bible verse to the wall of the nursery. This baby truly IS a gift from our God!

The girls and Matt went to Kim's school's dinner auction on Friday night. We got all dressed up for the fancy event. Everyone loved meeting Amy!

Hello, third trimester!

The books say that my uterus should be the size of a basketball in week #27. I think I'm right on target!

Yay! We finished putting up the jungle/safari animal border ... with only slight frustration! We're all smiles now since the room looks great!

Matt's 30th birthday SURPRISE

On Friday, 2/6 Kim invited our closest friends from Texas (from church and Matt's school) to celebrate Matt's 30th birthday. We were able to keep it a complete surprise from Matt! He came home from work to a celebration!

We ate dinner together (spaghetti, salad, and French bread) and then had ice cream cake!

Finally, we went to the ComedySportz improv club in Houston. They saved our group seats in the first three rows.

The ComedySportz ref involved Matt in one of the events. We laughed a lot and enjoyed ourselves immensely! Happy birthday, Matt!

Week 25

This week, Kim is sporting a new haircut AND a little bigger belly. :) The baby has been kicking quite a bit more this week. In fact, both Matt and Kim can occasionally feel hard body parts (feet? fists?) when their hands are on Kim's stomach.

On Saturday, Matt painted the top half of the nursery "classic taupe."

On Sunday, he painted the bottom half "sea green." Soon, we'll apply the cute safari animal border that Matt's holding.

Week 24

The baby is definitely making his or her presence known ... both in size AND in number of kicks! The baby especially seems to like it when Daddy puts his hand on Mommy's belly. LOTS of kicks result! :)

This weekend, we started Step 1 of decorating the nursery: painters' tape! Soon, Matt will apply "classic taupe" to the top half of the room and "sea green" to the lower portion. Finally, we'll place a border of safari animals (lions, elephants, zebras, monkeys) along the center of the wall. We can't wait!

Week 22

And Kim's belly keeps growing ... The baby is also moving around quite a bit. Kim has been able to feel him/her move for about three weeks now, but Matt felt baby for the first time on New Year's Eve. How exciting! :)

Christmas in Zeeland, MI

Each couple planned an activity (or two) for the rest of the family during our time together. One of our events was a photo scavenger hunt. Here, Matt, Jon (Matt's youngest brother), and Chelsea (Jon's girlfriend) pose as a nativity scene.

Our second event was a murder mystery dinner party. Matt's mom's character was an opera singer named Bella, and Matt's dad played the part of the ship captain named Mal. In the end, we all learned that Jason and Dad Schleicher were the culprits.

One of Jon and Chelsea's events was an "Amazing Race" game. Matt, Mom Schleicher, Amy (Kim's sister), and Andy (brother-in-law) made up the red team.

Jason (Matt's brother), Beth (Matt's sister), Kim, and Dad Schleicher were the victorious green team! Maybe Kim scared off the competition. :)