What to expect....

Well, we have big news this month! It's official...a baby Klein is on the way. We're expecting our little one on April 10, 2013. We had an appointment on Friday afternoon. It’s an amazing thing to watch and hear the heartbeat of your child for the first time. What an amazing miracle – to be able to watch the Lord knit together your child, knowing that he is planning great things for this precious baby. Our little one’s heartbeat is strong and healthy. The spine is beginning to form too! For now, we’re calling him (or her) our “tick-tack” as this is about how big the baby is now.




The news is so exciting, and yet, I find myself feeling so sick that I can’t be excited. All I can think about is where the nearest trash can is and how I’m going to make it through the next day of work! I’m drinking lemonade, sucking on peppermints, and eating club crackers, but this girl is SICK all the time, no matter what. I’m telling you, I am counting down the days left in the first trimester – hopefully I won’t be sick the whole time.



We are still renovating, but Bryan is doing the lion’s share of the work. This week, we are working on the hardwood floors in the Kitchen. They’ve been sanded and stained. Yesterday, the first coat of polyurethane went down. I’ve been hiding out at our in-laws during this time to stay away from the fumes and such. The walls are gray now, and things are moving along swimmingly.



This afternoon, we get to see the final rendering for our NEW cabinets! I am so excited! I’ll be sure to take a picture of the picture to put up here. They are going to be white – “dover white” is the color name. It’s not bright bright white, just a little softer. We’re placing our order today at 5. HOORAY! The cabinets should arrive in 2 weeks…lookout world!



I don’t have pictures just yet. I’ll post them as soon as I get them ready to go!

Picking up right here!! Kitchen Remodel

The kitchen remodel continues. We’ve found our appliances! I have purchased three majors!!


Kitchenaid panel front dishwasher (no pictures for now...booo)

Samsung side-by-side fridge:

and a Jenn-air down draft range

We’ve spent our life savings, but we have BEAUTIFUL appliances ready to go into our new kitchen. I’m just so excited!

Blog World....I think I'm back.

So, I've taken almost a year's hiatus from the blog world.  Boy has it been a whirlwind.  I am no longer the college counselor at our High School, but I am finishing up the year now as the school counselor at our Middle School.  It is what I had wanted to do - the reason I went to school - and it has been wonderful!  There have been ups and downs along the way, but I love it.

Next year, I'll be working at another school in town - Brown Middle.  Funny how the county moves people around like that.  Oh well.  Anyway, it should be a blast as well.  The only downfall:  a 20 minute drive instead of a 2 minute drive.  I suppose I can get used to it, I just have to actually get up when the 5 is the first digit on the alarm clock.  Blech.

The kitchen is now the renovation we have our sights set on - sometime in July, we hope!  As of now, we are feverishly finishing up little trim issues around the house...baseboards, crown molding, trim, etc.  Tedious stuff that makes the house feel finished.  We are SO close on the rest of the house.  Just in time to rip out another room!  FULL SPEED AHEAD!

So that's it for now...I'm going to try to be more consistent now that summer is around the corner.  Hopefully I can make this a priority.  Hooray!