It's about time

So it has been quite a while since the last post, unfortunately, the house still looks the same. However, we have done some behind the scenes work on it the past few weeks.
But first, I will update you on what's been happening in our lives since the last post in July. As many of you know, Chad and I left to go on vacation out in Colorado in the middle of August. We had a blast hiking and hanging out. We hiked one of the 14'ers the second or third day we were there, and it did us both in. On the way up the mountain, we were stopping almost every 10' to catch our breath. It was brutal! We got out there at sunrise so we could finish before the afternoon. I think round trip, it took us 5.5 hours to finish, which isn't too bad! It was completely worth hiking through snow and ice to get to the top and see the amazing view. Of course, I forgot to bring the camera AGAIN so I don't have any pictures to upload onto the blog. Hopefully I'll get to do that soon b/c it was gorgeous. We did a lot of hiking around the area, biking, and playing disc golf. It was a great and much needed vacation. However, getting there was a bit dramatic. We scheduled a flight out of Chicago and the plan was to drive my car to my aunt's house and spend the night and they would take us to the airport in the morning. Well, the day before we were suppose to drive out there, my car's clutch went out...well, that was just fantastic. So we had to resort to driving the mach...chad's 88 buick. The only problem with the Mach is that the suspension had seperated a few weeks earlier...so chad had to rig up a hook to hold the car together as we drove out.
We made it safely to Chicago with no real issues. So we get to the airport the following morning an hour before our flight was supposed to take off. As we were going through security, I was called aside and the security lady asked me if I had anything sharp in my bag. I was of course caryring chad's hunting bag which i thought we had emptied out. So I said, "Not that I know of." So they proceded to check my bag and low and behold, they pull out an 8" blade...Great...just great. Well, they went and got another security guy, he took the knife to make a photo of it and they were about to let us go when he came back and asked the lady if she checked the rest of our bag. Well, of course she didn't. So they go rooting again and wouldn't you know it they pull out a shot gun shell. At this point, I am sobbing b/c we were going to miss our flight and the vacation was ruined. However, it turned out that we just had to have a little chat with the Chicago PD in their office at the airport. They took the items, filled out some info and made sure that we didn't have any warrants out or whatever and let us go in 15 minutes...amazing. We made our flight by the skin of our teeth...actually with a little time so I could get something to eat. I am of course exhausted from the sobbing. One of the officers even looked at me and was like, you need to stop that, you are making me feel bad!
So, all that drama and we still made it to Colorado on time and in one piece!
So that was our vacation in a nutshell...pic's to be posted later.
Now onto the house news...I HAVE LIGHTS IN MY KITCHEN!!! It has been since May that i have had lights in there! I have been literally cooking and cleaning by the light over my stove...which doesn't work real well when you are trying to clean dishes in the sink about 10' away! Chad and his dad did a lot of wiring this past weekend to accomplish that feat. We still have a little bit to go and we still need to have our fuse box changed out. Some very nice guys from our church said they would come out and do it soon for us. So hopefully that gets done before too long. Boy it would be nice to be part of the 21st century.
The real issue though is getting the house mainly done by March...So that way it is ready for Baby Boy Clark!
I think most everybody knows now that we are having a baby...but in case you didn't know, now you do! (for those millions of you who read these things)
I am on my 19th week right now and we have an ultrasound in a week. My due date is April 1st..............................
APRIL FOOLS! no seriously, it's true. It will be fun though to pull those April Fool's jokes on people. We'll see how many people we can fool!
So far we have quite a few clothes from very generous people at work and some that grandma Clark bought for him (hopefully it's a him...at least that's what we saw at mom's work!)
So anyway, that is the not so quick update! Hopefully I'll stay more up-to-date on this thing and post some awesome pics!