What a weekend!

The weekend started off right. I got home from work Friday evening and sat on the deck for about an hour reading a book. I've been reading "My Sister's Keeper" and haven't really gotten into it just yet, but this weekend it must have started to get good because I can't put it down.

Saturday, Darren had to work, and I got up early and went to get a massage. After the massage, the Annual Sturgis Falls parade was about to start so I watched it for about 30 or 40 minutes with some friends. In the afternoon, Darren mowed the lawn and then we went down to the Sturgis Falls celebration that Cedar Falls has every year. We listened to the bands for a little bit and walked around the carnival. But if you know me well, you'll know what exactly I was going for... COTTON CANDY!

24 weeks down 16 weeks to go!


Sunday we went to church and then were meeting my family for a late lunch in the afternoon. We headed to Waverly to meet my parents and Rachel and Tyson at the OP 3, only to discover when we got there we were supposed to be meeting them at the OP on University in Cedar Falls! Anyway, we ended up making it to the restaurant shortly before the pizza arrived, so it all worked out well. Lesson learned: Next time, ASK which OP you are meeting at!!

After lunch, Mom and Dad Pecha came over to the Malcolm house to check on the progress of the nursery and to drop off some of the many garage sale finds that Grandma Verla has been purchasing since who-knows-when. I now am the proud owner of a jogger stroller and two huge totes of baby and toddler clothing. One thing's for sure: whether we have a boy or girl, Baby Malcolm is going to be very loved and VERY WELL DRESSED!

Going through the many baby items from Grandma

Go Panthers!

Last week Darren got a new work truck to drive. I may be slightly bragging here, but it is the nicest truck that Benton's owns and they specifically chose Darren to be the one to drive it! The coolest part about it, is that instead of the standard "Benton's Concrete" logo on the side, they had it custom painted with a UNI logo.

It's a...

That's the question of the week that's for sure! We had our 22 week ultrasound last week and everyone is dying to know if we're having a boy or girl! We have decided not to find out the sex of little Baby Malcolm! We're going to keep the suspense building until the birth day!

We spent almost 2 hours at the doctor's office, partially due to my doctor's in depth ultrasound and partially due to an uncooperative baby. Baby Malcolm "posed" perfectly for the 3-D photos, just like his or her mommy would. :o) But when it came to the doctor checking the 45 different things he checks in the heart, Baby didn't want anything to do with it. So I had to keep moving around to help the doctor get the best angle to see all he needed to see. Everything looks perfect! And we are right on track with our due date of Oct 17!

Before leaving the office, the nurse handed us an envelope with a big "?" written on the front. Inside the envelope is the ultrasound photo that reveals the sex of Baby M. It's funny because Darren spent the first few weeks of pregnancy talking me into keeping the gender a surprise and now that I agree I think he's starting to change his mind. I am trusting NO ONE but myself with the sealed envelope. It is currently hiding somewhere in the Malcolm household! My lips are sealed!!! However, I have "tested" Darren a few times, asking him if he wants to open it and he always says, "No, I think we should wait." So... we're waiting... for now.


Family photo with Sophie at 22 weeks


22 weeks in almost finished nursery

Happy 40th Wes and Cindy!

Darren's parents 40th wedding anniversary is today! We celebrated with them over the weekend with a family bbq at our house. It was fun to have everyone together and we all know how much I love hosting!

We were even able to surprise them by having Wes' sister Corrine and husband John come up from Durant, Iowa.

Our first blog!

After reading some of my friend's blogs I've decided to jump on the bandwagon. It will be nice looking back or printing them off for Baby Malcolm's baby book! I (Wendy) will be doing probably 99.9% of the posts, but who knows... maybe one day we'll be able to talk Darren into writing one as well!

This blog will be about my pregnancy, being a couple together, and our new life into parenthood and raising a family together.