Sun, Sponge Bob, Home Remodling and Icy Conditions

When we last spoke we had just returned from seeing Kim's family at Christmas. We weren't able to share any photos at the time because our agent and manager had not reviewed them yet, but here is one of the best from the bunch:Okay, so it's a little blurry, but Marc takes full responsibility for that. Let's move on.



Shortly after Christmas, Winter made "her" official debut in the Kansas City area. Marc left for Orlando for a client conference a few hours prior to a major ice and snow storm. Kim's mother also fought the snow and ice and came down the day before the bad weather arrived to help Kim with the nursery. Meanwhile, Marc worked his tail off during the whole trip and came home five days later just in time for the great meltdown.

Okay, so it wasn't ALL work while he was there, but the massage chairs set out at one of the exhibits in the Marriott World Center were a welcome sight the day after putting in a 20-hour day. Kim charged Marc with one task while he was in Orlando, find a cool baby outfit from one of the major theme parks. Since Marc isn't a total fan of the Mouse, Ron Jon only had kid t-shirts and Universal didn't offer anything with a JAWS label on it, he found the next best thing. Presenting our first Kim and Marc purchased outfit for our soon to be son or daughter:
That's right, a 6-month Sponge Bob "onesie" complete with Square Pants. Our kid's gonna be so cool.

In addition, Kim's mom and Kim made headway removing the gross sunflower border around the top of what will one day be the nursery. They also got a bassinet ready that looks great. We have some great ideas on how to get the room ready once we know our child's arrival date.

Lately we've had the unique opportunity to spend some time with some of our amazing friends, the Kilson's. Steve and Julie wanted to make their youngest boy Jesse's birthday amazing, and we were honored to be asked to be in attendance at the party. Jesse received an official Sony PS2 Guitar Hero wireless guitar and game. Well, of course we ALL had to try it. This game rocks because it lets you play along with hits such as "Surrender" by Cheap Trick, "Shout at the Devil" by Motley Crue and "Message in a Bottle" by The Police. Talk about feeling like a real lead guitarist:

Marc's parents recently surprised us with paying for a family friend, who has a remodeling company, to come and put in a toilet and sink in our basement now giving us two and a half bathrooms.

He gave us an estimate for finishing the bathroom and in time we hope to have three full bathrooms in the house.

We are in the process of completing our adoption book and have been scanning photos, creating layouts and putting our lives in a nut shell together. It's also been a nice walk down memory lane in seeing where we've been and where we are now. We were just thinking a few weeks ago that if someone had told us three years about we would be where here now we wouldn't have believed it.

God continues to bless us. Next month we will be cheering on the Colts so hopefully Manning finally gets his Ring and Marc will be traveling to Las Vegas for a major client conference. Most importantly we will have completed all of the preliminaries and it will then be in God's hands to provide an expectant mother who will deem us to be. . .the ones right for her child.

It's exciting, but busy! Thanks for your continued support.